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There was a chap that sat next to us at Withdean who used on only shout "Come on Brian" and "Come on Aaron", with occasional additions of "BRIAN OVE AARON". Nice lad. Lacked imagination though

He may well be, fair play for his dedication and the strength of words was probably harsh and over the top from Easy, but that doesn't stop it being a totally stupid question to ask PBOBE as the Deputy Chair of arguably one of the best run clubs in world football. Maybe it was the wording, and...

Nope, you haven't missed it. Until we get something from Naylor or *sigh* Romano etc, I'm not getting my hopes up too high

We did it after the end of the transfer window, although I'm not 100% that it was our choice on that one. I suspect we may do the same with Gomez, agree a fee and terms, complete the paperwork, but actually sign on the dotted line for a January 1st deal

As above, replace Hürzeler with Wenger, or Mourinho

Our worst attacker? Given that he's only been an attacker properly in the PL since RDZ came in, a comparison on games, goals and assists does little bear out that assertion: Solly March: Apps: 40 Goals: 10 Assists: 8 Kaoru Mitoma: Apps: 49 Goals: 10 Assists: 9 Simon Adingra: Apps: 38 Goals: 9...

Fabian Hurzeler never played the game at the top level or coached at that level. Someone should tell him he's not qualified to talk tactics to Premier League players

This always felt like a long shot to me. We really only have Hurzeler's personal connection and the potential for coaching growth. That may be enough but, if some of those richer clubs are interested, then I suspect money will tell

I mean, that isn't inaccurate is it? Obviously there's a LOT that the club have done to be where we are, but in the global context of football we are a quirky little upstart who have a lot of money all of a sudden. Not sure what's so offensive about that

It's only unlikely if what's allegedly happened comes to pass. It's all finger in the air stuff. On O'Reilly, I suspect we can offer more money in both wages and fees than Atalanta can, so it becomes a) do we want to offer that and b) would he sacrifice Champions League football with them to...

I think we all know that it's the healthiest way

I mean, at least Carsley HAS actually lifted an International trophy, having beaten Spain 1-0 in the U21 Championships just last year

Agreed. They're everything that's wrong with modern football in a nutshell.

According to (un)reliable internet sources, the highest wage at Fenerbahce is around £115k per week. If he's offered that, I expect he'd stay. They are a huge club and, although we're an ambitious club, they represent a far better chance of playing Champions League next season. That said, the...

Yeah agreed, it's not a policy, but personality type, temperament and mentality simply has to be a consideration with new signings. By all accounts, Caicedo, Cucurella etc were pretty well liked whilst they were here too

The thing is, the laws are the laws so, whether people expected it to be checking for a 2mm offside or not, they were never going to apply it any other way. To me though, what it's highlighted is the lack of consideration taken for how those rules were going to be interpreted in a VAR...

Fairly sure that includes De Zerbi. Spends 6 months whining about our transfer strategy and negotiates an exit, only for us to potentially blow £100m on players who are exactly in the age and ability range he was complaining about us never signing. Mats Weiffer £30m, Full international, 24...

Agree almost entirely but like I've amended it because you can't have the good without the bad. Like Poyet, RDZ had 80% of his time defined by some of the best football I'd ever seen (at the time) and put Brighton on bigger and bigger maps and those are the memories I keep. The 20% of wanging...

Agree. Although I actually would have liked to keep him, he's 28 and won't generate a fee like this again the the near future you'd suspect (although Wet Sham just spent the same on a 31-year-old Füllkrug). €30m + add-ons seems too good to turn down when we play a fluid front three, he's only...

I actually thought similar, and that we didn't want to pay the fee. It turns out on doing some digging that we (and Krasnodar) has agreed to meet his fee, but he turned us down because he wanted to move to the Dutch top flight with Ajax. That didn't come about and he went to Celtic for £2.6m instead