Toon in need of a reality check

THERE is a general consensus sweeping the insular world of Premier League football that Newcastle United are just too good to go down.

Increasingly this appears to be a view based on dreamy romanticism, rather than harsh realism.

The Blackburn Rovers manager, Mark Hughes, became the latest respected figure to add his weight to the theory that a Magpies’ squad under the stewardship of Kevin Keegan, and boasting myriad attacking options, will survive.