Cherries: Ritchie ready for promotion push (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Cherries: Ritchie ready for promotion push
7:00am Friday 1st February 2013 in Sport
By Neil Perrett
MATT Ritchie is the player Cherries supporters hope will prove to be the final piece of the promotion jigsaw.
And having already himself completed the set, Ritchie’s aim is to see Eddie Howe playing Championship manager at Dean Court next season.
At 23, the mercurial winger is one of the youngest players in the country to have plied his trade in all four divisions of the English game.
Cherries this week ended their lengthy pursuit of Ritchie when they finally managed to prise him from League One rivals Swindon.
Two managers have gone and 14 months have elapsed since Cherries tabled the first of a number of unsuccessful bids for one of the hottest properties in the lower leagues.
However, the recent financial uncertainty at the County Ground enabled Cherries to get their man for a bargain fee in the region of £500,000.
Ritchie agreed personal terms on a lucrative three-and-a-half year contract and is in contention to make his debut when Cherries visit MK Dons tomorrow (3pm kick-off).
“I had some great times at Swindon but felt it was time to move on,” said Ritchie. “I won League Two with Swindon last season and my aim is to add another promotion to my CV this year.
“This is a great opportunity for me to hopefully reach the Championship with Bournemouth and have a successful time here. I really fancy us to do well.
“Both Swindon and Bournemouth are in a great position and I am sure will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season. I am confident we can go up because we have got good backing, a good manager and a very good set of players. I trained today for the first time and you could see the standard is high and there is a lot of ability in the squad.”
Portsmouth-born Ritchie joined his local club as a six-year-old and progressed through the ranks to make two appearances in the Premier League for Pompey in 2009-10.
As a boy, he would watch the likes of Teddy Sheringham and Paul Merson at Fratton Park, although his favourite player was former Swindon and Cherries winger Sammy Igoe.
Ritchie said: “When I was young, I was a Pompey fan and used to watch players like Sheringham, Merson and Patrick Berger, who were great. But Sammy Igoe was my idol. He was a bit like me – small – so I could relate to him!”
Ritchie cut his teeth in the Football League during a season-long loan at Dagenham & Redbridge in 2008-09, featuring in both games when Cherries did the double over the east Londoners on their way to pulling off the Great Escape.
He helped Notts County beat Cherries to the League Two title during a loan spell at Meadow Lane in 2009-10 before joining Swindon for around £200,000 in January 2011 following a loan stay at the County Ground.
League Two player of the year as Swindon romped to the title last season, Ritchie netted twice against Cherries in a 4-0 victory for the Robins in September. He also lined up in the 1-1 draw at Dean Court last month.
“It was like playing two different teams,” he said. “The personnel were similar but the way they played and set up were different. The manager has come in and turned things round.
“In the game here, the organisation throughout the team was spot on. Bournemouth were hard to break down, they had a good work ethic and you could see the mentality was good.
“When you move, people expect things of you and the manager has signed me expecting me to do well. I need to provide and score goals and, hopefully, I can do that and help Bournemouth.
“I am sure the manager can get the best out of me and am really looking forward to working with him.”
MK Dons: (from) Martin, Lewington, Otsemobor, Doumbe, Williams, Potter, Harley, Chicksen, Bowditch, Lowe, McLeod, MacKenzie, Ismail, Alli, Lines, Flanagan, Powell, Rasulo.
Cherries: (from) Jalal, Francis, Cook, Elphick, Seaborne, McQuoid, Fogden, Arter, O’Kane, Pugh, Pitman, Hughes, Grabban, Tubbs, Partington, Fletcher, Ritchie, Daniels, Allsop.
Comments(60)
TedMacsCherryPants
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8:04am Fri 1 Feb 13
Really looking forward to this one and hope there is a big turnout at the away end!
UTCIAD!!!!
rogthedodge123
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8:07am Fri 1 Feb 13
class,class,class-bu
t with Matt we can now go up as champions and Im ready to camp out for next years season ticket
-might check the weather first and good luck tomorrow and it should be a comfortable win especially after MK Dons recent exertions.
smhinto
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8:09am Fri 1 Feb 13
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No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull.
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Regards
ifordcherry
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8:15am Fri 1 Feb 13
Piston_Broke
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8:22am Fri 1 Feb 13
smhinto wrote:Personally, I'd wish Swindon well, and look forward to us ripping up League One next season. But that's all speculation. How sad to see our Wiltshire friends were unable to push through the 3 deals they had lined up yesterday due to their current financial predicament. I bet Mr DiCanio was spitting feathers!
Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt.
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No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull.
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Regards
mattbo
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8:33am Fri 1 Feb 13
CherryFarmer
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8:50am Fri 1 Feb 13
smhinto wrote:How would you know if he is a good player? Yesterday you thought he was a left winger which means you have never seen him play!!!!
Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt.
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No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull.
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Regards
Regards
TedMacsCherryPants
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9:00am Fri 1 Feb 13
mattbo wrote:To what tune mattbo?????
Matt ritchie ooooohhhhh matt Ritchie ooooohhhh he came from Swindon town he made there supporters frown Matt Ritchie ohhhh
nonnogeppetto
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9:01am Fri 1 Feb 13
We some experience of what it is like to lose good players to other teams I hope that your Swindon supporters will remember with appreciation the work you put in whilst at their club.
Now that the 'window' is closed I hope we can get on with the football and get behind our team. Up the mighty Cherries
molbol
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9:03am Fri 1 Feb 13
TedMacsCherryPants wrote:Dean Martin's Volare?
mattbo wrote:To what tune mattbo?????
Matt ritchie ooooohhhhh matt Ritchie ooooohhhh he came from Swindon town he made there supporters frown Matt Ritchie ohhhh
Bpl333
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9:07am Fri 1 Feb 13
nonnogeppetto
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9:09am Fri 1 Feb 13
smhinto wrote:Smhinto will you give me until the 27th of April to answer your 'food for thought'!!
Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt. . No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull. . Regards
I hope that will know before then of course!!
smhinto
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9:13am Fri 1 Feb 13
CherryFarmer wrote:My dear Friend - I can assure you I have seen Ritchie play on numerous occasions and he always played on the Left. However, if he is comfortable on the right also, then all the better for us.
smhinto wrote: Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt. . No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull. . RegardsHow would you know if he is a good player? Yesterday you thought he was a left winger which means you have never seen him play!!!! Regards
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I now suppose that Fogdens position may be under threat. I wonder where will we deply Ryan Frazer.
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Regards
Justin Otherfan
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9:17am Fri 1 Feb 13
smhinto wrote:Wow! How can you try and get something negative out of this signing? Most people on here are trying to decide whether we will go up automatically or via the play offs. Can you not see that things are going well for us at the moment and enjoy it for a while? With things the way they are at the County Ground I think your suggestion is very unlikely. We have made amazing progress under the new manager and have slashed the gap between us and the top teams. there is now no team in League 1 that we should be worried about. Wary, yes, worried, no. We have the squad to keep our momentum going. yes we may drop points along the way and our reaction to that will be vital, but I am confident we will achieve our goal. do you think Swindon have a stronger squad than us, more capable of pushing for promotion? I would suggest not after the transfer window closed. Although your thoughts are sometimes annoying I have tried to keep this reasoned. I have tried to give my opinion in a constructive manner. I wait to see what insulting names you start to throw around today!
Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt.
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No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull.
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Regards
CherryFarmer
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9:59am Fri 1 Feb 13
smhinto wrote:My dear friend.....really not sure where Ryan Frazer will play.....as he is not in our squad. We bought Ryan Fraser this week and as others have said on here, as an 18 year old, he is probably our future (not saying he won't get any game time now) but Eddie will have an eye on developing him in the squad. He may have to wait on the subs bench for a while unless injuries allow him the start games.
CherryFarmer wrote:My dear Friend - I can assure you I have seen Ritchie play on numerous occasions and he always played on the Left. However, if he is comfortable on the right also, then all the better for us.
smhinto wrote: Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt. . No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull. . RegardsHow would you know if he is a good player? Yesterday you thought he was a left winger which means you have never seen him play!!!! Regards
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I now suppose that Fogdens position may be under threat. I wonder where will we deply Ryan Frazer.
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Regards
Regards
smhinto
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9:59am Fri 1 Feb 13
Justin Otherfan wrote:Totally agree with you . However, my posts is not negative, just to ivoke some thoughts nothing more.
smhinto wrote: Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt. . No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull. . RegardsWow! How can you try and get something negative out of this signing? Most people on here are trying to decide whether we will go up automatically or via the play offs. Can you not see that things are going well for us at the moment and enjoy it for a while? With things the way they are at the County Ground I think your suggestion is very unlikely. We have made amazing progress under the new manager and have slashed the gap between us and the top teams. there is now no team in League 1 that we should be worried about. Wary, yes, worried, no. We have the squad to keep our momentum going. yes we may drop points along the way and our reaction to that will be vital, but I am confident we will achieve our goal. do you think Swindon have a stronger squad than us, more capable of pushing for promotion? I would suggest not after the transfer window closed. Although your thoughts are sometimes annoying I have tried to keep this reasoned. I have tried to give my opinion in a constructive manner. I wait to see what insulting names you start to throw around today!
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Many thanks for answering the post in a sensible manner.
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Regards
Afcbpete
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10:20am Fri 1 Feb 13
Justin Otherfan wrote:Welcome Matt, your join the club at an amasing time, hope you have a highly successful career here. Bringing in new players halfway through a season does not mean they are going to gel imedialtely, we have no God given right to promotion. It could be the events of the last couple of days install a siege mentality at Swindon and they go on and achieve promotion and good luck to them. Spending money does not always bring success, although saying all that I honestly believe we will give it a hell of a go and won't be far away. We play many of the top teams at home soon, it goes without saying, those are vital. IF we don't succeed, NEXT season should be incredible. I'm enjoying every game as it comes along, what happens, happens. But the big thing now, is we all know the team give there all, we have an outstanding duo in Eddie/Jason, SO grateful to Maxim for his investment, we couldn't ask for much else. All we need to do in return is to give our wholehearted support, which the vast majority do anyway. Happy Days... UTCIAD
smhinto wrote:Wow! How can you try and get something negative out of this signing? Most people on here are trying to decide whether we will go up automatically or via the play offs. Can you not see that things are going well for us at the moment and enjoy it for a while? With things the way they are at the County Ground I think your suggestion is very unlikely. We have made amazing progress under the new manager and have slashed the gap between us and the top teams. there is now no team in League 1 that we should be worried about. Wary, yes, worried, no. We have the squad to keep our momentum going. yes we may drop points along the way and our reaction to that will be vital, but I am confident we will achieve our goal. do you think Swindon have a stronger squad than us, more capable of pushing for promotion? I would suggest not after the transfer window closed. Although your thoughts are sometimes annoying I have tried to keep this reasoned. I have tried to give my opinion in a constructive manner. I wait to see what insulting names you start to throw around today!
Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt.
.
No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull.
.
Regards
Square Old Codger
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10:57am Fri 1 Feb 13
Wilkie
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11:05am Fri 1 Feb 13
Justin Otherfan
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11:08am Fri 1 Feb 13
Afcbpete wrote:I agree with a lot of what you have said Pete. I agree we do not have a god given right to go up. The hard work and efforts being put in by the squad are what will win promotion at the end of the day. I also agree that it takes time for new player to adjust to the team, but I feel the squad we had were good enough to go up. The new additions enhance and strengthen what was an excellent team playing incredibly well. Barring injuries we should have it covered while they settle in. Would you agree with this?I am just enjoying the ride and watching good exciting football again! Role on tomorrow and 3 more points!
Justin Otherfan wrote:Welcome Matt, your join the club at an amasing time, hope you have a highly successful career here. Bringing in new players halfway through a season does not mean they are going to gel imedialtely, we have no God given right to promotion. It could be the events of the last couple of days install a siege mentality at Swindon and they go on and achieve promotion and good luck to them. Spending money does not always bring success, although saying all that I honestly believe we will give it a hell of a go and won't be far away. We play many of the top teams at home soon, it goes without saying, those are vital. IF we don't succeed, NEXT season should be incredible. I'm enjoying every game as it comes along, what happens, happens. But the big thing now, is we all know the team give there all, we have an outstanding duo in Eddie/Jason, SO grateful to Maxim for his investment, we couldn't ask for much else. All we need to do in return is to give our wholehearted support, which the vast majority do anyway. Happy Days... UTCIAD
smhinto wrote:Wow! How can you try and get something negative out of this signing? Most people on here are trying to decide whether we will go up automatically or via the play offs. Can you not see that things are going well for us at the moment and enjoy it for a while? With things the way they are at the County Ground I think your suggestion is very unlikely. We have made amazing progress under the new manager and have slashed the gap between us and the top teams. there is now no team in League 1 that we should be worried about. Wary, yes, worried, no. We have the squad to keep our momentum going. yes we may drop points along the way and our reaction to that will be vital, but I am confident we will achieve our goal. do you think Swindon have a stronger squad than us, more capable of pushing for promotion? I would suggest not after the transfer window closed. Although your thoughts are sometimes annoying I have tried to keep this reasoned. I have tried to give my opinion in a constructive manner. I wait to see what insulting names you start to throw around today!
Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt.
.
No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull.
.
Regards
jontee
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11:22am Fri 1 Feb 13
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So let's see, we have signed 2 more wee wingers which we hardly needed, and we have shipped out a class defender, an area in which we are stretched.
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But y'know, I've got this strange idea Eddie knows what he's doing. This is why he's AFCB manager and I'm not !
mossy 1
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11:41am Fri 1 Feb 13
Wilkie wrote:How about this ;the opposing full back and left midfield are relieved to see Ritchie going off after 70 mins having been given a torrid time being turned inside out and looking forward to a breather,imagine their horror when a fresh pair of legs in the form of Ryan Fraser appears,or Pughie goes off and MR switches sides and RF goes on the right,and with only 20 mins left unlikely the opposition would be able to reorganise themselves.
To answer about where Ryan may fit in, I wonder whether Josh might be moved inside and depitise for Lewis as the mobile, as I sense this is his best position (he scored goals for fun from there in his 1st stint). That would leave us with Pugh, Fogden, McDemott, Fraser and Ritchie vying for the 2 starting positions. My feeling is that wingers are the one position where you need to be sharpest, else it is difficult to skin full backs. For this reason it is great to have the resources to rest any of our wingers who are jaded through overplaying or niggles. Given that Ritchie may be able to deputise for either full back, I see there being plenty of scope for at least 4 of the 5 above getting plenty of game time, with McDermott perhaps being squeezed out.
Afcbpete
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11:45am Fri 1 Feb 13
Justin Otherfan wrote:Yes, totally agree. Expectations are very high, and rightly so. I'm just trying to take a realistic stance. Ritchie can fit in all over the park, although to have him at left back seems a waste in some ways. But this is where Fraser comes in. If he can mix it in the SPL, then I don't see Div1 being to much of a problem, but it's still an adjustment for him. This IS AFCB we're talking about, I've had more than 50 years of downs and a few ups, all I'm trying to do is remain grounded and whilst I can see us going up automatically, I dare'nt hope for that, as too often I've seen us fade away. Some of the football played 2nd half last Saturday was quite frankly brilliant, which shows how far they've come and what they're trying to attain, and that's with the current squad and no additions. It was only listening to Eddie that I realised Ritchie was so versatile, which hopefully answers a few questions, as it did for me. Eddie is building a squad for the Championship and it's great that the average age is pretty low. It's been an incredible few months and I'm loving it... UTCIAD
Afcbpete wrote:I agree with a lot of what you have said Pete. I agree we do not have a god given right to go up. The hard work and efforts being put in by the squad are what will win promotion at the end of the day. I also agree that it takes time for new player to adjust to the team, but I feel the squad we had were good enough to go up. The new additions enhance and strengthen what was an excellent team playing incredibly well. Barring injuries we should have it covered while they settle in. Would you agree with this?I am just enjoying the ride and watching good exciting football again! Role on tomorrow and 3 more points!
Justin Otherfan wrote:Welcome Matt, your join the club at an amasing time, hope you have a highly successful career here. Bringing in new players halfway through a season does not mean they are going to gel imedialtely, we have no God given right to promotion. It could be the events of the last couple of days install a siege mentality at Swindon and they go on and achieve promotion and good luck to them. Spending money does not always bring success, although saying all that I honestly believe we will give it a hell of a go and won't be far away. We play many of the top teams at home soon, it goes without saying, those are vital. IF we don't succeed, NEXT season should be incredible. I'm enjoying every game as it comes along, what happens, happens. But the big thing now, is we all know the team give there all, we have an outstanding duo in Eddie/Jason, SO grateful to Maxim for his investment, we couldn't ask for much else. All we need to do in return is to give our wholehearted support, which the vast majority do anyway. Happy Days... UTCIAD
smhinto wrote:Wow! How can you try and get something negative out of this signing? Most people on here are trying to decide whether we will go up automatically or via the play offs. Can you not see that things are going well for us at the moment and enjoy it for a while? With things the way they are at the County Ground I think your suggestion is very unlikely. We have made amazing progress under the new manager and have slashed the gap between us and the top teams. there is now no team in League 1 that we should be worried about. Wary, yes, worried, no. We have the squad to keep our momentum going. yes we may drop points along the way and our reaction to that will be vital, but I am confident we will achieve our goal. do you think Swindon have a stronger squad than us, more capable of pushing for promotion? I would suggest not after the transfer window closed. Although your thoughts are sometimes annoying I have tried to keep this reasoned. I have tried to give my opinion in a constructive manner. I wait to see what insulting names you start to throw around today!
Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt.
.
No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull.
.
Regards
big_afcb_fan
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11:58am Fri 1 Feb 13
coops1965
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12:19pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Couple that with the obvious ambition of the board it is a win win situation.
I am off to the franchise to see them get demolished by the mighty cherries.
Fear us , Fear us Fear us.
We are going up !!!!!!
Luffbracherry
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12:21pm Fri 1 Feb 13
smhinto wrote:I would say good luck Swindon, bad luck Bournemouth, heads down and try again
Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt.
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No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull.
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Regards
big_afcb_fan
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12:25pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Wilkie
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12:26pm Fri 1 Feb 13
coops1965
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12:27pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Luffbracherry wrote:You see this is just the negative garbage I am talking about, utter rot !
smhinto wrote:I would say good luck Swindon, bad luck Bournemouth, heads down and try again
Food for thought folks. With all this hype over Ritchie (An excellent player i have to say). How would we look if Swindon gain promotion this season and we do'nt.
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No doubt we would take some flack from the Swindon faithfull.
.
Regards
Half full or as in your case half empty, we have had so many years of no success you have got to relish and revel in the good times.
Oh by the way stuff Swindon they would have no sympathy for us or anyone else for that matter.
We go up this season and yes even if we don't Swindon certainly will not either because Mr stroppy pants Di Canio will have left by then !
bobsworthforever
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12:28pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Afcbpete
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12:44pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Wilkie wrote:Mossy is SO right, I was thinking pretty much the same myself. Who'd be a defender. As you say Wilkie, it's a shame about the ground, I believe it was built in such a way we can fill in the sides and even go up another tier if needed, but that won't happen unless we own it again. I am surprised there is no temporary stand, reasons we obviously no nothing about, because it makes no economic sense.
mossy, that's exactly how I hope it will pan out. Pete, I first attended DC about 36 years ago, so missed the Bond era but was back in Bournemouth for the Div 2 Redknapp era. During both of these we were cash strapped and knew we couldn't hold on to our manager or players. This time is different. I hope Maxim is enjoying it as much as we are, that his businesses will continue to flourish and that he will find ways to write off money into the club. Also hope that we can have an announcement before too long that they have come to an agreement with Structuredene. Shame about the new houses behind the East stand though, as this is going to really stuff up future ground development if we start to look beyond just surviving in the Championship when we get there.
Is that you Lovesey
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12:58pm Fri 1 Feb 13
To you Bournemouth fans, you keep going on about how good your team is, well look up the table and Matty was one of the reasons we are above you, the player is absolute class, he has the odd off game but delivers in 95% of the games he plays in, IMO he is better than the other players you have in that position and the number of goals he scores and chances he creates will make you a better team, his workrate is fantastic.
Good luck for the rest of the season.
golfer33
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1:03pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Think its about time Fletcher hung up his boots.
LeGod
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1:22pm Fri 1 Feb 13
i seriously hope he does well at your club and i've no gripes with Bournemouth even though i've come on here and wound a few up but all tongue in cheek stuff.
Good luck Bournemouth for the rest of the season.
Good Luck Matt
Bpl333
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1:55pm Fri 1 Feb 13
jontee wrote:We did need another winger as our right hand side is the weak link to the side at the moment.
Phew. What a relief. It's 1 Feb and we didn't sign Bartley !
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So let's see, we have signed 2 more wee wingers which we hardly needed, and we have shipped out a class defender, an area in which we are stretched.
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But y'know, I've got this strange idea Eddie knows what he's doing. This is why he's AFCB manager and I'm not !
Fraser is for the future, and Ritchie is a class act.
LeGod
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2:05pm Fri 1 Feb 13
He is a passionte and dedicated manager who is very intelligent and has learnt very quickly. Do not underestimate him he is clever and a good tactician. He demands 100% from his players not just in training but during games and anything less he will pull you off the pitch even if the game is 15 -20 minutes old.
Yes he very animated on the touchline but he's always been like that as a player and now manager.
He has been the best thing for our club for a long time and one day we know he will leave but he is totally dedicated to the cause and loved by the fans and he would be felt in exactly the same way if was at any other club.
There are too many average dull boring managers in football and i like characters in the game and he is certainly one but dont knock him for the way he is.
He's been in management 18 months got us promoted to a final and third in the table this season and gave us our best fa cup run last season for a long time.
You have a good manager who goes about his business in a quiet manner ours is different but if they were all the same it would be boring.
One thing you can say is because of his excellent playing career he brings alot of media attention for us and bigger sponsorship.
Court Side
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2:21pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Wilkie
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2:47pm Fri 1 Feb 13
4stands
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3:03pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Piston_Broke
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3:08pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Mike Oxbig
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3:17pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Piston_Broke wrote:Silly-Billy..... http://www.bournemou
The jury is considering their verdict at The Old Bailey. The Argus in Brighton have covered the case live, unlike the Ohec!
thecho.co.uk/news/10
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Piston_Broke
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3:21pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Mike Oxbig wrote:Doh! Should have gone to Specsavers. For afcbpete's benefit, that is should HAVE gone, not should OF gone!
Piston_Broke wrote:Silly-Billy..... http://www.bournemou
The jury is considering their verdict at The Old Bailey. The Argus in Brighton have covered the case live, unlike the Ohec!
thecho.co.uk/news/10
200554.Steve_Cook_tr
ial__accuser__would_
resort_to_saying_any
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jontee
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3:39pm Fri 1 Feb 13
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Whee is all this talk of auto promotion/title coming from ? Have these people seen how far ahead the top 2 are ?
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We have too many top teams to play and I doubt if we will make the play-offs. Certainly that is the best we can hope for. Our season didn't start until October. We can't keep up the form from Oct/Dec right through.
Bpl333
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3:49pm Fri 1 Feb 13
jontee wrote:Talk about Mr Optimistic.....
If Ritchie was that goodhe would have gone long since to a championship club.
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Whee is all this talk of auto promotion/title coming from ? Have these people seen how far ahead the top 2 are ?
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We have too many top teams to play and I doubt if we will make the play-offs. Certainly that is the best we can hope for. Our season didn't start until October. We can't keep up the form from Oct/Dec right through.
We need to keep our form up, but hey we are in the mix and there is still a lot of points to play for....for me tomorrow is mightly important for both a warning to the league and confidence if we can go and get 3 points there!
vikingred
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3:51pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Afcbpete
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3:58pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Piston_Broke wrote:I'm past saving :)
Mike Oxbig wrote:Doh! Should have gone to Specsavers. For afcbpete's benefit, that is should HAVE gone, not should OF gone!
Piston_Broke wrote:Silly-Billy..... http://www.bournemou
The jury is considering their verdict at The Old Bailey. The Argus in Brighton have covered the case live, unlike the Ohec!
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Justin Otherfan
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5:37pm Fri 1 Feb 13
jontee wrote:Jontee, we are all aware how far ahead the top two are. we are also aware of what has been happening on the pitch and in the transfer market. There are still 17 games to go! We are only 7 points from the top two places. After beating Orient in October (18 games ago) we were 19 points off the top spot. We have made up 12 points in a similar number of games to those that remain. In that run of games we have played some of the top teams, including victories against Tranmere at home (3-1) and Doncaster away (0-1). Most of our toughest games coming up at the moment are home matches which should give an extra advantage. Hopefully this will show you that automatic promotion is possible. You can't blame people for being optimists.
If Ritchie was that goodhe would have gone long since to a championship club.
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Whee is all this talk of auto promotion/title coming from ? Have these people seen how far ahead the top 2 are ?
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We have too many top teams to play and I doubt if we will make the play-offs. Certainly that is the best we can hope for. Our season didn't start until October. We can't keep up the form from Oct/Dec right through.
swindonbob
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6:12pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Exiled Red
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7:03pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Justin Otherfan wrote:Bang on
jontee wrote:Jontee, we are all aware how far ahead the top two are. we are also aware of what has been happening on the pitch and in the transfer market. There are still 17 games to go! We are only 7 points from the top two places. After beating Orient in October (18 games ago) we were 19 points off the top spot. We have made up 12 points in a similar number of games to those that remain. In that run of games we have played some of the top teams, including victories against Tranmere at home (3-1) and Doncaster away (0-1). Most of our toughest games coming up at the moment are home matches which should give an extra advantage. Hopefully this will show you that automatic promotion is possible. You can't blame people for being optimists.
If Ritchie was that goodhe would have gone long since to a championship club.
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Whee is all this talk of auto promotion/title coming from ? Have these people seen how far ahead the top 2 are ?
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We have too many top teams to play and I doubt if we will make the play-offs. Certainly that is the best we can hope for. Our season didn't start until October. We can't keep up the form from Oct/Dec right through.
and if we do win tomorrow MK will be 9 points behind with 2 games in hand
Like us they have a rearranged game away to Crewe but the other two games are Doncaster home and away
Results of games like this
a) consolidate play off position
abd/or b) enable us to close in on top two
UTCIADjack
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7:56pm Fri 1 Feb 13
West moors 1
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curryandstella
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9:37pm Fri 1 Feb 13
STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road
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10:48pm Fri 1 Feb 13
UTCIADjack wrote:He will be named Nottingham Forest manager next week.!!!!.
Di canio considering his position at Swindon accordin to sky..... Are arrogant friends down the road don't seem so happy now!
TedMacsCherryPants
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11:04pm Fri 1 Feb 13
curryandstella wrote:I'll be there along with Mrs TedMacs!!!
im going tomorrow, who else? utc
Some gracious comments from the Swindle faithful, not such bad lads after all and good luck to them! Rest assured we will support young Matt R as well of the rest of our boys, the rest of the season looks interesting.
Said it before and say it again ....bring on the 'Dons we go for 3pts...UTC!!!!
bigfatsteve
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11:47pm Fri 1 Feb 13
curryandstella wrote:Looking forward to seeing Matt's debut game tomorrow. Here's hoping it'll be well worth the trip. Three points will put us in a good position in the league, ready for the big push. Expectations will now, be really high, very soon we are going to tear some team apart, let's hope it's tomorrow.
im going tomorrow, who else? utc
golfer33
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8:55am Sat 2 Feb 13
Justin Otherfan wrote:30 pts maximum needed for play off places thats 9 wins 3 draws from 17 matches should be an odds on bet.
jontee wrote: If Ritchie was that goodhe would have gone long since to a championship club. . Whee is all this talk of auto promotion/title coming from ? Have these people seen how far ahead the top 2 are ? . We have too many top teams to play and I doubt if we will make the play-offs. Certainly that is the best we can hope for. Our season didn't start until October. We can't keep up the form from Oct/Dec right through.Jontee, we are all aware how far ahead the top two are. we are also aware of what has been happening on the pitch and in the transfer market. There are still 17 games to go! We are only 7 points from the top two places. After beating Orient in October (18 games ago) we were 19 points off the top spot. We have made up 12 points in a similar number of games to those that remain. In that run of games we have played some of the top teams, including victories against Tranmere at home (3-1) and Doncaster away (0-1). Most of our toughest games coming up at the moment are home matches which should give an extra advantage. Hopefully this will show you that automatic promotion is possible. You can't blame people for being optimists.
cant see us losing over 2 legs in the play offs so we should have a good chance of going up.
big_afcb_fan
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9:27am Sat 2 Feb 13
curryandstella
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10:32am Sat 2 Feb 13
STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road
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1:32pm Sat 2 Feb 13
Frankiesbackfromhollywood says...
7:29am Fri 1 Feb 13