And today, Jim wishes we were Brighton

Had an owner who sold their ground from under them, for profit.
Spent two seasons playing home games at Gillingham
Spent a decade at a converted local athletics ground
Spent 7 of the last 20 seasons in D3 or lower
Charges fans if they want to borrow other fans' STs
Charges fans £800 for a ST in the (equivalent of) the South Stand

Are you sure you don't wish we were Swansea, or Cardiff, or Stoke, or Sunderland, or Barnsley, or Huddersfield, or Reading, or Bournemouth .....

Posted By: Henclrikus on April 6th 2023 at 11:50:18

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Brighton have made a £67m profit on transfer activity since 2020 apparently (NCFC) - Jim, Apr 6, 08:26:50
- And today, Jim wishes we were Brighton (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Apr 6, 11:50:18
  - ...and have never won a trophy not even the Championship. (n/m) (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Apr 6, 19:49:34
  - Bournemouth would be decent tbf (NCFC) - SCC 28, Apr 6, 12:03:09
    - or WBA? They are on Sky most weeks (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Apr 6, 12:12:34
- Shocking our owners haven’t invested half a billion quid (NCFC) - SCC 28, Apr 6, 09:00:32
  - Yes it is a shame but thats not the point (NCFC) - Jim, Apr 6, 09:33:29
    - They've sold well over 100million quids worth of talent recently which makes their net (NCFC) - Adster, Apr 6, 09:49:44
    - Skipp was 2020 but yes prem recruitment shocking (NCFC) - SCC 28, Apr 6, 09:43:28
  - Also had a top scout recommending players to the sporting director … (NCFC) - loz, Apr 6, 09:08:01
    - I wonder if he recommended Gilmour (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Apr 6, 09:11:51
      - Maybe not sure when he left his head of recruitment role … (NCFC) - loz, Apr 6, 09:18:09
        
        Yeah their recruitment has been exceptional (NCFC) - SCC 28, Apr 6, 09:30:00
- It’s easy to slag off recruitment in hindsight (NCFC) - Cellophane Flowers, Apr 6, 08:51:23
  - tbf a lot of it was slaggged off in the present too (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 6, 10:32:51
    - At least we got our money back for PLM no chance of that with others (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Apr 6, 10:50:43
      - Only half of it (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 6, 11:26:43
        
        Don’t think that’s right (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Apr 6, 11:33:54
        
        well 'according to wiki' (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 6, 12:15:29
    - Yes, though it's very difficult to find Prem ready players on a budget (NCFC) - jamesward, Apr 6, 10:38:31
- Yebbut they signed Billy Gilmour on a 4 year contract (NCFC) - Adster, Apr 6, 08:41:39
- And I would add in respect of the “continuity” a sporting director (NCFC) - Jim, Apr 6, 08:28:20

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