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El Presidente

The ONLY Gay in Brighton
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Jul 5, 2003
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I think Andy is sticking his nose a little too far here

John Baine created quite a stir with his radio outburst against Micky Adams and his Albion side.

Just to recap, the long-time Seagulls fanatic was incensed by the performance in the 0-0 draw against Luton at Withdean last week.

He went live on air straight after the match to brand the display as “spineless, inept, clueless garbage from a bunch of cockjugglers”.

He also said in a strong attack against the manager that Adams is not the man he was, and dresses in women's clothing on Thursday nights whilst parading up North Street under the name of 'Roxanne'.

It could have been just another supporter, venting his anger on a post-match phone-in following a disappointing result, except that Baine is part of Albion’s public address team.

He pointed out that he is not paid and buys a season ticket but that is irrelevant. In his role behind the microphone he becomes a representative of the club. I have nothing against John, far from it. He was, like his more measured public address colleague Paul Samrah, an inspirational figure during the dark days under Archer, Bellotti and Stanley.

He has, however, placed the club he loves in a very difficult position.

They must be furious and yet will be loathed to axe him for fear of turning him into some sort of martyr for free speech.

Baine could resolve the problem for them by relinquishing his role behind the mic. That would surely be the appropriate course of action in the circumstances, although it would deny the Albion faithful the chance to listen to top tunes from the likes of The Men They Couldn't Hang, The Fall, Girls Aloud and The Exploited.
 






supaseagull

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Feb 19, 2004
9,616
The United Kingdom of Mile Oak
I think this just proves what an utter tw*t Naylor is.

I don't know about the rest of you, I thought the rant had blown over and yet Naylor can't resist digging it up again to have a sly dig at Attilla.

If anyone should resign it's him.
 


Barrel of Fun

Abort, retry, fail
Does Adams have something on Naylor?

Baine might be an announcer, but he is a fan first and foremost. Why are managers allowed to be critical of the players/team, yet, in Naylor world, a stadium announcer is not allowed to do so?
 






Mr Banana

Tedious chump
Aug 8, 2005
5,513
Standing in the way of control
I don't think it's put the legendary Bard of Sarfwick himself in a particularly easy position, but as usual this article is based on an assumption - that the club are furious. Which they probably aren't. Uncle Dick, Martin Perry et al have spent nuff time in meetings with John at which he has never hesitated to speak his mind in no uncertain terms. I would imagine they probably found it amusing, it's hardly out of character and it was that sort of character that helped Uncle Dick get his way back in the day. Naylor is out of order.
 








Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
34,486
East Wales
Atilla is in an awkward position though I would think. He's employed by the club, and has very publicly (verbally) attacked another club employee(s)....showed some passion though which is good.
 


seagullsovergrimsby

#cpfctinpotclub
Aug 21, 2005
44,134
Crap Town
This is Attilaism at its worst.
 


TWOCHOICEStom

Well-known member
Sep 22, 2007
11,167
Brighton
Now I don't have anything against Naylor. But that is a f***ing joke.

f*** off Naylor, he does a good job and it's not up to you to sack him because he spoke his mind (which he was PERFECTLY entitled to).

Wanker.
 












Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
34,486
East Wales
The story has been written though, if not using those exact words...


Comment: Albion announcer should quit
6:55pm Wednesday 28th January 2009

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By Andy Naylor »

John Baine created quite a stir with his radio outburst against Micky Adams and his Albion side.

Just to recap, the long-time Seagulls fanatic was incensed by the performance in the 0-0 draw against Luton at Withdean last week.

He went live on air straight after the match to brand the display as “spineless, inept, clueless garbage”.

He also said in a strong attack against the manager that Adams is not the man he was.

It could have been just another supporter, venting his anger on a post-match phone-in following a disappointing result, except that Baine is part of Albion’s public address team.

He pointed out that he is not paid and buys a season ticket but that is irrelevant. In his role behind the microphone he becomes a representative of the club. I have nothing against John, far from it. He was, like his more measured public address colleague Paul Samrah, an inspirational figure during the dark days under Archer, Bellotti and Stanley.

He has, however, placed the club he loves in a very difficult position.

They must be furious and yet will be loathed to axe him for fear of turning him into some sort of martyr for free speech.

Baine could resolve the problem for them by relinquishing his role behind the mic. That would surely be the appropriate course of action in the circumstances.
 




Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
Comment: Albion announcer should quit (From The Argus)

And precisely what business is it of his? Other than it being a slow news day and nothing interesting actually happened worth reporting.

Either the club is furious or it is not furious - everything else is pure uninformed speculation - a bit like most of the stuff on here.
 






Horton's halftime iceberg

Blooming Marvellous
Jan 9, 2005
16,507
Brighton
Storm in a tea cup, Naylor must be bored or have nothing better to write about.

Atilla has been on the radio since and spoken about the improvemnt of the teams peformance. I thought his radio rant was refreshing. Lets have more free speech at the club not less.
 


Jul 5, 2003
23,777
Polegate
Ironic that that after half a season of SHIT from Adams Naylor wants him in a job, yet wants Atilla to QUIT after just a few opinionated words that I think the majority agree with.
 


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