By Neil Langer
What a good result for the Toon against Bournemouth, particularly when you take into account the first team players missing – Lascelles, Shelvey and Lejeune, in what is already a weak squad.
The most promising aspect must be Rondon’s rise to form and much improved fitness, giving us more hope up front – he was absolutely outstanding.
There is no doubt Rafa has the squad well drilled at the back and scoring goals has been our Achilles heel, although I have one slightly concern after our back to back wins.
My thrill at seeing a Toon win is somewhat tainted by the belief that the owner will see this as an opportunity to keep his hands in his pockets in January. We all know his first aim is to keep us up on the cheap, so any hope that he can do that with the current squad and avoid spending in January and he will.
Mr Ashley wants to sell this club, of that there is little doubt. If he values the club at £300m now and spends £30m on players In January, the club will still be worth £300m. The business man will not ‘write-off’ £30m and there lies our problem.
There has been little news on a new buyer for the club, which is a shame as the manager appears desperate to remain for the long term and help deliver success.
Once again the attendance was down 2000 on what we’re used to at St James Park – possibly a token protest ahead of the Wolves ‘boycott’.
Don’t get me wrong, my first thought is delight at winning and pushing closer to that 40 point mark, but my cynical side tells me that Ashley will soon see this as his ticket to not spend in January.
I cannot ever forgive Ashley for many things, but the worst was not showing up to a meeting with Sheik Mansoor in Dubai to buy the club…He then moved on the Man City and the rest is history.
We just need this Cuckoo out of Newcastle ASAP…..
BillyTheFish(Quote)
I honestly just cant wait for him to die the horrible horrible horrible FAT ****
ASH HATER(Quote)
Yep, we all know the better the team do, the less inclined cashley is likely to spend, and he is too thick skinned to listen to the likes of the Geordie faithful.
But it does serve as a positive for likely buyers.
Geordie exile(Quote)
Look at the free market lads
Gippa the rip(Quote)
Olly it’s write off not ‘right-off’ £30m but agree that if we are above the bottom three come January there is no way Ashley will spend money on players he feels we do not need due to our position in the league.
The biggest problem is that Ashley will not sell the club while he is in the Premiership and getting premium advertising for his prime company Sports Direct.
mactoon(Quote)
I didn’t write this article mate. Cheers though!
Olly Hawkins(Quote)