Think Hughton comes across as a very decent man....and a solid manager. Sadly for him, Brighton have been a pretty dull side to watch, even though I think they do have a handful of potentially decent attacking players. Who he left on the bench. So I do know many Hove fans didn't like the style at all.
However, Bloom obviously thinks the stadium and infrastructure means they should be a top seven PL club, when traditionally they have never been a proper big club. I am pretty sure they are not far away from where they should be really, bit like us.
I don't worry for next season with them to be honest, it will need an exceptional manager and half a new squad for them to overtake the likes of us.