1) Just diabolical. We only stayed up because there were three teams that were just more inept than we were. Boring football, negative tactics and sub-standard players. Not to be repeated, hopefully. I'd like to think the board have learnt from their mistakes in the transfer market and the squad is certainly looking stronger now than it did at the start of last season.
2) We haven't actually sold anyone yet. We may miss Joao Teixeira who we had on loan from Liverpool last season and was one of few players that didn't give a completely awful account of themselves. I'm confident that Hemed will turn out to be a good signing, Gaetan Bong looks the part at LB, Rosenior is a proven quality player at this level and it's given us all a great boost having Zamora back.
Young Jack Harper from Real Madrid also looks an exciting prospect, but he is crocked at the minute.
We're crying out for a winger but I'm confident we'll bring the right player in soon enough, possibly Ben Marshall from Blackburn or Jamie Murphy from Sheff U.
3) The fans sometimes get frustrated that we aren't spending big money like some clubs in the division, but Tony Bloom is Brighton through and through and has built us one of the best stadiums and training facilities in the country. He's running the club sensibly and he wants what is best for the club above his own interests; I can't fault him.
I'm not sure on Hughton yet. I fully support him as he came in under difficult circumstances having to clean up the mess that Sami Hyypia and former 'Head of Football Operations' David Burke left behind. He's bought in some good players and had some good results along the way, so that's a positive, but I feel we're lacking that flair that we had under Poyet.
He is a bit of a dullard, but at least we have some stability at last and rarely look like conceding. Lack of goals was our downfall last season (Dunk was our top scorer..), hopefully that won't be the case this season.
4) I think it's absolutely the same situation here with Stockdale. He was hit and miss last season, kept us in a few games and showed real class at times, but there were a fair few costly errors thrown in there as well. All keepers make mistakes over the course of a season I guess. Now he has some real competition for the spot from Niki Maenpaa, hopefully we will see the best of him this season.
Off the field, he could do with getting off social media as he's not great at dealing with the Twitter trolls. He does receive a lot of unwarranted abuse but he needs to learn to rise above it. Every club has their idiots after all.
5) Mid-table I think, and I'd be satisfied with that after last season's debacle.
6) Kazenga LuaLua had a blinder in our opening game and scored the winner against Southend in the cup, so hopefully he will realise his potential this season. He has acquired a reputation as a 'super-sub' over the years so it's time for him to prove that he can influence games from the off.
But our best player is without a doubt Beram Kayal, he stands head and shoulders above the rest.
7) McCormack, obviously not for the fee you paid for him though!
8 ) 0-0.
2) We haven't actually sold anyone yet. We may miss Joao Teixeira who we had on loan from Liverpool last season and was one of few players that didn't give a completely awful account of themselves. I'm confident that Hemed will turn out to be a good signing, Gaetan Bong looks the part at LB, Rosenior is a proven quality player at this level and it's given us all a great boost having Zamora back.
Young Jack Harper from Real Madrid also looks an exciting prospect, but he is crocked at the minute.
We're crying out for a winger but I'm confident we'll bring the right player in soon enough, possibly Ben Marshall from Blackburn or Jamie Murphy from Sheff U.
3) The fans sometimes get frustrated that we aren't spending big money like some clubs in the division, but Tony Bloom is Brighton through and through and has built us one of the best stadiums and training facilities in the country. He's running the club sensibly and he wants what is best for the club above his own interests; I can't fault him.
I'm not sure on Hughton yet. I fully support him as he came in under difficult circumstances having to clean up the mess that Sami Hyypia and former 'Head of Football Operations' David Burke left behind. He's bought in some good players and had some good results along the way, so that's a positive, but I feel we're lacking that flair that we had under Poyet.
He is a bit of a dullard, but at least we have some stability at last and rarely look like conceding. Lack of goals was our downfall last season (Dunk was our top scorer..), hopefully that won't be the case this season.
4) I think it's absolutely the same situation here with Stockdale. He was hit and miss last season, kept us in a few games and showed real class at times, but there were a fair few costly errors thrown in there as well. All keepers make mistakes over the course of a season I guess. Now he has some real competition for the spot from Niki Maenpaa, hopefully we will see the best of him this season.
Off the field, he could do with getting off social media as he's not great at dealing with the Twitter trolls. He does receive a lot of unwarranted abuse but he needs to learn to rise above it. Every club has their idiots after all.
5) Mid-table I think, and I'd be satisfied with that after last season's debacle.
6) Kazenga LuaLua had a blinder in our opening game and scored the winner against Southend in the cup, so hopefully he will realise his potential this season. He has acquired a reputation as a 'super-sub' over the years so it's time for him to prove that he can influence games from the off.
But our best player is without a doubt Beram Kayal, he stands head and shoulders above the rest.
7) McCormack, obviously not for the fee you paid for him though!
8 ) 0-0.
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