I attended the Magpie Group meeting tonight

[ex_pat_magpie]

Like I said earlier. If we are on even ground in a fair game we can compete against any club in England...no two ways about it.

Under Hall and co we were the beg steal and borrow club to get up the top. We had the long term plan and vision that basically went blurry because we took the chance to go for it and got a few years flirting around the top, then it all started to change.

Only a blank cheque owner will put us back among the elites if those elites are allowed to carry on at the rate they are.
Anything other than that and we are playing also-ran with the rest of the cannon fodder.
It's not nice to think of due to the overall size of this club but that's the reality of it as far as I see it.

BEG, BORROW AND STEAL CLUB. Thats a laugh even from you. It correctly describes us now but during the period you childishly refer to we bought the following plus many more.

Rob Lee
Venison
Albert
Cole
Warren Barton
Ferdinand
Ginola
Asprilla
Batty
SHEARER
Given
Solano
Speed
Bellamy
Robert
Milner
Krul
And as I said dozens more and you say beg borrow and steal

Ashley wouldn't finance even one of these. Man you are off your proverbial rocker.