Is promotion to the Premiership a blessing or a curse?

The financial packages to securing a place in the Premier League is monumental, but does that necessarily mean that your fans will enjoy potentially watching their team scrape survival? This season newcomers, Burnley, Middlesbrough and Hull all linger in the bottom half of the Premier League table. With Middlesbrough in the relegation zone and Hull one place above it. Is one season of ecstasy worse a season of misery?

I have asked a Twitter Poll asking if Newcastle and Brighton will have a successful Premier League campaign next season, lets have a look to see how they are doing in this seasons Championship.

Team: Newcastle
Position: 1st
Points: 84
Form: DLDWW
Odds: 1/250















The last time Newcastle were in the Championship the smashed it. Earing 102 points and finishing nine points clear of West Brom in 2010. This time round they are in first place again, albeit they may not surpass the 100 point barrier, they still look like a team who is clearly a league above the Championship. Unlucky to be relegated last season after the appointment of Rafael Benitez, it looks like they could be safe in next seasons Premier League.

Dwight Gayle has been outstanding for Newcastle this season, netting 22 goals and registering two assists in the process. Overall, Newcastle have found scoring easy to go by. Netting 73 all together, if they can carry that sort of confidence into next season and if they can build on their squad, fans will be believing they can restore the type of league form which saw them finish 5th in the 2011/12 season, two seasons after promotion from the Championship.

Team: Brighton
Position: 2nd
Points: 83
Form: WWLWW
Odds: 1/33















Brighton and Hove Albion are having the season of their lives. Their highest league position in the Championship was 3rd last season and missed out on the playoffs. However they have managed to step it up again this year round and with Chris Hughton in charge, a former Premier League manager and a man who gained promotion to the Premiership with Newcastle United in 2010. He will be looking to repeat the same feat again with Brighton.

They have the second best defensive record in the Championship after Newcastle and have lost the least games in the league this season. If they can continue that kind of form in the league next season then they will be tough to deal with in the Premiership. However, it is easier than it sounds.