NickBHAFC18
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Dougie needs to be sectioned.
So is Glenn Murray the new Alan Shearer ?
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NPOWER CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE - SEPTEMBER 24 2012
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Last 6
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 7 5 1 1 14 4 10 16 DWWWWW
15 Crystal Palace 7 3 1 3 11 13 -2 10 LLWWDW
That minus 2 GD is a great sign of your progress. Clearly goals are being created throughout your side too: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/assists/_/league/eng.2/english-league-championship?cc=4716
This is good too.
Attendances:
Total Average
1 Brighton & Hove Albion 76,706 25,568
2 Sheffield Wednesday 101,959 25,489
3 Leeds United 92,198 23,049
4 Derby County 89,455 22,363
5 Cardiff City 66,983 22,327
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 66,291 22,097
7 Nottingham Forest 64,058 21,352
8 Leicester City 81,813 20,453
9 Charlton Athletic 54,590 18,196
10 Ipswich Town 69,087 17,271
11 Bolton Wanderers 51,019 17,006
12 Birmingham City 61,725 15,431
13 Huddersfield Town 46,182 15,394
14 Middlesbrough 45,940 15,313
15 Hull City 45,854 15,284
16 Crystal Palace 57,062 14,265
17 Blackpool 55,213 13,803
18 Bristol City 41,246 13,748
19 Burnley 40,799 13,599
20 Blackburn Rovers 53,674 13,418
21 Watford 47,224 11,806
22 Barnsley 34,425 11,475
23 Millwall 42,072 10,518
24 Peterborough United 31,335 7,833
You can smell the bitterness is this post! Though to be fair Major, I'd also be f****** seething if we lost one of our best players on a free to our arch rivals then have to watch him smash one in during a 3-1 romping!
Glenn is a class act when the system is played to his strengths and thankfully the Doug has finally seen the light and Muzza and the team are transformed. Glenn will get AT LEAST 15 goals this season IMO and I reckon he's saving a couple for your tinpot outfit in December
Oh my aching sides
You've done well and are no doubt a decent side. But i think there are at least 4 or 5 better sides in this division over 46 games and i find the fact that you already have threads on this board about winning the league laughable.
Cars
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We've transformed our team too. With a cracking defence and CMS is on fire at the moment.
You've had 2 good wins, one of which was lucky with 2 penalties. You'll be calling for dougies head in a few weeks again, I'm sure of it.
You've had 2 good wins, one of which was lucky with 2 penalties. You'll be calling for dougies head in a few weeks again, I'm sure of it.
NPOWER CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE - SEPTEMBER 24 2012
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Last 6
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 7 5 1 1 14 4 10 16 DWWWWW
15 Crystal Palace 7 3 1 3 11 13 -2 10 LLWWDW
That minus 2 GD is a great sign of your progress. Clearly goals are being created throughout your side too: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/assists/_/league/eng.2/english-league-championship?cc=4716
This is good too.
Attendances:
Total Average
1 Brighton & Hove Albion 76,706 25,568
2 Sheffield Wednesday 101,959 25,489
3 Leeds United 92,198 23,049
4 Derby County 89,455 22,363
5 Cardiff City 66,983 22,327
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 66,291 22,097
7 Nottingham Forest 64,058 21,352
8 Leicester City 81,813 20,453
9 Charlton Athletic 54,590 18,196
10 Ipswich Town 69,087 17,271
11 Bolton Wanderers 51,019 17,006
12 Birmingham City 61,725 15,431
13 Huddersfield Town 46,182 15,394
14 Middlesbrough 45,940 15,313
15 Hull City 45,854 15,284
16 Crystal Palace 57,062 14,265
17 Blackpool 55,213 13,803
18 Bristol City 41,246 13,748
19 Burnley 40,799 13,599
20 Blackburn Rovers 53,674 13,418
21 Watford 47,224 11,806
22 Barnsley 34,425 11,475
23 Millwall 42,072 10,518
24 Peterborough United 31,335 7,833
Our defence conceded 7 goals in the first 2 games. That was before we signed Blake and Delaney who have been fantastic additions. We also have our captain to return and Gabbidon to come in if needs be.
In regards to the attendence comment, i can't be bothered to argue this again. 2 years ago you got 6000 fans every home game so all the above shows is how tinpot and plastic your club is.
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Ask any Cardiff fan that was in attendance if it was lucky. I'm surprised Mackay didn't throw in the white towell, it was such a one sided match it was unreal.
I think there was a Freedman out poll on the BBS and 75% voted keep him in. I'm sure there were a few calls for Gus's head last season after your 10 game winless run? Some fans are fickle, it's a sad fact of football.
Betfair Bozo
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- Jul 24, 2007
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Freedman guilty of aftertiming imo. The full interview includes him talking about how Glenn's quality is obvious and those who doubted him are wrong, also that he needs two wide men to be feeding him crosses etc. Well Dougie, why play Jermaine Easter in his place? Why not play two wide men with Glenn through the middle (if that is what is needed?) Why sign Goodwillie and Wilbraham who are both central strikers if you need to play Glenn up top on his own?
The only thing he is right about is that Glenn's quality IS obvious. Especially compared to the likes of Easter. So how come he has warmed the bench for more than a third of the games they have played since he went there?
The only thing he is right about is that Glenn's quality IS obvious. Especially compared to the likes of Easter. So how come he has warmed the bench for more than a third of the games they have played since he went there?
I don't think anyone's saying we're nailed on for promotion but looking at our players and style there is reason for optimism.
Let's play a game. Name 4 or 5 Championship players better in their position than:
1. Kuszczak
2.Bridge
3. El Abd
4. Greer
5. Bruno
6. Crofts
7. Bridcutt
8. Hammond
9. Orlandi
10. Buckley
11. CMS
12. Lopez
13. Vicente
14. Lua Lua
15. Dobbie
16. Barnes
I don't expect you to do them all but have a go at a few.
Kalimantan Gull
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Glenn's a good player and I'm pleased to see he's doing well. he'll be loved more there than he ever would have been here.
Agreed.
And our capacity was what? The fact we survived groundsharing 70 miles away then playing at an athletics stadium and still attracted thousands of fans hardly proves we're 'tinpot.'
I suppose Palace would've packed 29,000 into a roofless, temporary stand with capacity for 5,000 people.
Lifelong Supporter
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I am not sure DF is right to make such absurd claims. He is very much putting public pressure on a sensitive player who is easily subject to ridicule.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Whenever someone mentions Crystal Palace I have a little bit of sick come up.
Bwian
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- Jul 14, 2003
- 15,898
You keep clutching at the same bunch of straws don't you?
As for being 'plastic and tinpot', I'd suggest that after being hindered by a capacity of initially 6,000 then 8,000 at the end, to sell out a 27,500 capacity stadium is the kind of 'plastic' you sad sacks can only dream of. We have a waiting list-you have Groupon and lamp-post begging posters. Which one illustrates 'tinpot' better do you think?
Let's remind you of 'plastics' shall we?
That'll be the 51,700 who decided to watch the title decider against Burnley in May 1979 in division 2, against the 4,005 who saw the 5-0 home defeat against Wimbledon a mere 4.5 years later. Yes, an incredible 92.3% seemed to have lost interest in that time.
Now, you were saying about plastics and tinpot?
Amex: Season Ticket waiting list. Selhurst:Buy 1 Get 2 Free and still less than 13000 turn up which includes away fans. You aren't exactly in the strongest position to argue numbers, especially if you engage that dormant organ between your ears and do a like for like comparison. Selhurst: less than 50% of capacity, The Amex? You already know the answer.
I think I'd rather have a 'plastic' club on the up, in a state of the art modern stadium than your perpetually half full (if you're lucky) shithole of a 'stadium' if it's all the same to you.
As a little reminder for you:
Chrystal Payless:
2001/2002 average attendance: 18,120
2003/2004 average attendance: 19,968 (this was your promotion season wasn't it?)
2011/2012 average attendance: 15,219
Anybody spot a trend here?
You do have a better average attendance record than us in one area though-that'll be the two times in front of the administrators as you were screwing local charities and businesses out of their money which your immoral club used to pay for a league position it couldn't afford.
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Cars
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Well said! That's unarguable
Really? After Clyne has gone. Wasn't his right foot worth more than £2m?
Thank you.
There may well be. Still, if we finish 6th that'll be pretty good.
You can't be bothered to argue it yet again, and yet there you go, arguing it. The Withdean didn't hold many fans and uou'd have got less there (or in an equivalent stadium near you).
Indeed.