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SK1NT

Well-known member
Sep 9, 2003
8,728
Thames Ditton
I think that's getting a little carried away chap. Chelsea have been financially doped up to the eyeballs to get where they are. They are Champions League regulars (including a couple of Finals as well as winning the thing), and they're moving into a 60k stadium soon. They have a list of honours we can only dream of, and are bankrolled by a man who literally has a bottomless pit of cash. Chelsea have always been bigger than us, and always will be, even if we stay in the PL for the next 10-20 years. It makes us sound silly saying we could be as big as them one day.

Stoke - yes
West Brom - yes
Southampton - yes
Chelsea - behave.

Ok maybe a bit over the top since Abramovich came in however Chelsea were not a big club in the 80s 90s.
 


Stephen Seagull

Well-known member
Oct 6, 2015
452
Barcelona
.....When Japanese tourists wander around the the ground in awe...
Didn't that happen in the rugby world cup?
 


warmleyseagull

Well-known member
Apr 17, 2011
4,201
Beaminster, Dorset
Realistically, consistent top 6 requires a stadium with at least 50k capacity. Its's not the money, but the kudos and recognition that the larger clubs have that is impossible to generate with 30k capacity. And, of course, to have the fan base that will fill it regularly. We all hate plastics on here but they generate the fan base required to fill huge stadiums.

So realistically it is lower half of top half with serious cup runs. To do that will probably require: TB to stick with it; CH to cut it; a bit of luck; some promising youngsters coming through.
 




Megazone

On his last warning
Jan 28, 2015
8,679
Northern Hemisphere.
The football bubble will burst. All the elite clubs will crumble in their great big white elephants, paving the way for Brighton to become the new number 1 club in the world.
 


BadFish

Huge Member
Oct 19, 2003
17,013
It was a huge achievement getting to the Premier League but and even bigger one staying there and becoming a regular.

Now we are going to be walking the tightrope of success meaning that we will lose our best players and manager(s) and us continually having to rebuild. This, as Swansea have proven is bloody hard to do season after season. Southampton have managed it recently with an excellent academy bringing players through. But it only takes one poor managerial appointment and a bit of bad luck and they are back down again.

Lets face it unless we are in the very top group we are always going to be looking over our shoulder.

Having said that, as long as we respect this status quo and don't over reach to stay in the Premier League we can stay above the middle of the Championship for the foreseeable future. Which is nice
 


golddene

Well-known member
Jul 28, 2012
1,927
Finish 19th next season followed by 5 years flirting with the playoffs back in the Championship
Just thought I'd put a pessimistic slant on it :p

You may feel that is pessimistic but the reality is this is probably by law of averages where we are, anything else would be hoping for too much on the up side or further regression on the down side, we've had a brilliant journey since 2010 when even the Hypia interlude wasn't all bad, i'd travel this road again happily but hope the club is able to repay Tony Bloom at least some of his generosity in the meanwhile.
 




Dick Head

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Jan 3, 2010
13,612
Quaxxann
Burnley fans now having a chuckle at our expense.

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http://www.uptheclarets.com/message...&t=15835&sid=4518f99a6a68d5a4ec70479231ae9807
 








Nixonator

Well-known member
Feb 8, 2016
6,733
Shoreham Beach
Burnley fans now having a chuckle at our expense.

They reference this forum quite a lot on there i've noticed :shrug:

How many posts on this thread have actually been a little overly excitable? 1 in 20?... set amongst grounded opinions and sarcasm. Yet they title the thread 'Brighton fans'. Also love how they are not quite sure whether we believe we can be as big as Real Madrid :lolol:

The buzz of promotion is the best time to scope out some overly exuberant and brazen comments that they can copy and paste on their forums and have a good chuckle. The BBS must be lapping it up. Thankfully I don't give a ****.
 
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Kinky Gerbil

Im The Scatman
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Jul 16, 2003
57,845
hassocks
Realistically, consistent top 6 requires a stadium with at least 50k capacity. Its's not the money, but the kudos and recognition that the larger clubs have that is impossible to generate with 30k capacity. And, of course, to have the fan base that will fill it regularly. We all hate plastics on here but they generate the fan base required to fill huge stadiums.

So realistically it is lower half of top half with serious cup runs. To do that will probably require: TB to stick with it; CH to cut it; a bit of luck; some promising youngsters coming through.



Money in the PL makes stadium size and attendece less relevant.

Spurs and Everton are regular top 6 sides and have smallish grounds.
 










SAC

Well-known member
May 21, 2014
2,534
Why the obsession with the size of a club? No one can agree with a formula to work out who is the biggest anyway, I think one of the papers tried a year or two ago and people on here were outraged because x were deemed bigger.

Most would probably agree that Moan U, Barca and Real are the biggest clubs in the world and I imagine that most on here despise these clubs and would support anyone (within reason) rather than these three.

Or, to keep it short, who cares?
 











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