Magicians and maestros versus bland thuggery and corruption.
A supremely strategic manager operating under the only genius in UK football, Tony Bloom versus a pseudo fake narcissist of a manager operating under absentee landlords and the criminal fringe.
An owner who generated his own wealth and saved his beloved club from extinction versus owners who utilised a leveraged buyout to steal money from the club.
An owner who is already planning for 2030 versus owners who aren't really sure what's going on today.
Brighton & Hove Albion are a David fighting a sea of Goliaths versus Manchester United being at the top tier of the G14 grouping of clubs and a primary mover behind the establishment of the European Super League against the wishes of their supporters.
Bloom's bravery and lack of fear versus Colquhoun's cowardice and innate fear
Professionally proactive versus regressively reactive.
No Steve McClaren versus Steve McClaren.
No John Colquhoun versus John Colquhoun.
Tony Bloom runs the Tony Bloom Foundation providing charitable support versus John Colquhoun runs fake media campaigns addressing societal issues he has no interest in to enhance his reputation management.
A club that utilises bespoke marginal gains versus a club that misuses peripheral marginal gains.
A thorough understanding of analytics and artificial intelligence versus illicit manipulations and a lack of any discernible intelligence.
Excellence in the transfer market unearthing gems from around the world versus incompetence in transfers controlled by rogue agents eager to inflate their percentage.
5 million euros for Caicedo and 5 million euros for Mac Allister versus 87 million euros for Maguire and 85 million euros for Sancho.
A club upper hierarchy that has created unique new tactics on the field of play versus a club that brings Wout Weghorst onto the field of play.
No money leeches out of the club to inappropriate entities versus owners, agents, certain players, management, club agent and the criminal fringe all taking their slice of the action.
A goalkeeper who has an incredibly neat hipster beard versus a goalkeeper who doesn't and whose wife thinks that Manchester looks like the back of a fridge.
A club that would be in the Champions League positions without the machinations of the PGMOL versus a club that wouldn't be in the Champions League positions without the machinations of the PGMOL.
Ability to read the underground betting markets versus a bunch of matchfixing insider traders.
Poetry in motion versus chaos and commotion.
Lateral thinking and creativity versus unsophisticated doping and referee control.
No envy of any other entity versus Manchester City envy.
Fans who are proud of their city's gay culture and are joyous at their new status versus glory seeking geographically distributed fans who long for yesterday and sing songs about the Hillsborough Disaster.
A club that is a collection of buy signals versus a club that can only be hedged or short sold.
A return to the beautiful game versus a destruction of integrity in the game.
Brighton & Hove Albion are the future of football, Manchester United are not.
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