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Reply | Graham Potter new Brighton manager...
at 23:13 20 May 2019
A bit meh for many of our fans, it seems. GP's main handicap is looking a bit odd and being called Graham Potter, rather than Carlos Forrenciappi. (Or Gustavo Domingo Poyet).
A young (ish) mildly successful but inexperienced British manager, coming up from the league below? What could possibly go wrong? (Time for a word with Paul Hurst).
But if all else fails, he'll do well with those vegan macrobiotic ballet classes when the Brighton Festival swings round next May. |
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Reply | Chris Hughton - be careful what you wish for
at 10:55 14 May 2019
Agree with all of that - very well put! (Apart from the Palace bit! Once the undoubtedly brilliant Zaha has gone, and with Batshuayi returned to Chelsea, I think they too will find it tough next season. [Post edited 14 May 2019 10:56]
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Reply | Chris Hughton - be careful what you wish for
at 13:34 13 May 2019
Well said. It always looks very different from the outside.
The main difference with Hughton vs McCarthy is that BHA fans absolutely loved the bloke - decent, committed, good man manager, excellent at PR and - most importantly - very successful through his four years' tenure. Until now.
As above, recent results and relegation avoided by just two points meant a change was desperately needed for the club to retain PL status.
As someone who keeps up with Town matters, I'm well aware of the potential trapdoor that could follow a duff appointment - especially of an untested manager with zero PL experience.
Forget Graham Potter. I'm sure Paul Hurst will be getting the call very soon. |
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Reply | The price of the Championship
at 23:26 4 Jan 2019
Brighton's losses over their last three Championship years came in just under the EFL FFP aggregate limit of £39 million. The club made a profit in their first Premier League season of around £13m.
Although Tony Bloom's total investment in the club over his 9-year tenure is around £318m, that included £125m for the Amex and £30m for the new training ground. (All as interest-free loans, which will be converted into equity if not repaid by 2023.)
The obvious difference between Bloom and Evans is that the former - a lifelong fan and third-generation director of the club is obviously more prepared to risk money than would an outsider interested only in the bottom line.
But make no mistake: Brighton fans fully appreciate just how extraordinarily lucky they are for their club to be in this position.
A final note of comfort to Town fans? In 1997, Brighton were 11 points adrift at the bottom of League 2, with just a few games remaining - but somehow survived relegation on the very last day.
All is not lost: it can be done! |
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Reply | Evans
at 23:44 29 Oct 2018
"For me it is a little strange that someone who earns money from corporate events can invest so little in what we do and what we are. "
And therein lies the mystery. Those of us on the outside are left wondering how this baffling paradox can ever have come about. An easy conclusion is that Evans has too many irons in foreign fires to justify investing further time and money on an all-too-visible emblem of self-inflicted corporate failure and appalling decision-making.
No wonder he decided to remove the MEG logo from his team's shirts.
Ipswich fans deserve far better, but it's hard to see who else would want to take the club on in present circumstances. But benefactors can suddenly appear from the most unexpected direction. Just ask those Leicester supporters... |
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Reply | Two fans thread
at 19:08 22 Apr 2018
Shocking. I was enjoying that one!
(And had contributed a witty observation as well) |
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Reply | McCarthy's Pre-Birmingham City Press Conference - Live
at 13:43 29 Mar 2018
Confusing? I signed in on the ITFC main site, then clicked "live press conferences"… And where did it that take me? To the Ipswich v Leeds Under 23 "highlights"! But no sign of a press conference.
WTF? |
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Reply | Marcus Evans — how does he get away with it?
at 11:27 15 Mar 2018
Good to see the EADT (online edition, today) now going for Evans, and demanding that he "has to step up and speak out".
Be interesting to see how the club responds to that! |
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Thread | Marcus Evans – how does he get away with it?
at 17:22 14 Mar 2018
Please excuse this intrusion by a sympathetic outsider with Town-supporting STH friends…
Yes, we all know Marcus Evans owns the club - as a business. But it’s the supporters of Ipswich Town who own its soul. Events of recent times demonstrate that the concept of what a football club truly means to its local community has passed Evans by completely.
Just supposing another vital community hub — Ipswich Hospital, say, the library, or a famous old local school — had been taken over by one person, then neglected and left to decay slowly over ten years. Would that wealthy owner have been allowed to hide from the cameras, refuse all media interviews and shirk any personal accountability to the local public, for a period of TEN years? Of course not.
To those of us on the outside, the McCarthy stuff is just a sideshow — managers come and go at every club. It’s shocking that your local media seems too craven to target Marcus Evans and demand some accountability — and answers — from him.
The fans deserve that at least, and if the result of applying such pressure is the exclusion of media from Portman Road, then that’s a story of national interest that the supposedly PR-savvy Evans could most certainly do without.
What on earth is stopping them?
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Reply | Why do so many people misspell 'losing' as 'loosing' ?
at 21:24 1 Mar 2018
Surprises me one has brought up those twin abominations ‘would of’ and ‘could of’ on this thread yet. As depressing an example of grammatical ignorance as it’s possible to imagine.
Amazingly, Steve Claridge actually said ‘would of’ all too clearly, last Monday evening.
On the BBC too.
Unbelievable, Jeff!! |
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Reply | My annual 'look at me' Coffee Snob post
at 00:34 27 Feb 2018
Indeed. My Sage Smart Grinder Pro has been excellent, producing consistent, fine-grind espresso results — though the burrs are wearing now, after 2 1/2 years' daily use.
They can be had now for just under £200. I'd definitely buy again. |
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Reply | My annual 'look at me' Coffee Snob post
at 13:55 26 Feb 2018
As ever, you get what you pay for. My £40 Krups burr grinder didn't last very long.
Most of the cheaper machines don't grind finely enough for espresso. But if you're grinding for cafetiere, no problem. |
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Reply | My annual 'look at me' Coffee Snob post
at 12:33 26 Feb 2018
Absolutely. And blade grinders produce uneven granules too, unlike burr grinders. Huge effect on resulting flavour and consistency of results. But they're not cheap. My Sage Grinder Pro is 'entry level' at £200. You can pay well north of £500 for a decent one. |
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Reply | My annual 'look at me' Coffee Snob post
at 11:51 26 Feb 2018
Taste in coffee is always an absurdly personal matter. One person's nectar is another's poison. I'm an espresso nut, currently using a Sage Smart Pro grinder and Gaggia Classic machine.
If you like a high roast coffee with a chocolatey flavour, try going for the Waitrose Italian beans (a steal at about £2.50 for 250 g). Best I've ever experienced, having sampled loads of beans from different sources. But that's a strong coffee — many obviously prefer something much lighter/fruitier - *Colombian or Kenyan, for example.
As for Whittards, I used to enjoy their After Dinner beans. But they closed down loads of branches and then upped the prices. Weird, that.
*Colombian is very popular in Brighton right now, particularly the Izquierdo... |
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Reply | FAO dandies re expensive clothes
at 11:28 26 Feb 2018
Appalling. Regardless of the label, it all comes from the same far-eastern factories. And just how much do those exploited workers get paid? |
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Reply | I was working in Brighton today. Lovely part of the world.
at 21:29 23 Feb 2018
That, er, highly imaginative banner is largely forgotten now. Besides, the perpetrators could be forgiven for not having realised that American Express is in fact the largest private employer in Sussex. Bit like Fisons (RIP) sponsoring Ipswich Town, maybe?
So, hardly the case of some faceless multinational paying millions in order to promote its brand on the shirts of a randomly-selected Football League club, in the hope of greater exposure and untold riches following its promotion to the Premier League.
Just imagine if that kind of thing were to happen to Ipswich Town! |
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Reply | All this conjecture about 'genuine' attendances...
at 23:52 22 Feb 2018
Simple. Those 'pretendance' stats are ridiculous, and meaningless - except to the bean-counters.
But attendance - aka size of the crowd - is the truest measure of match-by-match support for your club. |
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Reply | Official attendance of those that attended last nights game 9,541
at 15:35 22 Feb 2018
Yes, Brighton too. A couple of seasons ago, BHA fans, fed up with regularly announced "pretendances" that always included absent season-ticket holders, obtained true attendance figures via a FoI application.
This wasn't difficult, because clubs are obliged to provide actual crowd data to the police, in accordance with Ground Safety requirements.
On the other hand, it's in the interest of the clubs' marketing departments to bolster crowd data and exaggerate the audience size for stadium advertising and sponsorship opportunities. Fraud, pure and simple. [Post edited 22 Feb 2018 15:37]
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