[Albion] Calm Down

[ewe2]

Well …..I think we are fantastic….!

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I totally expect lots of knee jerk reaction immediately after a performance like that. It's called passion.

You can be passionate and not lose all sense of rationality, throwing out hyperbole left, right and centre.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

I went to Hereford, I watched us get beat 0-1 to 9 man Wallsall in the rain at Withdean but I am livid with the result tonight. That team and manager and the club as it is NOW is capable of better than that. Being so open and naive in a 1st leg of a European tie is very poor and I reserve the right to be angry with the team.

Absolutely. 25 years ago what we wanted was a future in which we could just behave and react like normal football fans. Part of that is to be angry about putting a display that was shockingly poor in planning and execution in one of the most high profile games in our history.

 

[Baldseagull]

We know we can play better, but really should have only been a 2-1 defeat on the performance. I think we can put 4 or 5 past these at the Amex, trouble is, I can't see us keeping them at nil.

 

[Garyoldfan]

You can be passionate and not lose all sense of rationality, throwing out hyperbole left, right and centre.

Are you genuinely saying football supporters can’t be irrational ? Jeez, after some Brighton games of old id have had them all lined up against a wall and shot. And that’s not even being irrational it would have been being responsible.

 

[banjo]

Nothing to lose on Thursday, just hope the player enjoy it and have a good go.

 

[AmexRuislip]

What on earth does the OP expect after such a disappointing night...? I totally expect lots of knee jerk reaction immediately after a performance like that. It's called passion.

I'm not sure why the OP has turned into such a nawse since his retirement ( with loads of money, so he tells us )....?

Maybe he should put more effort into his Crystal Palace supporting son.

He's being realistic, unlike yourself who has to rely on personal remarks!

 

[cjd]

He's being realistic, unlike yourself who has to rely on personal remarks!

Just as a reminder, he did tell a lot of people "to shut the f*** up" at an emotional time for passionate Albion supporters.

 

[Justice]

It’s like a broken record on here every time we have a bad result Hereford is rolled out as a bench mark by a few NSC oldies FFS give it a rest. The two events aren’t even remotely relative.

 

[cjd]

Are you genuinely saying football supporters can’t be irrational ? Jeez, after some Brighton games of old id have had them all lined up against a wall and shot. And that’s not even being irrational it would have been being responsible.

Ha ha. It is how I used to feel so many times after a disappointing game. I'm a lot older now, but I totally understand that posts made in the immediate aftermath of a poor performance should be taken with a pinch of salt. I personally, love to see that passion and sometimes irrational statements made. They are not only entertaining, but remind me I'm not alone by far in those times. It's a fleeting moment and nothing more than that.

I'm sorry if some wet-wipes get offended on behalf of others.

 

[Garyoldfan]

Ha ha. It is how I used to feel so many times after a disappointing game. I'm a lot older now, but I totally understand that posts made in the immediate aftermath of a poor performance should be taken with a pinch of salt. I personally, love to see that passion and sometimes irrational statements made. They are not only entertaining, but remind me I'm not alone by far in those times. It's a fleeting moment and nothing more than that.

I'm sorry if some wet-wipes get offended on behalf of others.

Exactly. We should be able to squabble amongst ourselves, say we’re the worst/best team in the world. Say the goalkeepers rubbish (even if he didn’t make a mistake). In 24 hours time we’ll wonder what all the fuss was about. Some posts are like being stuck behind a slow car, for that period of time you wish all manner of evils on them but once you’ve overtaken them normality prevails and you realise that person is probably alright in real life.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

What on earth does the OP expect after such a disappointing night...? I totally expect lots of knee jerk reaction immediately after a performance like that. It's called passion.

I'm not sure why the OP has turned into such a nawse since his retirement ( with loads of money, so he tells us )....?

Maybe he should put more effort into his Crystal Palace supporting son.

Wow, I was merely responding to the more extreme quotes people were making and it was as if they'd failed to acknowledge how far TB, PB & RdZ have brought us in the past few years and how far we've come over the past twenty five or so years. I accept that there's passion immediately following the game and we all react to that differently.

For the record I was a nause well before retirement, as well, maybe I've just got worse. Son doing well, thank you.

 

[Pavilionaire]

You can divide things up into 3 terms, so take your pick:

Long-term = Club now Prem Top 10, upward trajectory, best years ever.
Medium-term = 9th and out of Europe at last 16 stage, out of both cups probably where many people would have had us based on summer recruitment.
Short-term = Total disaster. A horror couple of weeks, best 2 players missing our key games, RDZ grumpy as f**k.

For me I look beyond the manager and look ahead to what sort of side we might be fielding next season: Verbruggen, Lamptey, Barco, Dunk, JPVH, Gilmour, Gross, Adingra, Buonanotte, Enciso, Joao Pedro / Mitoma (assuming just 1 of them leaves) with Ferguson, Moran, Baleba, Igor plus stalwarts like Veltman, Estupinan, Welbeck and March in the wings. That's a Top 10, competitive Prem squad.

 

[worthingweird]

Last night was part of Albions rich tapestry, we move on...

 

[cjd]

Wow, I was merely responding to the more extreme quotes people were making and it was as if they'd failed to acknowledge how far TB, PB & RdZ have brought us in the past few years and how far we've come over the past twenty five or so years. I accept that there's passion immediately following the game and we all react to that differently.

For the record I was a nause well before retirement, as well, maybe I've just got worse. Son doing well, thank you.

A great response. I doff my hat to you...

 

[Trevor]

We've just played in the last 16 of the Europa League, we got spanked, most of us remember getting battered at Withdean, soaked to the skin, without any signs of progress on the horizon. Enjoy these seasons, they're the best we've EVER had. Get behind the team, keep the faith and shut the &^%* up!

See I'm with you here, these are small problems compared to what we've been through. And we should be very grateful for the journey - and most of us are

But

It's not dead easy trying to shut the &^%* up! whilst simultaneously getting behind the team

 

[nicko31]

That’s the problem, isn’t it. Lots of newer supporters who don’t support in the way many of us oldies do. We weren’t even mega shite in those days. We were exactly the same as the vast majority of football clubs. Clubs that have loyal support who don’t expect to be beating Roma. If people can’t enjoy current times they definitely won’t stick around for the bumpy road that has always been inevitably ahead. That’s mainly what being a football fan is about, not showing off to plastic Man U fans on Twitter.

I’m just glad my kids came along when the Albion have been decent. A generation ago it would have been a hard sell, the Premier League was in the rise and we were living hand to mouth

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

I’m just glad my kids came along when the Albion have been decent. A generation ago it would have been a hard sell, the Premier League was in the rise and we were living hand to mouth

I can understand that, although we brought our kids up through the Gillingham and Withdean years and have some great memories of family support for the underdog. I have to admit that this season I am just becoming a bit tired of it. Still going to lots of away games and we travelled down to the Marseille home game but I’m not really feeling a part of it anymore. We go to football every week and I’m enjoying my non league footie much more than the Albion.