Can we nail once and for all the ridiculous thought held by 'Those Who Know Nought' outside of Tyneside's heartland that devotees of Newcastle United were somehow cruel in their assessment of the last regime.
We were repeatedly told by so-called celebrity punters that we ought to be grateful for Mike Ashley's tight fisted rule because at least the books balanced if they team more certainly did not.
Geordies should be careful what they wished for we were informed amid rather dark undertones.