Lionator

People like Jenrick and Farage have been bigging up that “Starmer is hiding something” for months, because they know that nothing will come out to prove it which will imply that a cover up exists. Not to say that this happened just 25 days into Starmer’s premiership so all of the missed opportunities came under Tory austerity and gutting of schools, police and other public services that could’ve prevented it.

Jackie Kennedy at JFK’s funeral vibes.

Ok just seen and all three goals are a combination of the worst defending, goalkeeping and playing out from the back I’ve ever seen

Forest with 3 goals from an xg of 0.21 and just 6 shots. Damn they’re efficient.

He’d fit in fine with that Fulham team for example. He absolutely is that level.

This image is firstly absolutely mental, and secondly a great metaphor for what this club has become. The physical barrier between the board and the fans, that in no way can supporters communicate with superiors. That stewards are being paid minimum wage and are used as sacrificial lambs to keep the plebs from getting close to the Emperor (like anyone is actually going to attack them, we just want change). It really resembles the last days of Rome. A collapsing empire with nowhere left to turn except within itself. They will become MORE paranoid, MORE aggressive towards supporters, it’ll resemble a full bunker mentality. Prepare for it to get a lot worse before it gets better. Eventually if we build and sustain some pressure, something will give. But for now these spineless cowards are worried and will do everything they can to suppress any discontent.

It wasn’t Cooper that put down £25 million and 5 year contract. I don’t see how we can ever shift him unless a Saudi league or MLS team come in for him. No prem club will touch him, no championship club could afford him. It’s up to whether the player will be willing to take a massive wage cut to play regular football in future.

Are there any other top level clubs that still have the same people in these positions as 8 years ago? It’s football, a sport that changes very rapidly, you HAVE to evolve to keep up or else it’ll spit you out. We have financial capability which makes the whole thing more frustrating. We have the funds to compete as a mid table premier league team, but they’ve thrown it all away.

Who sets the prices?

2am start for them

How did this lot lose to us?

We would never make a visionary appointment like Iraiola. Enzo was as far as we go and he was basically begging for the job

Fair play to the tv companies and FA. This might be an all timer for worst kick off times. Us travelling to Manchester on Friday night. Millwall to Leeds for a 12.15 Man City to London for the same Newcastle to Birmingham on the Saturday night 7.45 Palace to Donny on a Monday night Notts Forest to Exeter on a Tuesday night

Say they got thrown out and relegated to league two and he had no clause and wanted to stay. Do you think he could score 100 goals in a 46 game season?

Not being funny but how is the ref meant to see that?

I know it’s a completely different sport/context but when Tigers were absolutely shambolic circa 2017-20 period, they got Pat Howard to come in and do a complete audit of the club as an elite sport business. Within two years of implementing the behind the scenes changes and his recommendations, they were domestic champions again, had the best academy in the country and seem to have a sustainable plan in spite of turbulence. Would our chairman have the humility to have an externally run review like that or will he continue to dig his grave.

Surely Enzo had a big input in the 2023 signings. Certainly Doyle and Casadei and then findings players that could fill his holes.

I don’t think it is revisionism. There was a huge sense of injustice at the time. We were coming out of games against good teams losing 0-1, 1-2 having completely ran toe to toe with them and their PL quality shining through. In the end a number of things got us through but the great escape wasn’t random, we just needed the stars to align and they did.

The amounts of shots were conceding every game has gone down dramatically since he’s come in (although we still concede loads through lack of defensive discipline). We’re also creating more and clearly have an attacking shape, it’s just that the players aren’t good enough.

To quote a great philosopher Nigel F. Pearson, anyone that blames the manager for this mess is “an ostrich, with their head buried in the sand.” Peak Fergie, Pep, Sacchi wouldn’t keep this side up because the squad is not good enough

So this is when you think out of the box Brighton style. You aim for a manager that has a similar philosophy to Enzo so they can hit the ground running, even if they haven’t had much success previously. You go and get a manager that suits you style, not wait for the also rans that are desperate.

As long as king power or someone is pumping money in then it’s never going to get to that stage but it could be a rebuild job

How about 4?

sorry Rudkin. If a chef is asked to make a meal but the only three ingredients he has are a turd, a rotting corpse and Stilton, then it’s gonna taste pretty bad.

Think he set up well tonight, the subs also had an impact. The players just aren’t good enough for this level.