So let's look at things
Lost once in 8 since the brilliant decision to bring Jones in which cost nowt
We've spent around 100 million the past 2 seasons
We've only sold one player of note since our last relegation
We've broken our record transfer fee 3 times recently
We've got 4 local lads in the sqaud
We've got a manager from Newcastle
We've got 3 local youths coming through the youth system and one on Anderson is a real prospect.
If Ashley was to invest in the training facilities there's nothing else more he can do
Or......
Another turgid season with relegation still a threat, albeit a more distant one.
Wasted £40m on a turd of a player thanks to inadequate scouting resources or football knowledge.
Steve Bruce in charge, wtaf.
Took 20 years to break a transfer record.
Offered new contract to Gayle, extended Carroll's.
U-23's are stone last in their PL SECOND division, well behind the likes of Middleborough.
Still using wheelie bins and inflatable pools.
Little to no guarantee that youth will succeed here - just look at Toney, Armstrong and others.
0% Commercial growth across 14 years. Literally no income from deals.
Recently signed a shirt deal that is somehow worse than our last one, with a tin pot shirt retailer with no global reach, because the owners involved in pissy disagreements with Nike, Puma and Adidas.
Sold Strawberry Place to ensure SJP is very unlikely to ever expand.
Continues to neglect the ground and surrounding area.
Never speaks.
Employs Lee Charnley to run the club.
Has an entire senior management team consisting of Lee Charnley.
That's just what I could immediately think of.
