I think you may have missed the cruel mockery which was the main intent of my post.I didn’t get that flawed championship logic, I’m guessing you wanted us to win if we went back down and achieve promotion? Or would you prefer we tread water in the championship like a Stoke and our owner having to constantly lose money every season to make us competitive?
Yes it's just a fact that winning promotion in the championship is hugely entertaining and far outshines the 'fun' of treading water in the premier league all the while knowing that your number is up some time soon. I wouldn't imagine many Brighton fans wanted relegation but in the last Hughton years I found myself missing the excitement and value for money of the second tier.I think you may have missed the cruel mockery which was the main intent of my post.
Also you should not confuse my misty eyed yearning for happier days with an actual desire to see Brighton relegated. I wished to go back in time to relive that happy journey. I did not hope to go back to the championship.
It's worth noting that in each of our first 4(FOUR) seasons we had 9 PL wins all season.The second and third seasons in the PL it felt like this is as far as little old Brighton are allowed to go. It looked impossible that we could ever compete against the big 6 and I wished we were back in the championship competing to win something on a far more level playing field. I did not enjoy it at all. Imagine a dozen years of that pointless grind with no hope in sight. Grim.
FFS @loz now I feel empathy for Palace fans.
Yes, let's face it, we are the fans that have been spoilt recently, not Palace fans. They have been fed the same ground out crud for ages. Maybe that is why they have taken to entertaining themselves in the stands instead of actually watching or caring about the football?It's worth noting that in each of our first 4(FOUR) seasons we had 9 PL wins all season.
This season we already have 8, after only 21/38 matches. We'll need to go some to match last season's 18 wins, mind...
by the player I presume.Bidding £18M for Blackburn young prospect - knocked back
They are a middling PL team so there is always a very good chance they could beat us.All this piss taking of palace, you know what happens next. Also with those players still at fkin afcon and whatever else there is, they could easily turn us over.
It all seriousness, just for a moment, it's a big decision for a talented footballer at that age. A real crossroads in what is a short career. What do you do? Live in a dreary, depressing town where it forever feels like 1983 and that 'real life' is happening elsewhere, in the hope that one day you’ll get spotted and plucked from perpetual misery? Or alternatively do you stay at Blackburn for another season?Bidding £18M for Blackburn young prospect - knocked back
Imagine he is looking at this seasons young players who have barely featured and when they do the manager throws them under the bus.Bidding £18M for Blackburn young prospect - knocked back
I wish I cared…it’s not just palace it premier football in general.
I don’t bother watching football on tv anymore, but I do enjoy watching my local isthmian south east side, proper football.
Who cares, life is too short and we mustn't let the opportunity to rub it in their faces pass by.All this piss taking of palace, you know what happens next. Also with those players still at fkin afcon and whatever else there is, they could easily turn us over.
100% this, all this we shouldn’t, I’ve been getting crap for years by Palace fans and for supporting Brighton, I’m loving every minute of it and giving back out all I’ve taken. Yes, they could beat us, but I’m not about to sit politely in the corner just in case.Who cares, life is too short and we mustn't let the opportunity to rub it in their faces pass by.
I remember about 20 years ago, the fanzine One More Point (or it might have been Eagle Eye) had a cover advertising for new rivals as we had not had the pleasure of playing you for several years and you seemed to be on a downward spiral. I am sure at the current rate of progress, you may end up putting out a similar advert for new rivals. Perhaps we should draw lots to see who should ask Crawley to be rivals...100% this, all this we shouldn’t, I’ve been getting crap for years by Palace fans and for supporting Brighton, I’m loving every minute of it and giving back out all I’ve taken. Yes, they could beat us, but I’m not about to sit politely in the corner just in case.
Up the Albion, we’re living the dream!
He's retiring at the end of the season.They must be shitting themselves that Liverpool will poach Hodgson.
older Brighton fans would perhaps say Portsmouth but ultimately their main rivalry is with Southampton of course. In my lifetime we've only been in the same league as them a few times so I can't say I'm that fussed about them. Only bugbear was growing up with Meridian/South Today and them and Southampton getting all the attentionJust out of curiosity, if not Palace, who would Brighton consider as their rivals?
Chelsea after recent dealings, obvsI remember about 20 years ago, the fanzine One More Point (or it might have been Eagle Eye) had a cover advertising for new rivals as we had not had the pleasure of playing you for several years and you seemed to be on a downward spiral. I am sure at the current rate of progress, you may end up putting out a similar advert for new rivals. Perhaps we should draw lots to see who should ask Crawley to be rivals...
Just out of curiosity, if not Palace, who would Brighton consider as their rivals?