It will take at least a couple of seasons before we are potentially challenging for the top 6 in this division again. We have to hope we can get good players on the cheap, Bloom has made his position clear. Large cohort of our squad is too old now, if people think there will be massive changes to the squad and we will get top quality striker(s) then dream on.
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brightonmark1234
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so we could be in for another season like this one then
gripper stebson
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I disagree.
A few decent signings and more importantly a bit of organisation and confidence and we can do OK. Get a good start and who knows
Player for player there is not a lot between teams at this level.
On the other hand we could be sh*t again!
A few decent signings and more importantly a bit of organisation and confidence and we can do OK. Get a good start and who knows
Player for player there is not a lot between teams at this level.
On the other hand we could be sh*t again!
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We blew our chance with Poyet mate, our squad has been getting steadily older and our best players leaving. People are living in dreamworld if we're going to clear the decks and sign promotion calibre players.
I agree you only have to look at teams like Bournemouth and Brentford to realise you need to put a shift in, in this league……
A good bit of positively, but have a feeling you are not far wrong.
Justice
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Are you TB's right hand man or are you guessing like everybody else on here?
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If you can honestly see £10m+ being invested in the squad after this seasons antics then I'll have some of what you're on please.
GT49er
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Not at all. Four or five GOOD signings (but not necessarily hugely expensive - I don't expect to be breaking transfer records), stable management over the summer, and starting out well organised next season, I fully expect a great improvement. Not the play-offs or automatic promotion - unrealistic, and will take time. But we won't be scrabbling round the bottom like this season.
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Agreed. But mid table mediocrity for the next 2 seasons at least imo...
People like Kayal are promotion calibre. Not all sides that go up are full of quality.
So what do you think we'll be spending? We'll obviously be spending more than £10m on the squad, including wages, and it's hard to imagine we'll be breaking the FFP rules (is the limit for losses £8m, as this season?)
BensGrandad
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What makes people think that we will spend that kind of money. If that is the case why did TB not provide it for CH when he was appointed before the January window? It cant be all down to FFP.
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£10m including wages? You have pretty much proved my point that we won't be going anywhere fast. We need to invest 4/5 mil on strikers alone at the bare minimum at the going rate, at that's without looking at all our other shortcomings in terms of strengthening the squad.
Because our wage bill is double that, and that doesn't include the cost of buying players, so I don't see how we can be spending under £10m. But maybe that's not what he meant, and if it's not, maybe he can say exactly what he did mean.
BensGrandad
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Sorry I misread it I though it was £10m more than this season. I expect us to buy very few, if any , it will be out of contract free signings t.hat we get
Nobby's Betamax Video
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I think Bloom & the Board are extremely fortunate with the number of people sticking by the Club after the last 18 months. But I believe this is now the critical period where everyone will be watching what they do next intently.
Platitudes & spin will not be tolerated anymore. If there's no war chest then we can't expect Bloom to magic one out of the air. But similarly they can't expect the same level of attendance and income. People will (& are, I know a few who haven't renewed & will choose their games) walk away.
I've renewed & will continue to do so. I didn't spend over the odds for so many years pre Amex, watching poor football in even worse conditions just to walk away now. But there's plenty of people who don't think that way.
I was encouraged with his decision to change the recruitment strategy but concerned that it took so long to ditch Hyypia. A question mark over his judgement.
Bloom needs to learn from the last 18 months and consider the consequences of his next actions very carefully.
Platitudes & spin will not be tolerated anymore. If there's no war chest then we can't expect Bloom to magic one out of the air. But similarly they can't expect the same level of attendance and income. People will (& are, I know a few who haven't renewed & will choose their games) walk away.
I've renewed & will continue to do so. I didn't spend over the odds for so many years pre Amex, watching poor football in even worse conditions just to walk away now. But there's plenty of people who don't think that way.
I was encouraged with his decision to change the recruitment strategy but concerned that it took so long to ditch Hyypia. A question mark over his judgement.
Bloom needs to learn from the last 18 months and consider the consequences of his next actions very carefully.
Sure it will..we have gone from promotion material..to hang on material...sadly I think we will be hang on material next season...unless and it`s a massive unless we sign a Goalscorer or preferably two...
I don't know what it meant to be honest. We certainly won't be spending £10m more than we did this season, that would be mental. We're already committed to 16ish players, so we need quite a few more. We've released CMS, Kemy, Hughes, Maksimenko and McCourt, then there's a few loans that won't be extended. CMS frees up about £1.4m a year on his own, so we should have a reasonable chunk to spend. I expect us to buy some decent players.
AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit
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I believe that Bloom & the Board plan to pocket as much money as possible. They plan to spend as little as possible and hope that they sign promotable footballers so they can recoup a lot of the money they spend all the while staying in the championship. There is no way that will be stated but once you pull the wool over the fans eyes once and get away with it why would you not do it again. I truly believe most of the STH are fools for buying ST again for 2015-16.