[Albion] Ben Foster Predicts Brighton to be Relegated

Peteinblack said:

Sadly, I agree with him.

Unless we do some good transfer business in the next couple of weeks, I can't see us avoiding the drop for a 5th consecutive season. We certainly can't rely on 3 teams being far worse than us again, and with injuries mounting already, and unless Connolly has vastly improved over the summer - I'm not optimistic about our chances this time.

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Weststander said:

Banked £50m with huge savings made in our payroll costs.

Yet still no striker or LWB.

Even CP and Stains have spent money.

Shirley Bloom intends to invest later on in this transfer window?

Without that and our regular, already injured players, Foster has a point.

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Peteinblack said:

We certainly can't rely on 3 teams being far worse than us again

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Stato said:

Points-wise there were actually four worse teams than us last season.
Over the second half of the season there were seven worse teams.
Had our form during the last 19 games been replicated over the first 19 games we would have finished 12th on 48 points with a positive goal difference. Ben White is the only significant member of the squad that achieved this improvement who is no longer with us.

We are short on name players. We are not a big name team and we don't have big name players, so we are always an obvious choice for those who pick relegation candidates after a cursory glance. In reality, we have spent very little time in the relegation places during our time in this division. Our squad has fought for everything we have. There was one period when we looked like needing to rely on others' failures and that period cost Chris Hughton his job.

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A1X said:

If we don’t I think it starts to lend credence to the claims by some outside the club (dismissed by many on here) that we aren’t in especially rude financial health after all…

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amexer said:

good luck to Potter if he thinks we will now put away chances but how on earth has he not signed a left sided defender

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Guinness Boy said:

18th for us due to a "very quiet transfer window"

Down with the barcodes and Norwich. Although he did pick Watford to finish 13th and reckons they see their early games as winnable.

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sheebo said:

Could be right, could be wrong, could be well wrong BUT I am gonna have a moan here as this grinds my gears….

I’ve watched some of his videos - he placed a go pro behind his goal - really interesting good viewing tbf but here’s my issues with it:

A) You’re a professional footballer playing now in the premier league - save the YouTube shite for AFTER - this isn’t professional and you looked a right TIT on the pitch having just won a game waving a video camera around (one of the vids I saw last season) - very tin pot Ben.

B) For the same unprofessional reasons, he really shouldn’t be making predictions of where his team and others will finish. It will wind some up, it may bite him hugely on the arse and again… it’s just very unprofessional to be talking about teams and their transfer windows etc on the internet. It’s like chairman that are on Twitter - just really tacky. Very surprised Watford allow this.

I actually think Ben Foster seems a decent bloke but for the above reasons alone, I really hope we stay up and finish above Watford now. Bit silly, bit stubborn, but that’s what happens when you grind my gears Ben - sorry.

Ps - did I mention being a prem player and making videos like these are hugely unprofessional in my opinion?

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