- Oct 17, 2008
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I was wondering with a couple of Albion supporter mates about the club's direction and we got talking about the fan base.
We (four of us) all agreed that too many other teams see us as a soft touch, due to being by the sea, small club feel, etc and this often costs us points and inevitably our Championship status.
Additionally, someone pointed out that many players see us an attractive club to come to, not because of their desire to do well for our football team, but because of the opportunity to experience Brighton's famous discos and wine-clubs. How many times have we seen loan players come down here for a little holiday, doing badly and never giving their best? Guaranteed they'll be out at The Event II until midnight on a weekend. Darren Bent, Simon Royce, Robbie Savage, Lloyd Owusu, the list is endless, it's a joke.
So why don't we move the club's official base to somewhere like (but not specifically) Worthing or Hastings? Obviously, we'd keep using the Amex for matches, but operations could move to Worthing and we'd be a) closer to our training centre at Lancing and b) draw in a bigger diehard support giving us much-needed gate money. My mate suggested Purley but that's stupid because it's a bit too near to AFC Wimbledon
What do you guys think and would you be willing to consider it if it benefitted the club?
We (four of us) all agreed that too many other teams see us as a soft touch, due to being by the sea, small club feel, etc and this often costs us points and inevitably our Championship status.
Additionally, someone pointed out that many players see us an attractive club to come to, not because of their desire to do well for our football team, but because of the opportunity to experience Brighton's famous discos and wine-clubs. How many times have we seen loan players come down here for a little holiday, doing badly and never giving their best? Guaranteed they'll be out at The Event II until midnight on a weekend. Darren Bent, Simon Royce, Robbie Savage, Lloyd Owusu, the list is endless, it's a joke.
So why don't we move the club's official base to somewhere like (but not specifically) Worthing or Hastings? Obviously, we'd keep using the Amex for matches, but operations could move to Worthing and we'd be a) closer to our training centre at Lancing and b) draw in a bigger diehard support giving us much-needed gate money. My mate suggested Purley but that's stupid because it's a bit too near to AFC Wimbledon
What do you guys think and would you be willing to consider it if it benefitted the club?