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Time for duo to kiss, make-up and get out
7:00am Tuesday 17th February 2009
IN Saturday’s Echo, I penned a plea to the last man standing at Dean Court, Alastair Saverimutto.
And while, technically, Paul Baker reluctantly remains slumped in the chair at Dean Court, one thing is now clear: Cherries’ co-owners are now very much doing their own thing.
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While the realistic Baker talks of time wasters, £1 bids and his desire to walk away from the club, the always-optimistic Savi continues to open the flood gates about deals of magnitude and his thirst to stay on for the long haul.
Here and now, though, quite how the intrepid duo plan to run the club in the short term when they are both trying to secure their futures both inside and outside the doors of Dean Court, is anyone’s guess.
They both seem to want very different outcomes in all of this and the only thing that will suffer due to the obvious deterioration in their relationship is the club.
And that is why Savi should hold his hands up, admit he has not ‘delivered’ what he promised and join forces once again with Baker in one last-ditch, desperate attempt to sell the club lock-stock and barrel.
“You can talk all day about what you hope to achieve but, ultimately, you will be judged on what you deliver. Delivery is my gospel,” he told the Echo last year.
The only thing Savi has delivered is the sacking of Jimmy Quinn and the appointment of Eddie Howe, which despite now appearing to be an inspired decision from the Cherries’ chief executive, will not help the club survive the rest of 2009.
The whole sorry saga of Cherries’ past year in existence was ‘embarrassing’ in Saturday’s column and it’s become laughable now in light of the £1 bid from Alan Pither’s Bournemouth Holdings.
Ironically (as things always are with this football club) Howe has performed a near miracle in aborting Quinn’s dire hoof-ball tactics in favour of football the Cherries way.
Young and inexperienced he may be, but respect is there in bucket loads and the results of late have given Howe’s men a real fighting chance.
So, from administration just over a year ago, via the bright new future promised by Saverimutto and Baker in August, where exactly is AFC Bournemouth now?
Not much further on, in truth. But if you were a buyer, what would you rather have? One hundred per cent of a football club and a chance to do things your own way, or a half-share in a quickly sinking ship?
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cooperman, bournemouth says...
7:32am Tue 17 Feb 09
bollybear, Poole says...
7:45am Tue 17 Feb 09
Let us hope that the latest rumour concerning a consortium of Adam Murry and Norman Hayward is true!
mark.s, Bournemouth says...
7:52am Tue 17 Feb 09
grove1, LUDWELL says...
8:03am Tue 17 Feb 09
In Absentia, Bournemouth says...
8:46am Tue 17 Feb 09
Red n Black., says...
8:48am Tue 17 Feb 09
Square Old Codger, Bournemouth says...
9:04am Tue 17 Feb 09
Square Old Codger, Bournemouth says...
9:04am Tue 17 Feb 09
Mike Park, Dorchester says...
9:07am Tue 17 Feb 09
Mike Park, Dorchester says...
9:07am Tue 17 Feb 09
gonebourne, gonebourne says...
9:49am Tue 17 Feb 09
terry1965, bournemouth says...
10:01am Tue 17 Feb 09
Sell to a buyer/consortium with REAL money & a GENUINE passion to take the club forward. The fans don't want anymore time wasters like you & your predecessors.
mossy 1, bournemouth says...
10:25am Tue 17 Feb 09
Nick68, Poole says...
10:37am Tue 17 Feb 09
Dooes anyone know what that plea was?
Dan_BH7, Bournemouth says...
12:15pm Tue 17 Feb 09
mossy 1 wrote:All I can confirm at this stage is that they have spoken, I cannot comment on what was said between them or if they have made any agreements. It is the option that I am personally hoping is the one that pans out.
Dan-Bh7 can you confirm this rumour re Adam Murray and Norman Hayward?
Dan_BH7, Bournemouth says...
12:17pm Tue 17 Feb 09
security word - cash-girl oh how we need one of those!!
danstarr, Poole says...
12:56pm Tue 17 Feb 09
dc addict, bournemouth says...
1:10pm Tue 17 Feb 09
It would appear from what has been said that Pither is poisonous but in the absence of any other bid, who else can Sport 6 sell to?
Pither did say back in the Summer that he would look after the best interests of AFCB. We will probably have no choice but to accept his word.
One scenario is that he buys the club for £1, then buys the ground, then builds a new stadium (god knows where), before developing Dean Court. Pie in the sky, I know, but we can dream.
Come on Adam. You're our main hope. Please don't let us down.
ngdragon, says...
1:20pm Tue 17 Feb 09
ngdragon, says...
1:23pm Tue 17 Feb 09
mikeyknowsbest, bournemouth says...
7:07pm Tue 17 Feb 09
savi and baker put in a little and now dont want to lose a lot
i know a guy who put 200k into a buisness 6 months ago and is happy to walk away today for zero .just to get out of the constant debt montly
the only wat forward is a complete clearout,a pound is fine
please tell us the true debts ie mostyn ,rent,secured creditors,so on
untill the truth is told we will not get a invester
so im off to get my lottery tickets..
mikeyknowsbest, bournemouth says...
7:10pm Tue 17 Feb 09
Big Rich, Ferndown says...
7:55pm Tue 17 Feb 09
Is the editor on holiday? I doubt him and that dreary dreary writer Perrett passed this for press. This is both informative and an opinion could this be a new start for the ECHO?
No doubt Perrett will have an interesting story about who makes the best tea tomorrow to level things up though
OPTIMISTIC: Alastair Saverimutto
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Nick68, Poole says...
7:13am Tue 17 Feb 09