well said Andy Naylor re. Withdean Crowd

[Yorkie]

Well said and I'm certainly tired of Dick 'Bull' Shite and his false promises about this club

And we're tired of the same old rubbish you type.

You only need copy and paste the same post you did last week and the week before that.

 

[Kneon Light]

Move the dugouts across the pitch. How many more times does it need saying?

Across the goal might help!

 

[Ernest]

And we're tired of the same old rubbish you type.

You only need copy and paste the same post you did last week and the week before that.

you'll hate me even more when I'm proved right

 

[Easy 10]

You know what? Sometimes I'm just so goddam tired.

Tired of battling to get Falmer. Tired of knowing that we have no money to buy players. Tired of getting thumped by teams who have their own nice new stadium. Tired of fundraising. Tired of hearing that some of the few players we have are injured. Tired of getting cold and rained on in a lego stadium.

Sometimes it's just hard to stay chirpy.

Chin up Lush...just remember what division we are in, and look at the fixture list. Given our circumstances, by rights the next match should be at Spotland, Roots Hall or Brisbane Road. But its not. Its UPTON PARK.

Withdean is grim. But if there's any such thing as Karma, in time our reward for all this aggravation will come back round to us, tenfold. And I'll share a turkey sandwich with you in our gleaming new stadium.

 

[Seagull73]

you'll hate me even more when I'm proved right

It's not possible to hate you any more.

 

[mona]

You know what? Sometimes I'm just so goddam tired.

Tired of battling to get Falmer. Tired of knowing that we have no money to buy players. Tired of getting thumped by teams who have their own nice new stadium. Tired of fundraising. Tired of hearing that some of the few players we have are injured. Tired of getting cold and rained on in a lego stadium.

Sometimes it's just hard to stay chirpy.

I think we all feel like that at times.
Lets remember that we had a lot of injured players and others back from injury on Saturday. The manager did play a strange formation and team. If we win our next two home games we won't be in the bottom three. Cheer up.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

You know what? Sometimes I'm just so goddam tired.

Tired of battling to get Falmer. Tired of knowing that we have no money to buy players. Tired of getting thumped by teams who have their own nice new stadium. Tired of fundraising. Tired of hearing that some of the few players we have are injured. Tired of getting cold and rained on in a lego stadium.

Sometimes it's just hard to stay chirpy.

*tannoy*
South Stand Shoulder Massage squad required in G Block. Please make your way - this is an emergency.

 

[ojalbion]

Moved season ticket from Block B south stand to Block E because it was so depressing listening to the negative drivel but alas, exactly the same- if not worse on Saturday

dont people remember the third division, bottom of the league, gillingham etc

5 years ago would everyone have taken 4th from bottom of the 1st division, of course they would

 

[southstandandy]

I agree with most of the posts that we must support the lads not knock them which is not going to do any good.

Some of the comments I could hear from the South of 'Put on a striker - it's easy' and 'McGhee you ain't got a f**king clue' were completely pointless. MM may make the odd error in team selection, but look what he's got to work with. Virtually the entire squad have come from the lower league levels and we can't expect miracles. Even Leon with his 28 goals last season who I don't quite think is good enough for this level, won't stop him trying to score.

Did anyone honestly expect to survive with ease this season, after our win in Cardiff. However fantastic that day was, it was always going to be a monumental effort to survive this season, and I for one expected many defeats this year.

At least we have 19 points so far - 10 wins and a couple of draws from 28 remaining games still gives us a decent enough chance, and when Virgo's back hopefully the goals will come. Any club would struggle without their main striker playing.

 

[Yorkie]

*tannoy*
South Stand Shoulder Massage squad required in G Block. Please make your way - this is an emergency.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

and when Virgo's back hopefully the goals will come.

there's something you wouldn't have expected to read .............................. you see, MM knows what he is doing.

 

[Easy 10]

Top post Southstandy. Well said said sir.
As it happens, I think most fans have got a grip on the situation and keep things in perspective. A few defeats doesn't mean we're doomed, just as a few wins doesn't mean we're safe. The hysterical, knee-jerk stuff is inevitable, but I'd say 85% of the fans are capable of keeping things in perspective.

There's always that vocal 15% gobbing off, and unfortunately they do get heard at Withdean. But I hope MM and the players realise that it is only a minority of divs, and the vast majority of fans are right behind him and the team.

 

[Easy 10]

*tannoy*
South Stand Shoulder Massage squad required in G Block. Please make your way - this is an emergency.

I also do "extras" if required.

 

[Hydro Driven]

well said!

 

[Seagull73]

I do completely hold with what Naylor said. However, must be the first piece of non-fiction writing he's undertaken since he started writing about the Albion. His decision to write about the crowd is brave, because he has no idea who from his readership he might be alienating.

That said, it is about time somebody in the press said it how it is and stopped tip-toeing around the issue. Well done to Naylor for having the balls to finally say it.

 

[Lush]

Thanks for lightening the moody guys.

Onwards and upwards....

"We shall overcome, we shall overcome..."

 

[Dover]

Well I shouted for most of the match. Helped with the lunatic sininging at the end. But where was everyone else.

Somedays I can have a comfortable forty winks in the singing section.

 

[Yorkie]

Well I shouted for most of the match. Helped with the lunatic sininging at the end. But where was everyone else.

Next door but one to you, where I usually am.

Do do, do do de do do.

Do do do do de do do do do

Der do do do do,

Do do do do do

Do do do do do, do do

 

[Dover]

Not you Yorkie or DTG. I look across towards to the other part of H Block and see vacant faces, or worse than that apathy.

It drives me bonkers!

 

[Yorkie]

It is worth noting one paragraph in that article.

'McGhee, his staff and players are becoming sick and tired of some of the comments they hear and read, and they are not the only ones.'


A sobering thought that our ramblings on here could be have a detrimental effect on team morale.