WELL we are nearly there. Brighton and Hove Albion stand one win from the Premier League. It doesn't look like the Seagulls are going to choke this time.
So the dreaded 'p' word none of us dared to issue is nearly done. What next? Well, three wins ensures finishing above Newcastle and a first ever second tier title.
At the start of the season, most Brighton fans would have ranked winning the league as a priority on a par with whether every property in St James Street should be forced to have a blue door by law.
After last year's heartbreak, the name of the game was just promotion.
But lifting the trophy ahead of Champions League winner Rafa Benitez and one of the most talented and highly valued squad in the divisions history? Now that would be something special.
Then comes next season. The Amex is a stage built for the purpose of hosting Premier League football.
Off the pitch, everything is nailed. On it, there is no doubt the squad will need strengthening.
David Stockdale is out of contract and any bottom-half top flight side with any sort of nous should be looking at the Championship goalkeeper of the year on a free.
Striker wise, we only have three permanent signings and of those, Glenn Murray is the only one who could be considered to have had any sort of success in the Premier League.
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Anthony Knockaert has been outstanding and clearly loves Brighton.
The general feeling must be that he would stay for top flight football, but in this day and age where money talks, nobody could say for certain if he will be in the stripes next season. If he is, opposition left backs are in for a torrid time.
So evolution rather than revolution is what's needed. And who would you rather trust than Chris Hughton to do it?
He has taken us from relegation candidates to promotion in two and a half years by making all manner of shrewd signings.
If you turned up at his house brandishing a bottle of water you'd end up leaving with a nice vintage Claret given his Messiah like abilities.
As for next season, who knows. If we don't stay up it isn't the end of the world.
Seeing the likes of Eden Hazard, Kevin Du Bruyne, Hugo Lloris, Ross Barkley and Philipe Coutinho and all those other international stars playing against little old Brighton is a dream many of us never thought possible.
20 years after being 15 minutes from relegation to the Conference, 20 years after being made homeless, Brighton are back. And we're gonna enjoy it.
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