Just WHY are B'muff top of our league?

[Stat Brother]

If Howe rocked up here, I wonder how many non-wins he'd be allowed before NSC decided he was shitehouse?

Obviously that'll be after he's hailed as the new messiah.

 

[Caveman]

In your opinion of course.

Did one of their centre backs score for us?

Fair play to Bournemouth they are doing well, but I am sure a couple of injuries and suspensions and they will struggle. I wait to be proved wrong, but one thing elphick is no way a better cb than Greer or Dunk. I'd have elphick in the same bracket as elabd.

 

[PeterAFCB]

I wouldn't, although i think he's a very good manager, there's something about him i don't like.

It's weird that people think this. Even going back as far as when he was still a regular player, he's been absolutely brilliant with the supporters and around the club. He's genuinely always respectful of the opposition, doesn't get carried away (as he could have been with our results of late), just goes about his business quietly. He's quite a shy guy, in as much as I encounter him in and around town and he's always quietly spoken, but willing to talk, that goes back to when he left us for Portsmouth and used to come to games when he got injured.

Obviously I may be biased, but I just love the guy. He's done us well as a player and is now a club legend, our greatest manager of all-time that's given us times we could never have believed just three years ago.

BTW, Having see Cook and Elphick week in, week out for a couple of years, I'd be shocked if either, or both could not get in the center of your defence, but again, I can only speak from my point of view having seen them both play.

 

[Mackenzie]

It's weird that people think this. Even going back as far as when he was still a regular player, he's been absolutely brilliant with the supporters and around the club. He's genuinely always respectful of the opposition, doesn't get carried away (as he could have been with our results of late), just goes about his business quietly. He's quite a shy guy, in as much as I encounter him in and around town and he's always quietly spoken, but willing to talk, that goes back to when he left us for Portsmouth and used to come to games when he got injured.

Obviously I may be biased, but I just love the guy. He's done us well as a player and is now a club legend, our greatest manager of all-time that's given us times we could never have believed just three years ago.

BTW, Having see Cook and Elphick week in, week out for a couple of years, I'd be shocked if either, or both could not get in the center of your defence, but again, I can only speak from my point of view having seen them both play.

Centre back is the one position where we are quite strong.

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Centre back is the one position where we are quite strong.

The one thing I would say is Eddie howe would not pick one player from Brighton over his side on present form. We are shithouse, they are good.

 

[El Turi]

What did Surman and Lee Camp cost?

About a million each.

 

[El Turi]

Eddie Howe is a good manager but I hate the way his teams play football. Every time we've played Bournemouth or Burnley there's been a lot of snidey fouls, dangerous tackles, harassing the referee and play-acting from the opposition. It's infuriating when teams play like that and the referee lets them get away with it.

 

[Machiavelli]

It's just a temporary thing. They certainly won't be in the automatic spots at the end of the season, and it'd be surprising if they made it to the play-offs.
You heard it here first (unless someone else has said so).

 

[Machiavelli]

Eddie Howe is a good manager but I hate the way his teams play football. Every time we've played Bournemouth or Burnley there's been a lot of snidey fouls, dangerous tackles, harassing the referee and play-acting from the opposition. It's infuriating when teams play like that and the referee lets them get away with it.

To be fair to Readie Eddie, he came straight out and said that that 'penalty' that Calde 'conceded' at the Amex last season was clearly never a penalty.

 

[Eeyore]

Wilson and Rantie combined cost more than £4.1 million. They've also got players on big wages so they should be challenging at the top considering the money they've spent.

Goalkeeper: Artur Boruc (loan)
Right-back: Simon Francis (free)
Centre-back: Tommy Elphick (£200,000)
Centre-back: Steve Cook (£150,000)
Left-back: Charlie Daniels (£200,000)
Winger: Matt Ritchie (£500,000)
Central midfielder: Harry Arter (£4,000)
Attacking midfielder: Andrew Surman (£500,000)
Winger: Marc Pugh (£100,000)
Striker: Brett Pitman (£60,000)- Re-signed from Bristol City after selling him for £1m
Striker: Callum Wilson (£3m)
Striker: Tokelo Rantie (£2.5m)

Yes, makes it £6.6m. Still, that's about £2m less than the Grabban/Lalana receipts.

 

[afcb]

I have always thought of Bournemouth as tinpot, even when we were at Gillingham and Withdean. They really are living the dream.

even when we took your NS back in the day...need to learn your history.

 

[Brighton TID]

It's weird that people think this. Even going back as far as when he was still a regular player, he's been absolutely brilliant with the supporters and around the club. He's genuinely always respectful of the opposition, doesn't get carried away (as he could have been with our results of late), just goes about his business quietly. He's quite a shy guy, in as much as I encounter him in and around town and he's always quietly spoken, but willing to talk, that goes back to when he left us for Portsmouth and used to come to games when he got injured.

Obviously I may be biased, but I just love the guy. He's done us well as a player and is now a club legend, our greatest manager of all-time that's given us times we could never have believed just three years ago.

BTW, Having see Cook and Elphick week in, week out for a couple of years, I'd be shocked if either, or both could not get in the center of your defence, but again, I can only speak from my point of view having seen them both play.

Niffink against your man or your team. Best of luck to you mate. Really jealous

 

[afcb]

Goalkeeper: Artur Boruc (loan)
Right-back: Simon Francis (free)
Centre-back: Tommy Elphick (£200,000)
Centre-back: Steve Cook (£150,000)
Left-back: Charlie Daniels (£200,000)
Winger: Matt Ritchie (£500,000)
Central midfielder: Harry Arter (£4,000)
Attacking midfielder: Andrew Surman (£500,000)
Winger: Marc Pugh (£100,000)
Striker: Brett Pitman (£60,000)- Re-signed from Bristol City after selling him for £1m
Striker: Callum Wilson (£3m)
Striker: Tokelo Rantie (£2.5m)

Yes, makes it £6.6m. Still, that's about £2m less than the Grabban/Lalana receipts.

Indeed cheap team and all this wage bollocks spoken by others ?....any reason Cook or Elphick would be on more than at your gaff ?.....Francis was another reject, likewise Pitman on that list. Ritchie moved when Swindon were on the bones of their arse, Kermogant is probably on a decent wedge, Rantie's an odd 'un...Wilson on top wack.

Hardly pushing the boat out.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

even when we took your NS back in the day...need to learn your history.

And that's about it ,never to be seen again
regards
DR

 

[mwrpoole]

They have a good settled CB pairing! If only we had young, English CBs like Steve Cook and Tommy Elphick

ooooooops

They can't be that good, both Colunga & Baldock scored against them ffs.

 

[afcb]

And that's about it ,never to be seen again
regards
DR

but hardly tinpot in a crowd of 30,600

regards

 

[CPFC G]

Indeed cheap team and all this wage bollocks spoken by others ?....any reason Cook or Elphick would be on more than at your gaff ?.....Francis was another reject, likewise Pitman on that list. Ritchie moved when Swindon were on the bones of their arse, Kermogant is probably on a decent wedge, Rantie's an odd 'un...Wilson on top wack.

Hardly pushing the boat out.

Good luck to AFCB, Great to see.

Hope they can keep it going and get up to the premiership.

 

[The_Viper]

Indeed cheap team and all this wage bollocks spoken by others ?....any reason Cook or Elphick would be on more than at your gaff ?.....Francis was another reject, likewise Pitman on that list. Ritchie moved when Swindon were on the bones of their arse, Kermogant is probably on a decent wedge, Rantie's an odd 'un...Wilson on top wack.

Hardly pushing the boat out.

Yet you're expected to fail FFP massively.

http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/...ubs-can-expect-to-receive-a-transfer-embargo-

The 12/13 loss related to L1 – costs will have increased since then. £5.75m cash for Lallana in July unlikely to be enough to remove ban for Summer

Transfer Ban Likelihood?

VERY LIKELY.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

but hardly tinpot in a crowd of 30,600

regards

That's not the point i was making
regards
DR

 

[afcb]

Yet you're expected to fail FFP massively.

http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/...ubs-can-expect-to-receive-a-transfer-embargo-

The 12/13 loss related to L1 – costs will have increased since then. £5.75m cash for Lallana in July unlikely to be enough to remove ban for Summer

Transfer Ban Likelihood?

VERY LIKELY.

The rules were changed today mate, need to find another excuse .....and your chairman voted for it as well..

http://www.football-league.co.uk/ne...hip-financial-fair-play-rules-rg-2066799.aspx