What would you do if you were Dan Ashworth?
Spend like a drunken sailor? Stay the course and use last years strategy? They have the richest owner in European Football but have to be cognizant of the fair play rules. Who do you target in the summer window? They earned their CL spot (not a fluke), but obviously don't currently have the squad depth for both the grueling EPL schedule and the CL.
So, play armchair GM? What do you do and who do you target?
I adopted Newcastle as my EPL team around 20 years ago because of the similarities to Boston - Northeast team, big market, great fanbase, absolutely cursed team (I grew up in the 70's when the Sox couldn't get past the Yankees and Bruins couldn't conquer the Canadiens. I am, in a word, elated.
The days of Titus Bramble and teammates fighting on the pitch are in the past!
Spend like a drunken sailor? Stay the course and use last years strategy? They have the richest owner in European Football but have to be cognizant of the fair play rules. Who do you target in the summer window? They earned their CL spot (not a fluke), but obviously don't currently have the squad depth for both the grueling EPL schedule and the CL.
So, play armchair GM? What do you do and who do you target?
I adopted Newcastle as my EPL team around 20 years ago because of the similarities to Boston - Northeast team, big market, great fanbase, absolutely cursed team (I grew up in the 70's when the Sox couldn't get past the Yankees and Bruins couldn't conquer the Canadiens. I am, in a word, elated.
The days of Titus Bramble and teammates fighting on the pitch are in the past!