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Most would see this as a season of change
Where top six and promotion were out of range
And generally speaking that´s how it has been
With genuine high spots few and far between
And although since New Year we´ve been hard to beat
That only goes so far if wins don´t repeat
Goal-shy we´ve been too which can´t help the cause
When hoping to conjure up regular scores
Only a goal a game, on average, shows
Just where we are weakest when blows come to blows
Especially since keeping possession all day
Does seem a key feature of the Germans´ play
Whether or not this year will lead to more
Is hard to tell, but we´ll need more through the door
While hanging on grimly to those who´ll be sought
Like Maddison, whose patience may just run short
But if, as expected, we fail in our task
It will only make next year a bigger ask
And so and so on, as seasons go by
When regular parachuting payments die
And although water under bridges has passed
Chris Hughton´s success continues to last
Which gladdens me much but saddens me some
As we may have missed out on what was to come
Nothing I´ve seen of our new structure yet
Suggests it will be a better PL bet
Than the days of old where a manager ruled
But it wouldn´t be the first time we´ve been fooled.
Where top six and promotion were out of range
And generally speaking that´s how it has been
With genuine high spots few and far between
And although since New Year we´ve been hard to beat
That only goes so far if wins don´t repeat
Goal-shy we´ve been too which can´t help the cause
When hoping to conjure up regular scores
Only a goal a game, on average, shows
Just where we are weakest when blows come to blows
Especially since keeping possession all day
Does seem a key feature of the Germans´ play
Whether or not this year will lead to more
Is hard to tell, but we´ll need more through the door
While hanging on grimly to those who´ll be sought
Like Maddison, whose patience may just run short
But if, as expected, we fail in our task
It will only make next year a bigger ask
And so and so on, as seasons go by
When regular parachuting payments die
And although water under bridges has passed
Chris Hughton´s success continues to last
Which gladdens me much but saddens me some
As we may have missed out on what was to come
Nothing I´ve seen of our new structure yet
Suggests it will be a better PL bet
Than the days of old where a manager ruled
But it wouldn´t be the first time we´ve been fooled.
but I´m sure we wouldn´t have fared any worse than we have done in the intervening years, had he been allowed to stay. Quite possibly we´d have been bored to tears, but result-wise and position-wise in the table, I don´t think he´d have done any worse at all - in fact Brighton´s journey suggests that we might very well have done an awful lot better.
