Very sadly you’re right.
It took a while, but in the end every PL manager cottoned on to the fact that “Look, Brighton have no pace or mobility. Go out there and get at them, behind them, amongst them”.
CH always knew that, hence the old Alamo defence that sometimes got vital results.
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We’d be forgotten in a flash. Two wins over ManU the highlight, but some ingloriously dull football, results in the main built on defence.
There’d be no mad dash to spend fortunes on the players. Even Dunk’s game has collapsed.
A point from PL whipping boys Fulham, a Burnley double over us. We’re shit.
Reminds me of the Withdean season that ended in Stoke scoring 5 there. A heavy cloud hanging over a squad out of its depth.