[Albion] Are we getting a little bit carried away ?

[ofco8]

I really enjoyed Saturdays performance. A 3-0 win away from home is something I never thought I would see again to be honest, not in the Premier League anyway.

But are some members of the board getting just a little bit too over excited ?... its only 1 result after all

Tell me I'm just a pessimist and we really are going to be great this season Marshy.. sit back and enjoy the football

Yes, we are getting carried away and know it. However, when have we seen ourselves in that position in top flight before? Am enjoying this week but am prepared for the future!!!

 

[Perkino]

We've just won away 0-3 at a side who have top 10 expectations, not many sides can achieve such a result. Equally we are about to play a home match against a side we've beaten both times we've played them at the Amex, followed by a team who will be happy to avoid relegation this season. This all leads to a very realistic chance of getting 3 wins in a row and knowing even if we don't quite manage that we won't be cast away from everyone else with a mountain to climb. I'm hopeful this season could be great, like 50ish points great

 

[Nobby]

That was my first thought on Saturday. Is Potter the new TINSELHEAD

Uh oh.....

 

[GOM]

What's the point of following football all your life if you can't go a little nuts after a FLAIR 3-0 opening day win away.

Most of us realise we probably won't finish in the top four, but it's fun to speculate while we can.

I think there may be more certainty than probably won't

 

[casbom]

I think it's easy to get carried away after Saturday, because the result (bar Palace away) and performance was nothing like what we've seen in the last 6 months, so you're gonna get lots of excitable fans, albeit most are tongue in cheek when talking top 6!

However what is different is that I am actually excited about Saturday, not in a "we're gonna win 4-0" type of way, but to see Potterball up close and to actually enjoy watching football again at the Amex (even if we lose). After the dire football that got served up from Feb onwards, I'm looking forward, instead of dreading going to the game.

 

[phazza]

No need to get carried away. It's a marathon not a sprint. There are good teams in this division. Chants of "we're gonna win the league" probably a bit premature, reckon we should just aim for that top 4 spot

The chants were humour! We are all aware it’s a long process. But we can and should any happy moments along the way.

 

[Hamilton]

https://www.barcelona.com/barcelona...ickets/tips_tricks/how_to_get_to_the_camp_nou

 

[Machiavelli]

Football fans blow with the wind. It isn't new, and it certainly isn't confined to Albion fans.

I play cricket with half a dozen Saints fans. In the pub after last week's game, they were all super-confident going into the season "Che Adams is going to score 20", "Ralph is one of the best managers in the PL"...

In the pub with the very same lads last night, and "****ing terrible. Going to be another shit season", "why the **** didn't we buy a centre back? They're all shit", etc, etc

That enormous lump Vestergaard really is shit. Even he contrived to outdo his low standards against Burnley.

 

[A1X]

The chants were humour!

 

[Exile]

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[bluenitsuj]

Who cares. Let's enjoy the ride

 

[Sussex Nomad]

I really enjoyed Saturdays performance. A 3-0 win away from home is something I never thought I would see again to be honest, not in the Premier League anyway.

But are some members of the board getting just a little bit too over excited ?... its only 1 result after all

Tell me I'm just a pessimist and we really are going to be great this season Marshy.. sit back and enjoy the football

Yep they are, and why not. Fantastic opener, given a good side a proper belting, and after the last two years albeit a couple of decent results, I think the fans deserve to get a little carried away for a change.

 

[SollysLeftFoot]

Some bets for the carried away:

Brighton top 6 finish 28/1
Top 4 finish 200/1
Winner 2000/1

Maupay top scorer 90/1

Brighton to finish higher than Chelsea 18/1

18/1 isn’t a bad bet...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

What's the point of following football all your life if you can't go a little nuts after a FLAIR 3-0 opening day win away.

Most of us realise we probably won't finish in the top four, but it's fun to speculate while we can.

This. It's a clear statement of intent to put on two strikers when you're 1-0 up away from home with less than half an hour to play. Could have backfired horribly. But it didn't. And total respect to GP for putting his players win bonuses where his mouth is. Much of last season's woes were as a direct result of sitting back and inviting very poor sides to lay siege to our goal.

 

[Exile]

Some bets for the carried away:

Brighton top 6 finish 28/1
Top 4 finish 200/1
Winner 2000/1

Maupay top scorer 90/1

Brighton to finish higher than Chelsea 18/1

18/1 isn’t a bad bet...

If Maupay is on offer @ 90/1, then an E/W bet (top 4 places?) on him could be astute.

Personally, I'm hoping we win the next two, so that I can snaffle some extravagantly long odds, on my Albion-relegated consolation bet.

 

[bluenitsuj]

I am excited for this season but not getting carried away. Fourth would be ok with me.

 

[Albion Prem]

I really enjoyed Saturdays performance. A 3-0 win away from home is something I never thought I would see again to be honest, not in the Premier League anyway.

But are some members of the board getting just a little bit too over excited ?... its only 1 result after all

Tell me I'm just a pessimist and we really are going to be great this season Marshy.. sit back and enjoy the football

After a handfall of games opponents will have had time to study Potters system,then it will be interesting

 

[phoenix]

It was a good win but Watford are in a mess, we will clearly learn in the next few weeks how things will turn out but the style of football looks miles better than last season which is a major positive.

Why does everyone we beat have to be "in a mess" can't we just say we beat them. We were good, stick that up your bum (not you beachy) !!

 

[Beach Hut]

Why does everyone we beat have to be "in a mess" can't we just say we beat them. We were good, stick that up your bum (not you beachy) !!

To be fair they do not have to be in a mess but Watford clearly are, I think it was the first time in quite a while they started with the same manager they had at the of the previous season.

Just read ther message board to see what the fans think, we actually have as pretty decent chance of winning our first three games.

 

[AZ Gull]

Football fans blow with the wind. It isn't new, and it certainly isn't confined to Albion fans.

I play cricket with half a dozen Saints fans. In the pub after last week's game, they were all super-confident going into the season "Che Adams is going to score 20", "Ralph is one of the best managers in the PL"...

In the pub with the very same lads last night, and "****ing terrible. Going to be another shit season", "why the **** didn't we buy a centre back? They're all shit", etc, etc

Tell them their club should consider making a bid for Ben White in the next window....after all, Saints will know all about him, having released him at U-16 level