Todays performance

[Bromley shrimp]

and who knows what millwall will do as there manager is still pretty much untested

Millwall's new chairman is a Mr Fixit, so could pull away.
Dick Knight is our saviour - fact.
One question tho' if all the transfer &, Tottenham receipt money etc etc had not come in, would we by definition by this time have been bankrupted by the debts, tax bills, legal fees et al, which virtually every penny coming in, people often say, has had to be used for, as it's sure not going on players?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Kuipers has to be dropped now, Henderson is the way forward.

 

[Roger Mellie]

There is no solution , the solution was in 1997 and if certain people hadn't been so keen to take the first offer that came along then someone with a bit more money and a bit more knowledge might have arrived on the scene.
Let's face facts, it would have been impossible to have done a worser job than Knight and his cronies have done running the club so there must have been a good chance that if someone else had taken up the challenge we would have had a new stadium years ago and the club would certainly be in a better financial state.

Why are you such a bitter "supporter"? What is the true reason for your tinted view of all things albion.

 

[DJ Leon]

That is a reason for our financial position but as I have said cannot be an excuse for bad results or performances etc which result in us getting relegated.

As with any business there are problems that the owners have to overcome in order to provide their workers with the best available equipment to do their job. How they manage to do this is their concern so the responsibility for buying players etc to enable MM to do the job for which he is paid falls on the shoulders of the directors of the company i.e Dick Knight and The Board of Directors. If the reason for not providing that equiopment is lack of finance then again it is their responsibility to obtain this finance or the business will not survive in its present form.

And you tried to take over the club? Thank the LORD you failed.

To recap, you're convinced that the fact that we have no money and offer no attraction to new players isn't a reason why we can't strenghten the squad and do well?

And it gets better - that the board of directors should have identified the problem - no money - and then gone out and done something about it.

Why didn't they think of that.

 

[London Irish]

Not entirely sure why Hart was at right midfield and Carole up front.

It should have been the other way around.

It was like that for nine minutes, not particularly worth getting worked up about. Did you think Hart played well up front? Had an interesting first few minutes, missed a great chance with his first touch by ballooning a header when very well-placed over the bar, and then was very unlucky to be pulled back offside when he was clean through. Then wasn't really in the game because the Prem class Blades midfield of Jageilka and Tonge bossed the game.

One of those days when the opposition were just too good and I'm not sure we could have done much about it.

The one thing about our play today that I perhaps was disappointed with was how our fullbacks couldn't quite really contribute to our creative attacking play. I would probably have moved Reid to fullback rather than taking him off, but I'm not pretending it would have made a huge amout of difference.

 

[London Irish]

because our manager is incompotent?

You really wanna spell that particular word correctly

 

[London Irish]

And you tried to take over the club? Thank the LORD you failed.

To recap, you're convinced that the fact that we have no money and offer no attraction to new players isn't a reason why we can't strenghten the squad and do well?

And it gets better - that the board of directors should have identified the problem - no money - and then gone out and done something about it.

Why didn't they think of that.

If BG had gone today, he might have seen the revealing interview with Dick Knight in the programme.

It revealed that we operate on about a sixth of the average playing budget in this league. For us still to be out of the relegation zone under those circumstances reflects great credit on what we are doing currently.

 

[dougdeep]

Ben's Grandad admits that the reason his consortium pulled out of a takeover bid, is because the Albion's finances were in such a poor state. It's a good job someone had the guts to go ahead or we wouldn't have a club today.

 

[Yorkie]

If BG had gone today, he might have seen the revealing interview with Dick Knight in the programme.

It revealed that we operate on about a sixth of the average playing budget in this league. For us still to be out of the relegation zone under those circumstances reflects great credit on what we are doing currently.

Exactly.

I laugh at all these people who say we would have had a ground by now with another chairman.
Planning permission for anything in Brighton and Hove is virtually impossible - King Arthurs - West Pier - ice rink at Black Rock.

Dinosaurs the lot of them. Never build anything anywhere.

 

[dougdeep]

King Arthurs ?

That cider must have been strong last night mate.

 

[Yorkie]

That cider must have been strong last night mate.

Sorry Alfreds

I didn't drink last night as I was on the coach and ended up being very late home (long story which will no doubt come out in time)

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Champers hang over this morning, great.

 

[dougdeep]

Sorry Alfreds

I didn't drink last night as I was on the coach and ended up being very late home (long story which will no doubt come out in time)

I was at the Con club in Newhaven. They had a good band and the Harveys is £1.95.

 

[WATFORD zero]

if certain people hadn't been so keen to take the first offer that came along then someone with a bit more money and a bit more knowledge might have arrived on the scene.

Or maybe there wouldn't and we wouldn't have a club now and you would be the joker on a chelsea board.

I'm not sure who is the bigger joker, you or Ben's Grandad. Should we have a poll for Bensgrandad and You as Chairman and Manager against Dick & Mcgoo ?

 

[The Great Cornholio]

The reason that I do not post when we win, as you say, is because I expect that every week. So to do it wouldn't in my mind be astounding although we have only done it 6 times so far this season.

What annoys me is that it is plain for all to see that this squad needs improving but we are still mucking about looking at players to buy and then get the answer there is no money available.

The players that are within our price bracket whatever that may be should have beensorted out ages ago and the final deal be done during the transfer window not as is happening 'still looking'.

I get slated because I have distinct views on the duty of the Chairman and one of these duties it to provide his employees (MM) with the tools to do his job properly (players). How he does this, especially in our financial situation, is his problem not mine or the 5,000 hard core supporters.

We cannot continually hide behind the' legal costs of Falmer' as an excuse for our continued march towards relegation subject to the inadequacies of other teams around us, this may well be a justifiable reason for our financial position but is nopt the sole reason for our poor results.

Having said that I didnt expect to win today but the unexpected results are the onjes that keep you up or send you down e.g Millwall at home.

You get slated because 99% of your posts are negative and because most of them follow the same lines - "I say x y and z and you can't argue because I saw the clubs finances once, blah blah blah"

It is obvious for anyone to see you are bitter about not becoming rich off of the club you purport to support. And will now sit, Waldorf and Stadler like, on the sidelines taking snipes at the board. Are you surprised at how much flack you take? You have freely admitted that you don't post positives but, instead, post sweeping generalisations , knowing that we can't disprove a negative.

I can't prove that there isn't someone with millions of pounds and no ulterior motive willing to buy the club or invest. I do know of a consortium that made a risible offer for full control a few years ago and who were still looking to invest as of a few months ago. (This may not now happen as one of the members passed away at a young age) But, I also know that they weren't cash rich and just wanted to kick out the current chairman and ride his hard work into a new stadium. There are probably other such consortia. Are you suggesting that DK should hand the club over to the first person who comes along with a few quid in their back pocket without contemplating the consequences? We could sit here all day and list the number of clubs that have floundered when taken over by people with ideas well above their stations.

Most people who are anti DK and the board are either ill informed or on a windup. You are just bitter.

 

[Yorkie]

Macclesfield?
Wrexham?

Anyone want to swap?

 

[WATFORD zero]

But, I also know that they weren't cash rich and just wanted to kick out the current chairman and ride his hard work into a new stadium.

We could sit here all day and list the number of clubs that have floundered when taken over by people with ideas well above their stations.

Those are far bigger risks to us as a club, than failing to sign a striker.

 

[The Great Cornholio]

Those are far bigger risks to us as a club, than failing to sign a striker.

The guy my dad knew (who passed away) was very much an Arthur Daley type. Part time bookie, part time God knows what as well as having a "normal" 9-5 job. Would you want a wide boy in charge? Because I certainly wouldn't. Nice enough guy but ....

 

[BensGrandad]

DTG appears to be the only person who can understand what I am saying.

Why I am anti DK has no bearing on this issue that faces us.

We need another 23 points to be safe in this division we have 16 games left and to achieve that points total we need to improve the team/squad. To improve the team costs money which we, being the club havent got, granted the reason for this is the spiralling legal costs for Falmer. Everything, in the way of finance has been put to Falmer and very little to improving the team.

The fact that the board are not in a position to provide extra funds to strengthen the team is not a problem of mine or of the other 5,000 hard core supporters. It is their responsibility as directors of a company. That is what they agreed to when they bought shares in the business.

When making business decisions all aspects of the business have to be considered one area can not be allowed to flourish at the expense of another. Arguably the club would not survive if we didnt get Falmer, but I am not convinced of that, what I am sure of however, is that staying in this division is of the paramount importance to our future developement at Falmer or wherever, this doesn't appear to be the view portrayed by some of the board.

I shall still be a supporter of BHA long after DK has long gone.

To really throw the 'cat amongst the pigeons' are the board so convinced that Falmer is such a certainty, they have spent a hell of a lot of money on Withdean with no possible hope of recouping it or is this part of the deal they have done with B & H Council to extend their stay at Withdean as is neccessary and to continue their backing of Falmer

 

[dougdeep]

I hope Dick knight outlives you then. Falmer is the number one priority.