Given that every player signed by the Albion since April 1999 has arrived on the pretext that the Falmer stadium will be completed the news that Brighton are having to re-schedule the project due to rising building costs brought on by the credit crunch is obviously a worry.
And it's not because I cast any doubt on the abilities of either Dick Knight or Martin Perry. The current global financial problems will have a knock-on effect everywhere.
The Albion have made no secret of the fact that 25 per cent of the estimate
d £60million spend was going to be met by borrowing. Now £15million, regardless of the financial climate, is a huge to debt to manage in interest, let alone repay.
The stadium re-think will save the Albion vital millions and bring down the cost of the borrowing, but whatever the figure goes down to, it will be a huge commitment.
The latest news is obviously manna from heaven to all the club/stadium detractors. The tree huggers probably cracked open another can of lentils when they heard.
Lewes MP Norman Baker, aka The Lionheart (if there's a crusade, he's on it), almost salivated when talking to the media about the issue earlier in the week.
So, ultimately, does it put a whole new perspective on the Albion situation?
Whilst a big part of me still wants to believe that it will happen, many level-headed Albion fans are already looking at the possibility of Plan B, something Martin Perry has gone at pain to stress doesn't exist!
Would Plan B involve Brighton and Hove City Council moving the athletics track away from Withdean, and working in partnership with the club, totally rebuilding a stadium – initially seating between 10,000-12,000 – at the Albion's current home?
But if that were to happen, with the way domestic football is shaping up, I believe the Albion could kiss goodbye to any Premiership ambitions, which frankly cuts me to the quick.
As a football-mad youngster, I lived through the glory days of the 1970s and early 80s when the club reached the top flight, and it was great not only for the football club but the whole community.
Staying at Withdean, even in a developed stadium, would almost put paid to any of that happening again, not to mention how it would affect future player negotiations.
Television football coverage has come a long way from a two game Saturday night Match of the Day, Sunday afternoon Big Match and three live games in a season, but last week I think I actually witnessed it crossing the line.
On Thursday satellite station Setanta covered the Blue Square Conference game between Lewes and Rushden and Diamonds.
- Local football followers will know that the Rooks have reached the top flight of non-league football this season, and under former Worthing, Littlehampton and Wick favourite Kevin Keehan, are really struggling, with a small budget and a squad of mainly young inexperienced players.
But even as someone who works, albeit as a hobby, in the media I found the Setanta coverage highly inappropriate and more akin to public execution.
In fact, I was at one point waiting for a guillotine and two old ladies knitting to appear behind Keehan's dugout during the match.
Whether or not Keehan is out of his depth will be decided by results, and then the Lewes board will have to act accordingly.
Television's version of tar and feathers was not nice, and that's putting it mildly.
What next for Setanta, live kitten juggling or badger baiting?
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