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Utter, utter ballcrop.

Can't agree. There is lots of doubt in that statement. We've signed an offensive midfielder - a critical missing component - and sold a key defender, but not an irreplaceable one. And critically, we have the core of the same team and the same manager. Continuity and familiarity are hugely...

Our issue will be if we get another injury/Covid case amongst our centre backs. Then we'll look thin on the ground. Still not sure it's a £50m hole though. A good CB back up sized hole? Yes.

Sorry. Enough now. Every single post you make is negative or argumentative or just touchy. Don't bother relying, you're on ignore.

You think we looked out of balance in a game where we mixed our first and second team for the entire match? Any other penetrating thoughts to share? That tells us very little about how much we are missing White. Clearly he's a loss to the squad. How big the hole? We won't know for a while.

If he even exists..... bleaters are known to tweak the truth to support their own flimsy arguments.

I have a hunch that Neil Maupay is going to have a very fine season. Can't base or recruitment on that, but I'm confident.

You place no value on continuity, young squad more experienced in the Prem who almost all played together for a full season under the same manager and system. That doesn't count for anything? Many teams would kill for that kind of stability.

It's not. We have a very settled young side who had a full season playing together in the Prem under this manager. We've sold one good player in a position where we are strong and bought a good player in a position where we critically need to improve (transition from midfield). On that basis...

Not sure it does show that. Some great analysis from Statsbomb, which I shared elsewhere, suggests that it was our slow build up and the opposition's ability to get back behind the ball, that really affected our ability to score. Not simply a failure to be clinical. Hard to be clinical when...

Found the stats Not Andy Naylor - it was Statsbomb - https://statsbomb.com/2021/08/brighton-hove-albion-season-preview-2021-22/ - it's a very interesting read. "Only six teams reached the final third more often than Brighton last season. Only three completed more passes inside the penalty box...

I saw a stat (maybe from Statbomb?) that said we had the worst average position for our shots last season - I think this was measured by the number of people between the shooter and the goal. In other words, whilst we had many chances, on average, they were the worst in the league. Could easily...

The voice of reason from high in the canopy.

Good point about the trains. There are issues with some matches - but it is an option. Thanks el punal

That's a good point. But if we can find a small group of people who sometimes want to just get to and from the game, it could cut traffic and costs for some home games. Napier just added to the list and WhatsApp being set up.

Thanks to warmleyseagull for getting in touch. Definitely looks like we can sort out some car pooling for some games. Anyone else in Dorset fancy possibly getting involved? Let me know.

I love people with opinions. What get's right on my moobs is people who have ridiculously high expectations of the club they purport to support and behave with petulence when the club don't splash the cash in the way they demand. I also get prety irked by people who use a self serving...

If I was Tony Bloom, I think I'd be tempted to tell you to go f@@k yourself. I'm sure he's too polite to do that though. Calm down for goodness sake.

Quote from Gary Neville

Not seen it used on NSC, but this would be a prime opportunity to call ELMO* on the grammar chat in this thread. Shall we get back to Edouard? * Enough, Let's Move On.