Jolly Red Giant
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- Jul 11, 2015
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As a matter of interest who do you support?
Guess?
As a matter of interest who do you support?
Guess?
Which one would that be?
Jumping to conclusions there -
Bloom might be ambitious - but unless he is willing to plough the rest of his reputed £1billion wealth into the club then Brighton are stuck fighting relegation - and maybe even then it wouldn't work. The only club that has been able to break out of the bottom half of the table over the last 20 years has been Leicester, bought by a company with revenue of more than $2billion a year - with a freak win of the PL and then making another £75million from the Champions League - and even they have some down times that have seen them struggle.
Fulham spent more than £100million and got relegated
The only club that has been able to break out of the bottom half of the table over the last 20 years has been Leicester
Answer the question.Every Premier League club currently has a manager. Except us.
Knowing that there was an injury problem why did Hughton not recruit in the January window? If it was Barber/Bloom decision that Hughton went along with then we have to ask why didn't he insist on bringing at least two players in? If it was a three way decision let's hope the appointment of Ashworth prevents such monumental cock ups happening again.Hughton has had all the tools to be successful here, and he has been. He's been remarkably successful and that will never be forgotten. This season we did have some dreadful luck with injuries, no Izquierdo all season and with players frequently dipping in and out. Gross was half the player he was last season, and he too struggled with injuries for the majority of the season.
But even considering all of this, we had the squad to cope and we have players who simply didn't perform when they played. Knockaert and March were played frequently but contributed positively in an attacking sense once every 4/5 games. Obviously, that's not good enough. Glenn Murray scored a very healthy number of goals, he couldn't have done any more than he did. Duffy scored a handful as well, but we had just 1 goal from central midfield all season. Gross scored a couple as well, and the wingers contributed another 3/4 (albeit a match winning and season saving winner at Palace from Knockaert). No goals from full backs though. It's obvious what our problem was, and there was never an attempt to address it by altering tactics or utilising the players who were fit and available.
A thoroughly disappointing season but a success in terms of staying up, and dragging ourselves to a Wembley FA Cup Semi-Final - and actually performing pretty well in it.
Which one would that be?
Jumping to conclusions there -
Bloom might be ambitious - but unless he is willing to plough the rest of his reputed £1billion wealth into the club then Brighton are stuck fighting relegation - and maybe even then it wouldn't work. The only club that has been able to break out of the bottom half of the table over the last 20 years has been Leicester, bought by a company with revenue of more than $2billion a year - with a freak win of the PL and then making another £75million from the Champions League - and even they have some down times that have seen them struggle.
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That's them promoted next season then. Can't see them overcoming the playoffs.
Let's hope we don't exchange places.
Jay Rodriquez better be worried.
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Do you think this season was as good as it gets then? There is middle ground between super defensive & expansive attacking football.
And Dwight Gayle better learn to defend instead of scoring goals
No of course not but I also don't think the WHOLE season was as bad as some have made out.
We went through a poor run but survived.
Looking at the first season and a half in the Premier League I think CH found the middle ground you talk about perfectly.
Having had a day and a half now to get over the shock of CH sacking, my initial feelings have changed.I’ve read a lot on here, and in the press, the Telegraph article , the Guardian one, and I can understand why Chris was sacked. Had our manager (ex) been a complete arsehat like Pardew, Alladyce, or even Mourinhio, I would have wanted him out 2 months ago, the football was dire, and , unfortunately the results weren’t good enough to justify it. However, Chris is such a decent human being, and taking our club from down among the dead men of the Championship to securing a third season in the PL, I thought he deserved the benefit of the doubt.
But, that wouldn’t have counted for anything next season, which I feel will be our hardest, no matter who is in charge, and, I don’t think Chris is up to it. I really hate saying that, and I feel a bit ashamed, but, it is my conclusion after the last 15 or so games.
Tony Bloom has got a huge amount of money invested in the club, and needs PL football at the club, and unfortunately, Chris has become a casualty of this essential requirement.
Disagree Palace kept us up not HughtonNo of course not but I also don't think the WHOLE season was as bad as some have made out.
We went through a poor run but survived.
Looking at the first season and a half in the Premier League I think CH found the middle ground you talk about perfectly.
And Dwight Gayle better learn to defend instead of scoring goals