Worth noting that of Newcastles five signings only one of them was seen as a replacement or fill in. Atsu was signed after being on loan. The other 4 have all been new additions to strengthen the starting 11.
Brighton have signed 4 players, 2 are replacements in Suttner and Ryan, upgrades for sure but they are replacements no less. Brown isn't a player who will be in the starting 11 from the looks of things but rather a quality competition in the attacking area. That leaves Gross as our ONLY new addition to the squad that adds to the squad as opposed to replacing any. We've replaced our losses and signed 1 player that makes the first 11 better. With 2 weeks to go. If we don't buy a CM and a ST that are immediate starters and upgrades on what we have we're going to end up exactly like Boro, not letting in many and scoring jack shit, going down with no fight at all.
But don't worry at least we'll have the parachute payments to look forward to and cushion the blow of relegation.