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The best is yet to come (spoiler alert)
- Jun 12, 2009
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3) Another south-coast surge awaits
Brighton v Arsenal felt like a Premier League fixture in waiting. Brighton may be six points adrift of the Championship play-offs but their development as a club is inexorable with the style and classy nature of their approach play reflecting their manager's principles. Arsenal needed to call on the cavalry – Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere and Kieron Gibbs, for a hapless André Santos – to prevail against a team who lost their captain Gordon Greer before the break and their most potent attacking threat, Will Buckley, at half-time. This club has the stadium. It will soon have the training ground. One day, possibly imminently, it will have a presence in the Premier League. Dominic Fifield
3) Another south-coast surge awaits
Brighton v Arsenal felt like a Premier League fixture in waiting. Brighton may be six points adrift of the Championship play-offs but their development as a club is inexorable with the style and classy nature of their approach play reflecting their manager's principles. Arsenal needed to call on the cavalry – Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere and Kieron Gibbs, for a hapless André Santos – to prevail against a team who lost their captain Gordon Greer before the break and their most potent attacking threat, Will Buckley, at half-time. This club has the stadium. It will soon have the training ground. One day, possibly imminently, it will have a presence in the Premier League. Dominic Fifield