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Don Tmatter
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Concerned more than hyped
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Enjoying the sunshine
theboybilly
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Not concerned at all - we'll be more than fine
smudge
Up the Albion!
The let down at how we blew it last season, followed by lack of activity to strengthen has left me actually dreading the new season.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
I think most people agreed that this summer window was more about keeping our players than worrying too much about adding to the group. We've already signed Murray and retained Sidwell, both very strong pieces of business. All the time we keep Dunk, Goldson, Kayal and Stephens we're well set for another charge at bottling promotion!
theboybilly
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That's exactly how I see it (apart from the 'bottling' bit - hopefully)
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
A squad lacking in DEPTH and QUALITY, only rumours are OUT not in and less than TWO weeks to kick off, doesn't look like we will be anywhere near a Top 2 spot this season
Tyrone Biggums
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So we've only really added one first squad player that wasn't here last season and that was a loan signing.
Totally uninspiring.
Totally uninspiring.
GingerBeerMan
3-0
- Dec 29, 2011
- 8,205
Dreading? We've retained the full squad which ended last season on 89 points. We've also added 4 astute signings and I'm sure there are a few more to come. Enjoy the ride, we're going to be the team to beat this year.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
And we will be every week with this SQUAD
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
In order for that to make sense, you would need to completely forget the existing squad finished 3rd and we haven't lost anybody of note (except Calderon
). Our squad;
Stockdale, Maenpaa, Ankergren (Walton);
Bruno, Bong, Hünemeier, Dunk, Goldson, Rosenior, (Dallison);
Stephens, Kayal, Sidwell, Ince, Towell, Holla, (Forster-Caskey);
Skalak, Knockaert, March, Murphy, LuaLua, Bjordal;
Murray, Hemed, Hambo, Elvis, Baldock
I think everyone agrees we need another defender and another striker but if we started the season with this squad I'd be very confident we'd be in the top 6 again.
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Tyrone Biggums
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In order for that to make sense, you would need to completely forget the existing squad finished 3rd and we haven't lost anybody of note (except Calderon
Our squad;
Stockdale, Maenpaa, Ankergren (Walton);
Bruno, Bong, Hünemeier, Dunk, Goldson, Rosenior, (Dallison);
Stephens, Kayal, Sidwell, Ince, Towell, Holla, (Forster-Caskey);
Skalak, Knockaert, March, Murphy, LuaLua, Bjordal;
Murray, Hemed, Hambo, Baldock
I think everyone agrees we need another defender and another striker but if we started the season with this squad I'd be very confident we'd be in the top 6 again.
The existing squad were woeful in the play-offs. What we have wasn't good enough.
In order to be better than that you need to find higher quality players to pick before the ones who couldn't get it done last season.
We finished 3rd last season and now you're confident we'll be top 6. That's not suggesting we've improved at all.
I must have missed something here. 4 astute signings? We have added Murray and confirmed Sidwell who was here last year. The others have been DS additions with a view to the first team. Surely you wouldn't be happy if we needed these latter signings regularly in the coming months?
When I was in the reserves I once spent a fortnight in a Roman fort. Unfortunately.
Finchley Seagull
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What a load of rubbish. We weren't woeful in the play offs. We were ordinary at Wednesday but not helped by four injuries. At the Amex we were superb for 25 minutes and then their goal, which should not have been allowed, changed the game.
I always find it amusing how easy people think it is to sign players. It is not Championship Manager. We have until the end of August. It is not ideal but you often have to wait for quality players
Tyrone Biggums
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So we were good for 25 minutes out of 180. And lost comprehensively to the 6th best side.
It's not Championship Mananger, this is real life and in real life you need to spend money to improve your squad. Not add a single journeyman striker on loan.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
That's such a slant on the truth. We were doing fine at Wednesday until the first goal and the injuries, I'm not sure which came first but that was an incredibly unfortunate game. The second leg, as mentioned by [MENTION=1916]Finchley Seagull[/MENTION] saw the finest football for 25 minutes ever seen by a Brighton team, that was intense. We were a little bit short up front without Hemed and Bobby Z - if either of those had been in the team we could easily have been 4/5 goals up. And that's no exaggeration. We smashed them and they were wetting themselves, to a man.
We finished 3rd in a weaker division, this season we have Newcastle and Norwich who will be very strong and probably a lot stronger than Burnley were. Last season was a smashing opportunity to go up, I'm sure everyone around the club felt the same. We missed out, but we're still a danger at this level even before we add to the squad. If you want to be negative about the coming season, you're more than welcome, but I'm not. I've rarely been more confident.
Seagulls1984
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Is it only Oxford and lazio left now till the first game ?? I think we are well under cooked.
Tyrone Biggums
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So in order to match Newcastle and Norwich we need to add better quality players then.
I'm not negative, i'm logical and realistic.
Logic says if we weren't good enough last season then by adding very little to the same squad we won't be beating the top teams, we'll be dragged back into the middle of the table pack.