Have I missed something? When did Bournemouth become cash rich? 500k is a lot of money for any club in that division.
Sell CMS, are you insane?! I hope this rumour is not true. But only if we've got suitable replacement coming in to replace Hoskins then it could be ideal...
I'm completely sane. If we were offered our money back for CMS I would take it in an instant. Massively over rated imo. I know I am in a minority
Somebody- wish I could remember who now- suggested a few weeks ago that Hoskins was signed at John Stephenson's behest, and wasn't necessarily Gus's pick. I thought it was a LOB at the time, and having seen the player score twice against us at the Memorial Stadium last season, I'd certainly be surprised if Poyet was never interested in him, but maybe there was something in the rumour after all?
Have I missed something? When did Bournemouth become cash rich? 500k is a lot of money for any club in that division.
I'm not as surprised by this as most.
We signed Hoskins very early on and at that time we and Gus would never have thought we had a chance of signing CMS and I would imagine the plan was for Hoskins to lead the attack. Having then somehow signed CMS and declared that we were going to build the team around him I would have thought Gus' plans for Hoskins and the team changed then.
I like Hoskins as a player from what I've seen and would be a bit disapointed to see him go but I have 100% faith in any decision Gus/Tony make and always think its going to work out for the best for the club.
Don't forget that with Hoskins fit and on the bench, Gus chose to put Adgestein on last Saturday.
Still seems a bit short sighted to sell though, unless we need the extra cash for someone else (please not Kitson).
Players get sold all the time without them knowing or forced out of their club. They are often last to hear about it. It's nothing new to football.Looking at it from that angle it makes a bit better sense, I suppose. But I would definitely prefer him to stay, if we use that money to bring Kitson in. Given half a chance, WH could bang in a few goals in for us. It makes it worse, knowing that we agreed a fee without his knowledge.
You most certainly are
Got some new Russian (?) owners now. Odd investment really, if you ask me, Bournemouth have always been a club with finite potential, and I can't ever really see them getting much bigger, no matter how much money they chuck at players.
When did that happen?
I'm completely sane. If we were offered our money back for CMS I would take it in an instant. Massively over rated imo. I know I am in a minority
Annoying for him, annoying for us. But if we now have Torby as a cheap option, letting Hoskins go and bringing in someone else does make some sort of sense. We won't be able to conclude whether or not it's a good piece of business until we see his replacement. Whatever happens, I'll be sad to see him go as I was really excited about him and I don't think we ever saw what he was capable of.