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Is this the worst Albion team...







sparkie

Well-known member
Jul 17, 2003
13,271
Hove
...since we moved to the Amex?

Not on a wind-up or moaning, generally questioning how capable our current squad is vs our recent previous squads?

No.

We all know that we need a left back, and the strikers are woefully short, so possibly 2 more needed there.

Unfair to judge until 1st September, really.
 






StonehamPark

#Brighton-Nil
Oct 30, 2010
10,133
BC, Canada
Impossible to say, as you know.

What are you driving at? You think we're going down?

Just don't seem as confident this time around.
I don't think for a second that we're relegation bound by any stretch.
However, I do believe we may have a very difficult start to the season with our current squad and then play catch-up from January '15.

We'll see.
 








Luke93

STAND OR FALL
Jun 23, 2013
5,092
Shoreham
First Amex Season compared with now:

Ankergran / Ankergran
Brez / Stockdale

Painter / Chicksen
Greer / Greer
Dunk / Dunk
Adam / Hughes
Calderon / Calderon
Vincelot / Bruno

Bridcutt / Ince
Navarro / Crofts
Dicker / JFC
Sparrow / Toko
Harley / Kemy

Buckley / Buckley
LuaLua / LuaLua
Noone / March

Barnes / O'Grady
CMS / CMS
Hoskins / Goodwin

Considering the transfer window hasn't finished, I'd take our squad now. We're only one quality LB, CF and creative midfielder away from challenging the top 8 again.
 






StonehamPark

#Brighton-Nil
Oct 30, 2010
10,133
BC, Canada
First Amex Season compared with now:

Ankergran / Ankergran
Brez / Stockdale

Painter / Chicksen
Greer / Greer
Dunk / Dunk
Adam / Hughes
Calderon / Calderon
Vincelot / Bruno

Bridcutt / Ince
Navarro / Crofts
Dicker / JFC
Sparrow / Toko
Harley / Kemy

Buckley / Buckley
LuaLua / LuaLua
Noone / March

Barnes / O'Grady
CMS / CMS
Hoskins / Goodwin

Considering the transfer window hasn't finished, I'd take our squad now. We're only one quality LB, CF and creative midfielder away from challenging the top 8 again.

You're comparing a League One side to our current Championship side, and in all honesty, it doesn't look too dissimilar.
Maybe the 10m (+?) in the transfer kitty will help.
 


Luke93

STAND OR FALL
Jun 23, 2013
5,092
Shoreham
You're comparing a League One side to our current Championship side, and in all honesty, it doesn't look too dissimilar.
Maybe the 10m (+?) in the transfer kitty will help.

No. That was our Championship team for 2011/12. Seven of those players, plus many extra on loan during the season, didn't even feature in the L1 campaign of 10/11.
 






The_Viper

Well-known member
Oct 10, 2010
4,345
Charlotte, NC
If this is our starting squad on August 9th it is a close run thing. I think the premier league experience of some players would give this lot the edge over the AMEX opening XI, but we are woefully weak at LB, we haven't got a 15-20 goal striker and we need another creative head in the front 4 to challenge for the top half.
 






Luke93

STAND OR FALL
Jun 23, 2013
5,092
Shoreham
If this is our starting squad on August 9th it is a close run thing. I think the premier league experience of some players would give this lot the edge over the AMEX opening XI, but we are woefully weak at LB, we haven't got a 15-20 goal striker and we need another creative head in the front 4 to challenge for the top half.

Haven't got one 15-20 goal striker? That's harsh on O'Grady and CMS, because they've both scored 15+ championship goals in a season. Agree that we need more players though. We need (at AT LEAST) a quality LB, a creative midfielder and another striker.
 


DarrenFreemansPerm

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sep 28, 2010
17,446
Shoreham
What a joke of a thread. We lose a pre season match to a Premier League and this is genuinely a thread. Seriously?

Score line aside, the question was possibly prompted by the nature of the loss, we got schooled by a team that has just lost 5 key players. Doesn't appear to be much shape or purpose to our play yet.

As a side note, perhaps try to not take every post that might be slightly derogatory to heart.
 


DarrenFreemansPerm

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sep 28, 2010
17,446
Shoreham
Haven't got one 15-20 goal striker? That's harsh on O'Grady and CMS, because they've both scored 15+ championship goals in a season. Agree that we need more players though. We need (at AT LEAST) a quality LB, a creative midfielder and another striker.

When did CMS score 15+ league goals in the Championship?
 








Finchley Seagull

Well-known member
Feb 25, 2004
6,916
North London
Score line aside, the question was possibly prompted by the nature of the loss, we got schooled by a team that has just lost 5 key players. Doesn't appear to be much shape or purpose to our play yet.

As a side note, perhaps try to not take every post that might be slightly derogatory to heart.

Sorry, I'm not sure where I took it to heart. Are you seriously defending this thread? It's a joke. Based on a pre season friendly, he is saying that we have the worst team that we have had since the Amex.

As for them losing a lot of players, they've still got a very good side. Certainly better than Championship teams. We may or may not have a weaker team than we've had before at this level but tonight will have neither proved or disproved that
 


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