Positive is the main stand can be bulldozed and rebuilt with little affect on fans being unable to get tickets.

Unless its changed recently?, Pardew made the decision to move the U18's out of Copers Cope with absolutely no plan to find a suitable new location, for a year the U18's floated about training at a few different locations before settling on the 5 aside pitches at Goals in Beckenham, hardly the ideal location for a Premier league u18 academy.

Between Parish & Pardew they have actually taken our Academy backwards.
I like Parish, he has done so much for this Club however should we go down f***ing our academy will harm us long term.

The mountains are calling & I must go.

Gain 80 million + in transfer income , halve the wage bill .In addition add 87 million over 3 years in parachute payments. New stand, win games of football, and most satisfying of all,watch the young stars break through to the 1st team. Plenty of positives, there is no progress or accomplishment without sacrifice. Club needs a good clear out, and it's nearing.

It's the ebb and flow of football,unless you support an elite club you play second fiddle to a rival at some stage. No, I'm not happy about it but it's part of the beautiful game in which millions of supporters have to take on the chin and move on. My post was looking at the positives as per the thread, not if I'm happy or not.

Other than turd-polishing, there's been no meaningful work done in the last four years in the PL, and that's with a £50m injection of US cash. There certainly WILL NOT be any building work done if we're relegated.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

The only positive I see is the disappearance of those "supporters" who think it's a good idea to scream abuse at the players,and run on the field of play to confront them,when things go wrong.