And why not? He has proved to be an absolute cash cow for the club since he joined. I have watched the Albion tour videos and the whole trip looks to be a winner in terms of team motivation and as a well run public relations exercise. Long gone are the pre-season day trips to Le Havre and...
Oh thanks for that! I’ve spent the last 50 plus years trying to erase from my memory those two Albion games and the 8-2 stuffing by Bristol Rovers. But no, you have to bring it all back. :tantrum:
Would you rather have John Sitton then? :ohmy:
Pure cringe or not this tour is very much a PR exercise so the more happy clappy stuff the better. I’m sure FH and the rest of the coaching staff know exactly when to pull the plug on the fly on the wall cameras. Just enjoy it, at least everyone...
Just had a reply from a Villarreal fan - he reckoned it’s a bit meh . . . a non descript English team, done that before.
Come on then, who would fit the bill? Real Madrid? Barcelona? Perhaps Bayern Munich or PSG? Let’s stay humble shall we. It’s a pre-season friendly to gauge the...
Bit like signing a new manager, or a new player, it’s the Brighton way. They stay schtum and then suddenly all is revealed and everyone is very happy. :drink:
We went to Venice in January (!) to celebrate Mrs.Punal’s birthday. It was rammed, so God knows what it must be like in the height of summer. Anyway, it was very enjoyable but I never saw the dwarf in the red coat. :wink:
Pre-season friendlies are great to take the uninitiated to (my granddaughter, my son in law’s parents, Uncle Tom Cobley etc.) for them to experience seeing the Albion in action. Personally, I would rather wait for the real thing when we play Everton later on. Having said that I would like to...
One of the oddest “you’re in my seat” stories concerned me at our Europa League home game against Marseille. I was sat in my usual season ticket seat in the West Upper - I did the three match offer job - when this geezer stood right next to me. I would have got pissed just breathing in whatever...
If it’s any consolation to those logo haters my American Express iron-on-thingy on my 2015 shirt peeled off before last season’s Fulham away game. If anyone wants it you’ll find it at the Coat and Badge pub in Putney, so there! :thumbsup:
The issue is when you’ve got hundreds, maybe thousands, all trying to get tickets at the same time. It’s going to be a lottery (obviously!). Unless it’s a high demand low allocation ground like Bournemouth or Luton I’ve never really had a problem. The system is as fair as it can be. At least you...