Size dosen't matter

One of the things that irked me most about the stressfull process of Newcastle's relegation last season was the frequent allegation that we (yes, i feel Newcastle are the only team I can use 'we' for) are not, and possibly have never been a big club. It seemed that we are not the big club we think we are, and the fact that we apparently deluded ourselves with bigness meant we deserved to go down.

Why would we aspire to bigness? Why would any club? Surely every fan wants to see there club win stuff? This is ridiculous. A football club is a football club, some are succesful, others are Newcastle. It seemed the fact that we went down, and were apparently big, meant we were doomed to multiple relegations and certain death. Fans of other clubs laughed how we couldn't compete with the bigness of their teams. WHY DO PEOPLE CARE????????

Seen as this blog thinks foreign football is allways better, lets have a gander abroad. Villareal - wouldn't call them 'big'. Super sucessful, but not big. Wolfsburg - Did you see the season they just had? Staying in the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim - Tiny club, but i reckon the supporters are enjoying it. Barcelona - Huge, and gloriously sucessfull.

This whole ''you're not a big club, we are'' thing annoys the hell out of me. I really don't care about the size of Newcastle, all I know is i am developing a massive fondness for championship football.