Well done Albion

[Sheebo]

Awful season but Kones & Hughton deserve credit for keeping us up despite the recent nose dive in form. The wind against Ips / Leeds even Derby to an extent were impressive & CH has done alright. Bring on the Summer - im genuinly so relieved!

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Was that London fun run that saved us over Xmas I reckon, pity it spawned that Der Der Der Der twirling scarf nonsense though.

 

[Ernest]

You COULD have thrown a BLANKET over them but it would ONLY have got covered in DRIBBLE.

Sounds like that NIGHT you had with [MENTION=38]Beach Hut[/MENTION]

 

[8ace]

Sounds like that NIGHT you had with [MENTION=38]Beach Hut[/MENTION]

THAT wasn't a blanket, it WAS a first CLASS headrest COVER.

 

[jay d]

In all seriousness, I'm giving Hughton a lot of credit. Go back to Christmas and we were a total shambles. At that stage, there was no doubt in my mind we were going down, probably with about 35 points. To keep us up relatively comfortably with a bunch of misfits and not a single player capable of scoring goals is no mean feat. It might not have been pretty, but he's done a good job so far.

Relatively comfortably ?. Think ur in the wrong place this is the brighton thread

 

[Sheebo]

In all seriousness, I'm giving Hughton a lot of credit. Go back to Christmas and we were a total shambles. At that stage, there was no doubt in my mind we were going down, probably with about 35 points. To keep us up relatively comfortably with a bunch of misfits and not a single player capable of scoring goals is no mean feat. It might not have been pretty, but he's done a good job so far.

I agree. Our recent shitness has made people forget how well Hughton was doing before this poor run. His only task when he took over was to keep us up.
Mission complete.
Now judge him 6 months into next season people

 

[Simon Morgan]

So, there we have it. Millwall lose, and, barring a 24-goal swing (you never know with this lot), BHAFC's place in the second tier is confirmed for another year. An utter aberration of a season, beginning with the wrong manager and a transfer policy that felt underwhelming at the time and now seems utterly suicidal in hindsight. To go from Vicente (the best player ever to wear blue and white) to Leon pissing Best in a couple of years is very galling, and serious questions have to be asked about the club's interaction with the FFP regulations. Saving the pennies and appealing to fans as 'customers' is all well and good, but they will not flock to the Amex to watch Crawley Town etc (a reality we have very narrowly avoided) in the same way that those of us who were there for the really bad times might. The 11 on the pitch need to make Albionites proud. They have failed to do so for too long

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Relatively comfortably ?. Think ur in the wrong place this is the brighton thread

We're safe with 2 games to go. What more could you want? It was never in doubt............

 

[crookie]

Awful season but Kones & Hughton deserve credit for keeping us up despite the recent nose dive in form. The wind against Ips / Leeds even Derby to an extent were impressive & CH has done alright. Bring on the Summer - im genuinly so relieved!

Have you been on the celebratory champers already ? Who is Kones ? Some exotic import I hadn't noticed. I'll take safety, however painful it was drawn out, as it was a forgone conclusion with the dim Finn in charge. Major clearoot required though

 

[AlastairWatts]

Amidst the general euphoria I notice that the Daily Mail has Craig Conway as man of the match tonight. Says it all really, doesn't it?

 

[Easy 10]

Its a proud moment.

 

[spence]

Looking forward to hearing Hughton's comments on safety being assured now.

 

[Bombadier Botty]

Fantastic season and overall achievement. Well done all !

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Whilst it is a relief that we've stayed up there can be no denying it's been an absolute poo stain of a season. There is a tremendous amount of dross in the division this year and if we're honest we've only stayed up because there are three teams that sunk deeper than dross into the realm of appalling. Most season's we'd have been relegated.

Still, it's over now. Lets hope having the same manager at the end of one season and the beginning of the next will help with recruitment and next year will be more enjoyable. It's been over 40 years since we've spent more than five seasons in the same division so we should be exiting the championship one way or another next year...

 

[Bwian]

Looking forward to hearing Hughton's comments on safety being assured now.

He'll probably start with "We're disappointed" because he's been saying that so often this season.

 

[Chicken Run]

Cant wait for Bristol City to come up and show us how in one season they will be there or there abouts!

 

[nicko31]

Hats off to Albion fans to sticking with the project and renewing ST's in large numbers for next season, its been a test of loyalty.

We really need a long term plan for the team, loan players only when necessary, ie not the backbone of the team.

Now lets give Watford a game on Saturday, would be great if positive Albion performances influenced the promotion spots. I still believe if the team had been in more confident mood we could have beaten Nowich and B'muff recently

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

K(J)ones deserves a big fat cheque from uncle Tony as had he not bonded the team and got them playing again in those couple of games over Christmas we would be down. He is the unsung hero for me in the second half of the season.

 

[nicko31]

K(J)ones deserves a big fat cheque from uncle Tony as had he not bonded the team and got them playing again in those couple of games over Christmas we would be down. He is the unsung hero for me in the second half of the season.

Too right, the wins in the capital were absolutely crucial...