JazzG
There’s so much that’s different about what Brighton are doing.
They are going out and taking less tested players. So their scouts and analysts need to find players nobody else would find. So they are in different places and looking at different models.
And then they give the players time once they arrive. I agree with Stillman that Lokonga (and Vieira) would have much bigger hype at Brighton.
But they are comfortable selling because they don’t have the massive revenue pools from stadium, commercial and europe that we do. So they have to sell these players - and have gotten very good at, marketing, pricing and negotiation
The turnover of players means it is difficult for them to ever build a strong challenger in this league. But they can be just good enough.
Their entire staff is basically positioned to do this. We have to figure out very different issues. Things like how do you go from trying to get 80 points to getting 90 points. That means more star players. Go and buy the best and retain your best. Playing the best means there is little scope for development. Saka/Martinelli/ESR breaking through is an anomaly caused by the squad tanking in addition to those players’ talent. But we should not expect another yield like that in the next 5 years.
