Getting relegated, in many ways, seemed to be the best thing that could have happened to Newcastle. I know thats not always the case, and yeah plenty of people did speculate if you's would "do a Leeds" but the Toon had one season out of the top flight and then came back stronger, and in each season IN the top flight they haven't won anything.
My thinking is if a fan feels more comfortable simply surviving and trying to build, then fine. I think you do have to build towards something just to exist at the very least. However, for how long is that acceptable?
If Wigan have a good season, they will be back in the Prem next year with every other team outside of the European places (and look at the table, we're in January and literally any of those teams could go down), except with silverware in the cabinet and a jaunt into Europe in their cap.
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