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Having said that, Ratcliffe feels far more Bloom than Boehly. I expect them to be back to being a real force in a couple of seasons. Ashworth isn't the messiah, he needs good people around him as much as anyone, but it feels like Ratcliffe is the sort of guy to realise that and get it right.

Aye but that also highlights another major factor. When it comes to signing players there's a hell of a lot out there. Winstanley definitely took his list with him to Chelsea- Fofana etc, and I'm sure Ashworth did the same. But we have the nous, data and leadership to be able to move to...

Fans of other teams are starting to realise it's more than simply the individual. We've signed one of the most exciting forwards in the league without Ashworth and have just signed one of the most highly rated young players in world football. The only person we need to worry about leaving is...

I wonder if Michael Edwards is one of the people who applied ‘within an hour’ of the announcement ...

Oh well. He was never going to be around that long.

Thing is, does DA need to go now? Loads of people saying, rightly, it would be an amazing project. And obviously the financial reward would be huge. But he is young. And his reputation is only going to improve. Right now, Newcastle are a mess. Not just in terms of the PR around their owners...

Obviously have no idea what DA’s (or Newcastle’s) thinking is, but If they do choose each other I think it suggests a man Bloom could probably do without. Whereas I’m absolutely confident Potter won’t entertain the advances of another club until he has done the job here, DA simply hasn’t yet...

I’m not criticising him. I just feel the DofF thing is a bit over egged. There’s others around who can do a similar job, I’m sure of that.

I think he can only be judged by signings and the progress of our teams. In that sense I can’t see how he has been anymore successful than previous DofF’s. He’s signed Lamptey, a big plus, but the striker thing appears a massive failure. Previous DofF signed Biss, our best signing. Someone else...

Don’t know if it’ll be a huge loss. Good luck to him if he chooses the Saudis over Bloom. Really doesn’t feel like he’s had a massive impact.