Sheffield Wednesday don't rate us.

[LlcoolJ]

Nothing club. Proper football fans in Sheffield all tend to be blades.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

They've actually been hugely complimentary about us tonight on this thread, well, for the two pages I read anyway;

http://www.owlstalk.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/233335-credit-where-credit-is-due/

But if someone is registered on their board could they please point out the glaring mistakes to the below post please;

http://www.owlstalk.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/233335-credit-where-credit-is-due/?p=6356404

Brighton were very well organised and well drilled, their game plan was spot on.

The thing with a team like them though, they are relying heavily on their starting 11 for the 'core' organisation which they are doing so well with at the moment. Say, one of the central midfielders got injured and one of the hard working full backs. They've suddenly lost two players which are working so well to keep the balance of the team spot on, usually start to derail then

As for us I think we were unlucky, we tried to probe but it just wasn't clicking as it has been recently. On to the next, Charlton away

 

[mona]

Hasn't this run its course now?

 

[Puppet Master]

Nah I think there's still a few more playground "tinpot" insults and homophobia to be hurled around yet. Give it time.

 

[Surf's Up]

Saw this on their board - I think, as things stand, its spot-on:

One of the best 'coached' teams I've seen at Hillsborough for a long time, but I don't think they will go up. Extremely well organised, but havn't got the class, or money, of Boro, Derby, Hull and Burnley. They will be the top 4, in any order, and us and Brighton and half a dozen others will be in a dog fight for the last 2 play off spots. Fulham and Readign won't be far off.
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[kentowl]

http://www.owlstalk.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/233217-brighton/

I'm just glad we've got those 30 points on the board early, looks like we're in for a tough old season

Hey fellas, seems like a fair result last night. Just for the record, like anything in life, it's not necessarily all of us that suggested we didn't rate you, as per this post on a mixed (Wednesday and United) board, from last week:

http://southyorksfooty.proboards.com/thread/2080/weds-brighton

As follows:

"Probably the toughest test yet and I think they're a season (or 2) ahead of us. They're undefeated :-/ in the league this entire SEASON - and could well be promoted by February at this rate - got to admire them for that start.

They spent £7,000,000 last season (14/15), and got a lovely cash windfall of £8,000,000 after selling Leonardo Ulloa to Leicester. They spent another £6,000,000 this Summer and also got a clutch of good players in on frees. Step forward Bobby Zamora. Still knows where the back of the net is! They've got progressive owners that allow funds to be re-invested on the first team squad. They're well run, their first team squad has 24 players - they have a good replacement for every position.

Excllent players that could hold their own in the bottom half of the Prem including Bobby Zamora, Kazenga LuaLua, Will Buckley, Sam Baldock, David Stockdale, Uwe Hünemeier and Jamie Murphy. Their 6ft 3" Scottish International centre-back, Gordon Greer (captain) is solid.

Landing Murphy was an amazing bit of business, a fantastic little winger and still only 26. A £4,000,000 player for just under £2m. (rofl)

They take a punt on "highly rated" kids too, such as some hot prospects signed in the Summer:

This kid has been at Real Mad-Rid for 6 years! >> http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/brighton-hove-albion-sign-real-madrid-striker-2564054.aspx

Others that look good..

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/arti...and-hove-albion-from-chlemsford-2479412.aspx?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Goldson

They do appear a particularly well run club, don't they?

They've spent big money on their ground, I've never been but it looks smart.

If I thought we could beat them, I'd boldly say so. However, I think they'll be taking on the likes of Chelsea and Man Utd next season and reckon we'll lose by 2 goals. This might just bring us back down to earth a little, which is not always a bad thing in life. We'll dust ourselves of and go and get a point or 3 at Charlton next Saturday.

I wish I was there this Tuesday night, I might have nipped up as it happens were it not for a meeting Wednesday morning. : Oh well.

Wednesday 1-3 Brighton. "

 

[Gwylan]

"They spent £7,000,000 last season (14/15), and got a lovely cash windfall of £8,000,000 after selling Leonardo Ulloa to Leicester. They spent another £6,000,000 this Summer and also got a clutch of good players in on frees. Step forward Bobby Zamora. Still knows where the back of the net is! They've got progressive owners that allow funds to be re-invested on the first team squad. They're well run, their first team squad has 24 players - they have a good replacement for every position.

Excllent players that could hold their own in the bottom half of the Prem including Bobby Zamora, Kazenga LuaLua, Will Buckley, Sam Baldock, David Stockdale, Uwe Hünemeier and Jamie Murphy. Their 6ft 3" Scottish International centre-back, Gordon Greer (captain) is solid. "

Er... have I gone into a time warp?
And we haven't spent anything like £13m on players in the last couple of seasons

 

[moggy]

Hey fellas, seems like a fair result last night. Just for the record, like anything in life, it's not necessarily all of us that suggested we didn't rate you, as per this post on a mixed (Wednesday and United) board, from last week:

http://southyorksfooty.proboards.com/thread/2080/weds-brighton

As follows:

"Probably the toughest test yet and I think they're a season (or 2) ahead of us. They're undefeated :-/ in the league this entire SEASON - and could well be promoted by February at this rate - got to admire them for that start.

They spent £7,000,000 last season (14/15), and got a lovely cash windfall of £8,000,000 after selling Leonardo Ulloa to Leicester. They spent another £6,000,000 this Summer and also got a clutch of good players in on frees. Step forward Bobby Zamora. Still knows where the back of the net is! They've got progressive owners that allow funds to be re-invested on the first team squad. They're well run, their first team squad has 24 players - they have a good replacement for every position.

Excllent players that could hold their own in the bottom half of the Prem including Bobby Zamora, Kazenga LuaLua, Will Buckley, Sam Baldock, David Stockdale, Uwe Hünemeier and Jamie Murphy. Their 6ft 3" Scottish International centre-back, Gordon Greer (captain) is solid.

Landing Murphy was an amazing bit of business, a fantastic little winger and still only 26. A £4,000,000 player for just under £2m. (rofl)

They take a punt on "highly rated" kids too, such as some hot prospects signed in the Summer:

This kid has been at Real Mad-Rid for 6 years! >> http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/brighton-hove-albion-sign-real-madrid-striker-2564054.aspx

Others that look good..

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/arti...and-hove-albion-from-chlemsford-2479412.aspx?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Goldson

They do appear a particularly well run club, don't they?

They've spent big money on their ground, I've never been but it looks smart.

If I thought we could beat them, I'd boldly say so. However, I think they'll be taking on the likes of Chelsea and Man Utd next season and reckon we'll lose by 2 goals. This might just bring us back down to earth a little, which is not always a bad thing in life. We'll dust ourselves of and go and get a point or 3 at Charlton next Saturday.

I wish I was there this Tuesday night, I might have nipped up as it happens were it not for a meeting Wednesday morning. : Oh well.

Wednesday 1-3 Brighton. "

Very nice write up although will Buckley is a Sunderland player these days and currently on loan to Leeds. To be fair, I had Wednesday as my dark horses and can see you lot getting a playoff spot. As for us, let's see where we are after Xmas. If we're still in the mix, there's lots of rumours of us spending big monies on some players in Argentina but we'll see.
Good luck for the rest of the season though.

 

[kentowl]

Er... have I gone into a time warp?
And we haven't spent anything like £13m on players in the last couple of seasons

Apologies, I only got my figures (which everyone expects to be approximates) from here:

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/bri...ball-teams/brighton-and-hove-albion-transfers

They are usually pretty accurate, for our club anyway. I think O 'Grady's fee is accurate at £2,000,000 - plus you signed Murphy from the Blunts for £1,750,000. Those 2 players alone total £3,750,000. Anyway, good luck and best wishes for the rest of the season, I'll not post on your board anymore.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I think O 'Grady's fee is accurate at £2,000,000

*shakesheadandwalksaway*

 

[nwgull]

Apologies, I only got my figures (which everyone expects to be approximates) from here:

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/bri...ball-teams/brighton-and-hove-albion-transfers

They are usually pretty accurate, for our club anyway. I think O 'Grady's fee is accurate at £2,000,000 - plus you signed Murphy from the Blunts for £1,750,000. Those 2 players alone total £3,750,000. Anyway, good luck and best wishes for the rest of the season, I'll not post on your board anymore.

6m this summer is probably about right, but there us no way that we spent 7m last summer. For a start, that site's purchase figure of 6.8m includes 2.5m for signing Will Buckley, a player that we sold for that amount. So that brings it down to 4.3m even if you assume that the O'Grady figure of 2m is accurate - which is dubious.

 

[Wellesley]

Apologies, I only got my figures (which everyone expects to be approximates) from here:

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/bri...ball-teams/brighton-and-hove-albion-transfers

They are usually pretty accurate, for our club anyway. I think O 'Grady's fee is accurate at £2,000,000 - plus you signed Murphy from the Blunts for £1,750,000. Those 2 players alone total £3,750,000. Anyway, good luck and best wishes for the rest of the season, I'll not post on your board anymore.

Yeahhhh, go on, get off our board. Trying to come on here creeping. And get your bloody facts right, you dopey, northern pillock.

 

[Gwylan]

6m this summer is probably about right,

It sounds high to me. I think that Murphy, Manu, Goldson and Huenemeier were the only players we actually bought (Maenpaa, Zamora, Bong and Hemed were out of contract). Weren't Murphy and Manu about £1.5m each and the two CBs about £1m between them. Am I missing something?

 

[portslade seagull]

It sounds high to me. I think that Murphy, Manu, Goldson and Huenemeier were the only players we actually bought (Maenpaa, Zamora, Bong and Hemed were out of contract). Weren't Murphy and Manu about £1.5m each and the two CBs about £1m between them. Am I missing something?

Thought we paid a fee for Hemed

 

[Megazone]

It sounds high to me. I think that Murphy, Manu, Goldson and Huenemeier were the only players we actually bought (Maenpaa, Zamora, Bong and Hemed were out of contract). Weren't Murphy and Manu about £1.5m each and the two CBs about £1m between them. Am I missing something?

Hemed was signed for an undisclosed fee according to Wiki.

 

[Gwylan]

Thought we paid a fee for Hemed

Hemed was signed for an undisclosed fee according to Wiki.

Mea culpa ... that's what caused my miscalculation. I'd be surprised if he was £2m though

 

[lizard]

Thought we paid a fee for Hemed

I thought we were meant to have paid about £1.5m for him.
Also, didn't we pay fro Harper and Hambo?

 

[Triggaaar]

Anyway, good luck and best wishes for the rest of the season, I'll not post on your board anymore.

Don't go, you only just got here, it's a bit early for a flounce.

I think O 'Grady's fee is accurate at £2,000,000

No way in hell. Closer to £500k I think.

Hey fellas, seems like a fair result last night.

Yep.

Just for the record, like anything in life, it's not necessarily all of us that suggested we didn't rate you

Indeed, most forums will have a mix of knowledgeable and clueless fans. A lot of posts on your forum highlight our lack of a top goal-scorer, and most here agree. We have been hit by injuries recently though, which will have affected our performance at your place.

 

[StonehamPark]

Thought we paid a fee for Hemed

Hemed was 'officially' undisclosed but papers were stating it was around £1m according to sources etc.

 

[nwgull]

Mea culpa ... that's what caused my miscalculation. I'd be surprised if he was £2m though

Possibly not, but Huenemeir was about somewhere in the region of 1m-1.5m and Goldson 500K, so you underestimated those two a bit as well.