If your long wait was for £50,000 a week Premiership player Zamora to drop down a division and take a 90% cut in wages then it is similar to my wait for Maria Sharapova to get back to me for that game of naked tennis.
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'The long wait could soon be over' - Naylor
- Thread starter Varndean VI Form College
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If your long wait was for £50,000 a week Premiership player Zamora to drop down a division and take a 90% cut in wages then it is similar to my wait for Maria Sharapova to get back to me for that game of naked tennis.
hoveboyslim
Well-known member
Yep not a bad call that. Smille and Ryan on the bench? (only two subs mind) maybe we should have done better in the transfer market then!
hoveboyslim
Well-known member
He said on twitter he wasn't expecting Hammond.
So we have signed Orlandi, Dobbie and Lopez as well and you are pissed off? Unbelievable!!!
You have completely lost perspective of where we have come from, where we are and where we are going.
brightonrock
Dodgy Hamstrings
- Jan 1, 2008
- 2,482
Whilst that's fair enough I still don't think a guy in his position should have tweeted what he did without knowing it. The "wait is almost over" was heavily loaded and if he was genuinely not ITK as to who it would be, he shouldn't have abused his position of (relative) trust. He didn't need to imply WHO it was, or what position they played - just that another was on the way. Instead he worked everyone up into a frenzy and then...meh. It's a perfect example of why he's so unpopular, he probably doesn't deserve the stick he gets but he does himself no favours.
Sam Ovett
The New Manager Bus
Wouldn't normally, but a lot of tweets, including naylors, hinted at a familiar-faced target man...not too much of a leap to Zamora
No, actually not at all. However, I guess I must have been DIM to expect that the Andy Naylor was hinting at better than the tosser we ended up with.
To be clear, this is a 2 fold disappointment...
1) I hoped, and hoped, but really didn't believe that Bobby was coming back. But given a hint and a wink, and lots of spin about a BIG signing then I guess my mind ran away. And I accept that.
2) Dean Hammond. Dean 'fukkin' Hammond. I was there at withdean as were most. what a wanker.
Unfortunately this cocktail of absolute hope with total let down, has made me dream of Maria Sharapova. Whatever.
To be clear, this is a 2 fold disappointment...
1) I hoped, and hoped, but really didn't believe that Bobby was coming back. But given a hint and a wink, and lots of spin about a BIG signing then I guess my mind ran away. And I accept that.
2) Dean Hammond. Dean 'fukkin' Hammond. I was there at withdean as were most. what a wanker.
Unfortunately this cocktail of absolute hope with total let down, has made me dream of Maria Sharapova. Whatever.
i am laughing so much i have beer coming out of my nose.
Wouldn't normally, but a lot of tweets, including naylors, hinted at a familiar-faced target man...not too much of a leap to Zamora
its a huge leap to make. He is on 50k a week - been told he is in sparkys plans. He is not going to sign for us. I could just about forgive you thinking it might be murray but never ever Zamora. See El Presidente's post for 100% clarification.
DanielT
Well-known member
he has simply proved that he didn't know as much as he was pretending. he was blagging, making out he was in the know, when clearly he was being kept in the dark like everyone else.
makes him no different than anyone on nsc who pretends they know something and then is shown up for the chancer they are. except that his pride must really be stinging him now because he's shown himself up in front of the whole town!
#naylorknowsnothing
makes him no different than anyone on nsc who pretends they know something and then is shown up for the chancer they are. except that his pride must really be stinging him now because he's shown himself up in front of the whole town!
#naylorknowsnothing
To much testosterone flying around I think people need to take a step back. Could it be his opinion that our long wait for the premiership could be over and by signing the players we did yesterday taken as a collective in addition to the other signings it is a clear signal that Albion intent to go for promotion this season?
Yesterday was a great day for this club and hopefully takes onto great time we should all be celebrating not looking to criticise, relax and enjoy, god help us next transfer window!
Yesterday was a great day for this club and hopefully takes onto great time we should all be celebrating not looking to criticise, relax and enjoy, god help us next transfer window!
pork pie
New member
I am still really angry about the whole thing.
However, if he had been the first signing, rather than the one we were wound up to expect as "the gem", I would have reacted differently.
I was never a fan of Hammond, even when he was with us before. However, I think, after sleeping on it, that he is just what we were looking for in midfield. Big, powerful, a leader, and scores a few goals.
I will give him a chance.
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
More fool you for hanging on to everything Naylor says.
pork pie
New member
If you get what you are waiting for, you will be really disappointed.
You wont even get a to score a point.
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
It always strikes me about Naylor that he does not actually like the Albion faithful. Not just NSC. We remind him that he is a prick for living down here and for some reason supporting Stoke.
This is in no way a comment on his journalistic credentials.
This is in no way a comment on his journalistic credentials.
Southern Scouse
Well-known member
- Jul 21, 2011
- 2,095
To Naylor it is a job. In some respects they do not want a 100% die hard Albion fan in the job (I think he supports Stoke) simply because it's about professionalism and not fanaticism.
Most of the people on here would struggle due to the "Passion" they have for the Albion. The Albion and the Argus use Naylor and anyone else in the job as a trumpet to shout out what they want us to hear.
Sites like NSC are not what they like. They have no control. They give no financial support (?) to the site and occasionally give Bozza a tip if it's something they think his posters will want to hear.
If you want to hear the official go there or the Argus, if you want a load of old BS mixed in with rumour, a sense of humour and the odd nugget of truth you know where to come!
Most of the people on here would struggle due to the "Passion" they have for the Albion. The Albion and the Argus use Naylor and anyone else in the job as a trumpet to shout out what they want us to hear.
Sites like NSC are not what they like. They have no control. They give no financial support (?) to the site and occasionally give Bozza a tip if it's something they think his posters will want to hear.
If you want to hear the official go there or the Argus, if you want a load of old BS mixed in with rumour, a sense of humour and the odd nugget of truth you know where to come!
mune ni kamome
Well-known member
I can't believe people can be seriously angry at a reporter doing his best to keep us informed during the crazy whirlwind of those last few hours and minutes. Maybe the "big one" was on the cards but didn't go through in time. Maybe it still is on in some form or another.
JetsetJimbo
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- Jun 13, 2011
- 1,168
The thought didn't enter my head until Naylor started bleating on about "long waits" and "statements of intent". Hammond, for all his qualities as a player, is not someone whose return we were eagerly awaiting, nor does his signing constitute a "statement of intent" at this level ("good bit of business" is as far as I'd go, and that's being charitable). The only player I could think of who would fit those criteria is Bobby.
It's like telling a kid they're getting the best games console ever for christmas. It's got amazing graphics, they're just going love it, they'll be totally blown away by its awesome power. They'll get all excited about their upcoming PS3/ Xbox, of course there's going to be disappointment when they realise you've got them an Atari Jaguar.
If it hadn't been for Naylor being a prick, I would have been overjoyed by yesterdays business. As it is, I'm disappointed, just because Naylor led me to expect something even better, which was never on the cards. It was clearly deliberate, which has further diminished him in my eyes- he's a petty, nasty bit of work to do this.
On reflection, I think the "statement of intent" is more a comment on the fact the club is made three signings, and indication that they recognised the needs in the squad and were doing something about it, rather than any one signing. So I think he was right with that.
The long wait quote though, I can't explain, other than it (coupled with later revelations) suggests that he only knows what the club wants him to know, which isn't what I think most fans want from the local journo, especially Brighton fans with our history.
The long wait quote though, I can't explain, other than it (coupled with later revelations) suggests that he only knows what the club wants him to know, which isn't what I think most fans want from the local journo, especially Brighton fans with our history.