Dick Knight talk to us

[The Large One]

This is mainly from the "must have" generation - probably under 16s.

These are the same people that must have everything the moment they leave home - house, car, plasma TV, new furniture, computers, etc, etc.

Its a failing of this generation

I blame Thatcher.

 

[tedebear]

I've pay good money to watch football NOW, not to support Dick Knight's pension fund!

You've been watching football - your ticket never said it entitled you to GOOD football or a say in the running of the club!!

 

[Man of Harveys]

I blame Thatcher.

I (seriously) partly do, as well as the press.

 

[brighton_girl87]

I think Knight should either give Wilkins the job now or find a new manager. This isn’t working, as wilkins said they are 2 staff down and it needs to be sorted asap. They cant find players, manage and train the team with just 2 of them.

either dick knight should hire a new manager who will bring in an assistant or a coach and wilkins goes back to being coach or becomes assistant and white becomes scout again.

or wilkins gets the job now and white becomes assistant and they get a new scout and coach

that way we can start looking for new players and get back on track.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

I blame Thatcher.

Don't want to make you feel that old, Alan, but the Thatcher generation is now everyone 27 and under!

But yes, you're right.....

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I blame Thatcher.

It is a trait of capitalism.

 

[The Large One]

I largely agree with Uncle C's post, except that it's not just the under 16s. This sort of behaviour has been going on a long time - I would extend is to the under 30s. Not everyone of course - just those who haven't bothered to work it out yet.

So I still blame Thatcher.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Some Brighton fans when we are winning:

Some Brighton fans when we are losing:

Some Brighton fans' length of memory capacity for when things really WERE bad:

Thank you..... exactly the right comment.

 

[Commander]

I largely agree with Uncle C's post, except that it's not just the under 16s. This sort of behaviour has been going on a long time - I would extend is to the under 30s. Not everyone of course - just those who haven't bothered to work it out yet.

So I still blame Thatcher.

I blame muslims.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Low blow commander.

 

[KPTF]

What else do we need to know?

How about:-

1) Why was Bob Booker sacked?

DK made the point of being (publicly) loyal to BB by insisting that new Managers' kept him on as Assistant. Why sack him now & not leave him to work with Dean Wilkins? (I don't recall seeing anything about the reason why he was sacked at the time it happened).

2) It has to be reasonable to assume that DK was considering sacking MM when the transfer window closed as it happened just one week & one game later. Why, then, allow CKR to move to Sheffield United for a ridiculously low fee (given that £400k was being bandied about by Andy Ritchie) when he knew that one of the main reasons why CKR was so pissed off was about to depart the club?

 

[KPTF]

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[The Large One]

2) It has to be reasonable to assume that DK was considering sacking MM when the transfer window closed as it happened just one week & one game later. Why, then, allow CKR to move to Sheffield United for a ridiculously low fee (given that £400k was being bandied about by Andy Ritchie) when he knew that one of the main reasons why CKR was so pissed off was about to depart the club?

I thought CKR said it was the 'management team' he was upset with. To me, that implies more than one person, including individuals who are possibly still at the club. I don't know if this is true or not (and maybe we'll never know), but if you have that level of terminal breakdown between players and management, you don't shift an entire management team for the sake of one unhappy player.

Plus, along the same lines, it also implies DK didn't know he was going to sack McGhee until maybe a day or two before he did. The main evidence to say this was part of a grand masterplan hatched a long time ago is basically circumstancial.

 

[KPTF]

Fair enough on the CKR thing - until/unless the true facts ever surface, we'll always be speculating.

On the sacking thing, though, I'm sure I read that DK referred specifically to the Crewe game with the mass walkout -(where wouldn't that happen when you're 4-1 down?)- so the seeds of doubt were sown before CKR was moved on.

 

[The Large One]

Fair enough on the CKR thing - until/unless the true facts ever surface, we'll always be speculating.

On the sacking thing, though, I'm sure I read that DK referred specifically to the Crewe game with the mass walkout -(where wouldn't that happen when you're 4-1 down?)- so the seeds of doubt were sown before CKR was moved on.

He did. That plus Bristol City, plus the FFA meeting (plus the opinions that he knew full well of some of the board) ultimately swung it. It had been a time coming, but I think he wanted to give McGhee every chance. As I understand it, it was not getting the striker we needed nailed it, because £150,000 was made available and not used.

Whether that money is still available or not, I don't know.

 

[KPTF]

ok, thanks. Any thoughts on the BB thing?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

He did. That plus Bristol City, plus the FFA meeting (plus the opinions that he knew full well of some of the board) ultimately swung it. It had been a time coming, but I think he wanted to give McGhee every chance. As I understand it, it was not getting the striker we needed nailed it, because £150,000 was made available and not used.

Whether that money is still available or not, I don't know.

FFA meeting?

 

[The Large One]

Falmer For All team.

 

[The Large One]

ok, thanks. Any thoughts on the BB thing?

Not a clue. Can only assume he wanted a clean sweep with a new management team.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Falmer For All team.

so DK is now listening to the FFA team when deciding to sack a manager?


I thought the FFA team discussed all things Falmer and left the playing side to other parties.