[Albion] What would make you turn your back on the Albion?

[father_and_son]

So basically you would never turn your back on the Albion as those 3 things would never happen or at least for sure
the first 2.

For me if they changed their name to Manchester Utd that would be it.

TBH, I can't see me turning my back on the club because all the scenarios that I can think of wouldn't/couldn't realistically happen.

Would we be changing our name because we have bought the rights to that name for £1 after they went into bankruptcy and folded and we wanted to use the global brand recognition to benefit us?
Or would we become a smaller franchise of them following a change to the rules governing club ownership?
... this may sway my decision.

 

[Taybha]

If it would ever have happened it would of happened a long time ago .

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Ownership by a 21st Century version of Archer, or the Oyston’s.

I couldn’t lose love for the sole of the club, just the club under a such a regime.

What about the haddock?

 

[ozzygull]

I have selected "Takeover by Chinese/Russian/Saudi/etc consortium"

The reason I have followed this club for as long as I have and though all the ups and down is it links to the community, even when we were trying to get rid of Archer there was a defiance and massive will to it and save the club. Since then we had Brighton fans owning the club and even as we have moved up the divisions in to the big time, I still feel this is a community club and the identity is still there .I am not sure I am explaining this well it's a feeling.

I would hate to lose this and with Chinese/Russian/Saudi/etc consortium, that would be at risk and no matter how successful we were it would not feel like the same club. If I was just after success, then when I move away from Brighton over 20 years ago I had an opportunity to pick another team, living in Uxbridge any London Premier league club would have been easy, but no other club interests me.

I think this has hit home this season after going to Emirates, Stamford bridge, Wembley and I guess with the prices of the New White Heart Lane it will be the same. Soulless places full of tourists only there because of success, and as we have seen on the TV with Arsenal bugger of again when the success is not there.

I would hate us to sell our soul in the hunt for success.

 

[GOM]

Where's the 'Nothing would' option ?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Oh goody, another poll.

Where is the 'nothing' option? I suspect most of the 'other' voters including myself voted 'other' in lieu of 'nothing'.

Also, where is the 'naked lady/man (select accoding to preference) sitting behind me' option? I was toying with posting some suitable illustrations, but couldn't find anything on the internet. Disappointing, but, my service provider (quakerweb) is extraordinarily inexpensive.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Absolutely nothing of course. I've supported this club when it had a terrible ground (the last-days Goldstone), loathsome directors and the worst team in the football league. It was those days that kickstarted my support to a higher level, which persists. Support for a club is an intangible concept.

 

[LowKarate]

Other. It would probably only be massive price hikes and being completely taken for granted as a 'customer'.

I kept attending when we were bottom of the football league, so relegation wouldn't be a concern (though preferably avoided, obviously).

 

[DumLum]

If happy clappers became the norm in real life not just on here.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

If our fan base turned a bit Lazio. I couldn't really bring myself to attend matches where "our" supporters were doing that and the club weren't acting upon it.

Obviously, it wouldn't happen and football in this country would stamp down on such things, unlike our Italian counterparts.

 

[drew]

Where's the option for none of the above? When I get bored I'll stop going but that hasn't happened in 40 years despite the numerous ups and downs.

 

[Munkfish]

I don't think I could just walk away from the club, I would like to think, Id join protests, try and change the club for the better before giving up on it completely.

 

[Pavilionaire]

The answer to this question - for me - would be the same as the answer as to whether I would walk away from West Ham now if I was a Hammers fan.

They are committed to the Olympic Stadium for a very long time and the Boleyn Ground is no more, and the club has been moved from it's Green Street / Upton Park / West Ham base with no prospect of returning. The owners are dinosaurs / porn barons / c*nts. The team are - with one or two exceptions - in it only for the money. Right now I would be at the end of my tether.

The killer is the not the players or the board but the shift in location combined with the sh1t stadium.

I don't think the fans would have had a problem moving from Upton Park if the location had been another traditional East End heartland in West Ham territory. However, they're in Orient territory / inner city wilderness.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Oh goody, another poll.

Where is the 'nothing' option? I suspect most of the 'other' voters including myself voted 'other' in lieu of 'nothing'.

Also, where is the 'naked lady/man (select accoding to preference) sitting behind me' option? I was toying with posting some suitable illustrations, but couldn't find anything on the internet. Disappointing, but, my service provider (quakerweb) is extraordinarily inexpensive.

I only had you in mind when I posted a poll, knowing how much you enjoy them. Goodness, you’re so ungrateful. If I knew how to edit a poll I would - I’d meant to include the NEVER!! option, but simply forgot. As for naked men/women option, i felt it would cause too much confusion, as of course all would depend on the calibre of said naked man/woman,

 

[Husty]

Already have, price gouging ticket prices.

 

[Mr deez]

VAR is the biggest risk to me chucking in my st.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

and if we got a smug condescending manager like Pardew

So, you have no real loyalty to the club and don't trust it to make good decisions - even if they thought hiring him was in the best interests of the club.

Personally, I don't mind him.

 

[brightn'ove]

It depends what you mean by turning your back on them. I would boycott the games, if we were involved in hideous cheating etc, and if we got a smug condescending manager like Pardew, but once that had been dealt with, I would be back.
I would still look out for results etc, but the club wouldn't get a penny from me.

Yep I wouldn’t go to a single game if he was appointed. Complete CJTC of the highest order. The day after he is inevitably sacked I would be back.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

So, you have no real loyalty to the club and don't trust it to make good decisions - even if they thought hiring him was in the best interests of the club.

Personally, I don't mind him.

Are you saying I should trust the club no matter what decisions they make, or else I'm disloyal? Hmmm.
I've been accused of being a licker on here before, but that's a whole new realm.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

3 games without a win.