Hampster Gull
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- Dec 22, 2010
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There is no way they are within the rules but hey ho, its the way football has always been
We are indeed tinpot, we like it![]()
We hilariously named the Brighton Beach End adter your beach, as originally the BBE was a bank of pebbles, not crumbling away.
It was 'St. Fairies', not 'Mary's'and it was a bit noddy.
Shit-puffins, very good, we like that.
Just to clear this bit up. It was most definitely marys. Bless. First 10 seconds of this video to jog your memory
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0q-njoDl7tE
Clucking Bell! You are correct. In my defence, I didn't join in with that singing (can't stand that song) and it's always been either the New Delhi or St Faeries/Fairies in my mind.
On the plus side, you may well play Burton next season and it's a good day out (especially if you like beer)
Still doesn't add up to the extra £5m we take on ticket sales, and that's before match day sales are accounted for.But if it adds up to £100k overall a season its still £100k less than what we're shelling out at The Amex. Our transport subsidy is the equivalent of six players on £5k a week.
I hope the six fingered Daaarset freaks go bust and slide back into oblivion where they belong. What would please me immensely though would be to see that plastic grinning smug faced tw4t Ken doll manager of theirs looking less smug as they blow auto promotion and bottle it in the play offs.
Correct as always, [MENTION=588]8ace[/MENTION].
Bournemouth are a bunch of tin pot twats. I've always disliked them for a couple of reasons: 1) they "hilariously" named their away end "the Brighton beach end" because it was crumbling away and 2) South Today always gave more coverage to that noddy club over ours purely because they are that bit closer to Southampton. Even in the days when we were going for promotion to the top division and they were in division three, they'd give more airtime to these little SHIT-PUFFINS.
And as if you weren't sure how noddy they really are, when they got promoted to league one a few years ago at Burton, this is what their fans sang: "Que sera sera, wherever we'll be we'll be, we're going to St Mary's, que sera sera"
How fking NODDY is that?
I hope they end up in the play offs and end up back in league one where they belong in 18 months time.
I had the pleasure of Eddie Howe's company a couple of weeks back for an.imterview... He is in control of all transfers, and absolutely refutes the idea that they overpay for wages...
I suspect that this control helps massively - he only gets in peoole he is willing to play - thus less risk of a Kemy situation.
As for the fees they are willing to pay - they have made quite a bit on transfers. Granted, they don't make as much on the gate, but their overheads are much much lower.
Suspect that place would fall apart with him not there, it almost did when he went to Burnley.
If IF NSC is to be believed we'll have handed just shy of £1m of that extra £10m to Kemy, over the course of his 2 year contract.Still doesn't add up to the extra £5m we take on ticket sales, and that's before match day sales are accounted for.
If IF NSC is to be believed we'll have handed just shy of £1m of that extra £10m to Kemy, over the course of his 2 year contract.
Because player contracts far outweigh every other income and expenditure (with the exception of an Ulloa type deal) it only takes a couple of wrong'uns and the club is up pooh creek.
We all know the Albion was haemorrhaging money at an unsustainable rate.
Yet we all hate the tough austerity measures (selling Leo buying CoG).
But until the middle ground can be reached, and the player recruitment funds itself, a la Bournemouth, I don't see what other option is available.
What if Bloom had hired Eddie Howe to be our manager this season with a similar squad ?
or if Hughton had been hired in the summer instead ? Or if Barnes hadn't hit the bar at Palace in May 2013 or if we'd held onto Lingard's lead at Derby in May 2014.
Or if Bloom hadn't hired Barber as CEO thus saving us £6m last year and next already...Fine margins. Doesn't necessarily tell you that Bournemouth's approach is the right one and Albion's isn't. What if Bournemouth don't go up ? What then ?
I can't see how the Bournemouth approach will end up in anything other than Pompey IIWhat if Bloom had hired Eddie Howe to be our manager this season with a similar squad ?
or if Hughton had been hired in the summer instead ? Or if Barnes hadn't hit the bar at Palace in May 2013 or if we'd held onto Lingard's lead at Derby in May 2014.
Or if Bloom hadn't hired Barber as CEO thus saving us £6m last year and next already...Fine margins. Doesn't necessarily tell you that Bournemouth's approach is the right one and Albion's isn't. What if Bournemouth don't go up ? What then ?
You sound angry, did the dole officer give you an 8 am appointment?
It saddens me to say this but it looks like we are not the best club on the south coasft anymore
Probably 3rd or 4th now
Bad times for us
Good luck Bournmouht
Love from Brighton
This is how I view it. It seems to me that they have that very rare occurrence of a perfect fit between manager and club. He's also done the exact opposite of what Hyppia achieved here in that he's got a group of players to play as a team that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Personally I wouldn't mind them(or Brentford for that matter) making it to the premier league. If for no other reason than it would be one more slap in the face for Portsmouth. Its not enough that they are rotting in the bottom division, they've got to watch their biggest rivals outdoing anything they ever achieved in their so dearly paid for premier league years, they've also got us living it up along the coast in a belter of a stadium pushing(this ear excepted, obviously) for the premier league. To have Bournemouth serenely glide into the top Division too would be one more kick in the balls for them. The South Coasts never had it so good...apart from for Portsmouth. Super stuff.