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[Albion] What does the future hold for Thee Albion ?
- Thread starter Psychobilly freakout
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Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Well thats the "wet dream scenario" for them up the road. Davies was quite a bit older than Bloom though and his health failed him towards the end. Although he was a millionaire, I'm not sure he had the financial clout of TB. Plus Bloom was a 3rd generation board member, and will likely pass on the reigns to his son once he shuffles off this mortal coil.
You can never predict the future, but I think we're ok for the forseeable.
blue-shifted
Banned
Don't think so.
We'll never match the top six, (and then at least another 6) for wages, so on average, we'll always finish below them. Bottom half means you're struggling to stay up.
Tony is ambitious and not short of a few quid clearly, but he doesn't have the resources of a state as some of our competitors do
Withdean11
Well-known member
25 years is a long time in football. We are kidding ourselves if we do not expect a relegation/promotion in that time. But, at the same time, it's completely possible that we could see a domestic cup/top 6 finish in that time also.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but what is this premier league survival people speak of? Stayed well above all that nonsense since our promotion have we not? Relegation scrap – bounce me when it happens.
blue-shifted
Banned
The chances of spending 25 years unbroken in the top division are extremely slim.
I can see a situation in 3 - 5 years where the TV deals have collapsed and everyone is back to relying on the chairman to bankroll them again. Probably that would marginally benefit us.
Conversely I can see a situation in the next 5 years where inflation continues unchecked. Our average wage for a player is £200k per week. It wouldn't get us further up the table, because, Everton, Wolves etc would be paying £400k per week
I can see a situation in 3 - 5 years where the TV deals have collapsed and everyone is back to relying on the chairman to bankroll them again. Probably that would marginally benefit us.
Conversely I can see a situation in the next 5 years where inflation continues unchecked. Our average wage for a player is £200k per week. It wouldn't get us further up the table, because, Everton, Wolves etc would be paying £400k per week
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,783
I voted for relegation and yo-yo because for the last 50 years that has been what I believed was achievable and was the limits of my ambition for the Albion (and my first 25 years didn't go to plan!). We are outperforming that at the moment but 25 years is a long time.
And after reading [MENTION=805]Kalimantan Gull[/MENTION] post, that is if nothing else changes (which, of course, it will).
And after reading [MENTION=805]Kalimantan Gull[/MENTION] post, that is if nothing else changes (which, of course, it will).
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
I think the next 3-5 years will be progression, and enjoyable progression, too...
However, there's a glass ceiling - and clubs like ours hit it sooner or later. Without a worldwide fan base and marketing machine to extract the maximum cash from them bringing in untold millions you can't buy the best players on the world stage, or pay them what they want...
I'll be happy to see good attacking football where we steamroll the lesser clubs and make the big clubs nervous. I don't think we can ask for a great deal more than that.
However, there's a glass ceiling - and clubs like ours hit it sooner or later. Without a worldwide fan base and marketing machine to extract the maximum cash from them bringing in untold millions you can't buy the best players on the world stage, or pay them what they want...
I'll be happy to see good attacking football where we steamroll the lesser clubs and make the big clubs nervous. I don't think we can ask for a great deal more than that.
Sounds good. Plus a few stars coming through the academy.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
- Thread starter
- #31
I think in the next 25 years, we will inevitably be relegated at some point, and it all depends who is in charge at that point at the top of the club. Mr Bloom at some point even if he stays at the top will also at some point come under some criticism, when time has passed the ground is 15years old and there seems to be no next step. That is when we will be vulnerable to a take over, collapse or both. The main aim of the club in the next five years will be survival with no excuse why a domestic cup given a favourable draw is not a strong possibility or target. between 5-10 years is when we would be looking to take the top half possibly six step, otherwise why bother. That is when the disenchantment may start and the potential for a fall is at it's strongest, and when possibly Bloom would bail out. If we progress it would be no higher than this, everything is stacked against us not being a big club. Could we extend the Amex, could we build a new ground, would we fill it, I very much doubt it.
I know this for nothing, back in the dark days, my dream was for us to be a top championship team, with a wining visit to wembley at some time in my lifetime, well that in part has been surpassed because better people than me, dare to dream a little more than me.
Long may that continue.
I know this for nothing, back in the dark days, my dream was for us to be a top championship team, with a wining visit to wembley at some time in my lifetime, well that in part has been surpassed because better people than me, dare to dream a little more than me.
Long may that continue.
FatSuperman
Well-known member
- Feb 25, 2016
- 2,830
100% agree. I suppose if we produced a couple of super stars, and kept them for a decade at their peak then we would gain millions of worldwide fans, and perhaps build off the back of that - retaining them. That is practically impossible but I reckon still our best hope of any kind of seismic change.
More likely is that Tony gives up in a decade, after years of grief from fans for not spendings enough. Sells to a madman from Asia, who renames the club ‘Brighton Thundercats’, changes the crest to a picture of Mumra (the ever-living) and gives us a neon pink home strip. We suffer three relegations in a row but get a really cool Netflix documentary to chronicle it
Kalimantan Gull
Well-known member
Quite. If we spend 25 years unbroken in the top flight we'd be one of the biggest clubs in the division, generations of fans would only know of Brighton as a premier league team, we'd be globally famous.
Seems too unlikely to be true
Taybha
Whalewhine
https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/matches/u23-league-table2/
This tells me all i need to know about what our future holds , everything has been put into place to make sure this club not only survives but flourishes and grows stronger season after season , the investment in the academy set up must not be overlooked when looking at the club as a whole , the U23s have progressed as quickly as the first team and it's looking as if we have quite a few players that are on the brink of breaking in to the first team /Loan system , so that investment may soon produce it's intended goods .
Of course we will have blips in form as most teams do , but if you could build a perfect club from scratch the RIGHT way , then i would suggest we are pretty darn close , seriously 25 years ago who could of imagined where we are now ? so where could we be in 25 years time ! the ceilings not the limit my friends .
This tells me all i need to know about what our future holds , everything has been put into place to make sure this club not only survives but flourishes and grows stronger season after season , the investment in the academy set up must not be overlooked when looking at the club as a whole , the U23s have progressed as quickly as the first team and it's looking as if we have quite a few players that are on the brink of breaking in to the first team /Loan system , so that investment may soon produce it's intended goods .
Of course we will have blips in form as most teams do , but if you could build a perfect club from scratch the RIGHT way , then i would suggest we are pretty darn close , seriously 25 years ago who could of imagined where we are now ? so where could we be in 25 years time ! the ceilings not the limit my friends .