In this week’s podcast, Neil Smith and Charlie Parker-Turner are joined by Sky Sports’ Elliot Cook and football finance expert and Brighton fan Kieran Maguire.

They discuss Tony Bloom, Brighton’s financial situation and the impact European football will have. There’s an academy update from Louis Selling to help us identify the stars of tomorrow, and we answer your questions in our mailbag section, including one very big question… who makes your starting XI once everyone is fit?

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00:00 Intro and what’s coming up

01:30 Elliot Cook talks about his interview with Tony Bloom

06:31 Kieran Maguire joins us to talk Brighton finances and SCR

23:56 Academy update with Louis Selling

32:00 Your mailbag questions answered

39:42 The Brighton Base XI

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