Tommy Elphick "was a disgrace" today

[Peter Grummit]

Regardless of the rights and wrongs of all this I think the team will benefit from coming through yesterday with 3 points, "character building" and togertheness as a team and management.
Different subject, but hats of to Wilkins for sticking with ElAbd when noone (me included) on this Board would have done the same. Maybe that is why we all have to go back to a proper 9to5 tomorrow and he goes for a kickaround with his mates.
PG

 

[clippedgull]

must of their fans fans on the rivals board seem to except that that is what bas does when he scores - however, if elphick did show a complete lack of respect with this whole armband incident then that is another matter

Respect was paid before the match. Barker started the whole kissing the armband thing off. Elphick is passionate, unlike some of our powder puffs.

Elphick has nothing to apologise for. They were just pissed off because they lost the match.

 

[clippedgull]

Can you imagine the reaction of the Albion faithful last week if Kandol had kissed the black armband after scoring Leeds winner last week? There would have been a riot.

So... the club and the player should apologise to Hartlepool.

Except Leeds were not wearing black armbands

I don't think therer should be an apology. I will be dissapointed if there is one given.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Of course there should and will be an apology. It won't be an admission of guilt though. Something like;

'Tommy and the club would like to extend their heartfelt apologies to the family of Michael Maidens and all at Hartlepool for any offence that his actions may have inadvertently caused'

 

[Scotty Mac]

Respect was paid before the match. Barker started the whole kissing the armband thing off. Elphick is passionate, unlike some of our powder puffs.

Elphick has nothing to apologise for. They were just pissed off because they lost the match.

of course barker started the whole thing of - he was dedicating the goal, which looked like being a deserved equaliser to the memory of one his team mates who had died last week

it is a bit disrepsectful for elphick to dedicate our 90th minute winner against his team and team mates to him - and lets be honest, there is no way that that is what he was doing anyway

 

[Turkey]

He was probably just wiping his mouth on his shirt because he'd dribbled a bit (footballers do tend to spit a lot!).

 

[Nemesis]

Should add a bit of an edge to the return fixture at Withdean...not that their fans will see because they'll probably bring their usual 50 down here.

It's all a huge over-reaction and as somebody else has said, if they had won or held on for the draw it would probably have been all forgotten about after 5 o'clock.

 

[NMH]

Regardless of the rights and wrongs of all this I think the team will benefit from coming through yesterday with 3 points, "character building" and togertheness as a team and management.
Different subject, but hats of to Wilkins for sticking with ElAbd when noone (me included) on this Board would have done the same. Maybe that is why we all have to go back to a proper 9to5 tomorrow and he goes for a kickaround with his mates.
PG

Excuse me, but ONE person on this board would CERTAINLY have played el-Abd.

His name would have been FIRST on my team sheet, FACT.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Elphick should definetely apologise if he did it without question, it is completely insensitive and disrespectful. Hopefully he will learn from it.

 

[Marc]

4 pages of complete DRIVEL! no one knows the facts yet you all bang on about it as though its as big as a nuclear holocaust!....go down the PUB for f*** sake and get a LIFE :thud:

 

[Cheshire Cat]

The Seagulls World site is quoting Elphick as saying "We're maturing" on a video interview, but I think he is referring to the overall performance in general.

 

[NMH]

4 pages of complete DRIVEL! no one knows the facts yet you all bang on about it as though its as big as a nuclear holocaust!....go down the PUB for f*** sake and get a LIFE :thud:

Did you leave us any alcohol?

Judging from THAT outburst, probably not a lot

 

[BensGrandad]

A lot of hot air over nothing and would have been forgotten by the time they had all changed and went fora beer.

 

[clippedgull]

4 pages of complete DRIVEL! no one knows the facts yet you all bang on about it as though its as big as a nuclear holocaust!....go down the PUB for f*** sake and get a LIFE :thud:

Post of the thread.

I don't go in for this enforced collective grief bollox. Princess Diana anyone?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

4 pages of complete DRIVEL! no one knows the facts yet

Remind us again how we're going to 'know the facts'?

 

[bristolseagull]

Sorry, no laughing matter, but this is QUALITY:

"i nipped into asda after that to get some bread and a tub of ice cream and seen the brighton lads getting some refreshments for the journey home.

the bus was outside waiting for them like.

i chucked a ciabatta roll at it.

it was a symbolic yet fulile gesture.

particularly as it missed the bus and hit a dark blue honda civic."

love it, i've now added that to my favourite quotes on my facebook page.

 

[Marc]

Remind us again how we're going to 'know the facts'?

sake

 

[Mr Burns]

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

......if Elphick did mock the 'pool player by kissing his own armband then it seems a bloody stupid and incensitive thing to do.

 

[algie]

4 pages of complete DRIVEL! no one knows the facts yet you all bang on about it as though its as big as a nuclear holocaust!....go down the PUB for f*** sake and get a LIFE :thud:

Well said.Some real cocks on here who have shown themselves up without knowing the facts.To be honest so bloody what.BIG DEAL