Cherries: Boss Howe could trim his squad (From Bournemouth Echo)

Finally there is some common sense around the club, this squad has been fat and lazy and needs trimming badly, it will not only make for financial stability with the wages but will give the players who Howe decides are the squad all a chance of playing for the first team, they will be more hungry and all fighting for a starting place, yep full on common sense at last!!

Squad is imbalanced and a lot of the fringe players aren't good enough so just wasting money ; quality not quantity

What does not make sence is that howe said we had to make a choice on our best 2 goal keepers, so got rid of james, well james is and was far better than jalal. We never get the truth from the club, if james had played 1 more game a new contract would have had to be offered to him.

Still no answers from the board regarding what is really happening behind the scenes. Doom and gloom maybe but something big is going on. Don't say that I didn't warn you.

white 147 wrote:
What does not make sence is that howe said we had to make a choice on our best 2 goal keepers, so got rid of james, well james is and was far better than jalal. We never get the truth from the club, if james had played 1 more game a new contract would have had to be offered to him.

Moving forward Jalal is the better choice for the squad, that's why Howe let James go, there is no doubting what David did for us whilst here and his pedigree but Jalal is already on a contract for next season and James would have meant more expense! We now have the younger keeper Allsop in goal and he will want to hold onto the keepers shirt for the rest of the season and into next.

AFCBade wrote:
Squad is imbalanced and a lot of the fringe players aren't good enough so just wasting money ; quality not quantity

agree big time, best to have 18 quality players than 30 average players. UTCIAD

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ywood wrote:

white 147 wrote: What does not make sence is that howe said we had to make a choice on our best 2 goal keepers, so got rid of james, well james is and was far better than jalal. We never get the truth from the club, if james had played 1 more game a new contract would have had to be offered to him.

Moving forward Jalal is the better choice for the squad, that's why Howe let James go, there is no doubting what David did for us whilst here and his pedigree but Jalal is already on a contract for next season and James would have meant more expense! We now have the younger keeper Allsop in goal and he will want to hold onto the keepers shirt for the rest of the season and into next.

Here is my take on the situation for the benefit of fans who do not take a bit of time to reflect carefully before they post.
James was brought in by the old regime as a desperate attempt to turn the tide. We were still shipping goals when James was playing. That is why PG was sacked. EH did not replace James because he wanted to see things for himself. Our situation improved because EH had the defence better organised in front of James. But, I was at the Swindon game and we got out of jail because their forwards missed one open goal after the other on several occasions when James had gone walkies.
My guess is that Jalal is on a low salary having accepted a three-year contract at a time when the whole squad and the manager were flogged to the highest bidder. Then came the Demin money and ordinary players were brought in at very high wages, also under the former regime. EH now has to pick up the pieces and try to make sense of the whole thing.
My concern is that EH will lose concentration on the field trying to sort things out off it, issues that should be dealt with by a competent director. His judgement has, in my opinion, been visibly impaired looking at the unwarranted changes and the ensuing results.

Dukecherry wrote:

Frankiesbackfromholl

ywood wrote:

white 147 wrote: What does not make sence is that howe said we had to make a choice on our best 2 goal keepers, so got rid of james, well james is and was far better than jalal. We never get the truth from the club, if james had played 1 more game a new contract would have had to be offered to him.

Moving forward Jalal is the better choice for the squad, that's why Howe let James go, there is no doubting what David did for us whilst here and his pedigree but Jalal is already on a contract for next season and James would have meant more expense! We now have the younger keeper Allsop in goal and he will want to hold onto the keepers shirt for the rest of the season and into next.

Here is my take on the situation for the benefit of fans who do not take a bit of time to reflect carefully before they post.
James was brought in by the old regime as a desperate attempt to turn the tide. We were still shipping goals when James was playing. That is why PG was sacked. EH did not replace James because he wanted to see things for himself. Our situation improved because EH had the defence better organised in front of James. But, I was at the Swindon game and we got out of jail because their forwards missed one open goal after the other on several occasions when James had gone walkies.
My guess is that Jalal is on a low salary having accepted a three-year contract at a time when the whole squad and the manager were flogged to the highest bidder. Then came the Demin money and ordinary players were brought in at very high wages, also under the former regime. EH now has to pick up the pieces and try to make sense of the whole thing.
My concern is that EH will lose concentration on the field trying to sort things out off it, issues that should be dealt with by a competent director. His judgement has, in my opinion, been visibly impaired looking at the unwarranted changes and the ensuing results.

I will cut through all that waffle for the rest of us, James has gone, we can't afford him!! more players will leave, we can't afford them either!! Mitchell has overspent and now Howe has to cut the wage bill. There that's simpler for us all isn't it?

I'm sure the restructuring behind the scenes and trimming of the squad has more to do with league financial rules than the club being in trouble. We have a core of very good players on high wages and a long list of lesser players on lower salaries that have no chance of getting anywhere near the first team. They all need to go and some genuine top quality squad players recruited in their place during the summer, whatever league we're in.
I hear Painter has gone back to Brighton today, which doesn't surprise me as he flopped very badly for us, and some youth players have also been released. In the summer we need to get shot of McDermott, Flahaven, Purches, Sheringham, Zubar, Fletcher, Partington, Meades and Stockley. (Naturally the injured players should remain until they are fully fit and can find new clubs.)
Sorry if those choices seem hard to some but the club needs to move on. None of them are Championship material or even close to being in a promotion chasing team.
UTCIAD.

Five more gone today,. Painter back to Brighton and four of the development squad players also left, these are all happening now and not at the end of the season, questions are being asked by someone at the club that's for sure!! Mitchell (fill in family members name here) what have you been doing with all that money?

I have had a really really brilliant idea....as part of the trimming/ re financing/ review etc etc why not ask certain individulas to re-apply for their own job - happens all the time - it did to me.
Then we can say bye bye Groves and bye bye Brooks...only an idea, shame it will never happen ...or could it, Comrade ?

boyerboy wrote:
I have had a really really brilliant idea....as part of the trimming/ re financing/ review etc etc why not ask certain individulas to re-apply for their own job - happens all the time - it did to me.
Then we can say bye bye Groves and bye bye Brooks...only an idea, shame it will never happen ...or could it, Comrade ?

Maybe that include the likes of Neil blake and tommy mitchell

The Renegade Master wrote:
I'm sure the restructuring behind the scenes and trimming of the squad has more to do with league financial rules than the club being in trouble. We have a core of very good players on high wages and a long list of lesser players on lower salaries that have no chance of getting anywhere near the first team. They all need to go and some genuine top quality squad players recruited in their place during the summer, whatever league we're in. I hear Painter has gone back to Brighton today, which doesn't surprise me as he flopped very badly for us, and some youth players have also been released. In the summer we need to get shot of McDermott, Flahaven, Purches, Sheringham, Zubar, Fletcher, Partington, Meades and Stockley. (Naturally the injured players should remain until they are fully fit and can find new clubs.) Sorry if those choices seem hard to some but the club needs to move on. None of them are Championship material or even close to being in a promotion chasing team. UTCIAD.

Same nine names as I've got on my list to release.

ging999 wrote:
Still no answers from the board regarding what is really happening behind the scenes. Doom and gloom maybe but something big is going on. Don't say that I didn't warn you.

i think you warned enough times...you a worst than the annoying pop up ads on internet.

Reading between Eddies Lines (howe that is )Punching above our weight ??on small budgets well we havnt acheived anything as yet and thats on probably the largest wage bill in div1 and now were told of the restructuring for want of a better word so if we go back to a small economic squad even if we get up there in the play offs and succeed how on earth can it work in the championship with these cost cutting excercises by Mitchell. We have all suggested he gets rid of all the Non Runners like his entourage etc which total a considerable amount of money each month But he wont while he and the rest of them continue to feather there nests at the teams expense i can see Messrs HOWE and TINDALL walking again .

"we have traditionally been punching above our weight" - some might say you & tindall are being paid far too much money if we are a small club (especially if you consider our recent form). I would say the opposite, that we are massive under achievers and this club has never lived up to its potential - look at teams like wigan, bolton, swansea, fulham who are more or less the same "size" as us and they have all had plenty to cheer about in the last ten years. I hope we haven't given up[ on promotion this season, but it sounds like the club has written off this season

Auditors are in and there is a whisper that things are going to change, it's still just a whisper one foul wind and it will be gone, so at this stage best we keep it to ourselves!!