Doon Toon

A nice big Championship welcome to Newcastle United. The ‘big club’ that ‘couldn’t possibly go down’ has done just that.

From a Forest point of view this is great news, a trip to St. James Park is in order. I’ve been meaning to go to Newcastle (the city) anyway, so combining the two and making a weekend of it will be great. I’ve also noticed over this past weekend that when they talk of the kind of teams that Newcastle will be playing next year, it always comes down to the small clubs that are a marker over how much Newcastle have ‘fallen’. This is so incredibly unfair to the likes of Doncaster, Peterborough, Blackpool etc. who have done amazingly well to get to this level.

I have a feeling that the big club mentality will linger around Newcastle next year, and while they are favourites to win the league, i think they’ll be unprepared for just how competitive this league will be next year. There are a lot of very strong clubs in the championship, and Newcastle need to acclimatize. Leeds never really got around to doing that and look at them now.

It’ll make it harder for us to make an impression on the league next year for sure, but suddenly the Championship looks like it’ll have one of the best seasons in ages!