Somebody post up that Vicente video...

[jasetheace]

You know the one...the one with the piano music from This is England. The mods will take it down in minutes but at least we can quickly cheer ourselves up

 

[Taybha]

There ya go

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[throbinson]

Class player

 

[jasetheace]

There ya go

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Many Thanks but Oh God the opposite effect.

How far have we fallen?

 

[albie_noobs]

Thanks for that, amazing! incidentally why would the mods take it down?

 

[jasetheace]

Thanks for that, amazing! incidentally why would the mods take it down?

Seem to remember, the League rules led to it being taken down. May be lost in the mist of time but the mind plays tricks

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Many Thanks but Oh God the opposite effect.

How far have we fallen?

Exactly...watching that class and watching what we have now are worlds apart.

 

[StonehamPark]

The 11/12 season seems a lifetime ago already.
To have that squad back...

 

[Bozza]

The mods will take it down in minutes

What?

 

[DavePage]

Is that a really old film, I don’t recognise any of our current team on it…..Oh

 

[jasetheace]

What?

Apologies if wrong. I just seem to remember it was taken down for copyright reasons.

 

[carteater]

The 11/12 season seems a lifetime ago already.
To have that squad back...

I think 2012/13s squad was better, but I don't think there will be a season like 11/12 again, just the sheer buzz of the new stadium which won't happen again, unless the amex is sold and we go back to withdean for 14 years...

 

[carteater]

 

[GM98]

Cheered me up and me sad to see so many of our better players no longer with us

 

[Barham's tash]

Bloody hell we right managed to screw this up didn't we?

Lovely intelligent football, a wonderful stadium to showcase it in and happy smiling faces all pulling in the same direction. It all seemed inevitable until someone sh*t on a dressing room floor. Arse.

 

[tweenster]

What a star he was. And when he was crowded out he could lay it off to KLL in space. Halcyon days that I will remember for a long, long time.

 

[Richy_Seagull]

Ha seems a life time ago I made these. How things have changed

 

[Quinney]

The days when we had a passing style of play with emphasis on possession that was going to be the same through all age groups. Is that still the philosophy? It was great to watch.

 

[WhingForPresident]

How did we ever even get a player of his ability? Remember when we had players of Vicente's ability?! Now we have Gary Gardner..

That video is so sad. We had such a great team under Poyet and I haven't even really appreciated just how good we were until recent times.

We were- as Oscar said when he signed- one of the most progressive clubs around. We had an identity. Teams were scared to play Brighton. Even under Garcia, when our squad was significantly weakened, we played good football, not necessarily entertaining, but disciplined play that saw a pretty average side make the play-offs.

We seem to have gone back 5 years recently though. We've gone from a great keeper with top level experience to a guy that has been a massive underachiever for his whole career, and with £1 million going out to replace a very good Championship keeper to an average one.

We've missed the solidity of Ward. He wasn't the best going forward but he always tracked back and did his defensive duties, unlike Bennett and Chicksen. And we've missed the passion and guts of players like Barnes and El-Abd for players who don't give a shit about the club or whether we win or lose.

And of course we've missed Ulloa. We'll be lucky if we find another striker as good as him for as cheap as he was in the next 10 years.

But I digress, I really thought it was a matter of time until we made the step up, but we have regressed so much in such a short space of time. The squad and the club have had their insides ripped out. It's pretty heart-wrenching to see.

Sorry I am absolutely smashed.

 

[Mellotron]

Bloody hell we right managed to screw this up didn't we?

Lovely intelligent football, a wonderful stadium to showcase it in and happy smiling faces all pulling in the same direction. It all seemed inevitable until Barber came in and pissed Poyet right off by completely changing his job description from under him.

Corrected.