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[Albion] Are Albion genuinely in danger of being in a relegation battle next season in your opinion
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He's 50/50 to play Premier League football again?
Oh, come on. He's a warrior.
Going to need something a lot more meaty than some third hand rumour before I even imagine the worst.
There was a fair bit of conjecture after Solly's injury that ti could be a career-ender for him, due to the specifics of the injury and scar tissue from previous injuries.
I was told just a couple of days ago that his recovery is going really well. He may not make the beginning of the season, but is on track to return.
I was told just a couple of days ago that his recovery is going really well. He may not make the beginning of the season, but is on track to return.
Yes, his career is in the balance.
I see we’re back to your complete ignorance from the Connolly threads. Solly is a one club, local boy. There are literally shitloads of Brighton fans that know the March family.
I’ve PMd the details to someone else who knew exactly the same thing. I won’t be telling you so that you can pretend to be clever later.
Brian Fantana
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With an obvious question mark over what level can he return to?
- Jun 27, 2012
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"terrible" window apart from our 20 goal a year striker and our new #1 21 year old international keeper, and is Baleba really "terrible" ?
Anyway i'm just reminding posters that we do still have a recruitment team. There seems to be some doubt on here for some reason.
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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He's starting running next week!
Which is crucial to the final outcome
Lifelong Supporter
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Yes we are in a relegation battle from the first game, like we were last season and the season before. The idea is to get out of the battle as soon as possible. Last season we removed any realistic threat of relegation after about half a dozen games which was a great achievement. This coming season I would hope that by Christmas we can feel secure in our status but it may take longer.
I have full confidence that our play will be above the standard of relegation contenders but we do need to score goals. That is the doubt in my mind. We need Ferguson to have a good season. Then off course there would be concern that he will be off. Such is football these days in the Premier League.
The fixture list will have significance, we don't want a set of tough games to start.
I have full confidence that our play will be above the standard of relegation contenders but we do need to score goals. That is the doubt in my mind. We need Ferguson to have a good season. Then off course there would be concern that he will be off. Such is football these days in the Premier League.
The fixture list will have significance, we don't want a set of tough games to start.
You’re a clever lad. I’m sure you understand that 50/50 isn’t “career finished”. We’re saying the same thing differently
I asked you if there was "its a 50-50 he's playing Premier League football again?", you said "yes his career is in balance" and now you're saying "Im sure you understand that 50/50 isn't career finished". What?
And Bozza who is claiming rehab is going really well, are saying the same thing?
I'm slightly confused and going to label it all "horseshit", and look forward to seeing Solly in a few (or little more) months.
He’s not yet started running. Anything can happen, hence 50/50. It’s really not hard to understand.
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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The key to us continuing our midtable or above success obviously relies a lot on the managerial appointment, but from a playing squad point of view its the quality of the centre mid we bring in that feel most important to me. We need to go for a Palhinha type who can really control our midfield, that was such an important signing for Fulham, and will mean splashing a bit of cash.
- Oct 20, 2022
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You may not have noticed but I am not vaguely negative about next season, I am sure that you are confusing me with someone else regularly with some of your comments and yes I saw every game last season. In fact I only recently commented that if RDZ had not gone rogue for the second half of the season until about a month before the end and lowered his sights a little we could be going into next season with him at the helm. It was very clear that he decided to implement plan B at the end of the season, shame he didn’t do it much earlier when the injury crisis was at it’s worst
So - Did you start this thread to highlight yet again, the ‘failings’ of De Zerbi? I guess if so, the net was out and I bit.
It is completely irrelevant to our performance next season to what RDZ did last season - he’s gone. The question is about the Squad we have now. Even without March, it is good enough (compared to at least 10 other clubs in the PL, ) to avoid relegation IF we have a good transfer window ie get our targets and don’t lose any key players and appoint a manager who is as a good, if not better than De Zerbi.
That will be down to TB/PB and yes, what is happening financially with the rest of the clubs in the league.
That’s just my opinion.
Edit - asking if we are going to get relegated next season does seem somewhat negative to me but again that’s just my opinion.
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"Anything can happen, hence 50/50" is not how anything works. Just because anything can happen there's not a 50/50 chance something will happen.
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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If ...
We make a shocking managerial appointment ... and ....
We have a shocking transfer window ... and ....
We have a huge number of injuries or we sell and don't replace key players ....
Then we'll probably be balls deep in a relegation fight. But it would take all 3 to go wrong.
Far more likely is a dull 14th place sort of season
We make a shocking managerial appointment ... and ....
We have a shocking transfer window ... and ....
We have a huge number of injuries or we sell and don't replace key players ....
Then we'll probably be balls deep in a relegation fight. But it would take all 3 to go wrong.
Far more likely is a dull 14th place sort of season
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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Our transfer business has always tried to work ahead of need and to a certain extent this year, it got caught up. Eight players: Verbruggen, Igor, Barco, Baleba, Dahoud, Milner, Fati & Pedro were expected to arrive and immediately significantly contribute to the first team. Jack Hinshelwood adds further to this in his debut year with the first team.
New arrivals played a total of 13,173 minutes this season, compared with Estupinan, Enciso, Gilmour, Buonanotte, Ayari, Ferguson and Colwill's 9,011 last year and Mwepu, Cucurella, Scherpen & Sarmiento's 4,715 in 2021/22.
As you indicate, the transfer window wasn't terrible, it was just asked to do more at a quicker pace and more signings increases the risk ratio of more less successful signings. The over acheivement of the previous seasons accelerated the churn and put us into a period of transition. Twelve of those mentioned as joining in the last two seasons plus the ones who followed the signed and loaned out route: Van Hecke, Mitoma, Adringa, perhaps Mazilu and less likely Undav, will be joined by Ibrahim Osman in a first team squad that will have about two thirds players who have played their first game for the club since September 2022.
Expectations have been very high because we've set new levels, but as RDZ made clear, a lot of these players show every sign of having the potential to be just as good as the ones we've lost. However, the unprecented levels reached last year clouded the fact that the squad has been in transition.
If you compare the squad that decimated Manchester United in May 2022 with the one that lost 2-0 this May, only Gross and Welbeck started both games. Steele, Lamptey, Webster and Offiah were in both squads. (Dunk, March, Lallana, Moder & Veltman missed one or other game through injury)
- Jun 27, 2012
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Agree with all of that. Its a good nuanced account of where we are . I was just responding to the inexplicable view on here - now shared by several posters - that we , somehow , don't have a specialist recruitment team, and everything is "terrible", throw in a bit of Palace envy and hence - we're in a relegation fight. Which of course isn't very nuanced at all.