Barring a couple of decent players their squad is still mostly what they had in the Championship in 16/17. Benitez has done a great job in comfortably keeping them up the last two seasons.
Having a top manager who they loved was about all the Newcastle fans had left. They certainly won't upgrade on him so I'd fancy them to go down next season now.
You are saying the squad they had in the Championship like it was a Championship squad though....as an addition they have done loads of business since then
"great" meh, its decent/good but "great" meh ok, it's not what I would consider great personally.
A decent manager will most likely keep them up next season - a good few teams in that league are equally bland