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  1. Monkey Man

    [News] Paying forbThe Guarniad

    I started paying for The Guardian immediately after the Brexit vote when the whole of the media and politics seemed to be going crazy. The Guardian's reporting during that time kept me sane and vaguely hopeful. Very happy to continue supporting their journalism. I've more recently started...
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    [Football] Names you remember from the old football sticker albums

    Beat me by seconds too. This is how Forbes looks today – hasn't changed a bit .
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    [Albion] New Sound System at the Amex.

    Sound seemed loud and clearer than before though weirdly Sussex by the Sea was played really quietly. Hard to keep in time with the clapping and words, and must have sounded like a shambles at pitch level.
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    [Football] It's The New Season- And There Are Some Traditions We Can NEVER Leave Behind...

    Think I used to get mine with Shoot magazine. I'd faithfully arrange the league tables each week, taking great care to get everything exactly right. ... for about two weeks. Then I'd simply arrange each division in the order that I wanted the teams to be positioned, and it would stay that way...
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    [Brighton] Community

    I gave up on Facebook many years ago for all kinds of reasons, most of them to do with my personality type rather than inherent problems with the site. I've just binned off Twitter too. Musk is taking that site into a very dark place and I don't want any part of it. But I still look forward to...
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    [Albion] Japan pre season

    Looked lively, aggressive, confident and quick. A very good work-out. Too early to be absolutely sure but I'd say the current crop of players are better than those we saw at the Hailsham Town pre-season game in 1996-ish ... no offence intended to Stafford Browne and his mates.
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    [Help] There's a rat in mi kitchen ...

    From bitter experience ... Putting poison down if the rats are already in the house isn't a long-term solution. (I'm using the plural as I'm afraid it's never just one.) Sure, they'll swallow the poison, and then die in a part of your house you probably can't access, and the smell will be...
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    [Albion] Knocky Retires

    When we'd just signed him I was talking to a Leicester fan and said I couldn't remember watching a Brighton player with such flair and such passion. It just seemed too good to be true. My friend sighed a bit and said something along the lines of: yes, he's flair, and he's got passion, and he's...
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    [Football] Do you want Scotland to progress?

    Rooting for Scotland. No particular reason. I supported them in Argentina in 1978 so have no problem getting behind them again now ...
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    [Albion] Fabian Hürzeler **SINGED 15/06/2024**

    I'm going to try and change my mindset a little bit next season. Stop fixating quite so much on league position and cup runs and simply enjoy each game on its own merits. We have an exciting young manager who will gradually get to grips with the job and we all need to be patient, as there are...
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    [Football] Grob v Gilmour.

    Genuinely neutral. Even without the Brighton connections, I would generally be quite open minded about this match and have no antipathy to either nation or team. Germany are usually a good watch. Scotland are our neighbours and have "plucky underdog" credentials. Looking forward to it.
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    [Albion] De Zerbi was NOT “sacked”

    Interesting and intelligent analysis. I'm not qualified to offer any expert insight but your version of things rings true. For what it's worth, it also seemed to me that not only were other teams more aware of the RDZ system in the season just gone, they were even imitating bits of it.
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    [News] Dr Michael Mosley - RIP 09/06/2024

    Always found him a likeable and quite inspiring sort of presenter. Very sad to think his good work won't continue. I'm sure he helped far more people (including me) understand a little bit more about how their bodies work than he might have realised. RIP.
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    [Football] Southend United 'might collapse this month'

    Bloody hell. Wish there could be some good news for Southend fans.
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    Isle of Wight Visible From Brighton?

    You can see the IoW from Seaford head. At least that’s what I believe. Used to think it must be Selsey Bill but the topography and lights suggest Wight. Happy to be corrected.
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    [Albion] Kieran McKenna

    None of us knows what’s going on, except for newspaper and social media titbits we pick up. I’m pretty sure the club is doing everything it can, in a very competitive environment, to land the right manager. Maybe it won’t be our first choice, because we’re Brighton, not Bayern or United or...
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    [Football] Leeds or Saints?

    Leeds are generally pretty unbearable in most respects. Southampton irritate me less and certainly have fewer armchair fans from other parts of the country. I'm in my mid 50s and seem to encounter loads of blokes slightly older than me who have southern accents and claim to have supported Leeds...
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    [Politics] General Election 2024 - The Poll

    I have no tribal loyalties at all in politics and can find good and bad things to say about pretty much all the parties. However my number one ambition at this election is to remove the current government and I'll vote for the party best placed to unseat or keep out the Tory candidate. That's...
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    [Albion] PBOBE to join Roberto De Zerbi for his post-Man Utd press conference

    Nothing weird about this. RDZ will say his farewells and PB will be there to deal with inevitable questions about what’s happening next, which RDZ is not in a position to answer. Do people really believe RDZ has just reached an amicable settlement with the club only to slag off the owners to...

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