notnowcato

Hahahaha VERY funny. Somehow your posting style defines you as a CONDESCENDING prick. I know what commercial football is and it's shit. I was responding to Chez's point about as a fan that's the best we can expect. I disagree, that's ok. I'd rather we competed at a level we'd have a chance of success every now and again; be that Championship, League 1 or wherever. Bored of making up the numbers and being seen as a vehicle / stepping stone for players.

No offence but bollocks. As a fan I get absolutely zero enjoyment out the club striking a great deal on our best player. As fans all we can do is suck it up, buttercup. It's shit but that's commercial football for you.

Net spend league? Proximity to the New Forest?

Kyle. Outstanding season, excellent team player.

And sadly, very, very predictable. It's not even subtle in Dman's case.

They've been on a downward spiral since winning the Premier League.

Having been at the game and watched the full re-run; I don't think Mo and Jan really got to grips with the wider positions that Maupay and Wellbeck took up. The gaps through our central areas were way too big and we ultimately paid the price with the own goal. It was a decent pass in by Tossard but from that angle the pass along the floor should never have been an option. 2 horrible goals to give away.

1. Signing anyone in January is a tough ask; particularly if you're in or around the relegation zone. 2. I'd very surprised and delighted if JWP is with us next season. I believe there is a wider set of clubs than just Liverpool and City that could tempt him away and afford him.

Funnily enough I saw some of Danso for RC Lens v PSG the other night. He looked a completely different player to the one we had. Maybe he was… I didn’t see all of the game but what I see see he looked very comfortable and in control for them. Not the rabbit in the headlights we had.

I go to a few Brighton games each season as I’ve lived in the city for 15 years now. The away support today was the loudest I’ve heard in the Amex. Fair play. JWP completely bossed the game today. Thought we deserved more from the match following the dog shit start. Love Perraud, would hate to play against the gnarly little merde.

Finally, something we can all untie on.

Correct, I don't think that. I think many things but I don't think that. Never crossed my mind. Maybe 6 extra goals could be the tipping point, I could think that but then, why would I? Maybe only 4 goals would be enough for an extra point. Or is it 2 goals?? Bloody hell it is 2 goals!! Only 2 extra goals needed from our ginger haired loanee for an extra point. I've had enough. We should never sign / loan another red / ginger head! Where's the ginger one from? Berkshire!! I fucking knew it!

You plank. Add a hypothetical Broja half a goal per game to our recent results and we still get a right dicking overall.

Would you like me to draw you a picture? A Venn diagram, maybe? You attacked him as an individual, I defended him as an individual player, you switched the argument to impact on the wider team. I'm left wondering why you think the pathetic form of late is largely down to Broja. You are living in la-la land if you think we'd be "fine in Europe.." with our youngsters. Jesus and the Mary Chain, have you missed a dose? Nurse!!

Who is pretending that the team haven't hit another slump in form? Broja has a part in that, the same as all the other players - maybe Forster aside. I see your pathetic stat; Bednerak v Broja goals scored this calendar year and raise you to the 90 minutes difference played between the 2 players v Chelsea 6-0 could've been 10 nil drubbing "stat".

Again, you seem to have some difficulty in appreciating my defence of him as an individual player when responding to your slating post of him as a player. Your switch in argument to impact on team and backed up with ridiculous factors like ginger hair takes it to a place where you may feel comfortable but is nonsenseland as far as I'm concerned. You seem to think I want us to play in Europe; I don't. With Ralph's style of play and piss poor squad depth we would probably be relegated.

Fine, completely switch the argument. You were slating him as an individual player, not the wider impact to the club. Frankly, I'd rather build a team we can afford to keep. If that means playing in the Championship, so be it. I'm not a fan of the transient nature of our modus operandi, hoping to have "exciting prospects" play for us for 2 years, whilst sucking up the "enjoy them while they're here..." bullshit. That's not football to me, that's not how you build a solid foundation for a team. It is how you make profit though and being a fan of the club I couldn't give 2 shits about profit. (sorry drifted off topic here... I'll raise this point again once the season is over).

He was also blowing out of his arse from about 70 minutes during the early part of the season. He's learning.

Get a grip. He's 20 years old FFS. Playing a role where there is no hiding place for a "bang average" Premier league team. He was joint top scorer for Vitesse during his "bang average" season there... as a 19 year old. He has the attributes to be a success in the Prem, he still has a lot of learning to do.

You're taking the piss, right? Djenepo... natural flair... not often seen in the same sentence. Livramento is an excellent prospect but he's not easily categorised as a "flair" player. Efficient, strong, pacey, good vision yes.... Ronaldinho no.

Not really, if you're comparing like for like.... Che scored 4 goals in his first season for us.

Before our recent streak of good form; I thought the time was right for Ralph to depart. I do admire the loyalty the club has shown him to date, it will be interesting to see how the new owners will take to this piss poor run of performances that we're now on. For the last few games we've been little threat up top and frequently exposed as a defensive unit, it's no real surprise that we've had a couple of thumpings.

ITK?? Close confident? Skilled at presenting opinion as fact?

Nail on the head.

The blue Rank Xerox is my favourite away kit.