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Quite possibly but it’s still a slightly worrying statistic. He missed the spell from end of season 21/22 to start of season 23/24 which obviously was our best run of form in the PL. But realistically, he wouldn’t have started in many of those sides even if he was fit. Does that say more about...

I had just checked out his win percentage stats. Should’ve read page 2 first! 18% win rate when Moder starts. Obviously lots of other variables at play but that is a slightly worrying statistic, particularly for a player who doesn’t have any real tangible contributions at either end of the...

No idea on Palace’s transfer business but this still rankles with me. We were in a once in a lifetime opportunity to kick on and cement our stability in the top half for the next couple of years but let it slip with poor signings and what seems from the outside, a lack of ambition. Squad wise...

Imagine is his name was Ian Jeffries, born and raised in the North of England. There’d be a few different opinions of him! Unfortunately I’ll be stunned if AC Milan actually sign him.

RDZ. But there’s not as much in it as either fan club would have you believe. Both are good managers, but both (so far) have shown themselves as being short of elite manager level, as much as they might both like to say otherwise.

Gary Borrowdale just popped into my head.

Sounds like the ideal manager for Barco and Hinshelwood. This bit would be worrying for our current team though: ‘Due to their heavy pressing, Porto play with a very high line, an approach that allows them to quickly and easily transition into their attacking setup and progress the ball into...

If I did, I’d be sending my CV to the club! Unfortunately, if we don’t get a couple of talented players in that golden age range, I think it’s unlikely we’ll be competing in the top half next season, let alone pushing for Europe. The club hierarchy probably know this and may decide to accept...

Over the course of the Prem years we’ve signed Gross, Veltman, Propper, Trossard, Ali J, Welbeck, Webster, Maupay, Pervis, Cucarella, Mwepu and possibly others I’ve missed who were all in their mid-late twenties. As well as Dunk and Solly who were already with us. We don’t purely deal in...

Agreed, but the squad really feels like it needs a few players in their mid-late twenties, ready for first team football. We’ve got plenty of experienced heads and plenty of youngsters but not a lot in between.

We’ll see. I’d be surprised if TB said, ‘Roberto, we’re going to spend good money this summer on a few players to improve the first team, the recruitment team have identified the talents and we’re gonna start going after them.’ And RDZ said, ‘Nah, you need to let me pick them, Tony. I can’t...

Whether your glass half-full or half-empty, I think you can recognise 20/1 is pretty good odds as it stands. RDZ’s exits signals that we’re probably not going to spend much money this summer. A few of the key injured players aren’t expected to be fit for the start of the season. All it takes is...

I’d be amazed if anyone else is over 50%, bar players who played a handful of games. Undav might be up there.

Caicedo must comfortably have the highest win percentage of any Brighton player since we’ve been in the PL (based purely on playing for us). I’d guess Mitoma might be the next closest? Some might say it’s a crude way of looking at it but I think it does partially show that whoever you have in...

Not too worried about who we get in as manager. Have faith that we’ll get someone decent. More worried about our player dealings this summer. Have less faith that we’ll get the numbers or quality we need.

Interestingly, Gasperini’s Atalanta used to stomp all over RDZ’s Sassuolo. Get him in!

As ever it’s a combination of injures, RDZ’s tactics and poor recruitment which caused it. I’m leaning more and more towards poor recruitment as the main issue. It’s why I’m surprised some people think we only need a couple of signings in the summer. We need 4 or 5 to be competitive in the top...

At his best he’s better than everyone else at centre half, bar Dunk. Unfortunately he is made of glass, which is a very particular problem for his position.

As @Weststander has pointed out, a lack of players in their prime years. Plenty of youngsters, plenty of players the wrong side of 30. To say it’s stronger than we started last season is laughable nonsense.

In terms of League games it this. Marseille away as well.