It's silly for Newcastle to splash out wads of cash on top players, as it stands.
We need as many loans as permissible and offload the dead wood or as much as we dare to, to open up spaces.
Then we need to buy in players like Trippier (we got lucky) for those prices or less to add that experience for the short term, whether we sink or swim in the prem this season.
Some Newcastle fans are getting above themselves by saying so and so isn't what we need. I've seen Solanke and Wood and players like that mentioned and I've seen the old chin rubbing as much as to say "hmmm, it's not what we'd like."
That's arrogance due to a money bags mindset.
We still have to be careful with FFP regardless of whether we can flout it like many have.
We can't afford to sling double the money at players just because we can and to get them over the line. You want heart and soul along with experience and talent, not mercenaries 5 minutes worth of badge kissing and saying the right words for the media and fans but offering half their ability and gusto.
If we buy outright we need:
A sturdy centre half willing to believe he can help the drop but also willing to right a wrong if it fails, rather than jump ship. On sensible wages.
A decent midfielder who can actually drive us forward.
A decent striker who has the old fashioned ability to score goals. Wood is closer to that.
That's the minimum we require.
We have players in that squad that can be elevated into position to finish off the assault on beating that drop.
If it doesn't work then we start from the championship and go for it, knowing we can add a few extras to set us up to get back.
If that works right away, the great....but.....
Then we start with a blank canvass, so to speak..
Except scumcastle don't actually have a stadium of any size that they own never mind one of 80K stinker capacity
We have a stadium whether its begged stolen or borrowed. We play in it and that's all that counts.
No you got beat because they scored more goals than you, it’s as simple as that
You can sugar coat is as much as you like with excuses
Of course. There's no sugar coating it. I said what it was.