Seegull

Do they nick bigger and badder chips then?!?

Honestly, genuine post from me. I appreciate your last comment though. Fans of clubs like Chelsea, arsenal, United etc etc along with the likes of talk sport (who actually had a phone in topic last season titled ‘should clubs like Brighton, Fulham and Brentford be allowed to play in Europe’) constantly have a go at us because we are just ‘little old Brighton’ and should get back in our box. It becomes a habit to admit to the obvious fact that we are a smaller club with little past success before its rammed down our throats.. But Ive always said that i would happily buy a beer in my local if someone walked in wearing a walsall or Shrewsbury shirt (or Newcastle of course) because you can guarantee they wont be plastic glory hunters. I wouldn't bother even saying hello if they were wearing a chelsea or United shiirt!

You may have lost the game yesterday but you won the respect of every member of our group and I suspect every Albion fan yesterday. A superb atmosphere at the Amex yesterday created by both sets of fans from the start but your fans’ reaction to going 3-0 down was just brilliant. Chatted to loads of Geordies before and after the game and an absolute pleasure to a man. Also, no one was ‘giving it large’ at the kids in the neighbouring family stand which bizarrely is the norm from most visiting fans. Newcastle, of course, are a much bigger club than Brighton but it struck me that both are in a similar place right now with fans having no sense of entitlement or arrogance but loving the journey we are on! That really came across yesterday. Hope you smash the Champions League!

Brighton fan here in peace. This seems to be the season when fans of the so called ‘big clubs’ have noticed that we have a very good manager and some excellent players. Some of those fans became quite miffed when it turned out little old Brighton didn’t have to sell their best players simply because the likes of Villa, Spurs, Arsenal et al wanted them! How very dare we?! But as Brighton fans, we know we are extremely fortunate to have such a well run club with investment made in all the rights places by an owner who is a genuine life long fan. So if the club feel it is right to sell then it must be right. But it always grates when one of your best performing players wants to leave. Not so with BDB. We will miss him of course and you have made a great signing, but he goes with everyone’s blessing down here (for what its worth!). Of course NUFC is a far bigger club than Brighton, and you now have far more money for transfers and wages than us. But that’s not why DFB has signed for you. It is because of his love for your club and city, not for money. Every BHA fan I know thinks this and it is typical of the person you are getting – genuine, gives his all for every second he is on the pitch and is an all round decent bloke. He’s a very good defender too and surprisingly good with his feet given his height. So look after him and I hope he keeps you up!