[Albion] Relegation Thread - 2019/2020 Season

[dazzer6666]

Think the Newcastle odds are generous. Squad significantly weakened and miracle-working manager gone, unless takeover (looks unlikely - incoming investors wouldn’t want Bruce) happens can’t see them surviving

 

[Reddleman]

Unless ones glass is more than overflowing we have to be nailed on for a bottom 3 place. The lack of any meaningful investment in the side & aging Murray won’t keep us up. Regrettably bottom place looks nailed on for us. Still the sun is shining in Sussex today!

What pessimistic nonsense, we have invested heavily over the past few windows to the tune of tens of millions. Unfortunately as great as Hughton was he couldn’t find a way to get the best out of that investment. That’s what the new manager is brought in to do.

If he could even get the best from two of our major signings last summer/previous January (Locadia, AJ, Andone, Bissouma) we will be in much better shape. That added to the £20m we have already spent this summer so far.

But I think you all know all this and just fancied a bit of a troll?!

 

[Nixonator]

What pessimistic nonsense, we have invested heavily over the past few windows to the tune of tens of millions. Unfortunately as great as Hughton was he couldn’t find a way to get the best out of that investment. That’s what the new manager is brought in to do.

If he could even get the best from two of our major signings last summer/previous January (Locadia, AJ, Andone, Bissouma) we will be in much better shape. That added to the £20m we have already spent this summer so far.

But I think you all know all this and just fancied a bit of a troll?!

What optimistic nonsense, what if Hughton did get the best out of them? We're going to find out soon enough.

If you didn't know, we get substantially more than 100M every season and therefore major investment should be expected every Summer, particularly with form such as ours in the latter half of last season.

There are gaps in our first team, until these are addressed I can see another scrap coming and significant time spent in the bottom three.

 

[Machiavelli]

Latest odds suggesting it will be 50/50 we go down ..

Care to provide your source for this? Or is it merely a sign of your pessimism?

 

[Steve Foster]

Let’s get a couple of decent signings in the next few days & put the ‘professional pundits’ in their place ....

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-preview-no-4-brighton?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

[Steve Foster]

Bottom 3? After tonight’s purchase - surely not ...?

 

[spence]

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To be fair we have signed two Championship players and a league 1 player to date. From the outside looking in it doesn't look good.

 

[spence]

Forgot Trossard £15m. He looks a cracking buy

 

[Weststander]

To be fair we have signed two Championship players and a league 1 player to date. From the outside looking in it doesn't look good.

On that negative basis the Albion can’t win, even before a ball is kicked.

It’s often argued that we should look at Championship players, as others had (Bmuff - Brooks). Now we’ve done just that.

We’re not in the same league as West Ham and Leicester who somehow these days find £40m for sure-bets.

 

[dwayne]

On that negative basis the Albion can’t win, even before a ball is kicked.

It’s often argued that we should look at Championship players, as others had (Bmuff - Brooks). Now we’ve done just that.

We’re not in the same league as West Ham and Leicester who somehow these days find £40m for sure-bets.

Even Newcastle have bought a player for 40m

As much as we are all impressed with the money spent we are still very much looking in the bargain basement of the EPL.

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[rogersix]

Even Newcastle have bought a player for 40m

As much as we are all impressed with the money spent we are still very much looking in the bargain basement of the EPL.

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my guess is, geordies...eggs in one basket

 

[banjo]

 

[dazzer6666]

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We were 2/1 on Saturday.......

 

[the right footed denilson]

Gotta worry for Burnley IMHO.

 

[Weststander]

Even Newcastle have bought a player for 40m

As much as we are all impressed with the money spent we are still very much looking in the bargain basement of the EPL.

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We don’t have the finances to spend £40m plus on a player, with the wages they’d demand. Plus the FFP rules come into play ... I don’t profess to understand them, but learned others have pointed them out as a further constraint on the club.

 

[Blackadder]

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That's to end up in bottom place. We are still 15/8 to go down on odds checker.

Something I will not be backing.

 

[SollysLeftFoot]

my guess is, geordies...eggs in one basket

Very much of this belief, I think they’re going to struggle this season. I think we may be looking over our shoulder but I’m not overly concerned. I think it’ll be Norwich, Sheff United and Newcastle or Burnley.

 

[banjo]

That's to end up in bottom place. We are still 15/8 to go down on odds checker.

Something I will not be backing.

This is staying up odds

 

[LlcoolJ]

Gotta worry for Burnley IMHO.

I'd be more worried if I supported Palace.

 

[rogersix]

We don’t have the finances to spend £40m plus on a player, with the wages they’d demand. Plus the FFP rules come into play ... I don’t profess to understand them, but learned others have pointed them out as a further constraint on the club.

equal highest earner clauses, plus the no nobends rule