Sure that's right but you're only as good as the owner allows you to be in terms of Newcastle.
If Ashley was a normal club owner or didn't have Lee Charnley as managing director we'd have had Garde or someone of his ilk long ago. We've taken the cheap route every single time under Ashley and that's all to do with the owner looking for the minimum requirement every time.
Sunderland could never attract what we could, ever. All things being equal.