I don't care, I'm happy to say it...

[BattFink]

Gutted that he's left Brighton but he does deserve to be playing first team every week.

I'm guessing he should be due a testimonial at some point?

 

[Mowgli37]

I'm not sure I can handle losing Barnes and El-Abd within a week. I am totally gutted.

Very much this. Falmer will feel a different place without these two

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Very much this. Falmer will feel a different place without these two

Will it though?

Or will it be exactly the same as it is every week?

It's football, it happens, move on.

Yep, sad to see him go, but he's moving to a League 1 club. We're pushing for the Prem. Tells you all you need to know.

A great servant to the club and well done to him for pushing on so much under Gus, but it's time for Lewis Dunk to sort himself out.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Gutted that he's left Brighton but he does deserve to be playing first team every week.

I'm guessing he should be due a testimonial at some point?

He was due this year so maybe misses out unless the club organise something with Bristol.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

...I bloody love Adam El-Abd.

He's one of us. A Sussex boy who has pulled on the sacred stripes 300 times. And you know every time he's done so, he's gone out and given it the proverbial 110%, and more besides.

The most gifted of footballers? Of course not, but he's a determined battler with a massive heart.

The Albion will be a slightly sadder place, for me, if he's not part of it any more.

If you had hung on for a couple of weeks Bozza, you could have done a house swop

 

[beorhthelm]

i'm bloody gutted. i'm one of those who didnt think he was shite even when he wasn't good. i remember how he'd cover others failings, maybe get caught out and then get abused from the Withdean crowd. but he ploughed on, and under Poyet the talent shone through.

 

[Seasidesage]

Probably time to go, but it's a shame to lose an unassuming local lad who gave everything he had, every week...

 

[Hungry Joe]

Going to have a cuppa out of my El-Abd mug in honour of the great man tonight.

 

[Mowgli37]

Will it though?

Or will it be exactly the same as it is every week?

It's football, it happens, move on.

Yep, sad to see him go, but he's moving to a League 1 club. We're pushing for the Prem. Tells you all you need to know.

A great servant to the club and well done to him for pushing on so much under Gus, but it's time for Lewis Dunk to sort himself out.

Of we'll move on, I'm not saying Falmer will be permanently affected!! Just gutted two, and possibly three, of my favourite players have left this transfer window

 

[Motogull]

Loved him, gutted he's gone. Hope to see him become a firm favourite at his new club.

 

[topbanana36]

Sad to see the hair ruffler go.

 

[Bozza]

I feel really, really sad about this. I'm going to get drunk.

 

[Hungry Joe]

I did wonder how he'd feel about Greer coming straight in after he'd played so well, but didn't see this coming at all. Greer had a very good game to be fair, but it still must've been galling. Sounds as if this was the final straw with his 'not getting a fair crack comment'.

 

[kevo]

...I bloody love Adam El-Abd.

He's one of us. A Sussex boy who has pulled on the sacred stripes 300 times. And you know every time he's done so, he's gone out and given it the proverbial 110%, and more besides.

The most gifted of footballers? Of course not, but he's a determined battler with a massive heart.

The Albion will be a slightly sadder place, for me, if he's not part of it any more.

Heart and soul of the Albion. Do the club really know what they're doing by letting him go?

 

[brakespear]

They need to name a stand after him.

Or the stadium Or at leasy call it the American Express Amenities Stadium or something

 

[Weststander]

The biggest transformation of a player I have ever seen, from ruddy crap to very competent.

That's true.
Worked at his game, especially from the Poyet era onwards, completely changing it making him a viable Championship player. Including discipline - in the early years he was a red card waiting to happen, but became a windup artist getting opponents like Lambert to lose their cool.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Of we'll move on, I'm not saying Falmer will be permanently affected!! Just gutted two, and possibly three, of my favourite players have left this transfer window

Thats what football does to you...you get emotionally attached to things and it goes and kicks you in the teeth.....its the suddenness of it all..go back to the end of last year and who would have thought those 2 would have left in January...not me for one!

 

[1066familyman]

I remember Adam wearing his "EL-DAD" top as he held his nipper in his arms by the family and North stand at Withdean when the team paraded the League One trophy. He was on crutches at the time I seem to remember. Sort of summed up my impression of the bloke for me that moment - team player, hard as nails, but a gentle familyman at heart. I loved how he flourished under Poyet and proved that he wasn't just an old fashioned hoofball hardman but could play a bit of football too if required to do so.

I wish him all the very best for the future and I'm sure he'll become a fans favourite down in Bristol in no time

Thanks for the memories Adam, and good luck.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

That's true.
Worked at his game, especially from the Poyet era onwards, completely changing it making him a viable Championship player. Including discipline - in the early years he was a red card waiting to happen, but became a windup artist getting opponents like Lambert to lose their cool.

I was really looking forward to the Barnes v El-Abd battle in a couple of weeks when we played Burnley. I couldn't decide who was going to get a red card first. That's all gone now.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I was really looking forward to the Barnes v El-Abd battle in a couple of weeks when we played Burnley. I couldn't decide who was going to get a red card first. That's all gone now.

Posted the same myself when barnes left