Mullers
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Lord Bracknell said:
As i understand it, the club will be shareholders in the new ground. As owners of the shares in the club, surely they will indirectly own a share of the new ground?
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Dick Knight....The Truth!!!!!
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As i understand it, the club will be shareholders in the new ground. As owners of the shares in the club, surely they will indirectly own a share of the new ground?
In any organisation the directors etc don't always agree on what is the best course of action and you are correct I haven't got a clue who your source is (and I don't know why they're briefing against DK) I'm merely stating that the 'FACTS' in your original post are not 100% accurate.Charlies Shinpad said:
Theatre of Trees
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Mullers said:
Share being the relevant word. Brighton Council and the Universities have the others which mean an Archer and Bellotti will never happen again. If you are saying that DK is doing this so he can make a killing then who exactly is going to by shares in a club which do not whold the full 100% value of the ground?
glosterseagull
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I think that most posts and rumours have agrain of truth. But it is how the facts are translated.
We are Brighton one big happy family with a plethora (must haveat least one posh word) different views.
To me its like a wife wanting to go off and talk to another husband - when she returns and says "persude me to stay!" Yer right!
We are Brighton one big happy family with a plethora (must haveat least one posh word) different views.
To me its like a wife wanting to go off and talk to another husband - when she returns and says "persude me to stay!" Yer right!
Charlies Shinpad
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So why did DK say to SC"Reading are 4 years in front of us"(As ON Meridian TV a minute ago)
If he had wanted him to stay that much,he would have said
"In four years time Readings Ground will be a grave yard and ours a Heaving Mass Of Delirium",
Speaks volumes for Our Chairman doesnt it!!
If he had wanted him to stay that much,he would have said
"In four years time Readings Ground will be a grave yard and ours a Heaving Mass Of Delirium",
Speaks volumes for Our Chairman doesnt it!!
Safeway
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I know Charlies Shinpad personally and I can verify that he is Albion through and through, has been for years, and is in no way whatsoever a wind-up merchant. All round top bloke in my opinion.
HOWEVER.....
Whoever has put across the above comments is being cynical in the extreme.
Even without going back to the 'he saved us in 97' arguement, it is plain for all to see that Dick Knight only has the best interests of our football club at heart. To suggest otherwise is madness.
Maybe they did, but perhaps the board knew that they were never going to compete with Reading financially and just hoped that Coppell would look a little further than pound signs.
Let's be honest, are managers' contracts really worth the paper they're written on? I think not. Obviously if we went up this season then Knight would have offered an extension. Perhaps Knight was seeing how this season went. Why is it alright for a manger to 'see how it goes' but not a chairman?
If Reading really wanted Coppell then they would have approached him regardless. And if Coppell really wanted to go then he would go.
Don't know the facts but I find that hard to believe.
A la Coppell to Reading, we were never going to match Leicester's status and financial package. Adams is an ambitious bloke, who would really deny him a crack at the highest level?
With Taylor, Knight obviously thought he was asking for too much and didn't want to bankrupt the club in the name of First Division survival. We can only guess as to whether Knight was right or not.
Personally, if Dick Knight brings us a new ground then he will be as big a hero in Albion history than anyone and will deserve all the adulation that goes with it. Ultimately Falmer is the holy grail and again, personally I would quite happily spend three years in Division 3 if it meant getting the ground.
To suggest that Knight "doesn't give a shit about the playing side" is unbelievable. And for anyone that mentions Zamora, he was always going to leave and I think most people are surprised that we held on to him for as long as we did.
Anyway, that's my say. Phew!
HOWEVER.....
Whoever has put across the above comments is being cynical in the extreme.
Even without going back to the 'he saved us in 97' arguement, it is plain for all to see that Dick Knight only has the best interests of our football club at heart. To suggest otherwise is madness.
Maybe they did, but perhaps the board knew that they were never going to compete with Reading financially and just hoped that Coppell would look a little further than pound signs.
Let's be honest, are managers' contracts really worth the paper they're written on? I think not. Obviously if we went up this season then Knight would have offered an extension. Perhaps Knight was seeing how this season went. Why is it alright for a manger to 'see how it goes' but not a chairman?
If Reading really wanted Coppell then they would have approached him regardless. And if Coppell really wanted to go then he would go.
Don't know the facts but I find that hard to believe.
A la Coppell to Reading, we were never going to match Leicester's status and financial package. Adams is an ambitious bloke, who would really deny him a crack at the highest level?
With Taylor, Knight obviously thought he was asking for too much and didn't want to bankrupt the club in the name of First Division survival. We can only guess as to whether Knight was right or not.
Personally, if Dick Knight brings us a new ground then he will be as big a hero in Albion history than anyone and will deserve all the adulation that goes with it. Ultimately Falmer is the holy grail and again, personally I would quite happily spend three years in Division 3 if it meant getting the ground.
To suggest that Knight "doesn't give a shit about the playing side" is unbelievable. And for anyone that mentions Zamora, he was always going to leave and I think most people are surprised that we held on to him for as long as we did.
Anyway, that's my say. Phew!
e block rebellion
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i'll only pick out one point if sc did'nt want to leave why is he no longer here,and don't say it's down to the compensation dk stated in many interviews he did not want sc to leave
Charlies Shinpad
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ON TV BY THE READING CHAIRMAN
QUOTE" IF BRIGHTON HAD TURNED OUR APPROACH DOWN WE WOULD HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE"
So why did DK let them talk to him??
Some people on here just cant see the woods for the trees!!
He wouldnt have resigned,he is a man of his word.
QUOTE" IF BRIGHTON HAD TURNED OUR APPROACH DOWN WE WOULD HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE"
So why did DK let them talk to him??
Some people on here just cant see the woods for the trees!!
He wouldnt have resigned,he is a man of his word.
Kent Seagull
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DK offered SC a three year contract when he first approached him to become our manager last year. But SC said it would be better to see how it went to the end of the season and then take it from there.
So at the beginning of this season DK only offered SC a One year deal, when SC would have happily signed a 3 year deal!!
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Talk about twisting facts, read the first part and then see how the second part contradicts it.
If SC said it would be better to see how it went to the end of the season, how does that mean he wanted a three year contract?
The first sentence said DK offered 3 years in the first place!
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DK offered SC a three year contract when he first approached him to become our manager last year. But SC said it would be better to see how it went to the end of the season and then take it from there.
So at the beginning of this season DK only offered SC a One year deal, when SC would have happily signed a 3 year deal!!
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Talk about twisting facts, read the first part and then see how the second part contradicts it.
If SC said it would be better to see how it went to the end of the season, how does that mean he wanted a three year contract?
The first sentence said DK offered 3 years in the first place!
Lord Bracknell
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The problem with "inside information" is that it usually comes from just one source.
"Other points of view are available" - in fact I would guess that there are as many diverse opinions within the Club as there are on NSC.
The important questions are:-
1. How will we keep the spirit in this club?
2. How will we bounce back from losing Coppell?
3. How will we get back into Division One?
4. How will we get to Falmer?
Answer all four correctly and you can take over from Dick Knight.
Answer two of them correctly and you're probably capable of being team manager.
Claim that the answers are easy - and you're a hero on NSC. But no more.
"Other points of view are available" - in fact I would guess that there are as many diverse opinions within the Club as there are on NSC.
The important questions are:-
1. How will we keep the spirit in this club?
2. How will we bounce back from losing Coppell?
3. How will we get back into Division One?
4. How will we get to Falmer?
Answer all four correctly and you can take over from Dick Knight.
Answer two of them correctly and you're probably capable of being team manager.
Claim that the answers are easy - and you're a hero on NSC. But no more.
Mental Lental
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Charlies Shinpad said:
FACT. Charlie's Shinpad is full of shit.
Digmut
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Spot on Bracknell
Lord Bracknell
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You're an NSC hero, Everest
Happy Seagull
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I'd take Falmer over any player or manager end of story. Till we get a ground we'll never be a top club, too many people on here think that we have a God given right to be in Div 1 and have this and that player signed up for us. Most players and managers are gonna look at our set up as a joke until we have a proper ground.
Seagull Stew
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For those who think that Dick Knight should not have allowed his managers to talk to other clubs. Have they ever considered that allowing someone the freedom to talk to other potential employers might have been a bargaining tool to get the manager to join in the first place?
Let's face it, the backbone of the club is still Bob Booker, Martin Hinshlewood and Dean Wilkins and as long as these three people remain in place we could give a different manager a crack at the job every month if we wanted to as long as he had contacts to get good loan signings in.
Let's face it, the backbone of the club is still Bob Booker, Martin Hinshlewood and Dean Wilkins and as long as these three people remain in place we could give a different manager a crack at the job every month if we wanted to as long as he had contacts to get good loan signings in.
Lord Bracknell
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Dick Knight has just rung SCR to flatly deny that this was the case!Charlies Shinpad said:
Charlies Shinpad
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Wel I have only posted on here the facts I was told !!