Worrying stat on Football League Show ( Apologies if fixtures)

bn1&bn3 Albion said:

A JCL to me is someone who's supported another team and have only recently started following the Albion because we have the Amex and played attractive football.

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The Birdman said:

Brighton have a fascistic catchment area for fans.

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BensGrandad said:

What is there to explain? High earning players who cant play the system SH wants are being sold and cheaper players who can play it are being brought in. We win on 2 counts , we meet FFP and have the players playing as SH wants. Quite simple really.

By Christmas we shall know if it is the correct approach.

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GT49er said:

Or maybe the fifteen / twenty thousand 'JCLs' we've got at the Amex haven't instantly converted from supporting Chelski, ManU or whoever - maybe they have been Albion fans for a long time; there just wasn't room to get them in at Withdean. Besides, there are, and always have been, fans who are not be at the ground for every match for one reason or another - they are still fans, though.

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Stat Brother said:

I guess you've hit upon some huge bugbears of mine, while it would appear that I hold you to a higher standard, which isn't fair.

'Back in the good old days' bar occasional spikes, which we all remember, it actually wasn't that good.
I bet you a lot of money back in the day we all stood around moaning that it wasn't as good then as it was 'back in the good old days'.
For every Steve Foster and Michael Robinson there's 5 Ashley Neal's and Mike Trusson's

Tony Bloom isn't responsible for inflation, and he isn't making you sit in your seat, eat your pie and drink your beer.
If you don't want to pay it then don't.
Pie and a pint have now gone from my Saturday routine, programmes went last year.
The club has no divine right to 'give' me food and drink.
If others like yourself are still prepared/aqble to pay, through gritted teeth, then c'est la vie.


Nobody looked up at a half finished Sistine Chapel and said 'Oi Mike as you haven't finished just artex over what you've done and we'll end it now, oh and they're not even touching'.
We're very lucky, we actually have a hard date set by the chairman on which he can be judged.

Why is it so difficult to wait until the job is finished and all the facts (that we're ever going to get) are available before becoming a monger of doom.

The point that I'm pussy footing around (again out of respect), but on reflection I'm just going to come right out and say is:-

I can't help but wonder if you'd be making such negative little digs if you still had the ear of the clubs top table.

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Lenny Rider said:

Stat Brother in hindsight Mike Trusson actually did a job (of sorts)

Hopefully my PM cleared up any other concerns you may have had.

Harty

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brighton bluenose said:

Funniest post I've ever read on here!!

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BensGrandad said:

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Sorry dont follow that comment. What do you disagree with?

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brighton bluenose said:

Don't mean to be rude but the idea we are selling high earning players has absolutely f*** all to do with them not being able to play Hyppias way as nearly all of the players who have left since last August either left before he was appointed, had come to the end of their contract/ loan period or, in the cases of LU and WB, were sold at prices that couldn't be refused! Ironically of all we actually agreed the £13k a week Ward wanted before he turned us over to go to Burnley.
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The system that Hyppia wants is totally different to that employed by Gus and to a lesser extent Oscar and the players that they bought obviously are not best suited to the new system so the obvious answer is change the players for ones who can. The fees offered for LU and WB was a bonus. Hyppia has said how disappointed he was with WB attitude towards playing for us.

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BensGrandad said:

brighton bluenose said:

Don't mean to be rude but the idea we are selling high earning players has absolutely f*** all to do with them not being able to play Hyppias way as nearly all of the players who have left since last August either left before he was appointed, had come to the end of their contract/ loan period or, in the cases of LU and WB, were sold at prices that couldn't be refused! Ironically of all we actually agreed the £13k a week Ward wanted before he turned us over to go to Burnley.
So I'm afraid your point is complete tosh!![/QUOTE
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The system that Hyppia wants is totally different to that employed by Gus and to a lesser extent Oscar and the players that they bought obviously are not best suited to the new system so the obvious answer is change the players for ones who can. The fees offered for LU and WB was a bonus. Hyppia has said how disappointed he was with WB attitude towards playing for us.

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All of the players who have left would have gone anyway whoever was the manager so it has nothing to do with changing the system - THAT is just a coincidence!

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