daveyboy1973
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after the mismanagement problems of this year, will we hopefully get it right next year?
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HawkTheSeagull
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Yes, we will keep Hughton and actually have a full pre-season and hopefully sort our business out early. We never really recovered from the rushed start under Sami.
Behind Enemy Lines
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in league one?
Keeping the same manager from one season to the next will be a great help.
darters74
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Lets face it, we need nearly a whole new squad. A new right back. a new centre back, (2 if Dunk goes), JFC and Holla can do one, and a striker that can score at least 3 goals in a season!!!
Don't forget the left back that we need.
- Feb 22, 2014
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It will be refreshing to have a manager during the summer which we haven't had for the last 2 summers. We need continuity which I believe TB has always wanted. Rightly or wrongly he has always tried to stick with his appointments. He doesn't want to chop and change every 5 minutes and react to the fans knee-jerk demands. Slowly we are getting things right and I have no time for the gloom mongers forever forecasting doom. There are several clubs that do not own their stadiums and training facilities. We have fantastic facilities which will attract the best football people. We will get there eventually.
Seagulltonian
C'mon the Albion!
Hopefully Mr. Houghton will be able to get the player's he wants, without the need to resort to loan players,
which seems to have been the biggest struggle this season.
And also hoping that TB decides to splash a bit more of that cash, which I think we were promised at the start of this season.
which seems to have been the biggest struggle this season.
And also hoping that TB decides to splash a bit more of that cash, which I think we were promised at the start of this season.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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It all depends on whether TB wants to continue running the team on the cheap. Good chance we'll be in League One so maybe we'll just carry on with the same nucleus of the team, topped up with loan players.
Thing is I don't think we'll be anything but drab and efficient under Hughton, a beige team if you like.
Thing is I don't think we'll be anything but drab and efficient under Hughton, a beige team if you like.
IF we stay up, and that's a pretty big if, then we need to entirely rebuild. That means spending money. How willing is Bloom to invest in the playing side? I'm not sure tbh,
But I like Hughton, and he's done it before, which makes him a great appointment in my book. Experience is vital.
A solid preseason, and Burke gone might make all the difference. Let the manager get in the players he wants and we'll go from there,
Whatever league we find ourselves in next season a rebuild is going to have to happen. I wouldn't fancy our chances in League One with such an old defence tbh
But I like Hughton, and he's done it before, which makes him a great appointment in my book. Experience is vital.
A solid preseason, and Burke gone might make all the difference. Let the manager get in the players he wants and we'll go from there,
Whatever league we find ourselves in next season a rebuild is going to have to happen. I wouldn't fancy our chances in League One with such an old defence tbh
Machiavelli
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Facilities are good but it's money that attracts the best football people.
A new left back too.
The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
I'm normally a positive person but IMO we'll be in league one next season, just has a relegation feel about this year.
Next year we need to sell our older players/assets but try to keep players like Ince, March and dunk. Convince them to stay with big promotion bonuses and build a team around them. Then let some of the more talented u21 players step up and spend some money on young talent, start a fresh.
Relegation is gutting and after the progress weve made over the last 4 years it will be very depressing BUT it's a great oppertunity to cut our cloth and build a young eager squad.
Our wage bill is far too high for the talent we have available to us, we must have a handful of players like Kemy, CMS and Crofts who for various reasons offer very little but whos wages would make up the lion share of a League one playing budget.
Next year we need to sell our older players/assets but try to keep players like Ince, March and dunk. Convince them to stay with big promotion bonuses and build a team around them. Then let some of the more talented u21 players step up and spend some money on young talent, start a fresh.
Relegation is gutting and after the progress weve made over the last 4 years it will be very depressing BUT it's a great oppertunity to cut our cloth and build a young eager squad.
Our wage bill is far too high for the talent we have available to us, we must have a handful of players like Kemy, CMS and Crofts who for various reasons offer very little but whos wages would make up the lion share of a League one playing budget.
Fantastic facilities that are unaffordable and have hardly led to a queue of the best football people wanting to sign up.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Have we got many u21 players that are that talented ?
Arn't our u21s relatively weak compared to our lower age groups ?I can't see any salvation coming from that direction for a while.
Kemy and CMS are off the wage bill in June, and will be long gone.
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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This will be a summer where we actually need to spend some money. No more loans, freebies, or spending £500K to replace an £8-10million striker.
Blues Rock DJ
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can't see Houghton staying in L1...
Lower West Stander
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Yep. Being our left back is a bit like being Spinal Tap's drummer.