Let me explain myself - I'm saying that he shouldn't have been sacked the way he was regardless of what he did*. I don't really need to know that to form my opinion that he should have been released mutually and amicably (in public). The drawn out suspension/sacking/gross misconduct/potential...
Are you optimistic going into the new season?
To a point, why not. I don't think we'll do as well as last year, I think we'll be slap bang in the middle of the table - which would of course be a fantastic result for Brighton historically and not a bad result considering we've changed manager...