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It’s not exactly unique for a manager to motivate players by publicly questioning their attitude or the way the team functions. If it is followed by positive results then everyone in hlndsight says what a master stroke. Great man manager. As to the stuff about team talks. Did anyone actually...

No lack of effort in the games I have seen this season. Yesterday was just the wrong line up. Not very often that I agree with Keown but he is right in that the team selection showed no respect to Forest.

If they don’t then Palace fans will. I always thought those 9-0 shirts would rebound on us.

We have a lot of new fans who have only ever seen us play in the PL. Not the same club as 10 years ago and not the same type of fans.

Refunds are fine provided fans are willing to pay double if the team outperforms. I’m not.

We should get Carlton Palmer instead. Cheaper.

I thought I would share. Sorry.

Has done all right for himself even if he doesn’t get everyone’s dream move to Aston Villa. I remember the abuse he took from a section of Brighton fans in the cup match away at Lincoln. Right in front of us. He looked nearly as perplexed as I was at those morons.

He does all right. Take a look at the kid’s face when Pickford walks in.

Hmm. Flicking a v sign or wishing serious injury on someone. Tough one.

What did you think when Glenn Murray ran along the touchlne behind the goal to give abuse to Leeds fans after he scored against them ? Football is an emotional game. Let’s not sanitize it even more than it already has been. We should see more of this, particularly from our players.

Who cares. It’s a football match. Pickford has had loads of abuse from Brighton fans last few years and that is also fine. A classic case of people trying to be offended ?

Opening Post is a good summary. I have only popped in to look at Man U tickets but some of the thread titles are a little extreme. Palace was grim, particularly the defence, but that’s football. We don’t have a divine right to good performances and wins. Only thing to add is that these OTT...

The numbers are straightforward. There are a lot more fans these days so in addition to the people you know we now also have people attracted by success. It’s inevitable. A much smaller home and away support watching lower league football made for a very different atmosphere to the one we see...

The only part of your post with which I disagree is your last sentence. The years 1983 to 2011 were by no means fallow. Full of memorable Albion experiences, but those that appreciate them are perhaps not the types attracted to the club in the PL. I know we digress a little from the home fans...

Fair enough, but let’s not kid ourselves these are long term BHA fans. If Mitoma signs for Liverpool those same Japanese supporters will find it difficult to buy tickets in the home end at Anfield (my neighbour certainly has this problem). They will buy tickets in the Brighton end and support...

I don’t know enough about the rules you face as a STH as we gave up ours three years ago. However if you mean points and ID checks they apply to members as well. We wait patiently until the last window and buy whatever tickets are left after STH have had their chance. We turn up with our ID and...

Understood, but how can the club police that ? These opposition fans came from all over the place ie Sussex and beyond. I think it is partly about new fans as well. The atmosphere isn’t what it once was in part because the nature of the support has inevitably changed in the PL.

Many Brighton fans seem to want ‘global reach’ and all that entails. There have been threads on here in praise of the money spinning tours to the US and Japan. The whole point of these was to attract new supporters. These people will not be traditional old school BHA fans. That’s just a fact...

:) I’m not actually bothered how you supported yesterday. That’s kind of my point. Life is too short to worry about what others do on your day out at the football. What we can agree on is that these ‘Southern reds’ are weirdos. I’m actually a little embarrassed that they came up from Sussex to...