The man made his first interview in eight years just prior to the West Ham fixture promising he will spend this summer.
Appointing Steve McClaren has hardly filled the city with enthusiasm, many fans believing we deserve better than a washed up coach who has been sacked from his last five jobs without seeing out three years at any ... and three years is the contract he has at Newcastle.
The Mag: "Ashley twice moved the season ticket deadline back, despite renewal packs being sent out to fans as far back as March, the deadline for season ticket holders to renew was moved back twice from the original May date, ending up with a final deadline of 19 June.
"The Newcastle United owner was hoping that his end of season speech on the day of the West Ham match, plus a series of positive transfer stories carried by friendly media, would persuade fans to renew but that has clearly had little effect.
"Despite season ticket sales also now being opened up to the general public, that has also predictably fallen on deaf ears.
"Thanks to Chris Holt for burning the midnight oil coming up with the following information on numbers of season ticket sales and those that remain unsold.
"Chris has painstakingly gone through the stadium plan that you can access on the official club website. This allows you to access the various areas in each of the four stands at St James Park, with fans looking to buy a season ticket able to see which seats are sold and which are not.
"A number of areas you can’t access, such as the whole of Level 7 where the family enclosure season tickets are.
"However, so far Chris has gone through sections which make up almost half the stadium capacity and this is the breakdown of the sold and unsold seats.
"Almost 30% of these sections are empty, with 6,926 of the 24,154 season tickets remaining unsold."