[Albion] Brighton are too good and will go down one day

[The Oldman]

Martin Samuel in today's Times

"Here’s a prediction. Not one I wish to come true. In the next five seasons, maybe even sooner, Brighton & Hove Albion will be relegated. Not because they’re bad, but because they’re too good. Given the context of their resources and limitations, Brighton are as good as any team in the Premier League right now. And, for that reason, it simply can’t last."

As Times is paywall no point in posting a link but a long article explaining that we can't go on shipping out our best players and staff and expect to stay in the Premier League.. Brentford in same position.

 

[Springal]

By the state of him will he even be around in 5 years ?

 

[veuve]

Strange article.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Has he not retired yet? Can't stand his writing. People like him hate teams like Brighton and Brentford that come along and upset the apple cart with our clever ways of working, it's his dream for us to be relegated.

 

[jcdenton08]

Very strange indeed. What is he trying to say?

 

[Oh_aye]

If you're a 'sports writer' you gotta churn up some daily content from somewhere I suppose.

If you look at the historical span of football everyone gets relegated at some point. In the mid 90s a capital driven change was made which allowed a certain small number of clubs a media driven, international fanbase, financially secured certainty that they won't be relegated. For everyone else, it's an inevitability at some point.

The article may as well be called 'sport contains jeopardy - shock'

 

[Steve in Japan]

Yup, read that article. The whole premise is a truism; of course we might go down at some point. That's the whole point of the pyramid.

Samuel is fanatically opposed to the PSR rules, and for that reason I think he's an idiot

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Don't think he really understands Tony Bloom

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Martin Samuel in today's Times

"Here’s a prediction. Not one I wish to come true. In the next five seasons, maybe even sooner, Brighton & Hove Albion will be relegated. Not because they’re bad, but because they’re too good. Given the context of their resources and limitations, Brighton are as good as any team in the Premier League right now. And, for that reason, it simply can’t last."

As Times is paywall no point in posting a link but a long thoughtful article explaining that we can't go on shipping out our best players and staff and expect to stay in the Premier League.. Brentford in same position.

De Zerbi OUT! Sack the board.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Strange way to think. I guess I get where he's going, that he thinks our 'luck will run out' with replacing the key cogs, and he's probably thinking it'll be similar to Southampton going down when they were the ones getting plundered, missing the key detail that they had a takeover and a total change in approach before going down.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

I got as far as the Times.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

In other news, Sheffield Wednesday are so shite that it can't possibly last so, soon, they will be Champions of Europe. It's only a matter of time.

 

[Dirty Dave]

Martin Samuel in tomorrow's Times

"Here’s a prediction. Not one I wish to come true. In the next five seasons, maybe even sooner, Crystal Palace will win the league. Not because they’re good, but because they’re too sh*t. Given the context of their resources and limitations, Crystal Palace are so bad. And, for that reason, it simply can’t last."

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Martin Samuel in tomorrow's Times

"Here’s a prediction. Not one I wish to come true. In the next five seasons, maybe even sooner, Crystal Palace will win the league. Not because they’re good, but because they’re too sh*t. Given the context of their resources and limitations, Crystal Palace are so bad. And, for that reason, it simply can’t last."

And a landslide win for Sunk in the general election? Nailed on.

 

[Gabbiano]

I mean, we will go down again at some point. Every golden period ends in football. So what? The point is to keep it going as long as possible and enjoy it while we have it.

It annoys me seeing this line trotted out every day online or by some hack journalist. "Look at what happened to Southampton and Leicester!" No shit, what are you expecting as the alternative? We don't have the resources of Man City, football is cyclical.

Even more annoying, when it eventually happens, these journalists will be saying they predicted it, and for the next club punching above their weight, it'll be "Look at what happened to Brighton!"

 

[Stato]

I went and read it with an open mind, because it's a sensible starting statement. Everyone outside the big six and now Newcastle does well every year to stay above the bottom three. Times and circumstances change and only proper nation state sized wealth can insure against all occurences.

I was expecting an article about the financial deck being stacked, about the big boys catching on to the methods that Brighton & Brentford have utilised, about a smart small club not being able to compete with a smart big club as per the conclusion to 'Moneyball'. However, none of that. Just another 'look at Southampton' article, but bizarrely with Wimbledon thrown in this time. Says absolutely nothing we don't already know. 'Can't get it right every time, blah blah, blah.' He fails to see that the model is predicated upon the risk of relegation being a big factor. It also takes into account the risks inherent with financially overstretching (Leicester, Forest, Everton).

Saying 'Brighton will get relegated at some point' is not the massive reveal he thinks it is. Were he to say it Bloom and Barber, they would simply respond. 'Yep, always a risk for any club of our size.'

 

[The Grockle]

I think it's naïve to think we wont go down at some point but I think we have the structure in place to get back up quickly.

If you look at last years relegated teams they look very strong and I'd imagine two will come straight back up, I also think our crowds would stay high so with parachute payments we'd be on a strong financial footing.

 

[Questions]

I haven’t read the article but I always found him a cut above most of the other journalists. Barnes, Syid and Samuel’s was a top line up in The Times and the main reason why I often bought it.

 

[Insel affe]

Tell us something we do not know or aware will eventually happen to us, not so sure it will be five years, but it could be if things go terribly wrong.
lazy writing.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Are we at risk of going down in the next 5 to 10 years? Yes
Are there at least 10 clubs in the PL just likely or more likely to go down in that time frame? Yes
Is print media doomed in that same timeframe, because nobody is prepared to pay good money for zero insight? Hmmm