cropstonfox Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 8 hours ago, Out Foxed said: pl in the sense we'd be just above relegation. Above relegation at best Brighton have evolved into the club/team we could/should have been!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Foxed Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 16 minutes ago, cropstonfox said: Brighton have evolved into the club/team we could/should have been!! yep, annoying innit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coolhandfox Posted 14 December 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 14 December 2023 23 minutes ago, cropstonfox said: Brighton have evolved into the club/team we could/should have been!! Rather be were we are with a PL Trophy and FA Cup in the bag then be Brighton. 24 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post STEVIE B Posted 14 December 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 14 December 2023 (edited) Personally, if/when we get promoted, I’m really going to miss having no VAR. I didn’t realise how much it ruins the match day experience. Can we just choose to stay in The Championship ? Plus, I’m really starting to dislike The Premier League, not just because of last season's relegation, but it’s so geared up (still) towards the ‘Big 6', Newcastle & ‘What a great model Brighton are'. I know it probably is the greatest league in the world, but it seems a bit tedious to me. Edited 15 December 2023 by STEVIE B 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvisfmcfly Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 44 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Rather be were we are with a PL Trophy and FA Cup in the bag then be Brighton. The fact that we won both of those makes it more annoying that they are where they are and we are where we are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jobyfox Posted 14 December 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 14 December 2023 1 hour ago, cropstonfox said: Above relegation at best Brighton have evolved into the club/team we could/should have been!! Brighton are the team we were, although they haven’t yet won the Premier League, FA Cup and got to the last eight of the Champions League. The challenge for them, as it was for us, will be their ability to sustain it. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coolhandfox Posted 15 December 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 15 December 2023 Worried for @Pub breath not been seen since Tuesday..... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzFOX Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 Brighton and now Villa are doing well and good for them! Even Newcastle although they are starting to struggle with the demands. Remember they all haven’t achieved anything yet! So they can’t be seen as matching our past achievements. There’s no reward for simply trying. Villa will start to poop out like Newcastle at some point. They are punching above their weight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Fox Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 Looking good compared to this time last year! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langston Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 Michael Beale to Sunderland it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fox92 Posted 15 December 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 15 December 2023 16 hours ago, coolhandfox said: Rather be were we are with a PL Trophy and FA Cup in the bag then be Brighton. I've said it before how people laud over Brighton being this model club, but I bet they don't win a trophy. Can only sustain selling good players for so long, eventually recruitment drops off. We saw it and Southampton saw it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les-TA-Jon Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 1 hour ago, coolhandfox said: Worried for @Pub breath not been seen since Tuesday..... Probably trying to figure out how to show that Leeds are still in better form than us. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winteriscoming Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 54 minutes ago, Langston said: Michael Beale to Sunderland it seems. Seems a very average appointment. Similar to us last season getting Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybradger Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 On 13/12/2023 at 17:41, foxfanazer said: Well boohoo. There's nothing to suggest he'd do a good job at a club with funds so it's a matter of opinion Without the points deduction he would have Everton on 23 points and they have won 4 out of their last 5. Considering they were playing relegation football when he joined he's done well to get them to midtable form, in fact they're not far off from challenging for Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelmofox Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 47 minutes ago, Fox92 said: I've said it before how people laud over Brighton being this model club, but I bet they don't win a trophy. Can only sustain selling good players for so long, eventually recruitment drops off. We saw it and Southampton saw it. Actually, when you consider how poor the second half of the table is, and how lauded they are by everyone, sitting in 8th is pretty average. I mean - average is just fine, but they are raved about. Definitely struggled with being in Europe and if they get raided in the Jan window it will start to get harder and harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 13 minutes ago, honeybradger said: Without the points deduction he would have Everton on 23 points and they have won 4 out of their last 5. Considering they were playing relegation football when he joined he's done well to get them to midtable form, in fact they're not far off from challenging for Europe. I've never suggested he hasn't done a good job. He's just limited in my opinion. Absolutely the right manager for them at the moment though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxes_rule1978 Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, foxfanazer said: I've never suggested he hasn't done a good job. He's just limited in my opinion. Absolutely the right manager for them at the moment though Trust me he isn’t world class, he gets the job done so I know what you are saying. Similar with southgate does the bare minimum but don’t expect any more… no one would want Southgate has their manager, and I wouldn’t want Dyche either Edited 15 December 2023 by foxes_rule1978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_horns Posted 15 December 2023 Share Posted 15 December 2023 19 minutes ago, winteriscoming said: Seems a very average appointment. Similar to us last season getting Smith. Another manager on the merry go round really . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayTheFox Posted 16 December 2023 Share Posted 16 December 2023 On 14/12/2023 at 22:35, Jobyfox said: Brighton are the team we were, although they haven’t yet won the Premier League, FA Cup and got to the last eight of the Champions League. The challenge for them, as it was for us, will be their ability to sustain it. I had this conversation with a friend not to long ago. I don’t want them to fail, but I do envision at some point they will. Clubs like Brighton are just one incorrect managerial appointment or a couple of poor transfer windows away from becoming mediocre again potentially. Success ultimately means bigger clubs want your manager and players which we have already seen happen for them, they got it right this time and replaced well with De Zerbi but it will cycle again and the challenge will be to keep replacing their talent with more talent and it can often go wrong and when it does it can start to go downhill quickly. unfortunately we are a good example of that! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardyfox86 Posted 16 December 2023 Share Posted 16 December 2023 26 minutes ago, JayTheFox said: I had this conversation with a friend not to long ago. I don’t want them to fail, but I do envision at some point they will. Clubs like Brighton are just one incorrect managerial appointment or a couple of poor transfer windows away from becoming mediocre again potentially. Success ultimately means bigger clubs want your manager and players which we have already seen happen for them, they got it right this time and replaced well with De Zerbi but it will cycle again and the challenge will be to keep replacing their talent with more talent and it can often go wrong and when it does it can start to go downhill quickly. unfortunately we are a good example of that! It's doable if the big clubs continue to go after your star players. It's when they wise up and start poaching the recruitment team responsible for getting these players in the 1st place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langston Posted 16 December 2023 Share Posted 16 December 2023 1 hour ago, JayTheFox said: I had this conversation with a friend not to long ago. I don’t want them to fail, but I do envision at some point they will. Clubs like Brighton are just one incorrect managerial appointment or a couple of poor transfer windows away from becoming mediocre again potentially. Success ultimately means bigger clubs want your manager and players which we have already seen happen for them, they got it right this time and replaced well with De Zerbi but it will cycle again and the challenge will be to keep replacing their talent with more talent and it can often go wrong and when it does it can start to go downhill quickly. unfortunately we are a good example of that! The thing that isn't changing at Brighton any time soon though is their owner, who seems remarkably switched on. Their success is based less on lightning in a bottle / a perfect storm of events and has instead been meticulously thought out, their contingency planning is second to none – something both us and Southampton never really nailed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFCJohn Posted 16 December 2023 Share Posted 16 December 2023 20 hours ago, KP Fox said: Looking good compared to this time last year! Very interesting that the top 4 last season are pretty much like for like with the 4 in the play off positions this season currently. It does show what a unusual situation this season is with us and Ipswich and our points totals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenTheFox Posted 16 December 2023 Share Posted 16 December 2023 21 hours ago, KP Fox said: Looking good compared to this time last year! Leeds being on the same points tally as Burnley should come as a warning shot. Burnley finished on 101 points. Leeds will need to pick up to match that, but they are capable of putting a serious run together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlaneyLCFC Posted 16 December 2023 Share Posted 16 December 2023 Really hope Norwich and Coventry turn up today!👍 gonna be a long weekend if they both win. Hate looking at the table if they do and we have a game in hand still😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 16 December 2023 Share Posted 16 December 2023 6 minutes ago, SlaneyLCFC said: Really hope Norwich and Coventry turn up today!👍 gonna be a long weekend if they both win. Hate looking at the table if they do and we have a game in hand still😂 No chance Norwich will do anything. Ipswich will blow them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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