We also to have billionaire owners.

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Southampton improved their structure decades ago and have a scouting network that enables them to find players, sell at a profit and find as good, if not better, replacements. Add to that they are a relatively attractive club that middle ranking players want to join. We have none of this.

Brighton's free spending chairman decided to improve their infrastructure before the team and it looks to have been a sound policy. When they're promoted he will spend on players like a drunken sailor on shore leave because he can; no need to salt money away for ground and training ground improvements there.

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)

I'd go with 'difficult to reverse', but not impossible.

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)

Okay then, if we go down then we can spend our richer than Brighton's owners, owners billions to sort our infrastructure out, then come back up. Either way it won't be a disaster as we now have billionaire owners. Billions of pounds can avert any distaster.

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...

I'm afraid not.

Bloom is an altruistic owner, whose prime motivation is not making a profit. Harris and Blitzer are investors, looking for a return on their cash in a reasonable timescale. They won't keep piling dollars into a money pit.

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)

I think a lot will depend on Allardyce's desire to get us out of this mess. Sunderland were worse than us when he took over last season. Remember how embarrassing some of their performances were, including against us.

If Big Sam is willing and able to roll his sleeves up and stamp some authority then I think we'll be ok, but if he's come in with a hangover from the England debacle then we could be in trouble.

I think we might see one our two faces come in both in the team and on the training ground that are well known to our new boss. He surely must recognise we need some strength of character right now and sometimes it's good to get who you know, even if it may not be glamorous or exciting.

A couple of weeks on the training ground, some time for key players to recover/return from injury and a couple of new signings and then let's see what happens at West Ham.