TomandJerry
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Todd's assistant on his way to Mr Bloom's vault
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[Albion] Sam Jewell
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The Fits
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Pretty sure they regularly have the youngest team in the league so I'm not sure about that.
Lewis Dunk would like a word.
The Fits
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Jewell wouldn't have been doing these things on his own. And, if suddenly we genuinely have lost some kind of S American transfer guru, there's plenty of other markets.
JamesAndTheGiantHead
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I’m starting to understand why the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is such an institution. Everyone up that way is on perpetual gardening leave.
Javeaseagull
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I wonder as well as the money the fact that it is Chelsea means you don’t have to uproot family to move. You have the security of more money for the length of the contract no matter what happens. Plus of course, there doesn’t seem to be too much blame attached to Potter and others, failing at was is considered to be an impossible job.
i have stopped worrying since I heard Paul Barber say that everyone is replaceable and in fact it was part of his job to ensure a smooth succession to himself! As we all know it is only Tony Bloom that cannot be replaced.
Justice
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Another couple of our targets will be Chelsea bound now.
Roy Keane recently said why are Chelsea raiding Brighton , Brighton haven’t won anything and are unlikely to win anything. He finds it as strange as I do.
Roy Keane recently said why are Chelsea raiding Brighton , Brighton haven’t won anything and are unlikely to win anything. He finds it as strange as I do.
JetsetJimbo
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I mean, it's not technically true that there's "absolutely nothing", though it might be "effectively nothing". An employee on gardening leave is still an employee; passing on privileged information to a competitor would come with the same professional (and possibly criminal?) sanctions that would occur if he did that while still actually working for Brighton.
Of course, it could be that those sanctions aren't strong enough to act as any kind of deterrent - I wouldn't know. If that's the case, though, that's when it becomes "effectively nothing".
Javeaseagull
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I don’t often agree with Roy Keane but I do agree with this. We haven’t won anything to shout about and Paul Barber often says we make mistakes and don’t get it right all the time. Despite this how many times do you hear Brighton referred to as the “perfect way” to run a club. It’s a wonderful myth and long may it continue.
You honestly dont think lots of other people in the club know and worked with Jewell on how he got those deals done? No knowledge will be lost. He was the mouthpiece and deal finisher, I doubt very much he was the master strategist.
Deportivo Seagull
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Me as well. As far as Ikm concern they can keep coming back. Their success rate has been woeful. Neither Cucurella or Caicedo have been worth anywhere near their transfer fee, Potter and the backroom staff were a disaster and yet we still rinsed them for a couple of 100 million.
The Fits
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Yes this. And 'oh he learnt Spanish'. Well bloody bully for he. I mean come on.
The Fifth Column
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Can't blame Jewell, sometimes the pressure of being at a successful club at the top end of the table and competing in Europe can be too much and moving to a club further down the pyramid might be a better fit.
Herne Hill Seagull
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Fair enough. In Dunk we have what appears to be essentially a one-club man and I hope he stands as an exception for the rest of his career. I assume we've had offers – I seem to remember Newcastle enquired when we were in the Championship? I'd be curious to see if, for example he goes to the Euros and Chelsea were to offer us another boat-load of cash for him, whether even he would follow the same, well-worn path.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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I've got a source that's very close to Boehly. He tells me that Todd is genuinely in love with the Albion. Everything about us from how we're run, how we play and even how we look.
So much so that he's seriously contemplating getting the white stripes for the chelsea kit next year.
Jack is receptive to the move but Meg is proving harder to convince.
Sorry
So much so that he's seriously contemplating getting the white stripes for the chelsea kit next year.
Jack is receptive to the move but Meg is proving harder to convince.
Sorry
Green Cross Code Man
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But that's ignoring the fact that potential can be limited by environment. Brighton has a more limited likelihood of achieving success than money burning Chelsea and subsequently the potential for success is several degrees higher there.
Doc Lynam
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Brighton also has one of the highest catchment areas in-terms of population and Shirley one of greatest potential to grow.
Green Cross Code Man
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That's true. But clubs like Chelsea and Man city artificially elevated themselves through financial doping over many years in order to achieve their success. I think the new FFP rules will stop that, hence Newcastle's fans ire, and in any case that's not something Bloom was either able (I simply don't know) or inclined to do.