Division One Football at Falmer.

[public school boy]

They say that dreams can come true, but alas Tony Bloom's dream of Championship football by the time that Brighton play their first game at Falmer look to be pure fantasy. On the otherhand Poyet seems to be building a youth developement scheme which if he gets it right could produce a talented team for the future. We have to accept that the club does not have the financial clout that is needed to buy immediate success.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

They say that dreams can come true, but alas Tony Bloom's dream of Championship football by the time that Brighton play their first game at Falmer look to be pure fantasy. On the otherhand Poyet seems to be building a youth developement scheme which if he gets it right could produce a talented team for the future. We have to accept that the club does not have the financial clout that is needed to buy immediate success.

We'll be fine,don't You worry lover

 

[Marc1901]

To be honest i wouldnt mind not going up this season so , the first season at falmer we get promotion

 

[public school boy]

We'll be fine,don't You worry lover

I'm not worrid just facing up to the fact that it's better to buid a firm base for the future.

 

[Sam Ovett]

We'll walk into the play-offs, and knock on the door of promotion automatically.

 

[Flavor Flav]

Lovely to think our stadium could be opened to an away end of 200 Rochdale fans. Hopefully we manage to get up somehow

 

[Billy the Fish]

Not a disaster. I still think a league 1 season chasing promotion will be better than a lower mid table season in the championship

 

[Easy 10]

Only the people who are delusional enough to EXPECT us to go up this season are getting upset now. I think we're good enough this season for a flirt with the playoffs but will probably fall just short. The fact of the matter is that until we actually become a proper football club with our own stadium, we're just treading water and progress will be slow.

But we ARE progressing.

 

[Dirty Dave]

yep agree with the above. It's not an over night thing and for the first time in a few years I feel we have the right manager to take us forward

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

I'm not worrid just facing up to the fact that it's better to buid a firm base for the future.

Public school education ?

 

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

not many people on here expected us to be out this division this season

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

To be honest i wouldnt mind not going up this season so , the first season at falmer we get promotion

Exactly my sentiments, though I was slated on here for expressing them. I do not want the first season at Falmer to turn into a relegation battle, which it inevitably would were we to win promotion this season, although I did state that I will always, as an Albion fan, be delighted when we do win it. When we won the old Division Three in 2000-01, I was ecstatic - it was the first trophy I had seen the Albion win, and I expected us to cope fairly well with Division Two, certainly not to win it. Although I was delighted with the win, and went to Kings House to celebrate, I did not feel as good as the previous season, as I thought we would struggle in Division One, though I did not think we would go into the season as unprepared as we did, and with the manager farce we suffered. Okay, we nearly turned it round under Coppell, but I would far rather have a promotion chase at Falmer than a repeat of the 2002-03 season. Having been at Sheffield Wednesday, it was obvious that the squad we have would not be up to Championship football, and I don't think we would want to spend the amounts needed to maintain ourselves in that league yet.

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Lovely to think our stadium could be opened to an away end of 200 Rochdale fans. Hopefully we manage to get up somehow

That would be a distinct advantage to us, as half the away end would be occupied by Albion fans, meaning nearly all the stadium was behind the Albion.

 

[BensGrandad]

It was TB who said we would be promoted this season and raised the expectation but to achieve that there will have to be a massive injection of cash during the January window unlrss we can get some class loans in for now.

 

[Smythe]

Lovely to think our stadium could be opened to an away end of 200 Rochdale fans. Hopefully we manage to get up somehow

id be more interested in it being opened to 20,000 in the home end

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Only the people who are delusional enough to EXPECT us to go up this season are getting upset now. I think we're good enough this season for a flirt with the playoffs but will probably fall just short. The fact of the matter is that until we actually become a proper football club with our own stadium, we're just treading water and progress will be slow.

But we ARE progressing.

Steady as she goes.

FAR too sensible.