I don't think anyone's saying that we don't have a chance of promotion next year, and definitely that they wouldn't take it. Everyone on this board I would imagine wants promotion. But we need to keep our feet on the ground and realise that if we don't make it next season, we still have a brilliant future and it's not a complete failure. It will happen, just maybe not as quickly as some seem to think/expect.
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I think some people need to RAISE their expectations of next season
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Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Provided we have some further investment in players
seagullsovergrimsby
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TB will tell Gus he expects a top 2 finish next season , anything less would be an admittance that the club has no ambition. The majority of Brighton fans would take a top 8 finish right now if it also meant Palace either being relegated or being kind to them , finishing 12 points behind us.
Tricky Dicky
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And how on earth can you judge that ? You don't know who we'll be playing next year and you don't know what our squad will be. If we changed nothing, I doubt this squad would finish as high as this season.
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Next season will be ace regardless as I just love watching the Albion, but we have gotta aim high.
Promotion must be the target, and if it's not achieved then we need to examine why, not rely on the "one day it will happen" mentality.
Aim for promotion, definitely. If it's not achieved then by all means we should analyse where we can improve. But we definitely should not panic and sack the management if we don't achieve it, as many on here are suggesting. That would be a huge step backwards.
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Uncle Spielberg
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Totally agreed.
Get off NSC now mate and give your misses a good ragging. That has to be a far more productive way of spending your time surely ?
I think we all hope that this season is a springboard to something better next year, but ultimately the decision initially rests with TB as he sets the budget.
Rumours are that he is very disappointed at some of the profligacy this season, not necessarily by Gus though......
At last a sensible poster. Exactly what I meant. I would hate to be in Gus's position when asked where we are aiming for. Because if he said 'automatic' a lot of people would get on his back and constantly moan if we didn't achieve it. But on the flip side if he didn't set his sights that high he would be called unambitious etc. We are a club on the up, and obviously promotion is the target, but if we don't get promoted we should stick with Gus (providing he doesn't leave) because I believe he will build a top quality squad. And if that has to happen slowly, so be it. But I fear some on here will grow impatient if we don't make the top 6 at least next year.
Uncle Spielberg
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Gus does not give a flying one about the people on here the person he needs to worry about if we fail to get a top 6 finish next season is Tony Bloom.
You think Bloom will fire Gus if we fail to make the top 6 next season?
Uncle Spielberg
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Not sure to be honest. I am sure Bloom will give him 3 seasons but not 5 fannying around in this division as some people seem to think.
Fair enough.
Uncle Spielberg
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In short Gus has done a very good job but I don't think the World would end if he left us.
vegster
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Will TB be that itchy on the trigger ? It would be easy to become one of those chairmen who just fires someone on a regular basis such as Bates or Jordan and that does not build anything long term and would reduce the fans respect for TB. If we have sustained improvements on and off the pitch at all levels of the club I'd like to think that the GP and TB can forge a great long term relationship/partnership. That's the way forward.
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
If we are prepared to spend £22m on an Academy and training facility,then we are close,or near to getting ready to take a huge leap at the big time-
Many clubs could build a new ground with that amount of money-
I am patient and can wait,but not for waiting's sake-we need as many have said to take the opportunity when it comes-
Many clubs could build a new ground with that amount of money-
I am patient and can wait,but not for waiting's sake-we need as many have said to take the opportunity when it comes-
Chesney Christ
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I don't understand.
Who could Bloom be disappointed with for being "profligate" other than the one person he gives money to?
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
What fans' expectations are next season - whether they are high or low, whether we 'believe' or not, whether we think Gus is the right man for the job or not - all of that makes zero difference at all. We are not the ones on the pitch with the task of playing the game.
libra-gully
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Personally the more relevant question is oldest one known to football fans;
"Would you rather repeatedly win 1-0 and be successful, or see entertaining 2-2 draws with the odd 4-3 win maybe and some losses, not be successful, but more importantly enjoy the ride?"
After watching West Ham down here this season, personally I would rather be entertained and mid table, than watch that pony week in week out and go up.
After years of complete abject failure and boredom, I am just enjoying this new experience of watching people like Vicente, Noone and CMS. Long may it continue.
Just my opinion though!
"Would you rather repeatedly win 1-0 and be successful, or see entertaining 2-2 draws with the odd 4-3 win maybe and some losses, not be successful, but more importantly enjoy the ride?"
After watching West Ham down here this season, personally I would rather be entertained and mid table, than watch that pony week in week out and go up.
After years of complete abject failure and boredom, I am just enjoying this new experience of watching people like Vicente, Noone and CMS. Long may it continue.
Just my opinion though!