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I think it's interesting that there's been no suggestion of extending Fab's contract. Potter's four-year contract was extended by two years after just six months in the job. Hurzeler has (I believe) a three-year contract and Tony doesn't seem interested in tying him down for longer than that at...

I seem to remember Police Squad being on at about 7pm or something like that. I stumbled upon it one day when I was a kid and was really thrown by the way it looked so old. Was it some long-forgotten classic? I started taping it with whatever spare VHS cassette was to hand and soon my brother...

Controversial opinion but I didn't think the Naked Gun films were great, and I say that as a big fan of ZAZ. I much preferred the Police Squad series it was based on, where the actors were more deadpan than in the films and the comedy was much subtler, and ultimately funnier. I thought Frank...

Vicente hitting the crossbar surely?

Good points made by both you and Eaglesdan. I don't disagree with any of it really. I sometimes think it's best not to scrutinise this stuff too carefully or we'd all eventually come to the conclusion: what's the point of being a supporter of any club? I support Brighton out of habit and...

7lb lost as of this morning. Would like to shift the best part of another stone so will stick to the programme. Very interesting edition of The Food Programme on Radio 4 yesterday, explaining why exercise is brilliant in so many ways but very little help when relied on as a way of losing...

Indeed. Not so long ago I doubt we’d even have made the top 21 richest clubs in the fourth tier!

Once a club attains a certain status it's much harder to take any sort of risk on signings. Fans (and investors) get angry. They want players that have already hit the heights (cf World Cup winner Mac Allister goes to Liverpool) and wouldn't go for the sort of signings that Brighton fans get...

STH and going. Yes Chelsea, and yes the kick-off time, and yes the FA Cup has lost its allure. But we're starting to see a magnificent BHA side emerge this season and I'm enjoying watching it develop.

Didn’t Norwich refer to us in similar terms on their forum? Been a good week for our shitty little club.

Few things give me as much pleasure as nonsensical football chants sung by one person on their own. One of our supporters at Dean Court a few seasons back was singing "Same old Bournemouth – always going down" at the home fans in a match we of course lost. Everyone in my family repeats it in...

I used to fixate on Palace's results and enjoy their defeats as much as Brighton wins. Which is all a bit odd when you think about it. I've mellowed, and just enjoy the cartoony nature of the rivalry. I booed their fans when they arrived at the Amex, but I was laughing too. I'd expect the same...

All true, because it’s a vicious circle. Less advertising = fewer pages and fewer editorial resources Fewer pages and editorial resources = reduced circulation and even less advertising

I used to work for the Sussex Express, which was holed below the water line by the Friday-Ad years before we’d heard of email or Ask Jeeves. Later I worked for a biggish trade magazine publisher which seemed to be hoping the internet would somehow go away. I still don’t think some journalists...

Local newspapers, in their heyday, were made viable by advertising – not the cover price, which was never a particularly important part of the revenue stream (but did put a few helpful quid into the coffers of newsagents). The sort of ad spend a local paper can now count on is a fraction of...

... or token bursts of dreary thrash/death metal. Or that fake-awe monotone and fake chuckling every other link. I'm sure MAH is a lovely person but on the radio it's like fingernails down a blackboard to me.

Very happy with this news. Her show is much better suited to mid-mornings than breakfast and I find Mary Ann Hobbs unlistenable, I'm afraid. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/09/lauren-laverne-to-leave-bbc-6-music-breakfast-show?CMP=share_btn_url

I remember focusing on Caceido during matches when he really began to hit his stride with us and sometimes thinking, this guy always makes the right decision, always gets the ball when he wants it and then does what he intended to do, and never seems to make mistakes. He was incredible for us...

I've only been to Dick's a handful of times and always thought it was the most underwhelming aspect of an otherwise very impressive stadium. Just felt too airporty and corporate. I think the new fanzone will have a much better ambience.

Just tipped 16 stone on the scales yesterday morning. Feel confident of making a serious dent in that this month with no alcohol and chocolate and a return to daily exercising. Just need to find some healthier lunch options, as I usually struggle a bit with that, due to lack of time to prepare...