Alex

Is that directed at me ? If so, I agree with your last line completely, and I think others should read that comment and take it on board. If, or when, I'm convinced that the current owner will challenge the top clubs in the way that we ought to do, and he is only going to do that by keeping our best players and backing his manager, without withholding cash from the manager from sales, then I will be quite happy to admit that i am wrong. However, I still believe this will not happen, and as this course of action has only occured in one transfer window, it is far too premature to say anything has changed. Do you think, if he starts selling players and we don't build on this, the vast majority of people on here will then admit that they have also been wrong ? I don't care about the advertising if the money went to the manager of the club and he showed the ambition. If the money is put back into the footballing side of the club ie given to the manager, he can do what he likes for me. My problem is that this is not happening, meaning he is using the club for the benefit of the Sports Company and putting the sports company first, which is not what I want as a paying supporter. We're challenging the top clubs for the first time in about a decade though.

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This is spot on. If we can't enjoy it while we're competing for a champions league place then what is the point of it all? Seasons like this are all too rare, you have to enjoy them. They were rare before Mike Ashley came along too.

Cheers, Tom.

It's absolutely mental that, with only a handful of games left, we're still in with a shout of 3rd place. That's what football is all about to me (in lieu of actually winning something), i.e. having something to play for (and not just survival) at the business end of the season. It's fantastic.

I think it's canny sad that this is the sort of crack people are having on a NUFC forum when we're having our best season in absolutely ages. If you can't enjoy this, you might as well hoy the towel in.