Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew wants the club back in Europe by 2016 - and choc full of Geordies.
The talk continues to be of player development through the club's academy, with possible reform of the club's "fundamentals" if Premier League security is secured.
He said: "By 2016 I would see us certainly challenging the top seven positions.
"Hopefully producing players from within. I would like them to be local lads as well - there is nothing better in a city than having players coming through.
"I don't think there have been too many recently and it would be nice to increase that.
"I saw Barcelona had eight local players in their first team recently - why can't we?
"I am not going to compare Newcastle to Barcelona, but Newcastle is a big club.
"I feel in the short-term I need to look to stabilise and then maybe in the summer look at foundations to go forward."