Brighton sign £1m player

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Following our promotion to the championship we spent £0 on Milne, Makel, Crawford, Doumbe and Lasley.

Time will tell if it is a sensible move by Brighton, but I imagine their fans are very excited.

Brighton have the financial clout now, & shed loads of season tickets sold for their new ground. I expect Brighton to be up there pushing for promotion again this season.

That's the difference between organic and ambition Frank.


I fully expect Brighton to be up there pushing for promotion as well, their fans deserve a break after being ripped off by owners all those decades ago.

Of all the clubs slumming it in the lower reaches back in the late 90s who clearly had a bit of potential, always thought Brighton were the naturally biggest. Having said that, of the others I'm thinking of, Cardiff, Swans, Hull, BCity etc, I look at our current situation and just wonder.

Are we the only bunch to still have a sub £1m transfer record? It's still Maclean at half that, isn't it? Surely Walton won't have activated any clauses lol.

Looking to beat this record too, in the next few days, by all accounts.

Sandford_Grecian wrote:

Looking to beat this record too, in the next few days, by all accounts.

Whats your record fee Sandford?

I am pleased for Brighton as they have been through the mill over the last decade or so. Good luck to them for showing some ambition.

Unlike our lot, looks like Brighton have cottoned on to the idea of growth and human emotion. Most things on this planet have an energy that is unstoppable when it is in it's youthful stage ... wait too long until you're an old fart and you get what you desrve.
Holloway begged Blackpool to continue the momentum of Grayson, Exeter are still riding their wave, yet what did we do when we were on a roll ... new ground, big crowds, a habit of winning ? We brought down a gaggle of Scotish journeymen, giggled like a girl at the thought of playing the likes of Sunderland, and talked of organic growth !!!
Looking back at it now, I can see we followed the personal shape of Paul Stapleton's boring life .... steady eddie, prudence, don't drink too much, clean your teeth three times a day, then buy your own house, invest in the future. And then dream and go for it if the chance arises. well, it did arise and he bottled it.

Surely by now, even a dunce can understand the momentum of a club rising from the lower leagues in a hurry and on a roll. Small club's like Brighton, Swansea and Argyle, will only have 4 or 5 chances in their history to grasp the nettle of pure momentum. Well done Brighton, their ambition will give their manager a surfeit of players to choose from ... just imagine what it must have been like for an in demand player to get a visit from Paul Sturrock a couple of years ago ... you would have hidden behind the sofa.
Yes, Brighton is near London, but the truth is 95% of footballers want to hook up with a team that is going places, regardles of geographical position ... out in the sticks didn't bother Paul Mariner when he chose to sign for Ipswich over the big boys... he saw a club going somewhere and wanted to be a part of it.

penzancepirate wrote:

Looking back at it now, I can see we followed the personal shape of Paul Stapleton's boring life .... steady eddie, prudence, don't drink too much, clean your teeth three times a day, then buy your own house, invest in the future. And then dream and go for it if the chance arises. well, it did arise and he bottled it.

Quite true, and as the old python joke goes... "Why is accountancy boring?"

An accountant should never be in charge of a club. Never! The chairman position is for someone forward thinking and a natural 'responsible' risk taker.

The accountant should be the one advising him about money - not deciding policy.

As it happens - sadly in our case - Stapeleton was no good at either, and abdicated his responsibility in both areas.

....and now they have signed Mackail-Smith for a rumoured £3 million.

Ambition.

Frank Bullitt wrote:

....and now they have signed Mackail-Smith for a rumoured £3 million.

Ambition.

looking to go straight through that league, my tip for a top two finish

Frank Bullitt wrote:

Sandford_Grecian wrote:

Looking to beat this record too, in the next few days, by all accounts.

Whats your record fee Sandford?

I am pleased for Brighton as they have been through the mill over the last decade or so. Good luck to them for showing some ambition.

I'm free Frank, I do my broadcasting, as a volunteer