He's a talksport pundit, they do three hr slots usually with different subject every hr to generate calls. In the Ashley era they'd hardly mention or discuss Newcastle United and when they did it was often along the lines of "why can't Newcastle fans see Steve Bruce/MikeAshley has done a good job ? ". Now we've been taken over we're a much bigger presence in the media and every day there's someone pontificating about Saudi Arabia or Howe or prospective players. Already becoming a bigger topic when it comes to perception. Crap of the Chronicle to use his ramblings, I don't know how what with everything going on locally they can't source better stories themselves rather than just using quotes from a radio station .