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Reply | Delap to Arsenal ?
at 10:32 17 May 2025
Makes sense with the Arteta connection. Arteta knows his journey from Man City. Likely to be a squad member but a good stepping stone to be England's no 9. |
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Reply | Bournemouth
at 20:00 10 Mar 2025
We are little Ipswich and I bet MA will want a 40k stadium within 10 years. It is interesting that Bournemouth has better entertainment complexes than Southampton. British football is crazy in many ways. |
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Reply | Bournemouth
at 19:53 10 Mar 2025
There is ample land on the outskirts of Bournemouth to build a 30k stadium. As soon as they won promotion to the PL they should have been given 12 years to build a new stadium. The EFL have basic rules for teams being promoted from the National League. Brighton are a good example they went from a tiny sports ground to a good size stadium. Premier hierarchy is biased in so many ways. |
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Reply | Bournemouth
at 19:38 10 Mar 2025
It is ridiculous that a Premier side play in such a small stadium. Southampton is only down the road and they have a 30+k ground. Therefore the football authorities should make Bournemouth 's home matches pay per view with monies going to club, football grass roots and Premier League. It is crazy to think you can travel to Europe and be able view the match on local TV services . It is time for football supporters to be given more benefits. |
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Reply | People keep banging on about the 140 million quid spent
at 14:38 27 Feb 2025
The Premier League financial rules have this league almost a closed shop. A £400m squad would survive, but a promoted side cannot achieve this without breaking the rules. The manager has had to achieved success from different countries to adapt to the international assortment of players playing in the PL. Since our great years of the 70s and 80s top flight football has changed from recreation sport to scientific conundrum. An offside is dictated by a knee. In the future we could have robots as refs. Whatever way this season ends our club will be in a healthier condition without Marcus Evans at the helm. |
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Reply | 'Appalling' season
at 22:10 25 Feb 2025
The problem is that the Premier League and Sky have made it impossible to compete with a squad valued less than £300m. PL players fight nail and tooth, cheat to safeguard their inflated wages. Fresh PL blood like us cannot adapt fast enough to the current level of an average PL side. Our forward line is generally young and inexperienced at this level. It has been fascinating to see our team trying to match the Man Cities and Liverpool's of this league. This has not been an appalling season, but a lesson of where we could be in a few years. We have been absent for 20 years and we have lost a lot of ground. Believe in KMc and MA. |
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Reply | No subject
at 21:51 30 Jan 2025
We are just like a newly formed company with a talented staff. Unfortunately big corporations are more experienced and don't like teams like us trying to survive and getting stronger in their league with players like LD. If we get by with minimum points (small loses) we survive and grow year by year. The process is painful, but hopefully rewarding. Therefore our recruitment has to be tailored to Premier rules. Keep calm and enjoy our survival mission. |
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Reply | Relegation.
at 15:48 27 Jan 2025
You cannot compare McKenna to Burley as the Premier league is a different beast now. Back in 2001/2 the difference between championship and premier was small compared to today. The top teams have Squads valued at £1b. Our squad is probably around £200m, therefore KMc is trying to create a miracle. Burley's team were men not boys. Tactics were less complicated then; now you need a science degree to formulate a win. Yes we are in a relegation battle with a good chance of survival. Burley had a second season blimp and we fell like a stone. KMc is moulding the team for the long stay . Also the backroom are making better transfer decisions. Two decades of football doesn't allow a comparison. KMc's feats are for today and not stuck in the past. |
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Reply | Axel Rudakubana….
at 13:41 26 Jan 2025
Society and the media has created these monsters. Yes the inmates who he comes across will punish him. I don't know if he knew what the consequences would be. The government needs to drop the age of responsibility to at least the age of 12 where serious injury is the likely result. Because our local services are too easy on individuals very few are punished. There has to be a maximum effort to stop these case individuals growing into heinous monsters. |
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