The new Albion manager is in here somewhere

[Deleted User X18H]

...surely

The Withdean From The Argus)

 

[Beach Hut]

I can't be bothered, your self-promotion is tedious now.

To spare us all I urge you to find employment again

 

[burrish-gull]

I can't be bothered, your self-promotion is tedious now.

To spare us all I urge you to find employment again

Seconded

 

[7:18]

these threads are doing my head in more than US's racing tips!

 

[ROKERITE]

Dowie hasn't been assistant at newcastle for nearly six months. He was Shearer's side-kick, and left when he did. I think he'd be a good choice, though he showed a lack of integrity in the way he left Crystal Palace; not that I imagine lying to Simon Jordan is regarded as particularly heinous in Brighton!

 

[fire&skill]

For Christ's Sake - you're a 'blogger' - NOT a journalist! It's like reading a 5th former's homework. Stop.

 

[murraymints4brighton]

I am not trying to be deliberately negative about what you are writing but I am pretty sure I could do a much, much better job than that. If your intentions was to just list name after name with no real incite or conclusion then fine, but that article looks like something the underachiever and the "I can't be bothered" person would write for an essay at school.

Just copy and paste a mixture of threads off here as it will be better than that! Even some of Das Reich's comments!!!

 

[Blackadder]

Tim Are you after Andy Naylor's job?

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Is that what passes for writing these days? I would not have accepted writing of that standard from my Year 6 class last year. No structure, single sentence paragraphs, no links between sections, hyphenation missing, random capitalisation, failure to use correct punctuation and many more offences against the English language.

Please let the Argus editor know that my guinea pig will be submitting a CV to take over the column and will be available from Monday.

Thank you.

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

Without reading it have you just named every manager and hope one's right?

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Without reading it have you just named every manager and hope one's right?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Well NSC Timotei's taken some flack on here for his blogs before but this one really seems to have hit a nerve!

 

[Djmiles]

The very least you could do is get Micky Adams' name right, but even that seems beyond you!

 

[British Bulldog]

Dowie hasn't been assistant at newcastle for nearly six months. He was Shearer's side-kick, and left when he did.

Calderwood was assistant the other night when I watched Newcastle, I think Timmy gets a bit confused.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I might just dig out the piece that the editorial collective wrote for Brighton Rockz a few years back, eagerly anticipating the appointment of Danny Wilson as Albion manager.

It was bollocks, of course, but well written bollocks.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Did Southgate fail at Middlesborough ?.

Its ok Tim but just a list of people copied from Victor Chandler and a bit of weak background.

Sorry mate, must try harder.

4.0

 

[Deleted User X18H]

OK hands up a blog should be an account of a personal experience. Not of ones opinion.

Points taken

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I might just dig out the piece that the editorial collective wrote for Brighton Rockz a few years back, eagerly anticipating the appointment of Danny Wilson as Albion manager.

It was bollocks, of course, but well written bollocks.

Can't find it, but you can have Roz's thoughts on Martin Hinshelwood doing a job that some fools thought might have been given to Steve Coppell ...

The Argus - News, Sport, Brighton and Hove Albion and Entertainment for Brighton, Hove and Sussex - Terrace Talk, with Roz South

Terrace Talk, with Roz South
From the archive, first published Friday 16th Aug 2002.

After all the waiting, the rumours, the hot tips from those 'in the know' and all the celebrity gossip, Big Brother finally invited Martin Hinshelwood into the Diary Room.

An invitation that came squeakily close to the end of what's been a seriously weird close season.

It would have been even weirder if Steve Coppell had got the job, mind. The other 'dead certs', Tony Adams, Danny Wilson and the linguistically challenged Cameroon manager, would have been interesting choices. Although if the latter had sent the lads on to the pitch in those nifty little lycra vests, it's a merciful blessing that Warren Aspinall has gone on to better things.

But how could any self-respecting Brighton fan stand up - sorry Mr Perry, I meant to say Sit Down Properly - to greet Mr Coppell with anything other than the traditional, time honoured greeting about his health? Loyal support is one thing, needing a soapy mouthwash is another and his appointment would have resulted in a very tasteless dilemma.

If football is about anything, though, it's about traditions and I'm a great fan of them even though you've got to put them into perspective. In the days of the Great Trek to Gillingham, it was absolutely essential to get off the train at Haywards Heath for the 'traditional' breakfast of two teas, two hot chocolates, one coffee and five Danish pastries. If the station buffet couldn't come up with the goods then the whole day was doomed.

That we lost most games anyway was absolutely no excuse for letting traditional standards go by the board. When we got to Withdean, a whole new set of equally barmy traditions set in and they seemed to work their magic this time around.

Are we in danger of being bewitched by all this magic, though?

Two Championship-winning seasons, the City Council's support for Falmer and a centenary year of celebrations were all heady delights. But is there a danger that this culture of success has become so traditional that the team are expected to conjure up the same magic this year?

Division One is going to be a serious challenge and even the eternal optimists are going to have to get a grip on reality. We've got a good Championship winning side, but it's still a Second Division Championship winning team and we're going to be playing with some very Big Boys now.

Getting our feet under the table early and settling down nicely in mid table is going to be a realistic measure of success and one that the team can be proud of. Unfortunately, when you've been up there with the Stars, it's difficult to accept anything less without assuming that the Gutter is beckoning invitingly.

The close season Prophets of Doom have certainly swarmed out of their gutters recently and on certain internet message boards the lunatics have been taking over the asylum, helped no doubt by this strange mixed-up sort of close season of highs, lows and downright don't knows.

There has been some welcome relief provided by the pre-season friendlies and it was nice to see OGH back on his feet again. Although I'm not convinced that the Ginger Prince should have let Beckham's barber persuade him that blondes always have more fun.

At long last, the charms of Burnley are beckoning and the travelling blue and white striped army are on the march. "Division One, here we come!" we said triumphantly as we hailed the Championes just a few months back and now the day of reckoning has arrived. So let's hope that in all the confusion, Big Brother didn't get mixed up in the Diary Room because I really don't want to discover we've got Jade in the dugout.

Roz South edits Brighton Rockz fanzine
August 10, 2002



Not much changes in seven years.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Sorry mate, must try harder.

4.0

Uncle we are NOT rating the film Amistad here, we're talking about Timotei's blog!!!

 

[Jim D]

How come the Cameroon manager isn't in the frame this time around? Surely TB is missing a trick here - or is he hoping to get 200-1 from VC?