Mark Lawrenson: Brighton's Luck is Enjoyable, but Bloom has Earned it

Lawro expresses his belief that Brighton has been somewhat lucky in their recent matches. He points out that Manchester United should have defeated them if not for an error made by Zirkzee that allowed Brighton to secure a draw. Additionally, Lawro notes that Everton had opportunities to score early in their match against Brighton, and that Brighton's point against Arsenal was earned against a team playing with ten men.

“I still think Brighton are definitely finishing in the top ten. Whether they can get back to get European places remains to be seen, but I hope so, because I don't know a football club that's better run than Brighton. Their South American scouting is just miles in front of everybody,” states Lawro, who played for Brighton, when the granddad of current owner Tony Bloom resided at the club.

“He was a shrewd operator. and his grandson most definitely inherited that,” Lawrenson continues on the man who for once spent some big bucks signing a handful of new players this summer. While a new thing for Brighton, Lawrenson isn’t surprised to see Bloom spending big.

“They’ve earned a lot of cash selling players these past few years and in stead of paying the tax man they’ve spent some of it on new players. I'm told that they are also about to build a new stadium for the women’s team. Tony Bloom is just a Brighton fan which always helps and he's a very, very, very skillful man in the world he works in.”

Mark Lawrenson was speaking courtesy of Freebets.com the home of betting sites