LBA_Blade
Active Member
This for me is why I don't enjoy the Premier League and sometimes debates like this as it's all about perspective.
Newcastle were on their upwards spike at that point in terms of spending and what they could afford, we had offloaded N'Diaye and Berge weeks before and had 3 free agents playing for us, along with 2 loans. The value of our squad that played that day in terms of how much we spent in transfer fees (unsure on loan fees) was £69 million initial cost without any add ons. That is vs the squad value of transfer fees of Newcastle of £452 million initial cost without any add ons. How we are supposed to be competitive against a team like that is anyone's guess. Although they didn't play we had Seriki & Brooks on the bench that day, Newcastle on the other hand had 0 academy products of their own. This football malarky is easy when you can splash out close on 1/2 billion £
