BROFLighton

[genome]

The phrase doesn't sit well with me, it implies we're not worthy of where we are. We may well have played weaker teams at home, but by extension, with the exception of Brighton, the stronger teams we've played away from home where we are not favourites. And we're still 3rd. It works both ways

There's no real point in analysing the table in early December so it's just easier to deduce that we're 3rd because we should be.

[Ian Royal]

No, it's not a hard concept. We are 3rd because we should be 3rd. If we end up 8th at the end of the season, then that's because we should be 8th.

Neither are false positions

It must be quite hard, given how you seem incapable of understanding it. I had thought it was piss easy personally, but obviously not.

[BR0B0T]

Semantics alert

[genome]

No, it's not a hard concept. We are 3rd because we should be 3rd. If we end up 8th at the end of the season, then that's because we should be 8th.

Neither are false positions

It must be quite hard, given how you seem incapable of understanding it. I had thought it was piss easy personally, but obviously not.

No, I understand perfectly, I just don't agree with it. There's a difference

[leon]

No, it's not a hard concept. We are 3rd because we should be 3rd. If we end up 8th at the end of the season, then that's because we should be 8th.

Neither are false positions

It must be quite hard, given how you seem incapable of understanding it. I had thought it was piss easy personally, but obviously not.

Fcuking hell, do you have to disagree with everything?

I bet you disagree with Light bulbs or inflatable sea animals or clouds.

[tidus_mi2]

They just posted a loss of £25.8m for last season.

[Hendo]

They just posted a loss of £25.8m for last season.

[genome]

What was ours?

[No Fixed Abode]

You know you're a big club when there is dedicated thread about you.

[Hendo]

[genome]

You know you're a big club when there is dedicated thread about you.

I'd say multiple several page threads is more indicative. But nah, who would do that...

[tidus_mi2]

You know you're a big club when there is dedicated thread about you.

I'd say multiple several page threads is more indicative. But nah, who would do that...

To be fair to them, their pages contain half as many post as on here, so this thread for example would be a 6 pager on NSC.

[Sutekh]

All a bit silly really when we (and they) both know that Reading and Brighton are virtually interchangeable in terms of success and size and value. They had their brief moment in the sun in the early 80s whereas we had a Maxwell moment.

Then in early part of this century they were having their Maxwell moment while we had our visit to the sunshine. Now everything has equalled back out and we're both pootling along at the same level again, although playing wise they're currently slightly ahead as they have had a couple of stable seasons building something.

It must be said though that the value of Anthony Knockaert to their current playing stability can't be underestimated - perhaps Reading should try to unsettle him a little in January

Worth it just for the NSC meltdown.

[Pepe the Horseman]

All a bit silly really when we (and they) both know that Reading and Brighton are virtually interchangeable in terms of success and size and value. They had their brief moment in the sun in the early 80s whereas we had a Maxwell moment.

Then in early part of this century they were having their Maxwell moment while we had our visit to the sunshine. Now everything has equalled back out and we're both pootling along at the same level again, although playing wise they're currently slightly ahead as they have had a couple of stable seasons building something.

It must be said though that the value of Anthony Knockaert to their current playing stability can't be underestimated - perhaps Reading should try to unsettle him a little in January

Worth it just for the NSC meltdown.

Yeh, can see it now.
'Hi Anthony, Reading have made a lucrative bid for you.'

[genome]

They owe their chairman £170m

[Sutekh]

They owe their chairman £170m

Wonder if he'll want it paid back when he decides he's had enough or if Brighton will be one of those lucky clubs that will see it just written off.

[leon]

They appear to be singing a chant based on Wham's Last Xmas.

[Pepe the Horseman]

They owe their chairman £170m

It'll be a fairytale on a level with Bournemouth if they get promoted.

[handbags_harris]

One thing I'm not sure on, their £25.9m loss is claimed to be within FFP regulations, which from this season permit up to £39m over a rolling three year period, and up to £5m per season without ownership capital injection.

Their previous three years, including this one, read as follows:-

To July 2014 - £10.6m loss
To July 2015 - £10.4m loss
To July 2015 - £25.9m loss
To date - £46.9m loss

What am I missing within the detailed regulations that permits them to overspend the £39m 3-year max?

[tidus_mi2]

One thing I'm not sure on, their £25.9m loss is claimed to be within FFP regulations, which from this season permit up to £39m over a rolling three year period, and up to £5m per season without ownership capital injection.

Their previous three years, including this one, read as follows:-

To July 2014 - £10.6m loss
To July 2015 - £10.4m loss
To July 2015 - £25.9m loss
To date - £46.9m loss

What am I missing within the detailed regulations that permits them to overspend the £39m 3-year max?

I believe those figures are for the overall loss, including things that are excluded from FFP like costs of maintaining and upgrading facilities.