Normal Rob
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On radio 5. Anyone been listening. Just a joy to hear our club being talked about in this manner. Even asking the question of whether we could ever win the Premier League (sensibly, mostly saying very unlikely)
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Ooh it’s a corner
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MNC is prob my fave radio prog and I was listening too. Probably the most talked-up we’ve ever been - I’m actually glad we’re not playing for a while so it can subside
I think the point they missed there is that it's really difficult for us to keep hold of the top players and a top manager, so as soon as we progress enough to challenge the top few, they'll try and buy us.
I did, and it was good.
As others have said - it's always a good listen, regardless of the coverage we may or may not get.
If you're in the mood for listening to some gushing Albion praise, I'll also gently steer you towards this thread i posted earlier...
As others have said - it's always a good listen, regardless of the coverage we may or may not get.
If you're in the mood for listening to some gushing Albion praise, I'll also gently steer you towards this thread i posted earlier...
[Albion] - Listen to this...
...if you're not a Football Ramblie listener as a matter of course. Skip forward to 16 minutes - you only need to listen for four minutes or so. Just some really nice discussion from neutrals on the Albion.
www.northstandchat.com
el punal
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I listened in and enjoyed that we are possibly being touted for a top four finish. A kind of ‘well,why not’ appreciation of everything that the club are doing ticks all the boxes. I’m absolutely loving being a Brighton fan at the moment, it warms the cockles of me heart. 
I was thinking about this the other day. If we assume that the most we ever sell in one season is two of our top players and even then Tony would try and keep it to one but for worst case let’s assume two. Our strength in depth is such that it’s hard to definitely say any more who our best player even is.
Based on age and potential it could be any one of, Joao Pedro, Baleba, JPVH, Verbruggen or maybe Hinshelwood. I’m not even including Mitoma due to his age or Ferguson due to lack of game time. In the past it’s felt inevitable who the next to leave would be but now we could lose one or two and still really thrive without even needing major investment.
We could sell one or two and still do well (thrive if you like), but I don't think you can mount a title challenge when you're always susceptible to losing your best players, and manager. Baleba is great, but how long has it taken to get to the stage where we've replace Caicedo? We still haven't replaced Alexis (maybe that's Matt, but I'm not calling it after one game). Each time they poach from us, it sets us back. Not so far back that we can't challenge for Europe, but far enough back that I don't see how we'll ever challenge for the title.
Perhaps one day, when Tony has accrued so much money that he doesn’t know what to do with it, he will say enough’s enough, let’s go and with the bloody thing. Sadly we’ll never be that rich compared to a rogue, oil rich country.