brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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completely depends on further signings but i think we'll finish similar to last season. 8th, 9th or 10th...
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Brighton ---- Realistic expectation for 2012/2013
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SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
This, this and this.
Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
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Top... If we get a minder & a striker who can finish with left as well as right & head a ball
Gullys Cats
Sausage by the sea!!!
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Marshy
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7th
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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If we don't strengthen in midfield the best that we can hope for is flirting with the playoffs now and then.
Get the right midfielder in and assuming he remains mostly injury free along with Vicente and we could be in with a good shout of promotion imo
Get the right midfielder in and assuming he remains mostly injury free along with Vicente and we could be in with a good shout of promotion imo
Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
Feeling good about next season.
Top 2 for me, (as long as we get in our midfield detroyer and top class striker, of course).
Top 2 for me, (as long as we get in our midfield detroyer and top class striker, of course).
Dave the OAP
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I think there are better teams in this division and the Amex factor has worn off.
I expect us to sneak the play offs, due to different class of players we have so far attracted
albion534
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As long as we don't have an end of season collapse, play-offs for me with a push for automatic promotion!
I feel this year our players are mentally stronger, physically fitter! And know the demands of the championship now!
If we do sign a CM and potentially a striker, I don't see why we can't
Hoskins looks raring to go, vicente is bullying players off the ball to smash em in! And we have a keeper who is amazing
Why not?
I feel this year our players are mentally stronger, physically fitter! And know the demands of the championship now!
If we do sign a CM and potentially a striker, I don't see why we can't
Hoskins looks raring to go, vicente is bullying players off the ball to smash em in! And we have a keeper who is amazing
Why not?
greyseagull
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I think you should ask this question again once the transfer window closes and everyone has closed for business. You'll get a more accurate conclusion and predictions.
What I will say is - and it's been said a million times - is that this division is one of the most unpredictable and fascinating divisions to watch. In 2005 The Championship was the sixth richest division in Europe - I fully expect that to have risen since then what with some of the wages and transfer fees being thrown about.
Who really knows where we will finish this year. You would hope for play-offs. But put yourselves in the position of Leicester supporters last season. They were red-hot favourites to win the league, let alone get promoted, and it just didn’t happen for them and in the end suffered a really disjointed campaign. They only started to look threatening when it was too late in the season. And Ipswich too. If I'm honest, I looked at their squad at the start of last season and with Jewell in charge of his first pre-season and I thought they'd be pushing for play-offs. What a disappointment they were. Look at Forest this year - I suspect their expectations have gone through the roof if reports are true of the type of money they have at their disposal, in comparison to others in this division.
As part of your predictions you should also ask about cup runs. In recent years we have seen the likes of Millwall, Cardiff, Pompey, making the final and other lower league sides mounting ambitious cup runs. What's saying Brighton can't make an FA Cup Semi-Final this season, or anyone in this division for that matter? With a bit of luck in the draw and on the pitch, anything can happen.
It's a brilliant division, a real-life soap opera, and I for one am delighted we are a part of it.
What I will say is - and it's been said a million times - is that this division is one of the most unpredictable and fascinating divisions to watch. In 2005 The Championship was the sixth richest division in Europe - I fully expect that to have risen since then what with some of the wages and transfer fees being thrown about.
Who really knows where we will finish this year. You would hope for play-offs. But put yourselves in the position of Leicester supporters last season. They were red-hot favourites to win the league, let alone get promoted, and it just didn’t happen for them and in the end suffered a really disjointed campaign. They only started to look threatening when it was too late in the season. And Ipswich too. If I'm honest, I looked at their squad at the start of last season and with Jewell in charge of his first pre-season and I thought they'd be pushing for play-offs. What a disappointment they were. Look at Forest this year - I suspect their expectations have gone through the roof if reports are true of the type of money they have at their disposal, in comparison to others in this division.
As part of your predictions you should also ask about cup runs. In recent years we have seen the likes of Millwall, Cardiff, Pompey, making the final and other lower league sides mounting ambitious cup runs. What's saying Brighton can't make an FA Cup Semi-Final this season, or anyone in this division for that matter? With a bit of luck in the draw and on the pitch, anything can happen.
It's a brilliant division, a real-life soap opera, and I for one am delighted we are a part of it.
Well then you're not one of the people thinking we'll come 10th again. I don't buy the whole Amex factor thing anyway, a lot of sides struggle in a new stadium (Saints).
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We will be champions!... If we get no serious injuries.
Jack Daniels
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Correct answer. Keep telling my Wednesday mate. There is not much between 1st and 18th in this league. We had massive chunks of luck last season. That put us in with a shout of the playoffs.