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Don't disagree. I miss the atmosphere.

It's not a football fairytale, but neither was it a foregone conclusion and as such it should be lauded as a good achievement. An achievement that doesn't in any way, detract from Hguhton's at Brighton.

Cheers. It is a promising time, hopefully Benitez will have his ambition matched by the owner as it's certainly matched by the fans. I doubt we'll be challenging at the top end of the Premier League any time soon though. We've fallen too far too quickly, our best players on their best days...

See, why are you referencing Benitez at all? Everyone think Hughton has done brilliantly, everyone think he's deserved this, everyone think he's a bloody nice bloke.

Give over, our squad isn't that good. We're in danger of being bogged down by semantics here but think about what is meant by "guarantee". We definitely don't have the best GK/RB/CB's/LB/DM/RW/AM/LW/ and it's debatable whether we have the best CM or CF. I think you're overestimating our...

Nope. We spent a shitload of cash to build a good championship squad. Nowhere near close to being good enough to "guarantee" promotion. e.g. last time we were down our squad was good enough to nigh on guarantee promotion, and few if any of our current squad would get in that team. Our squads...

Because it's significantly more than Burton and Rotherham, just as our budget is significantly higher than yours.To prove that were they to caveat your success, you'd find it a tough pill to swallow. You did the job using the funds you had available. As every club should.

I think therein lies the rub, I've only ever seen "Actually we made a profit" after someone has accused us of spending more than anyone else to buy the league.

We've had it all season long. Failed to beat Fulham? But look what you spent! Fail to beat Huddersfield "But parachute payments?!" Smash Reading "Well, of course you did, you spent a fortune". So when we clinch automatic promotion with games to spare, and the very first thing people say after...

Don't be precious, I was just choosing two teams off the top of my head that would definitely spent less than you. Right, but we're celebrating promotion, not anything else, so I don't get your point? No idea, but it wouldn't be drastically different. Certainly not enough to make the...

That's my point, each message of congratulation has come with the caveat. "Well done on winning automatic promotion withallthatmoneyyouspentonplayersitwasagivenanyway, but well done you" :rolleyes: Have you had Burton and Rotherham fans congratulating you on your successes while referencing...

Except that a team spent more than us, and look like they'll finish about 10th, so it's churlish to dismiss Benitez' achievement. I agree, the best atmosphere's I remember at SJP were when the away fans were in the Leazes corner, but now the new stand's gone up and part of that is a bar, I...

Well, by referencing the money spent, the implication is that it cheapens the achievement. 'Well sure you won promotion, but you spent loads of money' Do you see? When the world and his dog is adding a caveat to your achievement it ruffles feathers. Had people said 'Well sure, you won promotion...

Yeah I know, but I'm fairly certain that the layout of our stadium presents unique problems to that. To have the fans pitchside, we'd need to either build temporary walls on the concourses to separate home & away fans, or build new entrances/exits. I'll see if I can find the article...

Dunno, some teams take to the Premier League like a duck to water, some don't. If I were to put money on it, I'd probably put us ahead of you, but I'd want good odds before I did. Burnley have done it without making huge changes to their first team, but yeah they've spent a bit, £40m? Spending...

I'm not worked up mate, amused and a little baffled, but not worked up. I think there were rumblings about putting you pitchside, but we're working on avoiding that I think. Which I think is daft. St James' atmosphere is at it's best when the away fans aren't having to use Sherpas to pass down...

Hi, I said "back to where we belong", when? I said 12th - 15th, is that not bottom half? Oh and Newcastle United have spent 22 season in the Premier League, 12 in the top half, 10 in the bottom, our average league position is 10th and our average points haul is 54pts. We've only had 2...

Transfer fee doesn't always equate to actual value, or worth to the team now does it? Otherwise Moussa Sissoko would be one of the best players in the Premier League and Zlatan Ibrahimovic wouldn't get on Man Utd bench. thanks for joining in though.

Cheers. If you've not been before Newcastle is a lovely away weekend if you can get up here for Friday night through til Sunday morning. Oh I know the standard has been poor for everyone, but the number of inexplicably bad examples officiating is staggering. And while I've watched loads of...

Exactly, our automatic promotion doesn't diminish your success, it magnifies it. re: the financial gap, you're bang on. When Villa and ourselves came down we were able to spend a fortune, because even players like Janmaat who hadn't dazzled were able to be shifted for £7m. And then suddenly...