Now that's just silly.
Possible, plausible even likely and hope it happens. But equally the real world could see Rosenior out injured, Bong playing who is widely acknowledged to be underperforming/weak link and having a heroic rightback playing a makeshift CB role.
Possibly I went a bit OTT on the melodrama but the question ..is our away day performance/result at pre season favourites Newcastle likely to significantly effect our ability to mount a serious sustained promotion challenge this season? .. is a reasonable one. Personally I think it plausible...
With a very average performance at Reading (reality check) and Stephens looking more likely to jump ship is our away day performance/result at pre season favourites Newcastle likely to significantly effect our ability to mount a serious sustained promotion challenge this season?
Worst case...