The Birdman
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I don’t want Dunk to go and at his age but if does it should top five to six club or a top European not a club of similar size.
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[Albion] Dunk to Leicester City?
- Thread starter Lenny Rider
- Start date
Very unlikely......they’ve got a good chance of a top 6 finish IMO.
Bwian
Kiss my (_!_)
- Jul 14, 2003
- 15,898
Leicester may be similar in size but that's where similarities end.
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More from the club this morning........hardly point to signs of him moving
https://twitter.com/officialbhafc/status/1147445080854151168?s=21
https://twitter.com/officialbhafc/status/1147445080854151168?s=21
I think the only reason that Dunky is not currently a mainstay of the '' England Set Up '' is because it took Brighton too long to get to the PL. He was almost 27 by the time he got there and with Southgate having worked with the U21 set up before he became England Manager, he has a preference for younger players.
He should have moved to a PL Team at a younger age but I don't know that he was ready then. He is now a super defender but other players have come into the England set up before him and he might be a little too far down the pecking order at the moment that I think he will need to rely on injuries to get back in there.
The fact that he stayed with Brighton was great for Brighton because he was a major part of getting there. He is at a crossroads now and he is at his highest value he has ever been. It won't get any higher than it is now.
He was needed at Brighton to get them to the PL - If the right offer comes in now I don't see the Club fighting to keep him as much because Centre halves are easier to replace than the more ''gifted'' players and you can see that happening with the signing of younger centre halves.
I think if Brighton sell Dunk it would be a mistake but Brighton as a club have more of a ''longevity'' that Dunk's career so I think it would be understandable if he was sold when his Value is at it's Premium.
The strongest link of the team was the Dunk and Duffy partnership. Take that away, even one of them going and you delve into the unknown but the Club are there now anyhow so '' in for a penny, in for a pound '' as the saying goes.
He should have moved to a PL Team at a younger age but I don't know that he was ready then. He is now a super defender but other players have come into the England set up before him and he might be a little too far down the pecking order at the moment that I think he will need to rely on injuries to get back in there.
The fact that he stayed with Brighton was great for Brighton because he was a major part of getting there. He is at a crossroads now and he is at his highest value he has ever been. It won't get any higher than it is now.
He was needed at Brighton to get them to the PL - If the right offer comes in now I don't see the Club fighting to keep him as much because Centre halves are easier to replace than the more ''gifted'' players and you can see that happening with the signing of younger centre halves.
I think if Brighton sell Dunk it would be a mistake but Brighton as a club have more of a ''longevity'' that Dunk's career so I think it would be understandable if he was sold when his Value is at it's Premium.
The strongest link of the team was the Dunk and Duffy partnership. Take that away, even one of them going and you delve into the unknown but the Club are there now anyhow so '' in for a penny, in for a pound '' as the saying goes.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
I can't believe people are saying we're a similar sized club to Leicester 
They're way ahead of us in every way you could think to measure it!
They're way ahead of us in every way you could think to measure it!
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Good teams are build on a solid defence. Top class central defenders are difficult to find, just look at Arsenal.
I think we are in total agreement on that
B.W.
New member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 13,666
I can't believe people are saying we're a similar sized club to Leicester
They're way ahead of us in every way you could think to measure it!
Fan-base similar... that's one way...
Big 6 for Dunky or stay... Leicester are not Big 6...
Nixonator
Well-known member
I can't believe people are saying we're a similar sized club to Leicester
They're way ahead of us in every way you could think to measure it!
Abolutely, take abundance of homophobic twats for example. Another league entirely.
The other Leicester they share a city with though, who we played not so long ago in the 3rd tier - we're more similar to them.
Palacefinder General
Well-known member
- Apr 5, 2019
- 2,594
I can't believe people are saying we're a similar sized club to Leicester
They're way ahead of us in every way you could think to measure it!
In achievement/s yes, but not in size.
Megazone
On his last warning
I get the impression some people think we're still playing at Withdean
They'd be a lot happier if we were.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
That was the only season they've ever spent outside the top two divisions. We've spent the majority of our history in the bottom two divisions.
You can't just ignore the last 120 years of history and focus on the two times totaling 7 years that we happen to have a reasonably good following and play in the top division.
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Weststander
Well-known member
Players always improve, when they play with better quality team mates.
Except Zaha at ManU.
Nixonator
Well-known member
We've had a good following for a total of 7 years? Must be supporting a different club to me. We've actually had better followings outside the top flight.
Not really disagreeing with the rest, only that it means next to absolutely **** all to players.
In the PL it's 6 and the rest, and the appeal of the rest is primarily sequenced by how much they pay. There is absolutely zero appeal made manifest by X club spending Y more years in Z division.
So this whole debate on what constitutes a 'big' club and who wins in a 1v1 of bigness is an embarassingly cringeworthy load of cobblers
Palacefinder General
Well-known member
- Apr 5, 2019
- 2,594
None of which has anything to do with the 'size' of a club. Our infrastructure and support is more than comparable, our catchment area arguably significantly bigger.
dejavuatbtn
Well-known member
50% fish?
Whitechapel
Famous Last Words
Leicester have won the premier league, have 3 league cup wins and have reached 4 FA Cup finals.
Anybody who doesn’t think they’re a bigger club than us is f*cking deluded. We’re the second smallest club in the Prem ffs.
Anybody who doesn’t think they’re a bigger club than us is f*cking deluded. We’re the second smallest club in the Prem ffs.
On what basis? You see, there are multiple ways to measure club size, and you seem only fixated on trophies.
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