[Albion] When we were promoted, would you have taken three seasons in the Premier League?

[Bozza]

Interesting discussion point from Johnny Cantor on this week's @The Albion Roar...

When we were first promoted to the Premier League, would you have taken three top-flight seasons if offered to you?

 

[Milano]

I’d have taken 2!! Still one of the best nights ever was beating ManU 1-0 to stay up.
I was convinced we were going down the following season and I think actually would have done had that poor lad not died on the way to Cardiff.

 

[stss30]

Absolutely, I still think Hughton did exceptionally well to keep us up with the squad we had at the time particularly in the 1st and 2nd seasons, and his contribution should not be underestimated.

 

[BNthree]

Interesting discussion point from Johnny Cantor on this week's @The Albion Roar...

When we were first promoted to the Premier League, would you have taken three top-flight seasons if offered to you?

Yes would have done so with no hesitation.

 

[Beanstalk]

Would've bitten your arm off for it.

I remember on the eve of our inaugural Premier League fixture I said to my dad that I want to see three things from our time in the top league:
1. We stay up for a few seasons and remain competitive (don't do a Derby/Huddersfield/Middlesbrough).
2. We get some thrilling shock results along the way against the big boys.
3. We sign some exciting, future stars who make their names at Brighton before going off to bigger and greater things.

Haven't we done that and so much more so far. Remarkable stuff from the club.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Yes.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Absolutely! - based purely on the strength of how the players managed to somehow f*ck up being promoted as championes on account of being far more interested in going out on the piss. Would have gladly taken one season in the EPL at that point with that group of players

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Yes, would have taken a few seasons and a couple of memborable wins over the top 6.

 

[pb21]

Most newly promoted teams don't last more than a season or two (few exceptions, Portsmouth , Stoke and Wigan).

On that basis I would have done.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Absobloodylutely

 

[scooter1]

Interesting discussion point from Johnny Cantor on this week's @The Albion Roar...

When we were first promoted to the Premier League, would you have taken three top-flight seasons if offered to you?

Am half way through listening to this, and 3 seasons yes definitely.
I thought we'd probably go straight down, but as discussed on the podcast our slow and steady progress has been fantastic to see. And as my son has pointed out numerous times, as yet we've never been in the relegation zone(this hasn't been fact checked by me, so he could be wrong)

 

[Simster]

No. I always had blind faith that Tony Bloom wouldn't settle for it either, and would set about a plan that could keep us there for a while.

Stoke had 10 Premier League seasons
Bolton had 11 Premier League seasons
Charlton had 8 Premier League seasons
MIddlesbrough, Fulham and Blackburn all won trophies during their long(ish) times there.

It doesn't have to follow that clubs our size yo-yo like WBA, Fulham or Norwich.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Would've bitten your arm off for it.

I remember on the eve of our inaugural Premier League fixture I said to my dad that I want to see three things from our time in the top league:
1. We stay up for a few seasons and remain competitive (don't do a Derby/Huddersfield/Middlesbrough).
2. We get some thrilling shock results along the way against the big boys.
3. We sign some exciting, future stars who make their names at Brighton before going off to bigger and greater things.

Haven't we done that and so much more so far. Remarkable stuff from the club.

The jury's out on that right now, no? Unless Dan Burn was signed in the PL-era – I honestly can't remember!


But, in answer to the OP's question – yes, I'd have taken a year!

 

[Nobby]

Absolutely - Chris Hughton was a legend

 

[TugWilson]

I will happily smile through any insults but definitively NO , and without just playing the Tony card , i am playing the TONY BLOOM card . The man is one of life`s winners ( thank heavens ) and i would find it hard to believe he would accept defeat after all the hard work he and everybody else had put in with pure blood sweat tears and hard graft .

Every single thing this club has , began with good people not willing to lie down , TB is the "Keystone" that makes sure that never changes .

 

[Swansman]

No real answer to the question obviously, but the squad was poor for the first three years and keeping it up was a remarkable achievement by CH (season 1 and 2) and GP (season 3) and the boys at the time.

 

[Beanstalk]

The jury's out on that right now, no? Unless Dan Burn was signed in the PL-era – I honestly can't remember!


But, in answer to the OP's question – yes, I'd have taken a year!

Oh I disagree. We signed Bissouma, Cucurella (lol) and brought through White to the first team and they have been sold for big money to Champions League clubs.

More importantly though, we had 8 players at the World Cup, 7 of which were signed during the PL period, who made their names at Brighton before going off to do bigger things with their countries in Qatar. I guess what I meant back then, is that we'd see some wonderful players in the blue and white stripes who would use the club as a platform to showcase their talent to move on to the next level - whatever that was. I think we've achieved that so far, and are showing no signs of slowing down.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Just getting the chance to see the Albion compete for a single season in the Premier League, was more than enough to satisfy me.

 

[SUIYHP]

Its easier to say no in retrospect obviously, but I will stick with it. I would have wanted and still want us to stay in the EPL as long as possible- relegation is not somewhere I want us to go- partly because the Championship is an extremely difficult division to crawl back out, plus I think existence as a yo-yo club is not really something I’d want Brighton to aspire to.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Oh I disagree. We signed Bissouma, Cucurella (lol) and brought through White to the first team and they have been sold for big money to Champions League clubs.

More importantly though, we had 8 players at the World Cup, 7 of which were signed during the PL period, who made their names at Brighton before going off to do bigger things with their countries in Qatar. I guess what I meant back then, is that we'd see some wonderful players in the blue and white stripes who would use the club as a platform to showcase their talent to move on to the next level - whatever that was. I think we've achieved that so far, and are showing no signs of slowing down.

My point (partly in jest) related to the first two – who haven't exactly set the world alight since they joined their prospective new clubs. Mea culpa, I'd forgotten about BW – partly because I never saw him play, but also because his whole rise to stardom was down to one man – the bucket botherer at Leeds United – so the Albion can take little credit for us.

Yes, the club had a great showing at the WC, but I hadn't classed them as 'going off', as they are still with the club, as opposed to your 'going off' to international tournaments – fair enough.