[h=3]Bloom wants Albion to be challenging again[/h]3:00pm Friday 2nd August 2013 in Albion By Andy Naylor
Tony Bloom will not be happy if Albion finish seventh or lower
* Albion chairman Tony Bloom wants head coach Oscar Garcia to deliver another top six finish in the Championship.
* The Seagulls improved from tenth to fourth last season under sacked former manager Gus Poyet.
* Bloom believes they have a squad good enough to mount a challenge again under the guidance of former Barcelona player and Maccabi Tel Aviv boss Oscar.
* Bloom told fans at a forum at The Amex last night: "We aim to get to the Premiership. It's a very competitive division as we know and every season at the start of the season we've got to try and have the squad we think is capable of promotion. I certainly think this season we have that.
* "You can get a few bad injuries, a few bad games, we can be just outside the play-offs, we could get a bit of luck and finish in the top two, but I think if we finish in the top six we've got to be happy and if we are in the play-offs again hopefully we'll get a bit of luck.
* "But it's very difficult to say. Outside the play-offs we're not going to be happy but at the end of the day we try to be competitive so that we have a reasonable chance of promotion every season we are in the Championship."
* Albion will have over 23,000 season ticket holders this season, a new record. Chief executive Paul Barber also revealed the club will have new kit manufacturers next season in place of Errea, believed to be Adidas.
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* Albion chairman Tony Bloom wants head coach Oscar Garcia to deliver another top six finish in the Championship.
* The Seagulls improved from tenth to fourth last season under sacked former manager Gus Poyet.
* Bloom believes they have a squad good enough to mount a challenge again under the guidance of former Barcelona player and Maccabi Tel Aviv boss Oscar.
* Bloom told fans at a forum at The Amex last night: "We aim to get to the Premiership. It's a very competitive division as we know and every season at the start of the season we've got to try and have the squad we think is capable of promotion. I certainly think this season we have that.
* "You can get a few bad injuries, a few bad games, we can be just outside the play-offs, we could get a bit of luck and finish in the top two, but I think if we finish in the top six we've got to be happy and if we are in the play-offs again hopefully we'll get a bit of luck.
* "But it's very difficult to say. Outside the play-offs we're not going to be happy but at the end of the day we try to be competitive so that we have a reasonable chance of promotion every season we are in the Championship."
* Albion will have over 23,000 season ticket holders this season, a new record. Chief executive Paul Barber also revealed the club will have new kit manufacturers next season in place of Errea, believed to be Adidas.
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