Are Brighton the new model to follow?

My latest blog post for the Bristol Post, focusing on Tuesday night's defeat against Brighton and suggesting they might well be 'the model' we should be following over the next few seasons.

"THERE was a huge popping sound at Ashton Gate on Tuesday night, the noise of a bubble bursting that would have been heard as far afield as Milton Keynes, the South of London and Yorkshire as well as Bolton, had they not all been suffering equally that evening....."

More here:

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/BRISTOL-CITY-BLOG-bubble-burst-hopefully-s-blip/story-28802989-detail/story.html

What do you think, reasonable expectations or pie in the sky? Comments and thoughts welcome as always!

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