Bournemouth Finances

[Ernest]

Good luck to them my ****ing arse. Never liked the ***** and as soon as they are back in the lower leagues the better. If they do go up then at least we won't have to go to Dean Court next season.

Goldsands Stadium

 

[hart's shirt]

Can't really blame them as they've got a good chance of Premiership football in 6 months time and the subsequent gravy train that goes with it.

However we have the bigger fanbase, better facilities and infrastructure. Our success, when it comes, is likely to be more long-lasting.

 

[El Presidente]

If this is true - then what's our excuse for not reinvesting in the squad, seeing as we sold key players for more than £10m last summer too. Additionally, we have more than twice their attendances.

IIRC Bournemouth were losing £15m a year a couple of years ago, which was slightly more than we were at that time. None of it makes sense, they're either cheating or simply a better run club than us - I doubt it's the latter.

Isn't it cheating that our chairman has stuck £206 million into the club to allow the Albion to have these higher attendances? Isn't it cheating that there are 8 clubs who start the season with a £20 million head start over the rest of the division due to parachute payments?

They've sold players and bought better ones for the same or less money.

We spent the same money we laid out on Ulloa on Baldock and COG. Our record signing has turned out to be a dud. It happens, get over it, if Bournemouth go up then good luck to them.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

Can't really blame them as they've got a good chance of Premiership football in 6 months time and the subsequent gravy train that goes with it.

However we have the bigger fanbase, better facilities and infrastructure. Our success, when it comes, is likely to be more long-lasting.

That's what I was saying. Club needs to be attractive as well as playing good football, because the Premier League is all about show business these days.
More attractive you are the more revenues you will get. Millions of plastics around the world waiting for a club to pick. 10/10 for the stadium, 10/10 for the training facilities, 10/10 for location, just need 10/10 from the players.

 

[8ace]

Goldsands Stadium

Just as shite whatever you want to ****ing call it.

 

[Simster]

Good luck to them my ****ing arse. Never liked the ***** and as soon as they are back in the lower leagues the better. If they do go up then at least we won't have to go to Dean Court next season.

Correct as always, [MENTION=588]8ace[/MENTION].

Bournemouth are a bunch of tin pot twats. I've always disliked them for a couple of reasons: 1) they "hilariously" named their away end "the Brighton beach end" because it was crumbling away and 2) South Today always gave more coverage to that noddy club over ours purely because they are that bit closer to Southampton. Even in the days when we were going for promotion to the top division and they were in division three, they'd give more airtime to these little SHIT-PUFFINS.

And as if you weren't sure how noddy they really are, when they got promoted to league one a few years ago at Burton, this is what their fans sang: "Que sera sera, wherever we'll be we'll be, we're going to St Mary's, que sera sera"

How fking NODDY is that?

I hope they end up in the play offs and end up back in league one where they belong in 18 months time.

 

[symyjym]

It's not rocket science either, they presumably buy the type of player that the manager wants rather than let someone who has never managed or played at a decent level make the decisions whilst being overseen by non football fan bean counters.

Yep, the most important starting point is having a manager who the chairman has 100% faith in and Jeff Mostyn got a bit lucky with Eddie Howe and his history with the club. I don't think that Poyet could have been trusted in the same way.

Hopefully with Hughton here, Bloom can be confident of trusting him with the future of the club the way Mostyn has Howe.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Shame we didn't invest 5m in Vergil and we would have had a season in the Premier League by now.

 

[studio150]

If they keep getting given dodgy penalties anything is possible.

If they don't go up, a meaningless transfer embargo beckons.

 

[Questions]

Correct as always, [MENTION=588]8ace[/MENTION].

Bournemouth are a bunch of tin pot twats. I've always disliked them for a couple of reasons: 1) they "hilariously" named their away end "the Brighton beach end" because it was crumbling away and 2) South Today always gave more coverage to that noddy club over ours purely because they are that bit closer to Southampton. Even in the days when we were going for promotion to the top division and they were in division three, they'd give more airtime to these little SHIT-PUFFINS.

And as if you weren't sure how noddy they really are, when they got promoted to league one a few years ago at Burton, this is what their fans sang: "Que sera sera, wherever we'll be we'll be, we're going to St Mary's, que sera sera"

How fking NODDY is that?

I hope they end up in the play offs and end up back in league one where they belong in 18 months time.

You can't talk about our big rivals of the 60's and early 70's like that.

Oh yes they were.

 

[Puppet Master]

Don't look too jealous do we? Blimey.

Who honestly cares? Good luck to them, especially as Elphick was such a great servant to this club. I'd rather see one of the so called "unfashionable" teams go up (even if they have spent a bit to get there) than hear all the crowing you'd have to endure from the fans of Sheff Weds/Leeds/Forest.

 

[edna krabappel]

They've sold players and bought better ones for the same or less money.

We spent the same money we laid out on Ulloa on Baldock and COG. Our record signing has turned out to be a dud.

So has theirs, in fairness (c. £2 million on Tokelo Rantie, who's been largely complete turd).

 

[Simster]

You can't talk about our big rivals of the 60's and early 70's like that.

Oh yes they were.

I know. And that annoys me too as Bournemouth is 100 miles away.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Correct as always, [MENTION=588]8ace[/MENTION].

Bournemouth are a bunch of tin pot twats. I've always disliked them for a couple of reasons: 1) they "hilariously" named their away end "the Brighton beach end" because it was crumbling away and 2) South Today always gave more coverage to that noddy club over ours purely because they are that bit closer to Southampton. Even in the days when we were going for promotion to the top division and they were in division three, they'd give more airtime to these little SHIT-PUFFINS.

And as if you weren't sure how noddy they really are, when they got promoted to league one a few years ago at Burton, this is what their fans sang: "Que sera sera, wherever we'll be we'll be, we're going to St Mary's, que sera sera"

How fking NODDY is that?

I hope they end up in the play offs and end up back in league one where they belong in 18 months time.

That's more likely to be us pal

 

[edna krabappel]

I know. And that annoys me too as Bournemouth is 100 miles away.

I've never liked them for similar reasons (congratulations on the use of "shit-puffins", by the way. Loving your work). Many many hours of vastly disproportionate TV coverage on the local news channels. Well, local if you live in Hampshire, anyway.

Like many people, I think it's quite obvious that Bournemouth's current financial position is built entirely upon sand, and that they're at the whim of some random Russian bloke who has absolutely no emotional connection with the club or area. When he gets bored or realises he's not going to vastly increase his personal fortune as a result of owning AFC Bournemouth, then he'll take his roubles and piss off, leaving them to get the buckets out and pluckily enter administration for what I would assume would be at least the sixteenth time.

That said, if he's paying for all these players and their expensive wages out of his own pocket, and managing to cook it so that it all appears to be magically within FFP guidelines despite Bournemouth's manifest lack of other income, then they are, albeit highly suspiciously, acting within the rules.

Annoying, isn't it?

 

[WonderingSoton]

We have a thread on here about Bournemouth at least on a fortnightly basis at the moment, and each time our responses seem to sound more and more upset or jealous about them.

We had our time as the south coast darlings and we missed out and have to rebuild. Now it's Bournemouth's turn, they may achieve it or they may miss out and then have to spend a couple years rebuilding themselves. Football is a cycle. Their fans have been through plenty of crap the same as the Albion, both of us are in a better place right now, that's positive.

At the end of it all, Bournemouth passed FFP so the Football League must be content with their books. Other clubs failed. Those who are so angry about finances should direct their anger at those failing clubs - Blackburn and Forest off the top of my head. FFP is far from perfect in itself, but that's not Bournemouth's fault - that's the football league.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

We have a thread on here about Bournemouth at least on a fortnightly basis at the moment, and each time our responses seem to sound more and more upset or jealous about them.

We had our time as the south coast darlings and we missed out and have to rebuild. Now it's Bournemouth's turn, they may achieve it or they may miss out and then have to spend a couple years rebuilding themselves. Football is a cycle. Their fans have been through plenty of crap the same as the Albion, both of us are in a better place right now, that's positive.

At the end of it all, Bournemouth passed FFP so the Football League must be content with their books. Other clubs failed. Those who are so angry about finances should direct their anger at those failing clubs - Blackburn and Forest off the top of my head. FFP is far from perfect in itself, but that's not Bournemouth's fault - that's the football league.

Well said! Lots of sour grapes around, if we had invested wisely at the right time (i.e January 2013), or we didn't ***** the bed in the play off semi final against Palace we might have been in the Premier League by now!!

 

[stevejoneslegend]

Goldsands Stadium

Dean Court...

...and for the last time people... We passed FFP...!!!!! At least some on here seem to actually have done some research and don't come across as being bitter, just because we're sitting at opposite ends of the league...

No, we're not cheating...No, we're not big payers... No, we haven't bought the league as 85% of out team were with us in Lg 1... No, we won't fail FFP next year (I hope), and yes we do only get 11k attendances... As one of you eluded to, capacity is not everything... If we were to be promoted then actually, capacity would probably be at the bottom of the list of our income... It really wouldn't matter...

IMO, 5 million is also stupid money to be spending, and I don't think you'd get many arguments over on our MB either... But Eddie knows who he wants and believes he can do something with this lad... You're also forgetting that turning Grey into a better player would be just plain good business as he'd be worth 3 times that in a couple of years...

Maybe, just maybe, AFC Bournemouth has become a very well run ship and with the benefit of our owner, who is willing to reinvest a lot the money we got in, we can push on and afford a bit more than most perceive us to be able to... Without cheating...!!!!

Good luck with CH, I think you'll end up a lot higher than you currently are, and look forward to visiting the AMEX again soon...

 

[Questions]

they're at the whim of some random Russian bloke who has absolutely no emotional connection with the club or area.


Annoying, isn't it?

You've described just about every Premier and Championship club there. Nationality apart of course.

 

[symyjym]

Dean Court...

...and for the last time people... We passed FFP...!!!!! At least some on here seem to actually have done some research and don't come across as being bitter, just because we're sitting at opposite ends of the league...

No, we're not cheating...No, we're not big payers... No, we haven't bought the league as 85% of out team were with us in Lg 1... No, we won't fail FFP next year (I hope), and yes we do only get 11k attendances... As one of you eluded to, capacity is not everything... If we were to be promoted then actually, capacity would probably be at the bottom of the list of our income... It really wouldn't matter...

IMO, 5 million is also stupid money to be spending, and I don't think you'd get many arguments over on our MB either... But Eddie knows who he wants and believes he can do something with this lad... You're also forgetting that turning Grey into a better player would be just plain good business as he'd be worth 3 times that in a couple of years...

Maybe, just maybe, AFC Bournemouth has become a very well run ship and with the benefit of our owner, who is willing to reinvest a lot the money we got in, we can push on and afford a bit more than most perceive us to be able to... Without cheating...!!!!

Agree. Out of curiosity when is your stadium capacity going to be increased to 18,000?