Portsmouth probably, but they’ve got their thing with Southampton. Possibly Reading and Bournemouth at times, Chelsea when Potter went there, but nothing enduring.
I’d say it’s a contributory factor.
They‘ve never had it so good, longest run in the top division, “best” academy in the universe, “best” atmosphere…er….etc….
They’re doing well in the context of their history whereas we’re in completely uncharted waters. I feel the gap has widened which must be a bit gutting for them.
I think we can be Billy big bollocks right now to be fair, our highest league finish, FA cup semi at Wembley, Europa League qualification, great manager and squad, the best chairman in football, exciting brand of football., award winning concourse...
Life is REALLY good as a Brighton fan.
I don’t care about their new club as long as they do well for us. As for selling, it’s how we keep the thing going, buy young prospects sell seasoned professionals.
You can understand their frustration, watching us being brilliant, growing year on year, having a plan whilst they flail about, directionless.
I don’t worry about the rivalry too much these days, I simply (and smugly) look on in amusement.
Yes it’s about that amount, but to be fair to us the majority of that has gone on building a stadium and a training ground from scratch. I think the football side of things is now beginning to become sustainable, we’ve actually got players that other teams want to buy. So huge start up costs but...
Missing Zaha, regardless of his personal form, is a big one for them in this fixture, he’s so often a thorn in our side. They’ve surprised me this season, their manager is doing an amazing job with fairly limited players, the lad they’ve borrowed from Chelsea has been the driving force and was...
Interesting question, I’d say Chelsea (L), Brentford (W), West Ham (D), Spurs (W), Liverpool (L) which is seven points, it’s all guesswork though. How many points would you have taken given our fixtures (obviously you’ve already played two of the teams that we have this season so that should...