Cherries: Addison happy to rattle some cages in captain's role

7:00am Tuesday 21st August 2012 in Sport Photograph of the Author By Ian Wadley

PROUD Miles Addison insists he is determined to be a successful Cherries captain – even if he has to ruffle a few feathers.

The Cherries star vowed to be a vocal and strong skipper after boss Paul Groves handed him the armband on a permanent basis.

Addison, signed by Groves from Derby County this summer, succeeded Adam Barrett following his departure to Gillingham last week.

The former England under-21s defender captained Cherries at Oxford United before retaining the role for the League One clash at Portsmouth.

Now officially the club’s skipper, he will march Cherries into battle against promotion contenders MK Dons at Goldsands Stadium tonight (7.45pm).

Addison told the Daily Echo: “I am very proud to be captain of this club, proud to be captain of this team and proud to be Paul Groves’s captain.

“It is a big honour for me and my mum and dad were very proud watching me walk out and leading the team against Oxford.

“But there is no point in me being captain of a losing team. I want to be captain of a winning team.

“I captained Derby when I was 19 so I know what captaincy material is and what is needed to be a good captain for this team. It is quite a young team and I feel honoured to lead them.”

The 23-year-old penned a three-year deal with Cherries after making his move permanent following 14 appearances on loan last term.

He says he knows exactly what will be required of him in his new role.

“I think I have got to be vocal and I have got to be the manager’s voice on the pitch,” said Addison.

“I am not sure if some of the players appreciate it sometimes – if I am a bit too vocal – but that is the way it has got to be.

“In the end, they know if I am shouting at them or having a go at them that it is all for the best and that I just want the best for everyone. I just want the team to be successful.”

Addison revealed he had settled in the area but insisted off-field luxuries did not make him happy – because on-field success is his priority.

He added: “It is a lovely area and it is really nice. The sun is out so you get to see Bournemouth for what it is – a beautiful town.

“But I could be living in a bin or a mansion – it doesn’t matter because if I am not happy on the pitch then I am going to be unhappy off it.”

  • Cherries’ Johnstone’s Paint Trophy first round clash at Portsmouth on Tuesday, September 4 will be screened live on Sky Sports.

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Ferndown Steve says...
7:13am Tue 21 Aug 12

Lead from the front Miles - Keep the lads focused !

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The Renegade Master says...
8:09am Tue 21 Aug 12

Enough talking now ok. It's time to make a statement on the pitch. Time to show every other club in this league we mean business and only a couple of convincing back to back wins will do that.
UTCIAD!

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RedhillPete says...
8:18am Tue 21 Aug 12

Miles was the standout candidate for this role. He should be guaranteed a starting place; we need more vocal players; and his determined style should help inspire the rest of the team.
Very good appointment.

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wookj1 says...
8:30am Tue 21 Aug 12

We need 11 captains on the pitch. Players who are willing and determined to give their all for the club.
Their has been an obvious lack of drive and leadership on the pitch for a while now, and if Miles has to keep shouting at his team mates to get them fired up, then I am behind him all the way.
Hopefully, the message will sink in, it's all about working for the team and your team mates".
We can turn MK Dons over tonight.
Best of luck lads.

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mrsrat says...
8:35am Tue 21 Aug 12

At least I agree with this, he'll be OK.

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Luffbracherry says...
8:45am Tue 21 Aug 12

Good sentiments but a good leader does not have to shout at his players or have a go at them - an effective leader should praise, encourage and motivate with the support of everyone else on the pitch adopting the same collective approach. Support each other AS A TEAM - hopefully your manager will be advising you accordingly! Good luck tonight

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AFCBade says...
9:31am Tue 21 Aug 12

Miles is the perfect choice. Although a long way to go, I feel this one match will sign-post what sort of season we will have given MK are one of the stronger teams in the league. Time for the talent to perform.

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devon fan says...
9:59am Tue 21 Aug 12

a fast start is needed, set the tempo and you have the players too do well, but it needs a positive approach on and off the field

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afcbournemouth says...
10:18am Tue 21 Aug 12

I'm looking forward to seeing miles achieve great things at our club with young players it can take time and patience but I must also say that if miles could just improve on his distribution of the ball when winning it we could have the best centre back our clubs going to see in a very long time ! I have a feeling that mk dons won't know what hit them after tonights game I felt the players gave to much respect to the name Portsmouth and not the club that it has become , with the characters we have in our squad u will see a different team tonight 4 -0

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afcbournemouth says...
10:18am Tue 21 Aug 12

I'm looking forward to seeing miles achieve great things at our club with young players it can take time and patience but I must also say that if miles could just improve on his distribution of the ball when winning it we could have the best centre back our clubs going to see in a very long time ! I have a feeling that mk dons won't know what hit them after tonights game I felt the players gave to much respect to the name Portsmouth and not the club that it has become , with the characters we have in our squad u will see a different team tonight 4 -0

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nonnogeppetto says...
10:20am Tue 21 Aug 12

I can understand that if a reporter asks you for a comment you should be polite enough to respond but as with his previous statement 'piling on the misery on Pompey' what you say can and will come back to bite you. Show your leadership on the pitch and live us the fans and professional players around you to say how good you are. UTC

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nonnogeppetto says...
10:21am Tue 21 Aug 12

Leave not live

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Frankiesbackfromhollywood says...
11:10am Tue 21 Aug 12

Good luck Miles, the stand out candidate for the role, I look forward to watching you push the lads onto victory, we need a strong vocal captain on the pitch, but please keep it there and no more wild claims in the local rag!!

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oxoncherry2 says...
4:36pm Tue 21 Aug 12

The last thing we want is Miles relaying the manager's instructions!

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matt68 says...
4:37pm Tue 21 Aug 12

solid player with commitment some of the other players should take note

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Couchy125 says...
9:40pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Thank god I didn't waist my money going over there tonight. Can't even beat 10 men. What a joke.

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archerscherries says...
9:45pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Must say, that's a poor result. Have to win games like that if you want promotion I'm afraid. 22 shots, 9 on target, 1 goal. Hmm...smells like last season.

On paper, the midfield just didn't look strong enough to me - Arter and Partington will not get us promoted.

Must improve and fast Groves.

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Couchy125 says...
9:48pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Taxi for groves.

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STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road says...
9:49pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Couchy125 wrote:
Thank god I didn't waist my money going over there tonight. Can't even beat 10 men. What a joke.
And the noose around Groves neck tightens a bit more, cant be long now before Mitchell runs out of patience. Embarrasing, 70 mins v 10 men and we throw it away again. Is Groves a draw specialist or what.

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Couchy125 says...
9:57pm Tue 21 Aug 12

And they are paying the loan sighning from Southampton £14k a week. Mr Mitchell get somebody in charge who knows what he is doing ASAP. Before it is too late.

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STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road says...
9:58pm Tue 21 Aug 12

You took the gamble Mitchell on the 2 muppets and it aint working. Only 1 thing left to do now, go and knock on ur neighbours door down at sandbanks and beg Arry to come and sort this mess out. The sooner the better.!!!!

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STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road says...
10:03pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Couchy125 wrote:
And they are paying the loan sighning from Southampton £14k a week. Mr Mitchell get somebody in charge who knows what he is doing ASAP. Before it is too late.
Surely we aint paying him that much,we could have got far better for that sort of money.

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Couchy125 says...
10:06pm Tue 21 Aug 12

That's what was said on radio Solent tonight mate. Get Harry in fast.

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STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road says...
10:14pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Couchy125 wrote:
That's what was said on radio Solent tonight mate. Get Harry in fast.
Saints probably paying part of his wages,but if true this is the mother of all gambles especially with Dumb & Dumber in charge.

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RedhillPete says...
10:19pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Solent stated around £100k per year being paid for Barnard (Cherries paying full wage) & Elphick.

Will need some better results to get the crowds to pay for this sort of salary, or no chnace of signing Barnard in January.

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nonnogeppetto says...
10:21pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Can any of you with more football experience tell me why bring Fletcher on when we were not playing his kind of game?

I am glad that I did not buy a season ticket because on tonight's performance we will be lucky to survive league one let alone get a wiff of promotion.

I will see if Christmas can be brought forward to September this year because I here that if things aren't right by Christmas PG will be sacked

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nonnogeppetto says...
10:23pm Tue 21 Aug 12

I hear (done it again!!)

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the amazon returns again says...
10:30pm Tue 21 Aug 12

We were totally clueless tonight, can't beat 10 men with a goal start, no shape in midfield, too defensive and predicable. Were free falling with Groves & Brooks in charge and believe me that is FACT, the buck stops with MITCHELL, he appointed these clowns, for crying out load, sober up man and wake up to reality and FAST

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STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road says...
10:31pm Tue 21 Aug 12

nonnogeppetto wrote:
Can any of you with more football experience tell me why bring Fletcher on when we were not playing his kind of game?

I am glad that I did not buy a season ticket because on tonight's performance we will be lucky to survive league one let alone get a wiff of promotion.

I will see if Christmas can be brought forward to September this year because I here that if things aren't right by Christmas PG will be sacked
Please let it be christmas tomorrow.!!!!. You are right about Fletch though, why bring on a target man when 1-0 up against 10 men. Surely you use the numerical advantage and give them the runaround, tire them out and then kill them off. It aint rocket science.

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STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road says...
10:34pm Tue 21 Aug 12

5,400 for first home game of season???. VERY POOR.!!!!

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Bobcat says...
10:53pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Groves MUST go now,Mitchells cheap option is a massive clueless fail !

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alasdair1967 says...
10:57pm Tue 21 Aug 12

As I said in closed season give grooves a chance I said double figures after 5 matches a win is a must on sat if not I hope the boos are still ringing in your ears from tonight mr mitchell as based on tonight's performance grooves could manage a sh1te let alone a football club you need to act quickly no second chances because it is starting to come clear even to me that his chance is slipping away rapidly

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West moors 1 says...
10:58pm Tue 21 Aug 12

There was only one person in the ground tonight who would of replaced Ater with Fletcher and sadly it was our so called manager. It has to be the worst managerial decision I have seen for 5 years at Dean Court. He had a proven centre midfield player with Gregory to step in Arters boots but no, he makes the biggest blunder ever. If we have to bring on the likes of a has been Fletcher then take a long hard look at your recent signings and ask yourself where it all went wrong. Groves should be ashamed of his night work and offer not to take his wages this month.

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STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road says...
11:00pm Tue 21 Aug 12

RedhillPete wrote:
Solent stated around £100k per year being paid for Barnard (Cherries paying full wage) & Elphick.

Will need some better results to get the crowds to pay for this sort of salary, or no chnace of signing Barnard in January.
100k per year?? thats less than 2k a week. More likely to be 100k for the loan period (roughly 19 weeks) that works out at about 5.3k per week so no way 14k per week which someone posted earlier. (that,s prem wages)

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West moors 1 says...
11:01pm Tue 21 Aug 12

It was the general consensus in the north end that Groves must of had a bet on the game to finish 1-1 so he had to even things up a bit and effectively reduce us to 10 men by putting Fletcher on. Humm, stranger things gave happened!

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alasdair1967 says...
11:12pm Tue 21 Aug 12

STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road wrote:
5,400 for first home game of season???. VERY POOR.!!!!
For a Tuesday night in the school holidays I would say a reasonable turn out however all left dissatisfied like me and to think I rushed home from work to get over for that

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Gingerninja87 says...
11:36pm Tue 21 Aug 12

Football aside, think someone stole the whisky from the bloke over the tanoy :-)

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goatty says...
5:21am Wed 22 Aug 12

alasdair1967 wrote:
STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road wrote:
5,400 for first home game of season???. VERY POOR.!!!!
For a Tuesday night in the school holidays I would say a reasonable turn out however all left dissatisfied like me and to think I rushed home from work to get over for that
I seem to recall that Blake stated at a fans forum that for the club to break even they needed 6500-7000 per week. That was before the huge squad and the massive wage bill. I wonder what the break even figure is now?

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Nat1234 says...
6:53am Wed 22 Aug 12

goatty wrote:
alasdair1967 wrote:
STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road wrote:
5,400 for first home game of season???. VERY POOR.!!!!For a Tuesday night in the school holidays I would say a reasonable turn out however all left dissatisfied like me and to think I rushed home from work to get over for thatI seem to recall that Blake stated at a fans forum that for the club to break even they neededPlaying the kind of football they played last night, we will be lucky to get 6000. Unless MITCHELL gets rid of GROVES and get a proved manager in . NOT A FAILED MANAGER , GROVES OUT ...

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charlie2004 says...
7:04am Wed 22 Aug 12

Ordered my ticket online, arrived at 19:30 to pick it up, eventually got into ground 10 mins after kick off and there were still at least 100 fans behind me waiting to get their tickets. No change at tills (did someone nick the petty cash) signs saying, no burgers, 'sourcing new supplier' (did someone not pay the previous supplier ?) Now on to the football, what a load of rubbish. There is not much else I can say really, the whole experience from trying to get in, the shoddy service and the dire football was an experience I won't be repeating again in the near future. Oh and I can't recall the last time I saw the main stand so empty. Mitchell has ruined our club.

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