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The Large One said:
Yeovil? laughable really - just about stayed up last year.
Blackpool? no
Millwall - only because there manager seems to have connections - the players he brought in would demand a kings ransom.
Southover Street Seagull
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Les Biehn said:
"Potentially we are bigger than say Crewe but iof you were a player and you had the choice between two teams with roughly the same crowd but one had a proper stadium and the other had a converted athletics track who would you choose?"
Steve Coppell managed to get some top players down here to our shitty little ground didn't he? It's not all about facilities. I also think it is rather ironic that you are using Crewe as an example. When Dario Gradi is probably a very big reason as to why players got to Crewe as he has a proven track recaord of good coaching and improving players.
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paddy said:
Also the team spirit
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Why? Shall we blame Dick Knight and the board as well for not shelling out on the players McGhee actually wants?paddy said:
Every manager probably has to suffer this indignity, you just choose to pick on Mark McGhee because, in your mind, he had no excuses for not keeping us up.
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paddy said:
Do you not think there is a link with the fact that 4 or different players during the past year have slated MM as a manager and the lack of any players coming in?
Or the fact he Burns all the conects he may of had at previous clubs by running off?
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The 'nope' was a reference to THREE other clubs, not 91.B.W. said:
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What by going back to Millwall and getting Mark McCammon? Yeah, I know he was shite, but it does mean he was prepared to talk to Millwall.Kinky Gerbils said:
Southover Street Seagull said:
Sorry, are you implying I called it our 'shitty little ground'?
Do you not realise how lucky we were to get Coppell? Look where he is now, does that not tell you what a fortunate appointment that was as in our position we should not really expect to be getting managers of that calibre.
Also Gradi may be wll respected but tell me the last time he got in a houshold name?
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The Large One said:
There is excuses yes - but that side last year was good enough to do much better and to finish off that many points from saftey was simply not good enough.
Southover Street Seagull
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The Large One said:
Mark McGhee last season had more resources than any Albion manager since we have been at Withdean. Ample enough excuse to keep us up.
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I'll ask them tonight.Kinky Gerbils said:
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Les Biehn said:
You dont have to get a household name for it to be a good signing, Was Zamora, Mcshane or even Cullip a house hold name when they signed?
Les Biehn said:
Ok, if we are looking who MM has done better than, the list would not be over 1 whereas if we look at past Brighton managers who have performed better than him the list would be significantly longer.
Also if we we are being evenhanded, surely we need to look at how team spirit and ability has got weaker and how he has failed to develop our young players. Someone like Gradi is excellent at that.
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The Large One said:
Go on then, ill doubt they would slate fellow team memebers but it was quite clear for most last year there was hardly any on the pitch, where it matters.
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Yeah, alright. Guilty.Kinky Gerbils said:
I copied and pasted it and neglected to take off Yeovil. But I stand by Blackpool and Millwall still. Both in areas where players don't have to move house to move clubs.
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Gradi doesn't sign household names, neither do we. But Gradi tends to get the best out of his players, while we seem incapable of doing that.Les Biehn said: