Quote Originally Posted by AP69 View Post
But it can take off as it has before it's just now he's happy to use it to advertise his sports shops and other interests
The NE postcode didn't stop stars coming in the past and it won't now
The 'they have to pay them more up there is bullsh1t' it's not like other clubs pay peanuts for the chance of living in other parts of the country
You pay the money and show some ambition you will get the players
Its as simple as that and don't fall in to the media driven it's grim up north scenario to justify the way the club has been run
Celebrating relegation man...

Ffs
Newcastle United will sink like lead if we dare to try and follow the big fees and wages bandwagon that many teams are trying to do.
Only a Sheikh or some similar money no object owner will ever be able to take the hit.

The best we can hope for other than that is to play it safe and build up safe, with careful buying and a manager willing to build from it...using them in the correct way.

It might get us a slow move up but we will never play among the elites until the game is reverted back to being fair.

The post code is a massive hump on Newcastle United's back...but even bigger now that the TV money has coaxed other clubs into taking the short walk to the edge of the big cliff.

A money no object Man City type owner to have us playing among the elite or an owner who can do little better than what Ashley is doing.

That's our reality in my book.
The worst scenario is a Gold and Sullivan in for a penny in for a pound gungho chancing that will spectacularly backfire and send them into their own oblivion if they also don't get a big licks financier to bail them out.

I'd just be happy for us to play some decent football for the majority of the season with what we have and get...and see where we go against the best of the rest of the teams outside of the elites.