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Hope so! Trying to sort the wheat from the chaff on this saga has addled my brain - I think I’ll lie down for a short while. :drink:

So you just want rid of OUR player who happens to have been voted player of the year for last season because of gossip, innuendo, hearsay and rumour? P.S. At the time of me posting this I haven’t heard of any official announcement to state that Marc Cucurella has left to join Man...

Exactly! Throw a strop and all your toys out of the pram then no-one will touch you. Be professional with 100% commitment and other clubs will take notice.

Or maybe there’s no deal at all and they’re pissed off with all the speculation bollocks. Whatever, the club certainly seem to be giving the message - “Don’t mess with us.” Love it!

I love this pre-season soap opera. First it was the Leeds saga with Ben White, who of course was Leeds born and bred, a lifelong fan and taught how to play football with them and no one else. All that ended swimmingly well. :bigwave: Then we have Man City with Marc Cucurella. How dare l’il...

I really would like to know whether Marc is an innocent in all of this mayhem. He seems to be surrounded by shysters and chancers who are coercing him into, maybe, a situation he’s not comfortable with. No doubt it will all come out in the wash.

As if he cared about your feelings. We are fans who support our club for life. Players are not but are short term employees who will always seek better employment elsewhere. Same as it ever was.

Almost a repeat of the Ben White saga with Leeds. Leeds : We’ll offer you £18 million. Brighton : He’s not for sale. Leeds : We’ll offer you £20 million. Brighton : He’s not for sale. Leeds : Ok, £23 million. Brighton : FFS!! He is NOT for sale. Rinse and repeat with Cucu and Man...

He didn’t get any grief because very few fans watched him play. Those that did attended the odd cup game or were the chosen few who managed to get a ticket during the lockdown era.

Well put. To be honest I don’t know which option I would take. Perhaps if I was single with no ties I would plump for the bigger bucks, relocation gig. On the other hand if I had a family and everything was hunky dory maybe the process of losing that would sway me to stay put. Decisions...

Let’s put a hypothetical situation to you : You work for a regional company. You’ve been there for just over twelve months and have been incredibly successful, hit all your targets and been recognised as employee of the year. Your progress has been noted by an international firm based in...

So then what is the point of a development squad if you’re not going to promote those that have fulfilled their potential, and thus, ready to play in the first team. I can’t be bothered to list all the players on our books who have followed that path or have been loaned out to gain experience...

You remembered well. Calde was going to sign for Southampton - don’t know the exact details - but whatever the circumstances were it didn’t happen he stayed with us. A bit humble maybe but it all worked out well in the end.

But was it his head that was turned or his agent’s? So if he stays at Brighton and plays as well, if not better, than last season will he still be your favourite player or are you going to condemn him for being a traitorous upstart for daring to further his career elsewhere?

Maybe, just maybe, Uncle Tony will play the Dale Stephens or Ben White card as he did against Burnley and Leeds respectively. That being ‘He Is Not For Sale’. Tony Bloom is an ambitious football club owner with the team sitting pretty in the Premier League. I have no doubt that he is seeking...

It’s getting to be like that. Football’s equivalent of the newspapers ‘“silly season” (August) when nothing newsworthy ever happens. Still, we’ve got the new shirt reveal, the outer concourse non-bogs, why’s the Amex roof dirty and any other inconsequential crap to keep us occupied until the big...

Good post. I often wonder what Tony Bloom’s intentions (targets?) are. Unlike many club owners he is patient about progress. If you think back over his reign it has always been about steady progress and consolidation, rinse and repeat. From promotion from League One to the Championship to the...

The City fans forum ‘Bluemoon’ seemed to have changed their tune. A week ago posters reckoned it was in the bag. Now it seems they recognise that this will be a hardball negotiation with Tony Bloom holding the better hand or it will end up like the Harry Kane saga when Daniel Levy refused to let...

I’d keep your powder dry for a while. It seems that it’s rumours, counter rumours, twatter crap, the word from the bloke down the pub and anyone else that wants to put their five eggs in. Let’s wait and see what the club do before criticising them. Anyway, I have it on good authority that...

Empty your piggy bank then and help the club do that. We did it in the 1970s with Bert Murray. Most of us realise that the club will do whatever is required and that includes whether or not a player is worth the financial hit to sign them. I’m sure though that your advice will be carefully...