"Brighton" and "coming" should not be used together in the same phrase. Ugh!!

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

Ha ha!

We obviously cannot foresee the future but if the worst does happen, as it could, and we go down and Brighton come up, then they would gain the bragging rights for a couple of months. So what?

If we went down with the squad we have then what realistic chance would something like Brighton have of surviving? The Premiership gets harder every season for promoted sides. Even if they dumped the whole promotion winning side and spent zillions wouldn't matter. There needs to be a degree of consistency to succeed. Newcastle might hold it together, having only spent one season down, but Brighton? By Christmas the bragging rights would have been restored to their rightful ownership. And that's the worst case scenario! The best is we survive and thrash them twice, which is much more likely.

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So, they're coming for us. Premiership ready. Right.

Interestingly, next season they will suddenly become championship ready...

Let them come up and have a go. They will need to spend big to stay up. I've watched them a few times this season and haven't been overly impressed with them at all.

If Murray is there main striker and players like Sidwell, Bruno and Dunk are going to be starting next year then they are in big trouble.

The gulf between Championship and Premiership is enormous. Even they couldn't be deluded enough not to see that can they??

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

Apparently (according to NSC, quoting Bloom) they're not planning on spending big on players or wages and no journeyman or marquee signings, which suggests that they're going to try and go with what they've got and should (hopefully) see them relegated by January. I get the impression that Bloom sees this as a chance to get his £250m back in one hit rather than a prolonged stay in the PL. I hope we do stay up so that we can take them to school, as usual.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)