FIVE-POINT PLAN

1 BECOME FLAT- TRACK BULLIES

Last season Brighton only took one more point ( 21) from teams in the bottom half of the table than from those in the top 10 ( 20). Perhaps even more telling is their record against those that finished below them – four points from the three relegated teams and two from Burnley isn’t good enough. Turning those results into wins would keep the drop zone at more than arm’s length.

2 LUMP ON LAMPTEY

The former Chelsea man had only appeared 19 times for Brighton when a hamstring injury ended his season in March, but in every single one he’s made opposition defenders look like they had just seen a ghost. Joel Veltman deputised commendably, but Big Tariq gives the Seagulls an extra dimension going forward.

3 BLOOD SOME MORE YOUNGSTERS

Players who were schooled in Brighton’s academy made up 30 per cent of all first- team minutes last season, meeting the club target for the first time. But with unprecedented interest in some of Albion’s top talent this summer, blooding successors soon will be key to stopping the Seagulls going backwards when departures do inevitably occur. All- action Ecuadorian midfielder Moises Caicedo could become Brighton’s next Yves Bissouma.

4 HELP DAT GUY WELBZ

Welbeck’s first season at Brighton wasn’t without its injury interruptions but the 30- year- old finished particularly strongly, with six goals and better shot accuracy ( 42.4 per cent) than any of his attacking team- mates. If his goal tally can reach double figures in 2021- 22, Albion will be halfway to that much- needed 20- strikes- a- season frontman.

5 MARCH ON

Watching Big Dan Burn ™ gallop up and down the flank is always entertaining, and he’s a surprisingly good crosser, but the former Wigan man feels like a 6ft 7in peg in a far smaller hole. Goalscoring troubles aside, left wing- back is the only position lacking a natural back- up to Solly March. That needs to change.