Worrying stat on Football League Show ( Apologies if fixtures)

Stat Brother said:

You're going to have to help me out here, because I hope I have the wrong end of the stick, which I'd like you to reassure me.

It seems that you are systematically chipping away at your own status within the group that can justifiably call themselves 'saviours of the Albion'.

It appears to me that not a week goes by without you popping up here, having a little dig at the club and wander off again.

The club is different now, but that doesn't change the fact if you were offered everything that the Albion now is, all those years ago, you'd have bitten their hand off, and yet you don't seem happy.

It doesn't half seem like sour grapes now that Tony is playing his and the clubs cards close to his chest, so to speak.

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Tyreman123 said:

no... not from the real fans. but yes from the Johnny come lately Amex era newbies!

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Lenny Rider said:

Stat Brother hopefully I will reassure you.

I have no real axe to grind with the Albion, but as people we all change, I was 24 when Gulls Eye came out and I'm 50 now.

The same can be said for the club, whilst I proud of what collectively we all did as supporters, the club we all help saved has moved on.

Apologies if you deem some my posts as digs, but whatever ones age the fanzine mentality never really leaves.

I am however seriously concerned, as I previously stated the club has moved on from the one we all loved at The Goldstone, Gillingham and The Withdean, in the last two years we have after 46 games found ourselves effectively 270 minutes away from Premiership football.

One thing hasn't changed over the years are the complexities of the Albion, and clearly there are things that we will never get to hear about, but prior to 3pm last Saturday we were the best supported club outside the Premeirship, if we don't maintain the levels and standards we have set ourselves, 27,000 will soon turn into 22,000, closely followed by 18,000 and before you know it the stadium Tony Bloom built us will be half full, which bearing in mind the postion we got ourselves into over the last three years would be a disaster.

Like everyone else to a degree I'm frustrated by recent events, but far worse situations have been turned around at the club so as Albion fans, and I don't buy into the JCL thing, as we all at one time or other have watched the club for the first time, we will always be ever optimistic.

The squad at the closing of the window will be the acid test, if it's better than the day of the Derby home tie, then we will move forward.

Re my some of my recent posts as I said to Barry Lloyd when he asked me 26 years ago "What gives you the right to have a pop?"

I replied. "my admission money"

And some things don't change........

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Brixtaan said:

So if Tonywants to pocket the Leo £8m and wait for the proceeds of the training ground then good luck to him!

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GT49er said:

Has it not occurred to you that you, me, and every other Brighton supporter was once a JCL?

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algie said:

The most important time for any club is during the summer transfer window to make deals. This is where you shape your squad for the current campaign. I don't think many chairmen like the January window due to inflated prices but it's certainly an option.
With two weeks left of this window and less impressive signings to date the future doesn't look bright.
Whatever happens this season many people will remember this summer when it comes to renewing next year.
Look at our squad and the league table. The alarm bells are going off already.

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Lenny Rider said:

Stat Brother hopefully I will reassure you.

I have no real axe to grind with the Albion, but as people we all change, I was 24 when Gulls Eye came out and I'm 50 now.

The same can be said for the club, whilst I proud of what collectively we all did as supporters, the club we all help saved has moved on.

Apologies if you deem some my posts as digs, but whatever ones age the fanzine mentality never really leaves.

I am however seriously concerned, as I previously stated the club has moved on from the one we all loved at The Goldstone, Gillingham and The Withdean, in the last two years we have after 46 games found ourselves effectively 270 minutes away from Premiership football.

One thing hasn't changed over the years are the complexities of the Albion, and clearly there are things that we will never get to hear about, but prior to 3pm last Saturday we were the best supported club outside the Premeirship, if we don't maintain the levels and standards we have set ourselves, 27,000 will soon turn into 22,000, closely followed by 18,000 and before you know it the stadium Tony Bloom built us will be half full, which bearing in mind the postion we got ourselves into over the last three years would be a disaster.

Like everyone else to a degree I'm frustrated by recent events, but far worse situations have been turned around at the club so as Albion fans, and I don't buy into the JCL thing, as we all at one time or other have watched the club for the first time, we will always be ever optimistic.

The squad at the closing of the window will be the acid test, if it's better than the day of the Derby home tie, then we will move forward.

Re my some of my recent posts as I said to Barry Lloyd when he asked me 26 years ago "What gives you the right to have a pop?"

I replied. "my admission money"

And some things don't change........

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sir albion said:

That's just ifs and buts pal....this is the case for most clubs!!!
Let's be honest we may have been in the playoffs twice recently,but we have also not been a club hovering around the top 3 since we've been in the championship,late runs have seen us steal playoff spots.V
You don't have a clue what our crowds will be like in two years or 3,rather pointless presuming as we haven't had a fantastic stadium for decades and decades.The entertainment at the amex has been dire and that includes 90% of poyet's rein.
4 seasons of defensive boring football is taking its toll regardless of making the playoffs twice,this season has started the same way.It also must be noted that we are being charged to much compared to other clubs in this division.

We'll have 20k st holders next season im sure

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Lenny Rider said:

Stat Brother hopefully I will reassure you.

I have no real axe to grind with the Albion, but as people we all change, I was 24 when Gulls Eye came out and I'm 50 now.

The same can be said for the club, whilst I proud of what collectively we all did as supporters, the club we all help saved has moved on.

Apologies if you deem some my posts as digs, but whatever ones age the fanzine mentality never really leaves.

I am however seriously concerned, as I previously stated the club has moved on from the one we all loved at The Goldstone, Gillingham and The Withdean, in the last two years we have after 46 games found ourselves effectively 270 minutes away from Premiership football.

One thing hasn't changed over the years are the complexities of the Albion, and clearly there are things that we will never get to hear about, but prior to 3pm last Saturday we were the best supported club outside the Premeirship, if we don't maintain the levels and standards we have set ourselves, 27,000 will soon turn into 22,000, closely followed by 18,000 and before you know it the stadium Tony Bloom built us will be half full, which bearing in mind the postion we got ourselves into over the last three years would be a disaster.

Like everyone else to a degree I'm frustrated by recent events, but far worse situations have been turned around at the club so as Albion fans, and I don't buy into the JCL thing, as we all at one time or other have watched the club for the first time, we will always be ever optimistic.

The squad at the closing of the window will be the acid test, if it's better than the day of the Derby home tie, then we will move forward.

Re my some of my recent posts as I said to Barry Lloyd when he asked me 26 years ago "What gives you the right to have a pop?"

I replied. "my admission money"

And some things don't change........

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bn1&bn3 Albion said:

I wouldn't class my 8 year old self going to Withdean in the middle of winter a Johnny Come Lately..

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GT49er said:

You were then, same as I was bunking off from the school football team bus to watch the Albion at Aldershot in the FA cup in 1967

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Stat Brother said:

Thanks for the reply.

I don't see anything that you've written that Tony isn't already acutely aware of.

He is on record as saying 'Sami will have a competitive squad by 01.09'.

If anyone has earned the benefit of the doubt it has to be the man who's paid a damn sight more than admission money.
It's hard to believe we have another boogie man at the helm.

Tony has laid down his strategy for the club and it's future, jeez if I know it, I'm very sure someone who paws over every detail like yourself understands Tony's ethos.
You certainly don't need me to describe the differences between the 'haves & have not's' in English football.

Come September Tony could well have valid and difficult questions to answer.

But with a clear path set out through the academy and stadium investment, having a pop now while echoing the ghosts of The Goldstone, Gillingham & Withdean seems a little churlish.

Lets at least have some proper failure first, we are Brighton fans it can't be too far away.

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Prince Monolulu said:

I couldn't give a monkey's whether I am labelled a JCL, dyed in the wool, stick in the mud, old fart, newbie or whatever. Subject to a force majeure, I shall be there next year.

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Lenny Rider said:

Thanks for your reply SB.

It's not really churlish more the ramblings of a middle aged man, how many of us on here would like to be 30 or so years younger, 3 stone lighter, watching Foster, Case, Smith and Robinson from the North Terrace, before going home to watch Jimmy Saville make a nations dreams come true, oh and 75p for a pint?

As a fan I, like thousands of others, am eternally grateful to Tony Bloom for effectively saving the Albion in the same manner in their own way as Messrs Bamber and Knight did before him.

On the flip side as fans, of all ages, we are now paying more to sit and watch, programmes, pints, burger etc than ever before, if there is an issue with the end product as consumers are we not allowed to ask questions?


Is this the Albion or the old Moscow Spartak?

My main point was, and is, if the product isn't right then perhaps some of the new fans, even some of the old will stop coming, and then we do have a real problem

Roll on 1st September, then we will all be happy, the bed sheets of the county bone dry and we can move forward to hopefully another season a the right end of the Championship.

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