'Great start but...Newcastle United owners need to be doing a lot more' nufc
‘Great start but…Newcastle United owners need to be doing a lot more’For the first time in seven opening fixtures at St James’ Park, we have taken all three points. Not since Spurs were dispatched in August 2012 with goals from Demba Ba and a late Hatem Ben Arfa spot kick, have we started the season so well.
On that basis, I’m going to conclude that we were all the more impressive, almost two-thirds possession with 11 corners to 1 and the crucial statistics, two goals for, and none against. We were patient, controlling and totally dominant. And even at 1-0, yours truly wasn’t anxiously watching the clock. “Never in doubt” was what I said to my son as we left the ground.
In Sven Botman we have acquired a quality centre half and given Elliot Anderson isn’t going off on loan then we’ve maybe acquired a very good midfield asset, through the backdoor, so to speak. All told, £50 million? The January window saw Chris Wood, Trippier, Bruno and Big Dan Burn arrive, all told, £90 million. So we’ve forked out around £140 million since the takeover, according to my calculations.
Now, what follows might not be totally accurate, but it hopefully gives a sense of why I think we can be spending more. I’m also happy for it to be ripped apart and for me to be put right, if it isn’t a fair representation, after all, it’s what I’ve gleaned using Google! Add to this the fact that CAshley’s frugal approach meant that he didn’t grow commercial revenues during his tenure means that should the new owners make inroads into that, FFP gets more than a helping hand. During CAshley’s time, the so called big six increased commercial revenues by between £100 million and £200 million. In the past decade, whilsthave gone from £58 million to £246 million, Chelsea have gone from £57 million to £170 million.
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