Cherries: Symes loving it up top with pace ace Josh (From Bournemouth Echo)

let's hope these two stay injury free, they have started together really well, reminds me of fletch and hayter with speed added to the mix, what a future these two could have!!!

Symes it seems is doubtful for Saturday, which makes the search for a loan Striker urgent. I imagine that Eddie had targets to bring in on a more permanent basis , but our wage structure wasn't acceptable to them, but you can't break it for one and we have to cut our cloth according to our means. We have such a tough run of away fixtures coming up that we will need some luck in avoiding injuries, as Tuesday shewed we have good cover for most positions, but the long term injuries to out strikers is causing a real problem.

There are plenty of free agents about who we can sign at any time.
Simon Whaley, who scored a cracking goal against us in the 4-0 home drubbing by Rochdale, is worth a punt on a pay per play deal if he's fit again.

Square Old Codger wrote:
Symes it seems is doubtful for Saturday, which makes the search for a loan Striker urgent. I imagine that Eddie had targets to bring in on a more permanent basis , but our wage structure wasn't acceptable to them, but you can't break it for one and we have to cut our cloth according to our means. We have such a tough run of away fixtures coming up that we will need some luck in avoiding injuries, as Tuesday shewed we have good cover for most positions, but the long term injuries to out strikers is causing a real problem.

sorry don't agree with you regards the urgency for a loan striker, why?? we have young players who know the team and have played along side them in pre season, why bring in someone elses young player who would takes two or three games to bed in when we already have great young players of our own?? it's not like we are going to get an in form player from a higher league coming down to us on loan we ain't cardiff you know!!

We still have Bradbury. In second half he won every header from goal kicks all launched deliberately towards him (they did have a midget playing on that side though i admit!!). Surely he has the best pedigree and experience of being a striker in the current fit squad and could really be a handful for defences and provide flick ons for Josh. Unfortunately Lyle wants to turn the defender and is never going to try and win a header (though he looked good against torquay and showed great skills). Jayden got knocked over for every ball and although neat and tidy he didnt worry the torquay defence. I'm sure he will soon, but for me Bradders has got to go up front with Josh if Symes is unavailable. To be honest Symes rarely wins his headers either! We need two strikers. Against torquay we made loads of great crosses but had noone to head it - having only one striker didnt help. Arter was quite good, but we need to be more positive at home and use a second striker.

Being away to a good side though, maybe Arter should start and Josh on his own up front...

garymcm wrote:
let's hope these two stay injury free, they have started together really well, reminds me of fletch and hayter with speed added to the mix, what a future these two could have!!!

The only future they will have, if they are too successful that is, will be away from AFCB, unfortunatly.

It is annoying that as soon as anyone becomes a success at Bournemouth they are invariably sold. We must get out of the habit of selling our assets if we are going to make a return to the second tier.

I seem to recall Ted Macdougall - sold after scoring 46 goals in a season, Phil Boyer - again sold along with the rest of the team bar two. The side were relagated as a result and spent years in the wilderness with 2000 gates. I still have nightmares about it after watching the Macdougall - Boyer pertnership flourish.

Harry Rednapp left through being successful, although I accept he wanted to go.

SOD was the same due to playing good football on a limited budget and departed taking one or two individuals with him. Eventually, we were relagated - again.

Eddie will go sooner or later, mark my words. What worries me the most is WHO WILL HE TAKE WITH HIM ??? If the club is once again stripped of it's assets then a sharp return to League 'diddly' Two will be on the horizon - AGAIN !!

And before anyone says this is a negative post by not reading and inwardly digesting what I am actually saying - Please recall our history with this regard - that is any successful asset has always left either vouluntarily or sold accordingly.

Now that we have got our debts under control - do we now always have to be a selling club!!!!

As ever . I do hope i am wrong!!!

Regards

smhinto wrote:

garymcm wrote:
let's hope these two stay injury free, they have started together really well, reminds me of fletch and hayter with speed added to the mix, what a future these two could have!!!

The only future they will have, if they are too successful that is, will be away from AFCB, unfortunatly.

It is annoying that as soon as anyone becomes a success at Bournemouth they are invariably sold. We must get out of the habit of selling our assets if we are going to make a return to the second tier.

I seem to recall Ted Macdougall - sold after scoring 46 goals in a season, Phil Boyer - again sold along with the rest of the team bar two. The side were relagated as a result and spent years in the wilderness with 2000 gates. I still have nightmares about it after watching the Macdougall - Boyer pertnership flourish.

Harry Rednapp left through being successful, although I accept he wanted to go.

SOD was the same due to playing good football on a limited budget and departed taking one or two individuals with him. Eventually, we were relagated - again.

Eddie will go sooner or later, mark my words. What worries me the most is WHO WILL HE TAKE WITH HIM ??? If the club is once again stripped of it's assets then a sharp return to League 'diddly' Two will be on the horizon - AGAIN !!

And before anyone says this is a negative post by not reading and inwardly digesting what I am actually saying - Please recall our history with this regard - that is any successful asset has always left either vouluntarily or sold accordingly.

Now that we have got our debts under control - do we now always have to be a selling club!!!!

As ever . I do hope i am wrong!!!

Regards

Of course we're gonna be a selling club. We only get gates of 6000. this will never be enough to sustain a championship side, even if it increased to 12000 we couldnt pay the wages of the better players to sustain us there. other clubs will offer more money and more opportunity for progression so players would want to leave to improve themselves. The only way we could stay in a higher division is to uncover gems and sell them to supplement our income. Having a great manager like eddie is the be all and end all really. its about motivating and encouraging along with training the players to play in a sensible way, passing it and moving. I think they have come on leaps and bounds in that respect and that is down to the manager and his staff. if players leave we have to hope that the manager will find another one with potential who is just as good, train them up and then see where they end up. we havent missed brett yet have we?? we have two great forwards who are injured. eddie and jason will continue to search whilst the window is shut as we will possibly need replacements for january when who knows what could happen. Taylor looked very good against torquay...Its not the players-its Eddie Howe who makes them believe and play well.

Truth is,its the way of the football world in the lower tiers and always had been.It was obvious Mac Dougall was going to move to a bigger club and better himself,or so he thought.There are not many players that stay at the same club from youth level till retirement.To be truthfull,not many players have made a huge success of their careers after leaving Dean Court.I for one thought we got a good deal when we sold Sam Vokes as i think he was overated at the time and i havnt seen anything of him that will change my mind so far,however i hope he makes a huge success of his career.With money tight,anything over £500,000 and sell on clauses was good business for Pitman.Big money deals for lower tier players ie,£1m plus have gone out of the window.I agree,let stockley and taylor have a go if we are short due to injuries,why bother getting someone on loan when we have them at our disposal.Lets be honest,any striker that is any good is already snapped up.Le Fondre touted in the £1-£2m bracket but still at Rotherham.We are playing some great stuff carrying on from last season,interest for our manager and players shows you we are doing something right and long may it continue.

WHO could HARRY loan us?

flyingleaper wrote:
WHO could HARRY loan us?

I would back John Okibi to do well, could even be another Defoe in the making

He's at Palace I'm afraid. I quite fancied him as well, there's always Robbie Keane I suppose

devon exile wrote:

flyingleaper wrote: WHO could HARRY loan us?

I would back John Okibi to do well, could even be another Defoe in the making

Jonathon Obika did ok at both Yeovil and Millwall but he didn,t set league 1 alight unlike Defoe.

Michael & Josh are making a great partnership up front.
As the season progresses they will become more of a menace to the other side's defence and the goals will come.
There is some real team work bonding in the team.
Eddie chose well.
Anton & Marv are the best I have ever seen them.
My only concern is when both McQuoid & Symes are injured together as was the case this week.
I'm sure Eddie will work through this problem.
All this talk about Eddie going, I don't think he has any intention of leaving Cherries for the foreseeable future. he has too much to do here and seems to thrive on the challenge.
It will be a hard match on Saturday but the team will do their utmost. Who knows, three points are there for the taking.

afcdibby wrote:

devon exile wrote:

flyingleaper wrote: WHO could HARRY loan us?

I would back John Okibi to do well, could even be another Defoe in the making

Jonathon Obika did ok at both Yeovil and Millwall but he didn,t set league 1 alight unlike Defoe.

Also, he is at Crystal Palace on a season long loan.

smhinto wrote:

garymcm wrote:
let's hope these two stay injury free, they have started together really well, reminds me of fletch and hayter with speed added to the mix, what a future these two could have!!!

The only future they will have, if they are too successful that is, will be away from AFCB, unfortunatly.

It is annoying that as soon as anyone becomes a success at Bournemouth they are invariably sold. We must get out of the habit of selling our assets if we are going to make a return to the second tier.

I seem to recall Ted Macdougall - sold after scoring 46 goals in a season, Phil Boyer - again sold along with the rest of the team bar two. The side were relagated as a result and spent years in the wilderness with 2000 gates. I still have nightmares about it after watching the Macdougall - Boyer pertnership flourish.

Harry Rednapp left through being successful, although I accept he wanted to go.

SOD was the same due to playing good football on a limited budget and departed taking one or two individuals with him. Eventually, we were relagated - again.

Eddie will go sooner or later, mark my words. What worries me the most is WHO WILL HE TAKE WITH HIM ??? If the club is once again stripped of it's assets then a sharp return to League 'diddly' Two will be on the horizon - AGAIN !!

And before anyone says this is a negative post by not reading and inwardly digesting what I am actually saying - Please recall our history with this regard - that is any successful asset has always left either vouluntarily or sold accordingly.

Now that we have got our debts under control - do we now always have to be a selling club!!!!

As ever . I do hope i am wrong!!!

Regards

well what a surprise, if they are really good they will leave, no really!!, eddie will do the same...shock horror, weren't you saying two weeks ago we were weak up front and needed a striker or we wouldn't score a goal, i recall this as you said it every day for a week, then we in one week went to the top of the scoring charts for league one, come on, admit you were wrong. these lads were not good enough then adn now you are on about their only future being away from the club etc....it goes on and on with you, you can't be a cherries supporter you are always looking for what will go wrong next man!!

old codger, shminto, who are the current league one leaders in the goal scoring charts??? oh yeah us, so much for your urgent need for a loan striker, time you started trusting our own talent me thinks!!

garymcm wrote:
old codger, shminto, who are the current league one leaders in the goal scoring charts??? oh yeah us, so much for your urgent need for a loan striker, time you started trusting our own talent me thinks!!

Correct.What did we do when we were short on players and had an embargo?we utilised the players we had bringing them into the starting eleven hence forming a close bond within the camp and reaping dividends with good displays and finally promotion.Wiggins was the best loan player we had and always wanted to sign for us.Month long loanees havnt really worked for us over the embargo period ie Button,sturrock to name two.Stick with what we have for now and carry on that bonding.From what i have seen so far from other teams,we are not far away from being a top 6 team on a regular basis.Teams with money can keep buying but the list is endless of players that have cost money and havnt come to fruition.With eddie and jason at the helm,we will be a match for most teams in this league as our players play well as a team and want to play for their manager,no prima donnas just good old fashioned hard work and team spirit.Saints have the money but they cant buy what we have.