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Agreed. I don’t think we are going to be a club that sees a player like Coutinho being available and decides to spend a huge transfer fee and wages to bring him here just because of the big name status. Granted, we will be looking for experience in a few positions, but I really see us going after quality younger players that are worth the long term investment

Imagine having a manager that will try to come up with a tactical plan to get the most out of our best player that’s not “give him the ball”. If he can work out a plan to isolate the full back with ASM, we will score buckets with Willock running in

No way he takes charge officially for Brighton - it’s too late in the day now

It was goal difference wasn’t it?

We just need to pay for a fast track PCR test and get on the fucking plane to convince the guy to come. Actually, we don’t even need a PCR test to enter Spain so can just get on the plane

That’s the viewpoint that concerns me. Let’s just hope this is a negotiation tactic for more compensation

Hopefully it’s to finalise everything and not just for ‘more talks’

2024 with the league to follow in 2026

Surely this has to be announced ahead of tonight’s Villarreal game. He can’t be in charge tonight if he’s joining us before the weekend

If we end up with Emery before the weekend then I would say the owners have done a good job of recruiting. He’s the best appointment we can make at this time and rather exciting given his track record. Ideally I would have liked him in weeks ago, but at the international breaks gives time to work on things properly

That’s my biggest frustration, the fact that we can’t seem to pass the football at all. It’s like the players see the ball as a grenade and want rid of it the second they get it. As much as I hate Shelvey, I’d actually think he would help with at least trying to pass the ball in some way

We just need to scrape a win from somewhere. I don’t know when or where, but it has to be soon and that should hopefully get some confidence back across the entire club

I’d swap a lot of Palace’s current squad for our lot

I am more convinced that someone like Steven Gerrard walking through the door is the catalyst that we need right now to improve results from the offset. But it looks as though he’s not really been in the running based on what you read because he’s currently in a job

I know what you mean, it’s even more amazing when you think that they waited the best part of two years as well. But it fills me with confidence that they’re here for the long term and know they have to deal with all this shit left behind right now to see progress in the future

Almiron still makes the starting 11 based on the current level of the squad no matter what any stats say

All those penalty misses still bring back horrible memories

We need to be taking between 12-15 points between now and the new year otherwise we are screwed. I think that’s achievable given the next next three home games should be ones we have a chance in. But we will really need to win all three because if we don’t, then I can’t see where the wins will come from

Yes and I still blame him and Hasselbaink for the demise of the club

Our problem is that we are always set up to play in a negative way and have no idea how to play effective front foot football. All we do is try to defend with everyone behind the ball and still leave gaps everywhere

Agree and disagree - we just don’t have a way of playing other than putting everyone behind the ball. We need a fresh start with a new way of playing and a new manager will bring that. We will still be shite though without a whole load of new signings

Brighton playing very well today against Liverpool - another defeat next week for sure

But that last bit of play showed you how you can get at them here today if you can be brave - a new manager will help with that mentality

If we can stop panicking in possession and just try and pass the ball under pressure, it’s easy to get space against these guys

Amazing how any pressure from the opposition when we have the ball and we panic