Brighton is an example of a club which is run well from top to bottom. It’s not just about getting a good manager. Every person in the club is following the same path to success.
@@antilysisgaming5646 lmao they have waited decades for their trophy bud, I don't think they're in a rush. Sooner or later they're gonna get it anyway.
@@antilysisgaming5646 teams that desperately want a trophy live in the short term, band aid fixes so they compete year to year. *cough cough* Man U *cough cough* I’m not even a devoted Brighton fan but they’ve developed a system based around tactics and smart recruitment that’s already proven to not rely on important big names to compete. They are well on their way to a trophy while actually growing each season.
@@ammarharith5512 ironically enough its simply not pressing and staying disciplined in a mid or low block lol, but thats not really what klopp likes to do
brighton doesnt have any star players. They just have players. They use data science to find the perfect player profile for their team and plug that hole. They could sell their entire team and within a season or two they would have a european competing team again that functioned just as it did before.
I was born and raised in Brighton during the dark years when the club played their games at the athletics track five minutes away from where I lived. I have a photograph of my dad and I presenting the player of the year/month award to Bobby Zamora when I was tiny. It's safe to say they've come a long way since then 😂
To sell your 2 best midfielders in the off season and continue to look just as strong, if not better at the start of the next season…. Well that’s just damn impressive. You can’t help wanting Brighton and big Ange to do well, just not beat your own team 🥲 YNWA❤
Brighton - yeah, absolutely. Spurs? Nah. Am I the only one getting annoyed by the popular insistence that "Big Ange" is the second, flabby ozzie coming of the messiah? Always loved Son as a player though, want him to do well personally. Was always undeservedly in Kane's shadow, now has a chance to be main man, albeit belatedly.
@@paulie-g well being a flabby Aussie myself I’m all for Ange getting spurs back in the top 4. He’s just a good person, hard not to admire is humility.
@@beauallen9872 It's the Football Jesus thing that irks me. I wouldn't mind it at all *if and when* he has a body of work to justify it. They've played 6 games, and this started after 1 or 2. Spurs are playing decent footy in patches and they look like they're feeling their way towards a defined style of play. That's good, but it's the minimum job requirement for a top 6 manager (notwithstanding Poch and Ten Hag failing that test) and hardly, on its own merits, worthy of the superlatives being bandied about.
@@paulie-g I get your point but I think the superlative come from being able to step into the job, change the entire structure. Get the players feeling positive and then to start undefeated whilst trying to play this new system. All whilst losing your captain and main avenue to goal 2 days before the season starts. Spurs have excuses to be performing like Chelsea, but instead have found ways to get results. Also think of the coaches spurs have brought in previously and struggled from day dot.
@@beauallen9872 Yeah, i get that, but it's only been a few games. Coaches who've done more with less, like RDZ at Brighton or Emery at Villa, got far less praise at the same stage, and arguably even now. I get that Spurs fans are thirsty and I don't begrudge them the excitement, I just don't get why neutrals and media hopped on the hype train
Over the last few years I have been paying more attention to how a club is run, how much money they spend, the drama, how that translates to the pitch, all of it. These are now strong factors for my fandom. I've been keeping an eye on Brighton for a little while now and I like them more and more every day.
Been a Brighton fan ever since they first made it to the Premier League, mainly due to my brother in law being born in Brighton. It was a rough start for them but boy have they come a long way. In the beginning it was a relegation battle, but now they more comfortably make it to the top. Finishing 9th in 21/22 to 6th the next season is definitely an improvement. Seeing them being 3rd after 6 games is a sight to see. Especially how they've scored the most goals out of anyone, even City. It'll be a tough battle for Brighton to win the league this year. But honestly, the odds are far better than before.
As an Argyle fan I have nothing but love for Brighton. Both sets of fans have helped each other in the past when each were going through financial struggles and to see Brighton being so well rum and in such a great spot is brilliant to see. Long may it continue for Brighton
Wow it feels like only yesterday that I was running around my house celebrating after Sheffield Wednesday beat Brighton in the playoff semi-finals in 2016. Fair play to Brighton for the transformation they’ve gone through since then. If you’d asked anyone which of those two teams would be in the premier league in 2023 no one would’ve said Brighton.
Brighton is making so many things right it's hard not to root for them. Well, that and as a Chelsea fan I'm just looking behind bars at how a well run club does it. That little point about their scouting really makes me hopeful that here in Costa Rica we catch the lightning in a bottle and Brighton does an offer for our best national player in our league, Carlos Mora. He needs to go to Europe, he's too good.
The biggest factor for me is the atmosphere and feeling of togetherness around the whole club, not just the first team. We’ve had our fair share of terrible signings and underwhelming youngsters come through , and even the well received ones; cucurella, sanchez, ben white - all seemed very overhyped to me. Made to look better than they were because of the squad as a whole. When everyone at the club is happy from the bottom to the top, the players on the pitch will shine. Add to that an owner that loves and supports the club, not just a glorified bank, and you’ve got a good thing going. But we will fall from grace. Mistakes will be made. Remember Sami hyypia…
Don't knock Sami. One of my favourite players and a fantastic human being. Not a particularly good manager though, granted. To be fair, he offered his own resignation iirc, so at least he took full financial responsibility for his performance, which is rare in the modern game. This "make players shine" thing is a Brighton superpower. The system makes them shine, yous then cash in, the buying club (usually) is then left wondering wtf happened. It's a brilliant business model. However, it is dependent on clueless clubs/owners. So I guess you'll be alright while Boehly is around unless he twigs that he's gonna get strung up if he buys another thing from Brighton that makes Chelsea worse. The thing is, Brighton spend so little on players in fees and wages that any mistakes are never catastrophic. What I wonder is whether this can continue. We all know the "big 6" get a tax on fees for players they buy and it's so universal that they really can't just shop elsewhere. I wonder if selling clubs will twig that if Brighton are inquiring, their player must be better than anyone thought and start raising prices on yous too ;) Well done though. Genuine pleasure to see a club do things the right way and succeed. From a Liverpool fan.
@@TyrannicalTortoise Can only do that while the going is good though, and at a club like Brighton that no one feels strongly about, but fair play. It's just there are numpties around that get players banned from city centres, so no wonder we get less interaction now. I could only imagine what would happen to an owner.
Tony Bloom also owns Royale Union Saint Gilloise, a Belgian club who had the same upset run as Brighton. Union SG hasn't played in Jupiler Pro League (Premier League of Belgium) since their relegation in 1972, and even spent most of the years in the lower-tiered Belgian football. Bloom took the control of this club in 2018, and they made a surprise return to the top-tier 3 years later. On their historic return to top-tier, they defied against all odds, even winning the regular season of the Jupiler Pro League. Even though this competition is quite different than Premier League, where the outright winners was determined by a playoffs, at which they only finished 2nd behind Club Brugge, Union SG fared even better in European competitions. Despite being eliminated by Rangers in the qualification round of Champions League, they made its European debut in Europa League group stage. Yet again, Union SG defied against all odds again, topping the "Group of Death" that contained Malmo, Braga, and Union Berlin; with the latter being Union SG's opponents in both group stage and the knockout round. They only lost to Bayer Leverkusen, but the first leg away from home was not too bad as it ended 1-1. I guess this club inspired a lot for Brighton to achieve even more success in both top-flight and Europe.
would love to see a video on brentford esp considering the past relationship of tony bloom and matthew benham. plagued by injuries rn but it’s been amazing watching them the past few years. up the beeeees 🐝🐝❤️🤍
I like your description of everything, BHA have been a nuisance especially against City. (MD 38 where they scored 1st but we won 3-1). I'm not a smart man too but you really make me smarter with all these information.
Proud my local club are seeing the fruits of their labour. They have been my team for 36yrs. From watching them in the 4th division to now has been a wild ride. This is a team that really value its fans and understands what this club means to them. I just hope success doesn’t take that away..
Brighton feels very much like a team managed in a style like most top clubs in Germany do, or are expected to. Buy young exciting prospects and build up value that will be sold for revenue. No unlimited credit cards like Chelsea, City, Utd or many other prem clubs and no boring park the bus like many Serie A sides do.
De Zerbi was GREAT pick! Smart enough to create, humble enough to respect and embrace the people and the club. He will get them far, take it from an italian, who has watched De Zerbi as a player (and a very good one, albeit at a lower level) and as a Manager, for years
Im a fan from the US getting more into football as it becomes more available over here. Looking for a team for the first time in any sport since I'm fortunate enough to live by a city that has a long history in all our major four leagues. Don't want to be a glory chaser, so the rich 6/7 are out. I want to root for Luton, but don't think they'll be a regular fixture. It's between Brighton and Fulham right now.
You may not be a smart man, but you are eminently reasonable and balanced, and you understand well that causality is not usually so simple. These things make you a wiser man than most talking heads on any subject on any platform. Kudos to you and all those who have had a hand in your education, formal and informal. 😊
Selling best players is not sustainable no matter how well run a club is. If they try to keep their best players and only let go of those they really can't keep, build on what they have, especially in defense, they'll stay in the league for however long they do those things. I watched Roberto De Zerbi at Sassuolo and while it was evident that his team did what he told them to do and, in all honesty, would die for him, some of them just weren't good enough. This manager is epitome of "give him the players and he'll win you everything", I really believe that. I remember that match back in 2019 where they literally had Juve against the ropes the entire match, if they had a better striker and two decent defenders, they'd have thrashed Juve and kept a clean sheet... that's how dominant they were yet still lost... and it's the same thing here at Brighton. De Zerbi's tactics are high risk, high reward and of course on a good day a decent team of players can score five goals, but against great teams, "decent" isn't good enough and they'll ship goals, as evidenced by that 6-1 thrashing by Villa and Dunk's disastrous mistake in the Europa league. In summary, keep the best players you can, sell those who insist on leaving and reinvest that money into signing more great players, preferably in midfield and defense. If they do that, they won't go down the sane route as Leicester or Blackburn, I'm sorry but with the amount of wealth that is there in the PL now, there's zero excuses for teams not challenging. Now you have players like Zaniolo joining teams like Villa, nothing against Villa, but even just five years ago that was unrealistic. Great players, great teams, great managers and great performances, that, now more than ever, is the only way to compete in the Premier league, a league that has become humorously Darwinian.
Brighton is a GREAT example of a well ran club and I hope clubs like them along with other clubs continue to challenge the big clubs of Prem. Makes the league even more interesting than it already is
Brighton is a monster, up and down. Every Premier League club wishes they have owners, staff, recruitment, etc. even close to this good compared to what Brighton puts to the table. I say Brighton is the one team that could definitely push to even kick a "Big 6" team out of the the group of elite clubs. Current form, probably Chelsea are gonna be kicked out of the elite group of teams as Brighton joins the elite of "Big 6 teams" from how they bully not just the elite clubs but literally any club on a good day.
This type of success took many years of hard work to achieve with many dedicated players staff manager and supporters just wishing we would make amongst the top six and now we’ve accomplished that now it’s time to finally win some silverware fingers crossed😂
I think one thing people don't consider is that the team buying Brighton players for insane fees may be flopping because they are not that good, they look better individually than they are because of the team and the way Brighton play. Not saying they are bad, just not as good individually as other teams buying them think and not worth the money paid.
And now the club has lost the passionate leader that lead them to european football for the very first time... That was a good run with Roberto, I hope the downhill slope isn't too steep...
Constantly losing their best players will catch up to them eventually. Good recruitment can only take a team so far. People were saying the same thing about Leicester just a few seasons ago and look where they are now.
Leicester are doing ok all of the pl sides have gone down at some point apart from Arsenal. Brighton are very different to Leicester who are just one more overseas owned club unlike Brighton.
I think Brighton have a better chance of maintaining top-flight and even European status for the long term, simply because Tony Bloom is a nye on perfect owner. He has a decent amount of wealth to invest, but not so much that the cash injections cause unsustainable practices within the club. He cares deeply about the club, but has the intelligence and maturity to recognize that it is only through clever appointments that he can bring success to the club - a great club owner should enable the manager and backroom staff, not the other way around. And lastly, as with Brentford, they have possibly the most advanced data analysis infrastructure in England, possibly in the world. So while yes, their signings are usually players that a decent number of clubs know about, they end up going for the right targets more often. They also seem to not be falling for the trap of only signing young players that so many teams do these days. I have an immense amount of respect for them as an organization, and it’s heightened even more by the fact that they play the most exciting style of play in the prem I’ve seen since Liverpool in Salah’s first season, and before that also Liverpool with Suarez and Sturridge
unfortunately 6 injured, Brighton is actually in danger. They either have talented but unstable young players or legendary old players. they bought expensive striker pedro but doesn't work. They shoul've bought good defence after selling Caicedo.
I recall the days when I use them in FIFA 19 to frustrate my pals in kickoff matches,, and thought wow!, they ain’t bad, they could worry big clubs someday.. Well here we are 👌🏾
Brighton have sold their best players just to get better, and they've done it twice. Cucurella, Bissouma and Trossard last year and now Caicedo and Mac Allister. I've never seen recruitment as ridiculously good as this To beat a United team at Old Trafford worth hundreds of millions with a Starting XI that cost £16 million is just wild. They can lose all their best players, their managers and background staff and still progress in spite of that. Fair play to them and Tony Bloom
The jury is still out on whether they are better than last season, we've only played a handful of games and they haven't played anyone of note yet. Yes, that includes ManU. They've lost to West Ham though. They beat ManU last season. Lost both to West Ham iirc, hammers are just a stylistically difficult team for them. I think the squad is weaker this year. However, certain players have progressed year on year - Mitoma for example has more end product and some impressive finishing leading to goals. They've had an extra season to perfect and automate their system, but other teams are more aware of it at the same time. I want to see them play the big boys to figure out if they're as good as they were. The fact they haven't nose dived is impressive. People will point to Southampton as a club with a similar model that eventually ran out of 'hidden gem' players and managers to sign, but I think Brighton have a better chance long term if their back office staff aren't poached and the owner stays alive and in situ.
This is correct. Tony Bloom literally uses “money ball” style method of recruiting which is heavily based on stats. Tbf that’s how the man has made his fortune so it’s no surprise how well he’s implemented it on the team and recruiting, yielding amazing results
@@kilokay5506 Using data in recruitment =/= moneyball. Moneyball implies building a team around undervalued qualities and therefore undervalued players. In football, this would be something like playing with two 10s (something a small club in Spain is doing) because teams don't play with 10s anymore and so they're undervalued. That's not what Brighton does. They just find very good players for not a lot of money with a ridiculous success rate. Data-driven? Yes. Moneyball? No.
I’ve been a Brighton fan since 2011, and ever since 2013/14 when we finished in the playoffs I had hope we would make it to the premiership, but this club has blown my expectations away and I’m just happy to be here.
@@GIBBO4182 If you think Chelsea won't turn up you're wrong. Chelsea have the third best attacking statistics in the league, only Arsenal and Man City have created more chances/have a higher xG. All it takes is the goals to come and Chelsea will shoot up the table. Goals WILL come in these big matches, because players care more for them. Which is an issue to sort out.
Clubs like Brighton make football much more exciting and increase the overall competition in the premier league as well. Absolutely loving their style of play. Big ups.
Also an Arsenal fan and this club is so intelligent on where to go in search for talents and honestly I think they could definitely get champions league IF they keep this form up
I think Villa might have figured them out. 🙂 Brighton are quality. The number of non-Brighton fans that praise them speaks volumes for the amount of respect they’ve earned.
I think your last segment is pretty important. Brighton are absolutely flying right now, but all it takes is a couple of mistakes, maybe some bad luck, and you might be facing relegation. It's quite fickle and hard to stay at the top, only the well entrenched, rich teams are somewhat stable.
I think there’s a few people that can be massively credited here for Brighton’s success, with Tony Bloom and the Brighton Recruitment team being two very important parts. The way they’ve driven this team forward is so commendable, they Always have a nearly like-for-like replacement on players ready for when their big stars head to the “bigger” teams.
@@MrJarrydLee They'll never be "big" - no one wants to go to Brighton and be attacked by and shat on by seagulls. They've got a fantastic chance to be big in terms of sporting achievement modulo resources, a place where wonderful players develop, pure entertainment etc. Very likely they'll continue being people's second favourite team - nearly always a good watch and patently inoffensive. Biggest risk is running out of managers. RDZ is spectacular. Good chance big, historic clubs will be in for him sooner or later. I'm not sure there are many managers out there who wouldn't be a non-negligible step down.
@@S.H.E.A Yeah, being beaten by Chelsea is very embarrassing these days. That said, Brighton played squad players in key positions and missed two stone cold sitters before Chelsea contrived to score when Chelsea gave away the ball on the edge of their D under pressure. Any other day Brighton walk away with an easy win.
Naturally ever since this video, Brighton have played 2 matches and lost 7-1 on aggregate... I realise you had a bone to pick with them after what they did to United, but you didn't have to jinx them this bad bro 😂
It’s 1998, most kids in my primary school are Man United supporters, so I was drawn to a team with a small stadium and no budget, but a team that could mix it with the big boys and had a knack for unearthing unknown gems of players and playing sexy football (Arsenal). This is a convulated way of saying that if I were a kid right now, I’d probably support Brighton.
i remember playing premier manager 98 with friends on my pc, i was scarborough and a friend was brighton. (we chose teams from the lowest league) he got them to them prem before i got scarborough there, it amazes me to see that they have got all the way thru the leagues just like back then on the game.
Tifo IRL has done a similar video on Brighton and they go into detail how Brighton's development plan is particularly enticing for young players. They sort of see it as doing a Masters in football. And most of those players will get "placed" in the big clubs of Europe. So it is a win win.
I'm not joking when I say this: If they keep this up, and the likes of Newcastle or Arsenal slip up and have a rubbish season, they'll sneak into top four.
In my opinion, Brighton is the best example of what the English system has to offer: owned by a fan who makes decisions based on what’s best for the club, not his wallet.
Brighton is an example of a club which is run well from top to bottom. It’s not just about getting a good manager. Every person in the club is following the same path to success.
Run so well that they don't have a trophy lol.
@@antilysisgaming5646 lmao they have waited decades for their trophy bud, I don't think they're in a rush. Sooner or later they're gonna get it anyway.
The English Atalanta
@@antilysisgaming5646nigga ur dunce as hell 😂
@@antilysisgaming5646 teams that desperately want a trophy live in the short term, band aid fixes so they compete year to year.
*cough cough* Man U *cough cough*
I’m not even a devoted Brighton fan but they’ve developed a system based around tactics and smart recruitment that’s already proven to not rely on important big names to compete. They are well on their way to a trophy while actually growing each season.
Honestly love what Brighton are doing.
They're the perfect antidote to a stale Premier league and i hope many more teams do what theyre doing.
As a Liverpool fan, playing against Brighton will never fail to make me nervous. They're still going even after losing their biggest stars. 😅
de zerbi ball is the antidote to your style as well
@@LeafGreen906 I hope Alexis shares his know-how to the squad on how to neutralise Brighton. 😂
@@ammarharith5512 ironically enough its simply not pressing and staying disciplined in a mid or low block lol, but thats not really what klopp likes to do
brighton doesnt have any star players. They just have players. They use data science to find the perfect player profile for their team and plug that hole. They could sell their entire team and within a season or two they would have a european competing team again that functioned just as it did before.
I was born and raised in Brighton during the dark years when the club played their games at the athletics track five minutes away from where I lived. I have a photograph of my dad and I presenting the player of the year/month award to Bobby Zamora when I was tiny. It's safe to say they've come a long way since then 😂
Brighton really is my fav team at the moment. I really hope they stay on this path and keep doing well.
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Mate, you've done it again! You praise a team, the very next game it gets stomped! Love the videos :)
To sell your 2 best midfielders in the off season and continue to look just as strong, if not better at the start of the next season…. Well that’s just damn impressive. You can’t help wanting Brighton and big Ange to do well, just not beat your own team 🥲 YNWA❤
Brighton - yeah, absolutely. Spurs? Nah. Am I the only one getting annoyed by the popular insistence that "Big Ange" is the second, flabby ozzie coming of the messiah? Always loved Son as a player though, want him to do well personally. Was always undeservedly in Kane's shadow, now has a chance to be main man, albeit belatedly.
@@paulie-g well being a flabby Aussie myself I’m all for Ange getting spurs back in the top 4. He’s just a good person, hard not to admire is humility.
@@beauallen9872 It's the Football Jesus thing that irks me. I wouldn't mind it at all *if and when* he has a body of work to justify it. They've played 6 games, and this started after 1 or 2. Spurs are playing decent footy in patches and they look like they're feeling their way towards a defined style of play. That's good, but it's the minimum job requirement for a top 6 manager (notwithstanding Poch and Ten Hag failing that test) and hardly, on its own merits, worthy of the superlatives being bandied about.
@@paulie-g I get your point but I think the superlative come from being able to step into the job, change the entire structure. Get the players feeling positive and then to start undefeated whilst trying to play this new system. All whilst losing your captain and main avenue to goal 2 days before the season starts.
Spurs have excuses to be performing like Chelsea, but instead have found ways to get results. Also think of the coaches spurs have brought in previously and struggled from day dot.
@@beauallen9872 Yeah, i get that, but it's only been a few games. Coaches who've done more with less, like RDZ at Brighton or Emery at Villa, got far less praise at the same stage, and arguably even now. I get that Spurs fans are thirsty and I don't begrudge them the excitement, I just don't get why neutrals and media hopped on the hype train
as a city fan i love watching them they seems like city's sister club. the way they play and have a certain philosophy
The day you upload this they lose to Chelsea
😭😭😭
Over the last few years I have been paying more attention to how a club is run, how much money they spend, the drama, how that translates to the pitch, all of it. These are now strong factors for my fandom. I've been keeping an eye on Brighton for a little while now and I like them more and more every day.
Brighton againts small team : 🥱
Brighton againts big team : 😈😈😈💀
Been a Brighton fan ever since they first made it to the Premier League, mainly due to my brother in law being born in Brighton.
It was a rough start for them but boy have they come a long way. In the beginning it was a relegation battle, but now they more comfortably make it to the top. Finishing 9th in 21/22 to 6th the next season is definitely an improvement. Seeing them being 3rd after 6 games is a sight to see. Especially how they've scored the most goals out of anyone, even City.
It'll be a tough battle for Brighton to win the league this year. But honestly, the odds are far better than before.
Great video, it has been fun watching Brighton the past few seasons and I'm making sure to catch many of their games.
As an Argyle fan I have nothing but love for Brighton. Both sets of fans have helped each other in the past when each were going through financial struggles and to see Brighton being so well rum and in such a great spot is brilliant to see. Long may it continue for Brighton
Bro, 6-1😂
@@SerbiaIsTheBest Cool, one result that's clearly a bad day in the office definitely invalidates my point. They beat United at Old Trafford last week.
Wow it feels like only yesterday that I was running around my house celebrating after Sheffield Wednesday beat Brighton in the playoff semi-finals in 2016. Fair play to Brighton for the transformation they’ve gone through since then. If you’d asked anyone which of those two teams would be in the premier league in 2023 no one would’ve said Brighton.
Villa just smashed Brighton 6-1. My brother in Christ, please make videos about City and Liverpool
Why it would put us all to sleep!
Unai Emery Masterclass!!!
Can we all agree Tinashe have jinxed Brighton after that Aston Villa performance
Just a bad day at the office. We all have them. Think Newcastle v Villa, lol.
You obviously missed the Thursday Europa home game. Brighton have been found out. They will lose a lot
I don't think so.
Brighton is making so many things right it's hard not to root for them. Well, that and as a Chelsea fan I'm just looking behind bars at how a well run club does it.
That little point about their scouting really makes me hopeful that here in Costa Rica we catch the lightning in a bottle and Brighton does an offer for our best national player in our league, Carlos Mora. He needs to go to Europe, he's too good.
Hands down one of my favourite TH-camrs. Respect bro
The biggest factor for me is the atmosphere and feeling of togetherness around the whole club, not just the first team.
We’ve had our fair share of terrible signings and underwhelming youngsters come through , and even the well received ones; cucurella, sanchez, ben white - all seemed very overhyped to me. Made to look better than they were because of the squad as a whole.
When everyone at the club is happy from the bottom to the top, the players on the pitch will shine. Add to that an owner that loves and supports the club, not just a glorified bank, and you’ve got a good thing going.
But we will fall from grace. Mistakes will be made. Remember Sami hyypia…
Don't knock Sami. One of my favourite players and a fantastic human being. Not a particularly good manager though, granted. To be fair, he offered his own resignation iirc, so at least he took full financial responsibility for his performance, which is rare in the modern game.
This "make players shine" thing is a Brighton superpower. The system makes them shine, yous then cash in, the buying club (usually) is then left wondering wtf happened. It's a brilliant business model. However, it is dependent on clueless clubs/owners. So I guess you'll be alright while Boehly is around unless he twigs that he's gonna get strung up if he buys another thing from Brighton that makes Chelsea worse.
The thing is, Brighton spend so little on players in fees and wages that any mistakes are never catastrophic. What I wonder is whether this can continue. We all know the "big 6" get a tax on fees for players they buy and it's so universal that they really can't just shop elsewhere. I wonder if selling clubs will twig that if Brighton are inquiring, their player must be better than anyone thought and start raising prices on yous too ;)
Well done though. Genuine pleasure to see a club do things the right way and succeed. From a Liverpool fan.
Seeing Tony Bloom on the train travelling to away games with the fans makes him the best owner in the premier league
@@TyrannicalTortoise Can only do that while the going is good though, and at a club like Brighton that no one feels strongly about, but fair play. It's just there are numpties around that get players banned from city centres, so no wonder we get less interaction now. I could only imagine what would happen to an owner.
Tony Bloom also owns Royale Union Saint Gilloise, a Belgian club who had the same upset run as Brighton. Union SG hasn't played in Jupiler Pro League (Premier League of Belgium) since their relegation in 1972, and even spent most of the years in the lower-tiered Belgian football. Bloom took the control of this club in 2018, and they made a surprise return to the top-tier 3 years later. On their historic return to top-tier, they defied against all odds, even winning the regular season of the Jupiler Pro League. Even though this competition is quite different than Premier League, where the outright winners was determined by a playoffs, at which they only finished 2nd behind Club Brugge, Union SG fared even better in European competitions. Despite being eliminated by Rangers in the qualification round of Champions League, they made its European debut in Europa League group stage. Yet again, Union SG defied against all odds again, topping the "Group of Death" that contained Malmo, Braga, and Union Berlin; with the latter being Union SG's opponents in both group stage and the knockout round. They only lost to Bayer Leverkusen, but the first leg away from home was not too bad as it ended 1-1. I guess this club inspired a lot for Brighton to achieve even more success in both top-flight and Europe.
Love your content man, love seeing South Africans making good content.
would love to see a video on brentford esp considering the past relationship of tony bloom and matthew benham. plagued by injuries rn but it’s been amazing watching them the past few years. up the beeeees 🐝🐝❤️🤍
I like your description of everything, BHA have been a nuisance especially against City. (MD 38 where they scored 1st but we won 3-1).
I'm not a smart man too but you really make me smarter with all these information.
Proud my local club are seeing the fruits of their labour. They have been my team for 36yrs. From watching them in the 4th division to now has been a wild ride.
This is a team that really value its fans and understands what this club means to them. I just hope success doesn’t take that away..
*cries in Swansea
Brighton feels very much like a team managed in a style like most top clubs in Germany do, or are expected to. Buy young exciting prospects and build up value that will be sold for revenue. No unlimited credit cards like Chelsea, City, Utd or many other prem clubs and no boring park the bus like many Serie A sides do.
De Zerbi was GREAT pick!
Smart enough to create, humble enough to respect and embrace the people and the club.
He will get them far, take it from an italian, who has watched De Zerbi as a player (and a very good one, albeit at a lower level) and as a Manager, for years
Im a fan from the US getting more into football as it becomes more available over here. Looking for a team for the first time in any sport since I'm fortunate enough to live by a city that has a long history in all our major four leagues. Don't want to be a glory chaser, so the rich 6/7 are out. I want to root for Luton, but don't think they'll be a regular fixture. It's between Brighton and Fulham right now.
You may not be a smart man, but you are eminently reasonable and balanced, and you understand well that causality is not usually so simple. These things make you a wiser man than most talking heads on any subject on any platform. Kudos to you and all those who have had a hand in your education, formal and informal. 😊
Ten years ago this was Southampton, ironically, another south coast team...there must be something in the sea air lol, keep smashing it tinashé! 😎👊🏽
6:25 when you talk about new talents,
dont forget
Jan Paul van Hecke
and actually Mitoma to me , its the top 3 best winer forward in the world
Watched your vid right away, love it
Selling best players is not sustainable no matter how well run a club is. If they try to keep their best players and only let go of those they really can't keep, build on what they have, especially in defense, they'll stay in the league for however long they do those things.
I watched Roberto De Zerbi at Sassuolo and while it was evident that his team did what he told them to do and, in all honesty, would die for him, some of them just weren't good enough. This manager is epitome of "give him the players and he'll win you everything", I really believe that. I remember that match back in 2019 where they literally had Juve against the ropes the entire match, if they had a better striker and two decent defenders, they'd have thrashed Juve and kept a clean sheet... that's how dominant they were yet still lost... and it's the same thing here at Brighton. De Zerbi's tactics are high risk, high reward and of course on a good day a decent team of players can score five goals, but against great teams, "decent" isn't good enough and they'll ship goals, as evidenced by that 6-1 thrashing by Villa and Dunk's disastrous mistake in the Europa league.
In summary, keep the best players you can, sell those who insist on leaving and reinvest that money into signing more great players, preferably in midfield and defense. If they do that, they won't go down the sane route as Leicester or Blackburn, I'm sorry but with the amount of wealth that is there in the PL now, there's zero excuses for teams not challenging. Now you have players like Zaniolo joining teams like Villa, nothing against Villa, but even just five years ago that was unrealistic. Great players, great teams, great managers and great performances, that, now more than ever, is the only way to compete in the Premier league, a league that has become humorously Darwinian.
10:50 made me chuckle
Brighton is a GREAT example of a well ran club and I hope clubs like them along with other clubs continue to challenge the big clubs of Prem. Makes the league even more interesting than it already is
This just makes me want to play for Brighton.
The biggest threat to Brighton right now is that Chelsea might run out of money eventually.
Best explanation so far is we’re living in a FIFA simulation and someone is playing Brighton in manager mode.
Brighton is a monster, up and down. Every Premier League club wishes they have owners, staff, recruitment, etc. even close to this good compared to what Brighton puts to the table. I say Brighton is the one team that could definitely push to even kick a "Big 6" team out of the the group of elite clubs. Current form, probably Chelsea are gonna be kicked out of the elite group of teams as Brighton joins the elite of "Big 6 teams" from how they bully not just the elite clubs but literally any club on a good day.
This type of success took many years of hard work to achieve with many dedicated players staff manager and supporters just wishing we would make amongst the top six and now we’ve accomplished that now it’s time to finally win some silverware fingers crossed😂
Who’s Watching this after 6-1🤣
Me as Brighton fan. I was also watching you get stuffed by Newcastle, lol.
I think one thing people don't consider is that the team buying Brighton players for insane fees may be flopping because they are not that good, they look better individually than they are because of the team and the way Brighton play. Not saying they are bad, just not as good individually as other teams buying them think and not worth the money paid.
And now the club has lost the passionate leader that lead them to european football for the very first time...
That was a good run with Roberto, I hope the downhill slope isn't too steep...
after the transfer window we just had dont think its over just yet
both blackburn and leicester owners died before their downfall. Which is a fear for all well owned clubs
Brighton even have a succession plan for the Chairman, all outcomes are covered.
I hope the win something big with de zerbi
Constantly losing their best players will catch up to them eventually. Good recruitment can only take a team so far. People were saying the same thing about Leicester just a few seasons ago and look where they are now.
That's how Arsenal went down as well
Leicester are doing ok all of the pl sides have gone down at some point apart from Arsenal. Brighton are very different to Leicester who are just one more overseas owned club unlike Brighton.
I think Brighton have a better chance of maintaining top-flight and even European status for the long term, simply because Tony Bloom is a nye on perfect owner. He has a decent amount of wealth to invest, but not so much that the cash injections cause unsustainable practices within the club. He cares deeply about the club, but has the intelligence and maturity to recognize that it is only through clever appointments that he can bring success to the club - a great club owner should enable the manager and backroom staff, not the other way around. And lastly, as with Brentford, they have possibly the most advanced data analysis infrastructure in England, possibly in the world. So while yes, their signings are usually players that a decent number of clubs know about, they end up going for the right targets more often. They also seem to not be falling for the trap of only signing young players that so many teams do these days.
I have an immense amount of respect for them as an organization, and it’s heightened even more by the fact that they play the most exciting style of play in the prem I’ve seen since Liverpool in Salah’s first season, and before that also Liverpool with Suarez and Sturridge
Good job, you have got this spot on.
What’s the beat in the background?
FINALLY YOU POSTED
De Zerbi is a goat manager
Yeah, leicester were like finishing 5th twice and finishing 8th before the season they get relegated.
They all get relegated at some point not that long ago Man City were in div2. I have seen them all go down apart from Arsenal and Everton.
Since Tinashe the Jinx master uploaded this video, Brighton have not won a dsingle game of football. 2 Draws and 2 defeats.
unfortunately 6 injured, Brighton is actually in danger. They either have talented but unstable young players or legendary old players. they bought expensive striker pedro but doesn't work. They shoul've bought good defence after selling Caicedo.
Aye….6-1 to Villa😂
And then they lose 6-1 to Villa, 1-0 to Chelsea … Just because they best Man United ;)
and are three points of the top of the league behind City, lol.
@@timphillips9954 So are Aston Villa? also Brighton have lost both of their opening Europa League games?
I recall the days when I use them in FIFA 19 to frustrate my pals in kickoff matches,, and thought wow!, they ain’t bad, they could worry big clubs someday..
Well here we are 👌🏾
As a Liverpool fan Brighton scare me. If we can come out with SIX POINTS?! After playing Tottenham and Brighton we'll challenge
Same. If we win both I'll start to believe. Honestly I think we'll draw 1 of them.
@@Trudon Mitoma is on 🔥😨
My team since 1977
"im not a smart man, and you're listening to me, what does that make YOU?" made me laugh so hard lmao
You need to talk about girona fc they're taking la Liga by storm
man the worst thing about all of this is sussex uni campus becoming literally impossible to get to on time on match days >:(((
too early 😂😂
They are the Dortmond of England
De Zerbi masterclass 🙌
1:35 lmao
bro purposely cursed them
Brighton have sold their best players just to get better, and they've done it twice. Cucurella, Bissouma and Trossard last year and now Caicedo and Mac Allister. I've never seen recruitment as ridiculously good as this
To beat a United team at Old Trafford worth hundreds of millions with a Starting XI that cost £16 million is just wild. They can lose all their best players, their managers and background staff and still progress in spite of that. Fair play to them and Tony Bloom
I think it isn’t recruitment that Brighton does well, it’s player development where they shine, a far more difficult process
The jury is still out on whether they are better than last season, we've only played a handful of games and they haven't played anyone of note yet. Yes, that includes ManU. They've lost to West Ham though. They beat ManU last season. Lost both to West Ham iirc, hammers are just a stylistically difficult team for them. I think the squad is weaker this year. However, certain players have progressed year on year - Mitoma for example has more end product and some impressive finishing leading to goals. They've had an extra season to perfect and automate their system, but other teams are more aware of it at the same time. I want to see them play the big boys to figure out if they're as good as they were. The fact they haven't nose dived is impressive. People will point to Southampton as a club with a similar model that eventually ran out of 'hidden gem' players and managers to sign, but I think Brighton have a better chance long term if their back office staff aren't poached and the owner stays alive and in situ.
This is correct. Tony Bloom literally uses “money ball” style method of recruiting which is heavily based on stats. Tbf that’s how the man has made his fortune so it’s no surprise how well he’s implemented it on the team and recruiting, yielding amazing results
@@kilokay5506 Using data in recruitment =/= moneyball. Moneyball implies building a team around undervalued qualities and therefore undervalued players. In football, this would be something like playing with two 10s (something a small club in Spain is doing) because teams don't play with 10s anymore and so they're undervalued. That's not what Brighton does. They just find very good players for not a lot of money with a ridiculous success rate. Data-driven? Yes. Moneyball? No.
that just goes to show that the "worth" means nothing if there's no team homogeneity and camaradery
I’ve been loving them lately what a great example of a well run club
I’ve been a Brighton fan since 2011, and ever since 2013/14 when we finished in the playoffs I had hope we would make it to the premiership, but this club has blown my expectations away and I’m just happy to be here.
Same here. What a ride so far.
Lowkey wanna see chelsea in relegation battle 🤣😭
We already are 😂
You’re going to love seeing there next 8 or 9 fixtures then!
Sorry Chelsea beat the team this video is about less than a week ago, not happening
@@GIBBO4182 If you think Chelsea won't turn up you're wrong. Chelsea have the third best attacking statistics in the league, only Arsenal and Man City have created more chances/have a higher xG. All it takes is the goals to come and Chelsea will shoot up the table. Goals WILL come in these big matches, because players care more for them. Which is an issue to sort out.
@@joshd2925 what’s the lottery numbers tonight pal? Seeing as though you can see the future
Clubs like Brighton make football much more exciting and increase the overall competition in the premier league as well. Absolutely loving their style of play. Big ups.
Arsenal fan, but I love watching and following Brighton. It's just refreshing to see a club run so so well. Absolute class.
3-0 haha
Also an Arsenal fan and this club is so intelligent on where to go in search for talents and honestly I think they could definitely get champions league IF they keep this form up
They just lost 6-1 to Aston Villa.
and your point is?
@@timphillips9954 bro doesnt get the point lmao go to school
The 6 - 1 loss will make the thumbnail confusing for others( thinking it's a downfall vid
In your dreams fella. Put your money on Brighton finishing above Villa the same as most years.
Tinashe bro stop cursing these clubs😭😭
Girona is doing something even crazier in la liga
I think Villa might have figured them out. 🙂
Brighton are quality. The number of non-Brighton fans that praise them speaks volumes for the amount of respect they’ve earned.
Football Iconic jinx is real
Tinashe, I love how balanced and thoughtful your analyses always are! Great work on B&HA! Definitely one of the elite football TH-camrs out there! 😊
I think your last segment is pretty important. Brighton are absolutely flying right now, but all it takes is a couple of mistakes, maybe some bad luck, and you might be facing relegation. It's quite fickle and hard to stay at the top, only the well entrenched, rich teams are somewhat stable.
I think there’s a few people that can be massively credited here for Brighton’s success, with Tony Bloom and the Brighton Recruitment team being two very important parts. The way they’ve driven this team forward is so commendable, they Always have a nearly like-for-like replacement on players ready for when their big stars head to the “bigger” teams.
why is bigger in quotes? Brighton are not a big club yet
@@MrJarrydLee”bigger” as in the big 6 teams. But just because you’re a bigger team, doesn’t mean you perform better. Look at Chelsea for example.
@@MrJarrydLee They'll never be "big" - no one wants to go to Brighton and be attacked by and shat on by seagulls. They've got a fantastic chance to be big in terms of sporting achievement modulo resources, a place where wonderful players develop, pure entertainment etc. Very likely they'll continue being people's second favourite team - nearly always a good watch and patently inoffensive. Biggest risk is running out of managers. RDZ is spectacular. Good chance big, historic clubs will be in for him sooner or later. I'm not sure there are many managers out there who wouldn't be a non-negligible step down.
“Look at Chelsea” as they’ve beaten Brighton today LOLLLLL kms 😭
@@S.H.E.A Yeah, being beaten by Chelsea is very embarrassing these days. That said, Brighton played squad players in key positions and missed two stone cold sitters before Chelsea contrived to score when Chelsea gave away the ball on the edge of their D under pressure. Any other day Brighton walk away with an easy win.
I think you jinxed Brighton after this.
Naturally ever since this video, Brighton have played 2 matches and lost 7-1 on aggregate... I realise you had a bone to pick with them after what they did to United, but you didn't have to jinx them this bad bro 😂
Don't worry we'll be fine. BHAFC.
@@timphillips9954 I hope so, City-Pool up next
United fan here, Brighton is ran like a proper football club. Wishing you all the best this season .
Remember when Brighton were getting memed as the “xG club” back in 20/21?
This has been in the works for years
Football Iconic kiss of death🕊️
Brighton is literally English Union Berlin.
Joy to watch is Brighton especially Mitoma wow
it's fun to watch him. Brighton got new fans from all over the world because of him.
Annnnddd they lost to CHELSEA
I feel like Brighton could beat anybody right now, that's what a well run club looks like
It’s 1998, most kids in my primary school are Man United supporters, so I was drawn to a team with a small stadium and no budget, but a team that could mix it with the big boys and had a knack for unearthing unknown gems of players and playing sexy football (Arsenal).
This is a convulated way of saying that if I were a kid right now, I’d probably support Brighton.
i remember playing premier manager 98 with friends on my pc, i was scarborough and a friend was brighton. (we chose teams from the lowest league) he got them to them prem before i got scarborough there, it amazes me to see that they have got all the way thru the leagues just like back then on the game.
Chelsea will be in for Tony Bloom in the January transfer window, they are playing a different game
Swap blue for blue
I don't think so The Bloom family are life long fans. Tony bloom lives and breaths the club. He is a fan first and formost.
Tifo IRL has done a similar video on Brighton and they go into detail how Brighton's development plan is particularly enticing for young players.
They sort of see it as doing a Masters in football. And most of those players will get "placed" in the big clubs of Europe.
So it is a win win.
I'm not joking when I say this: If they keep this up, and the likes of Newcastle or Arsenal slip up and have a rubbish season, they'll sneak into top four.
I like your content man. Well done.
In my opinion, Brighton is the best example of what the English system has to offer: owned by a fan who makes decisions based on what’s best for the club, not his wallet.
Brighton is the Dortmund of PL
i can't believe we are talking about the amazin culture at brighton. Wild times.
and now they're getting smacked 3-0 by Villa before halftime...
you cursed them what a prat