[Football] Smug Eddie

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Their fate will be determined by whether their injured players return soon or they can recruit quality in January.

Their second string is manifestly not going to survive in the Premier League

Their first XI could

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Sack Howe and Bournemouth will fall apart. Would be mad to let him go even if they went down.

Agreed, Eddie Howe IS Bournemouth.

 

[dwayne]

Their fate will be determined by whether their injured players return soon or they can recruit quality in January.

Their second string is manifestly not going to survive in the Premier League

Their first XI could

They only have Ake and brooks out. The rest are back. They will be fine. Better squad than us. They will push up the table they always do.

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[wigman]

Any talk of sacking him is farcical.
He has worked wonders there.

 

[Beach Hut]

Losing Ake was devastating. Almost a VVD of a defender and player.

Ake is a superb player, interesting times for them as despite being injured it is likely a big money bid will come in for him this month

 

[zefarelly]

He deserves the full season.

I couldn't give a shit if they go down or not TBH as long as it's not at our expense. . .that's for us to decide.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

He deserves the full season.

I couldn't give a shit if they go down or not TBH as long as it's not at our expense. . .that's for us to decide.

Fair point.

 

[LamieRobertson]

They only have Ake and brooks out. The rest are back. They will be fine. Better squad than us. They will push up the table they always do.

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It just seems a little different this time ...they ‘normally’ slump and then recover...this time they slumped ...won at Chelsea ...drew at home to Arsenal and now lost the next two, conceding six. Their forwards are misfiring and Edward ‘looks’ a bit off it. Gut tells me ‘always’ may come to an end

 

[swindonseagull]

Losing Ake was devastating. Almost a VVD of a defender and player.

My heart bleeds.

 

[Easy 10]

Figures from last year show 89% of their revenue comes from TV. Their wages-to-turnover is at 76% (2nd highest only to Evertons 77%) although this is at least a significant change to that bet-the-farm season they won promotion, when wages to turnover was running at an eyewatering 230% (hence the £7m fine for cheating their way up).

If they go down then they are fooked. I'd really love that.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

They only have Ake and brooks out. The rest are back. They will be fine. Better squad than us. They will push up the table they always do.

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Yes a few injuries, that’s what squads are for. I’d question if theirs is better than ours.

 

[Wardy's twin]

If Smug Eddie had come here as manager I for one would have been pleased, he is a good manager who gets his team to play good football and that's is no disrespect to Hughton or Potter.

I have no bias against them as a team but my only wish is that they finish below us.

 

[Weststander]

My heart bleeds.

If they went down I wouldn’t be sad in the slightest. But the relegations of any of Villa, CP, Norwich and Stains would also be funny/satisfying imho.

Strangely, despite racist Rodriguez and their racist/homophobic supporters, I have no interest in Burnley. Don’t know why.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

If Smug Eddie had come here as manager I for one would have been pleased, he is a good manager who gets his team to play good football and that's is no disrespect to Hughton or Potter.

I have no bias against them as a team but my only wish is that they finish below us.

A good manager l agree, although his success is to a large part down to the fact that he has been allowed to spend fairly big money on players. The reason that success dried up during his ill fated spell at Burnley, was because he had to make do with what he had.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I think Bournemouth have brought something to the Prem and tried to play entertaining football. Eddie Howe has done an amazing job but the injuries have happened to his best players. Now, you fancy a few might be on the phone to their agents.

I put Eddie Howe alongside Roberto Martinez as managers i'd like to see at the Albion if we were to lose Potter.

 

[dwayne]

It just seems a little different this time ...they ‘normally’ slump and then recover...this time they slumped ...won at Chelsea ...drew at home to Arsenal and now lost the next two, conceding six. Their forwards are misfiring and Edward ‘looks’ a bit off it. Gut tells me ‘always’ may come to an end

It seems different in this very short period of time where they've rushed a load of unfit players back from injury.

I would love to be pleasantly surprised but it's sadly just another Watford situation where we are being lulled into a false sense of security I reckon.

The only glimmer is if Howe has lost some of the players as bmuff seem intent on not selling anyone. A situation we may find ourselves in the next couple of years if we stay up.

 

[LamieRobertson]

It seems different in this very short period of time where they've rushed a load of unfit players back from injury.

I would love to be pleasantly surprised but it's sadly just another Watford situation where we are being lulled into a false sense of security I reckon.

The only glimmer is if Howe has lost some of the players as bmuff seem intent on not selling anyone. A situation we may find ourselves in the next couple of years if we stay up.

Fair enough...gut tells me otherwise..we’ll just have to wait and see

 

[Triggaaar]

In today's climate, what club would stick with a manager as much as Bournemouth have with EH!

We are only 4 points above them.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Figures from last year show 89% of their revenue comes from TV. Their wages-to-turnover is at 76% (2nd highest only to Evertons 77%) although this is at least a significant change to that bet-the-farm season they won promotion, when wages to turnover was running at an eyewatering 230% (hence the £7m fine for cheating their way up).

If they go down then they are fooked. I'd really love that.

This. If they went down I'd laugh so hard I'd probably get a hernia, and it would be worth it.

 

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Figures from last year show 89% of their revenue comes from TV. Their wages-to-turnover is at 76% (2nd highest only to Evertons 77%) although this is at least a significant change to that bet-the-farm season they won promotion, when wages to turnover was running at an eyewatering 230% (hence the £7m fine for cheating their way up).

If they go down then they are fooked. I'd really love that.

They have lots of good assets and parachute money Ake has to be worth 40 million. Brooks 25 million Wilson god knows