Reds’ glaring transfer need made abundantly clear during difficult week that also saw the end of their Champions League hopes

It's safe to say that in the sheer stress of seeing out those final stages, I've lost fingernails and possibly years from my life but at Newcastle United, we never make it easy. Hopefully this can be the first domino that falls and success will continue to come to this club. Seventy years of waiting and the clock has been reset.