ALAN SMITH believes that Newcastle United's stint in the Championship has hardened up the Magpies. Chris Hughton and his players were today reflecting on a positive start to the season that sees them in the top 10 of the Premier League and into the third round of the Carling Cup, albeit facing the toughest test of all in the shape of Chelsea in the next round. But a defiant Smith left Molineux knowing that United had stood up in the face of .....