lose my marbles ! 1969 was a frigging long time ago you know, i was 9 then and spent most of my Teens stood in the Leazes end ! No insult taken, but i still stick to what i said ! We can have an efficient, profit winning, and successful club! With Top Players and a Top Manager! But it,s not going to mean Cock-all to me until we start winning things! ( and i don,t mean The Intertoto Cup!) You will probably agree with this. To compete with the top 4 on the pitch we need around 13-15 top players. In the two years since relegation we have the following top players, Krul Colo Santon? Tiote Cabaye Hba Cisse Ba Debatably we have 8 top class players in two seasons time only colo will be past his peak. Surely we can add another 6-7 top class players to that list in two seasons time. With the rate we are improving I believe that is possible. That would mean we had a whole team and subs of a top class standard presuming we do not cash in on any players. Probably we will but that will take the club to another level like the AC deal. Dont believe everything Dl says. His role is to manage the expectations of the fans. Davy........to say the 90?s was nothing but failure is a bit much though don't you think! Ok we didn't win anything but were you complaining at the time???? I