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Det firar vi, genom att bjuda er på den första gäst-krönikan av Brighton supportern Bob Gear!!
Trots degraderingen tillbaka till tvåan, kan sommaren i Brighton bli riktigt ljus! Detta hänger dock på att de saker det i dagsläget råder stora frågetecken kring, dvs. om Steve Coppell stannar, huruvida Falmer börjar byggas och om Zamora går, rätas ut till utropstecken! Vår vän Bob Gear på Brighton Mad, ger oss i sin gästkröninka, sin syn på saken vad det gäller Coppell! Mycket nöje!
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Decision time for Coppell By Bob Gear
Stevie Coppell went away to Thailand to consider Brightons Offer for him to stay on as Manager in the days after the final game of the Season.
At the time he stated that he he needed a couple of weeks to consider that offer. Those two weeks are all but gone, what will Stevie decide to do?
Coppell joined the Albion last October, has been offered a new contract at the Withdean.
He took over from Martin Hinshelwood, who was sacked after the Seagulls took just four points from their first 14 games.
Albion chairman Dick Knight said: "Steve has done a wonderful job in the time he has been here, and the board and I want him to lead this club forward.
"Steve wants time to consider the offer we've made. That is the way he wants to play it and I respect that.
"It's a good offer, because we want him to stay. I will be continuing the discussions with Steve, after he has had time to digest the details," Knight told the club's website.
Sir Steve has talked in the past about the lack of Scouts at the Club, that he finds it unbelievable that there is no scout employed by the Club at all.
He would need a decent budget for the playing side, to be able to retain the likes of Beasant, Rodger & Blackwell, as well as strengthening the side for the push to get straight back into the First Division.
That budget for Scouting & playing staff may well be dependant on a decent offer coming in for Bobby Zamora. The statement by Bobby's agent that he would only leave Brighton for the Premiership may make that transfer more unlikely, now that the proven premiership strikers such as Defoe, Kanoute & Phillips are all available from Relegated West Ham & Sunderland.
On the other hand, what other jobs are there that Coppell could take, he doesn't want to be left in Footballs Managerial wilderness.
We think he'll stay with the Albion.
