[Albion] What if we've peaked?

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

What if beating Ajax away and Marseille at home was the peak of the Brighton and Hove Albion experience and we will now slowly return to being an upper mid table Championship side?

It feels like that.

 

[philgull25]

Then it’s been a good ride.

 

[Normandy seagull]

Feels like it. Was bound to happen. We’ve been massively over achieving with our budget

 

[Weststander]

Beating Manure last season was our playing peak, so far. That team would destroy any Albion team before and since.

Can we get to that height again? Is this just a blip?

 

[portlock seagull]

Someone else said that once. Actually several have in my lifetime. All proved wrong.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

We’ll be reborn in another guise. All the time TB’s at the helm it’s all good. RDZ leaves, we regenerate and go again.

 

[jcdenton08]

For pity’s sake. I’ve said the whole time, just enjoy the ride. Take the highs with the lows and see where we are at the end of each season. We’ve not replaced two of the best midfielders in the league, had a promising one retire with illness, and are in a poor run of form at the moment.

Obviously it’s going to be all doom and gloom right now. Look at the bigger picture.

We are safe from relegation in March, a decent run away from challenging for Europe again, have several of our best players out (March, Mitoma, Pedro).

We’ll see this season through, recruit in the summer and go again. Take each game as it comes and TRY and enjoy football - and life generally

 

[Barnet Seagull]

We haven't peaked. Consider Liverpool last season. Outside the top 4, only just ahead of us when we had a fit squad.
We have so many young talents.

 

[PHCgull]

Then you carry on supporting Brighton and Hove Albion. That's what makes you a fan, not a customer

 

[Billy the Fish]

We've peaked in this cycle.

We sold our midfield and didn't replace them, I still think top 10 and last 16 in Europe represents a good season given the circumstances.

The debate is if Bloom should've gambled and invested more in the team from a position of strength. As it is we'll lose the manager and have to rebuild. It's not the end of the world, this is the reality of our selling model and lower playing budget.

 

[beorhthelm]

you remember the good time and look forward to the next peak.

 

[A1X]

So what? We’ve flown higher than almost anyone could have imagined. Little old Brighton stuck it to, and beat, former European champions.

 

[Soton Seagull]

Tonight was more Jason Peake!

 

[El Turi]

If the club had shown some ambition, this could have been a truly special season. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case and we’ll look back at it as a missed opportunity as I’d be surprised if we ever qualify for Europe again.

 

[sparkie]

And what if we've NOT peaked ?

 

[Comrade Sam]

Christ sake, we have an amazing and very young squad, we could conceivably retain RDZ for another season. I feel the dream is far from over and we will take off next season.

 

[bluenitsuj]

Who knows. Maybe De Zerbi had peaked with us but another manager may take us further

 

[nwgull]

What if beating Ajax away and Marseille at home was the peak of the Brighton and Hove Albion experience and we will now slowly return to being an upper mid table Championship side?

It feels like that.

This will not happen. We're going into the summer window on the back of 2 consecutive seasons making 100m profits, all while everyone else is fighting to avoid FFP sanctions.

I genuinely have lost faith in De Zerbi though and think that unless he can learn to adapt, then he won't be with us next year.

 

[AZ Gull]

Makes no difference to me. Would still be supporting them if we were in the Premier Division - of the Southern Combination Football League.

Didn't abandon them in the late nineties, won't ever abandon them.

 

[Muzzman]

Poor ol’ Jules, she’s got to anchor the ‘ammers after that…