If there is the merest whiff of a positive to be gained from recent events, and I’m not sure there is, can we expect a much more offensive approach to these last few games? Surely we must. An approach we may not have had if we held a superior goal difference over Villa?
He (Ashley) then pointed at the Emirates and said:- “This is what I want for us (Newcastle)”, meaning a financially astute club coupled with a team of footballers playing entertaining football”.