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In terms of points on the board they weren't and dare I say in style they were inferior as well. What they did have was a manager who had the nous to do a job on us in the semis (with a slice of luck as well, that Barnes header at 0-0 was a very narrow margin) and in the final, which turned out...

I can only point to our successive finishes in the play-offs as to prove the system's effectiveness. In Poyet's last season we had the right players and we really could have gone up (I say 'could' because whilst we were fantastic, people have often glossed over just how good Watford were as well).

Broadly, you might say, we have tried to continue a passing style of football. Not very well this season, I hasten to add, but Sami has been trying to continue a similar type of football to that we played under Gus/Oscar.

It would be a great shame, I remember having to defend Poyet's 'dull' football on here from some posters when it was clear that we were streets ahead of many teams in the division. All the youth levels of the club play the Brighton way and we've attracted something of a reputation for our style...

I didn't say I wanted Pulis and I'm a huge advocate of developing youth. I love our passing style but if it was a choice between the dire financial future if we were to be relegated and staying up, I'd take abandoning the style for the rest of the season. Stay up, strengthen in the summer, go...

Hogwash. Relegation would be an absolute disaster. If we're to stay up I'd want us to do it by any means necessary with regards to style of play.