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His response to the last question seems to be saying everything without saying anything. He indicates that he thinks similar beatings may be be coming this season and, when the follow up asks whether he still hopes to bring more quality in, he says that there are reasons why they haven't been...

All those qualifiers apply to every other promoted club in every other season. They don't give a specific narrative as to why Bournemouth have spent less than their competitors. I'd imagine that a precarious financial situation following spending time in the Championship during the pandemic...

Fair enough. I'd never criticise a club for not spending if they don't think they can. I was only indicating that whereas the Bournemouth board's job is to run the football club and to try to balance atainment with ambition, Parker's was to keep them up. His quotes indicated that he didn't...

Parker presumably tried saying what he thinks in private before saying it in public. Since the big money Sky & BT TV deals started in 2016, only two promoted club have spent less in the summer window than Bournemouth have this year. Norwich spent only £3.75m in 2019/20 and finished bottom of...