jackalbion
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Think we missed out on Adam Clayton as well when things started going pear shape, as well as starting the season with Vitaljis Maksimenko as our only fit LB from memory.
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[Football] SAMI - 10 years on
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Loved Tony's pointed 'there is no ceiling' quote in the SoF documentary.
It did go down, but not significantly, suspect that in other seasons there were also bonuses for getting to the playoffs too.
Presumably the net spend dropped primarily due to the sale of Ulloa (club record at the time)
el punal
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Rumour has it that Oscar left for reasons other than football related.
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Depressive Sami’s system always seemed to be:
You two fullbacks - you do everything. The rest of you mill around in the middle and hope for the best.
You two fullbacks - you do everything. The rest of you mill around in the middle and hope for the best.
He was 10 times better than Leon Best.
IMO, the worst Albion( I know he was a loan) in the Amex Era.
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One of the great nights at the Amex, all for the wrong reasons. It wasn't great at the time, but looking back, what a spectacular.
Many Amex only Brighton fans won't understand what it's like to be properly shit, but at least they had that night.
Character building. Makes you enjoy the good times more.
Still absolutely insane when you consider the current recruitment setup that anyone at the club run by Bloom and Barber sanctioned replacing future Premier League winner Leo Ulloa with Barnsley forward Chris O'Grady.
Many Amex only Brighton fans won't understand what it's like to be properly shit, but at least they had that night.
Character building. Makes you enjoy the good times more.
Still absolutely insane when you consider the current recruitment setup that anyone at the club run by Bloom and Barber sanctioned replacing future Premier League winner Leo Ulloa with Barnsley forward Chris O'Grady.
Akpom and Obika were up there, Obika probably trumps it for me but Leon isnt far behind.
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I think we must’ve really needed the money that year. We got about £8m for Ulloa, and COG cost about £500k.
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SH: "Fullbacks, I want you to be our threat out wide. Keep wide and push up"
Fullbacks: "So who in midfield is going to cover us whilst we go forward?"
SH: "..... so get forward and track back. When you get tired I won't sub you as we don't have any other fullbacks in the squad"
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Good shouts.
My personal worst was Gary Gardner. He thought he was a fancy dan ball playing midfielder dropping down to slum it for a small club in the second tier, who barely ran, couldn’t tackle and played constant 5 yard backwards passes. Made Stephens look like Pirlo.
Absolutely pony.
Robbie Savage was shocking too.
jackalbion
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What I will give Obika is that he tried, he wasn't lazy, but my god was he SHIT.
Oh you weren't alone. I remember going on the Albion Roar and saying he was my favourite player. Well he was!
But yes, it was definitely the low point of our modern (i.e the Amex) era.
jackalbion
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Probably because he seemed like the second coming of Yaya Toure when inserted into a midfield 3 which consisted of Gary Gardner, Jake Forster Caskey and Danny Holla, which in the first 20 minutes at Derby had about the same goal protection skills of a sieve.
He was so shit, does anyone remember his overhead kick that went straight up? a real Laugh out loud moment. Amazingly he scored for us in his time here, more than that can be said for Akpom and Best.
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I woz there. An FA cup game at Port Vale with us singing to Micky Adams, their manager.
jackalbion
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The worst conditions I remember watching a Brighton side play in for a long long time, back when football was proper before WOKE ruined it all.I woz there. An FA cup game at Port Vale with us singing to Micky Adams, their manager.
Obika always tried, can't fault him for that, and his salute celebration when he scored in the FA Cup against Port Vale were excellent.
Akpom gets my vote as the worst ever, how he is at Ajax is baffling, but has scored six so far this season. His dad was/is the problem.