I agree with the sentiment. I personally laughed at the mackems last season whom some of which were claiming that they'd rather lose games in the PL than winning in the Championship. Get to fuck. August-mid December last season was fucking brilliant, the winning run in September, October and November, that Norwich game, the League Cup run, it was superb. Then Ashley came along in January and reminded us of the limits he puts on the club.
Newcastle United should be in the PL, it's too big a club to be in the 2nd tier. It has the potential to be up there, fighting it out for a Europa League spot and going far in that competition, and perhaps being an outside contender for a CL spot. Ashley is the restraint for us, under him something remarkable must happen in a season to get us up there, like signing a player like Cabaye for £4.5m, signing a striker who'll get 13 goals in 14 games like Cisse did. So for us, I think it's a bit different.