Be honest - are you truly excited about today?

[portlock seagull]

C'mon fella's ...this is after all the Albion we are talking about, we are not glory hunters who only want to "sing when we are winning" - Barcelona we ain't , so why expect to be top of the league every year?
The comments about the costs are genuine, but that is football these days , blame it on Sky tv distorting the finances of our game...

Whatever happens today , Up the Albion!

We do only sing when we're winning but yes, no one could accuse us of being glory hunters!

 

[Giraffe]

Not been to the AMEX for what seems like ages so yes very much looking forward to it. I shall be packing my half time snack shortly.

But more looking forward to Spurs away.

 

[portslade seagull]

Not excited but its a religion and I just have to keep going, mojo down ATM but it will return

 

[Easy 10]

Not been to the AMEX for what seems like ages so yes very much looking forward to it. I shall be packing my half time snack shortly.

But more looking forward to Spurs away.

Bad fan.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

I enjoy the game, always do and a meeting the Mrs afterwards so a meal out in Brighton so what could be better ?

Meeting someone else's Mrs afterwards?

 

[lasvegan]

My very first visit to the Amex and I could not be more excited about a football match...brimming with optimism also, 5-1 I reckon.

 

[Beach Hut]

Meeting someone else's Mrs afterwards?

nope, happy with Mrs Hut but thanks for asking

 

[clippedgull]

My very first visit to the Amex and I could not be more excited about a football match...brimming with optimism also, 5-1 I reckon.

Must be that rarified Vegas air playing tricks with your brain!

Enjoy the Amex!

 

[Guinness Boy]

I can sympathise with (but not share) your downbeat mood but isn't PB pointing out the harsh financial realities of every club in the football league, certainly all those in the Championship, and not just us?

I know it's obvious but finance really has become the be all and end all. The Premiership has turned into a club, the wealthiest 4 or 6 or possibly 8 teams are permanent members who will never leave, the rest are just annual guests. Top teams buy up so many talented young players (Chelsea can afford to have have 22 players out on loan); Manchester United can afford to splurge £140M on a few players (after their owners take £40 profits out of the business); Arsenal can built a 60k seater stadium and pay for it in 5 years; Manchester City have the backing of billionnaires etc. that it's little wonder that the football world has become so distorted. The top teams employ many different professional at considersable cost to ensure their business model preserves and enhances the status quo. The knock-on effect to the lower leagues is inevitable. Unless we have a revolution similar to that in American football or hive off the top Premier League teams into an European super league or people stop watching football on Sky then things won't change.

Goodness me, I started to feel a bit down too; hey, it's match day! UTA!

Yes - to an extent - but he was also pointing out the unfairness of parachute payments and that we are one of a few clubs in this division not to get them. It is not a level playing field for us.

It's odd, I try to stay in touch with happenings at the club and appreciate how well run it is so it shouldn't be a surprise how much we lose but somehow PB's statement confirmed something I knew but chose not to believe.

That said my son is now back from training and changing from one Brighton shirt to another and apparently he is buzzing. Maybe it'll only take a win for me to come back on this thread and admit I was wrong

 

[Icy Gull]

bums on seats or ticket sales?

Bums on seats

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Haven't been to the Amex since the Blackpool game and, although I had a decent evening out at Burton, I'm thinking of giving it a miss today for some gardening. I've a ticket for Hudds on Tuesday with hotel/pub and train all booked too; however, I'm more excited about visiting the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield en-route home on Wednesday than ether game.

Liked PB's succinct inputs over recent days but there's nothing much in these that hasn't been in the public domain previously. More surprised at the naivety of some posters tbh.

 

[Jello Biafra]

today is freakin' massive for trance, #abgt100
https://twitter.com/search?q=#abgt&src=typd

The Boro game online is an opportunity to have a video accompaniment to some bangin' tracks in the warm up phase.

 

[NODC]

I'm excited, had to give my season ticket up this season so this will be my first game of the season.

Also it my daughters birthday Tuesday and it was her that said we should go to the football as a treat for her! Dead proud of her what a great choice

Just finished our matching blue and white loom band braclets!

 

[Jello Biafra]

test

 

[Triggaaar]

And if we actually want to start scoring and winning games we will either have to buy even more of the stuff or move on two brand new players who appear not to interest Sami in the slightest

Those are not the only two ways we can score and win games. Either our strikers taking their chances, Stockdale making some saves, or the opposition keeper not having the Midas touch for day would also give us some wins.

I'm not particularly excited for today, because it's been too long without a win and the chances are we won't win today either, which is a but depressing. But I'm still looking forward to it, hopeful that we'll turn it around.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Yes - to an extent - but he was also pointing out the unfairness of parachute payments and that we are one of a few clubs in this division not to get them. It is not a level playing field for us.

It's odd, I try to stay in touch with happenings at the club and appreciate how well run it is so it shouldn't be a surprise how much we lose but somehow PB's statement confirmed something I knew but chose not to believe.

That said my son is now back from training and changing from one Brighton shirt to another and apparently he is buzzing. Maybe it'll only take a win for me to come back on this thread and admit I was wrong

no comprende, following brighton is all about unending disappointment and frustration. It's part of the human condition. Read Kafka's 'The Trial' for an example of it or check this song by a group who are Palace fans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWIwJhG96JQ

 

[janee]

Yes I'm very excited but I sometimes wish I wasn't!!

I get the downbeat feeling about the hopelessness of the financial grip on football though.

We just need to tonk a good team and we'll remember the feeling again.....

 

[jimbob5]

I just replied to a blog post on TSLR about the disappearance of amusing articles on the Albion in which I admitted I was neither reading nor writing Albion blogs at the moment because I'm just so damn ambivalent and m'eh about the club currently.

You may think the most depressing times on NSC are the transfer window binfests or when people (including me on one thread) argue about immigration, but for me it was the two Paul Barber threads this week.

Where we currently are - at least in my mind - is in a position where we play entertaining football in great facilities with owners and a board who are the envy of many other clubs. BUT - we are losing £1 million a month for the privilege with no real prospect of this changing in the near future. The fans are being asked to buy more of stuff that we know is overpriced just to maintain the status quo. And if we actually want to start scoring and winning games we will either have to buy even more of the stuff or move on two brand new players who appear not to interest Sami in the slightest (and I don't even mean Kemi).

Or in other words I awoke this morning not bouncing out of bed with excitement but thinking 'here we go again, another £40 spend on a 1-1 draw'.

You?

There are a few things which go into the mix. Love of the club. Love of watching football. The new stadium honeymoon. Results. Style of play. Competence of running the club. The economic climate. How reasonable the costs are. Goodwill v Being Taken for a Ride. I think raising the entrance fee seems a tad out of line with the mood and purse of the punter. I think the club would get away with it if they were winning and playing attractive football. if the club struggle on the pitch the punter will resent the price increase. Bleeding obvious? Apparently not to a lot of clubs.

 

[Pondicherry]

Am looking forward to the game as missed last two home games due to holiday and then we had the international break.

However, in football your momentum is either upwards or downwards. We have had 4 or 5 years moving upwards and period has definitely ended.

 

[Mellotron]

Can't wait. We play good football and in an incredible stadium. Really couldn't have it much better.