Dick Knight partly to blame for fans negativity and disappointment?

[Brighton Breezy]

I think Knight has to shoulder some of the blame for the overall apathy, negativity and disappointment felt by some Brighton fans at the moment.

Pre-season he sacks Wilkins, talks of us moving forward etc. The fans then, generally, expect us to perform well. Had he said something like: "There were problems we needed to sort out and we have done, now we are going to try and build something this season" or something less hyped I don't think fans would have turned on Adams so quickly.

Then we are told dozens of top quality managers had applied for the job here, from home and abroad. Ince's name was banded about by people high up in the club. Boothroyd, Gannon etc. Then we end up with Slade. Is it any wonder fans are feeling slightly underwhelmed?

I just think sometimes Knight tries too hard to hype things up and put an unrealistic spin on things that he raises the bar too high.

That said, I am actually glad we have only gone for a caretaker until the end of the season.

 

[Lokki 7]

I agree with much of that but come on it's time to give it a rest and just support the team. What will happen, will now happen, lets moan about it in a few weeks if it all goes tits up. I have issues with Knight but the player signings are excellent and potentially we've found a good manager at short notice, he deserves credit for that.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Cue on attack on Richie from Seagull73....

 

[dougdeep]

He's the boss, it's obvious that the buck stops there. I'm sure he would admit it.

 

[tedebear]

Kinght can't win whatever he does. So stop worrying about it and just support the team, you can't change it now its done, just trying to be constructive about it all would be the best plan of attack...

Being angry and bitter is a wasted emotion - it won't change anything...

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I am happy, if underwhelmed, with Slade in the short-term and never expected anyone better. Sadly, many believed the rumours and were expected a top boss. My only real point was certain people on here can't really blame other fans if they feel a bit deflated at the appointment.

The signings? Well, we certainly needed extra bodies. Whether they prove good signings remains to be seen. Fingers crossed though.

 

[beardy gull]

That's the negativity that's giving a result of 85% of people thinking it's a good appointment?

 

[The Large One]

That's the negativity that's giving a result of 85% of people thinking it's a good appointment?

It's always the 15% who prevail.

It's the nature of British society.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I think a poll asking people whether Slade would even have made their top five preferred choices or whether fans were feeling slightly underwhelmed by his appointment would return very different figures.

 

[beardy gull]

Cheer up you miserable ****. Jesus.

 

[Lokki 7]

I think a poll asking people whether Slade would even have made their top five preferred choices or whether fans were feeling slightly underwhelmed by his appointment would return very different figures.

To be fair he probably wasn't on DK's top 5 list either but no one else wanted the job, unsurprisingly.

 

[severnside gull]

it's also, and perhaps particularly, the nature of internet society

 

[The Large One]

To be fair he probably wasn't on DK's top 5 list either but no one else wanted the job, unsurprisingly.

Aside from the 40-odd applicants.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Who must have been CRACKING applicants judging on who we ended up with and that it took two weeks to decided on him...

27 of the applications were probably from one here.

 

[Lokki 7]

Aside from the 40-odd applicants.

Oh do behave. Some of those applicants post on here!

 

[The Large One]

I think even the Chairman knows a proper application from a joke one.

 

[Uncle Buck]

The almighty cock up in it all (aside from the Knight of the Long Knives in the summer), was Knight going to the press saying that Gannon was his preferred choice. The minute he turned it down, the person that took the job was always going to be the McLaren choice.

 

[Uncle Buck]

I think even the Chairman knows a proper application from a joke one.

Does he? Hinshlewood, Wood and McGhee....

 

[sir albion]

Yes its dicks thought and if anything he is costing the club more money by wasting so much trying to pair off our new managers with humpty and dumpty.Its time we got a quality manager with his own right hand man and not dicks

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Exactly UB. Showed his hand far too soon.