Howe's dismay at defending (From Lancashire Telegraph)

were are all the dingles hiding? we havnt seen you on the blackburn section lately whats up?

Happy for Gus Poyet after last season´s injustices. Bet the Seagulls are glad they sent that donkey Sam Vokes back to Wolves, another "inspired" Howe signing, lol. He´ll be at Bradford next year with Zavon Hines, lol. I wonder how long it took for Dobbie to choose Brighton over Burnley.....5 seconds???

*----0----( 0 )----0----*
.(Yer in the bottom 3)

Hey look theres a plane and its dragging something !!!!

Brighton to win league.

In my opinion Eddie got his tactics wrong yet again and if the team cannot be up for it in order to put right last week's shocker at Huddersfield then there is something wrong. Let us also remember that a large proportion of this team are still on good wages but at the moment are not coming up to the standards that their wages demand. I cannot understand why Micheal Duff is not given a run-out along Jason Shackell in our defence in place of David Edger , who if he was any good would still be in the Premiership with Newcastle . Also, what is the point in bringing players in and keeping them on the bench. If our manager is not going to play or include Keith Treacey then he needs to sold or loaned out.

Eddie is out of his depth, ex Bournmouth players won't make premiership players. Time to go.
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Sorry EH you are beginning to sound like a stuck record now.

Middlesbrough, first half we played very well apart from conceding straight after we had scored.

Second Half It was like a different team had come out on the pitch.

Forget about the goals they scored if team members had done their job maybe the the two others from distance wouldn't have ended up in the back of the net.

Huddersfield, well again we were inept and really shouldn't lose to teams like that and no disrespect to them but if we want to be chasing a playoff spot you got to win these games and be CONSISTENT.

The team carried on in the same manner as the second half at Middlesbrough.

Plymouth , well I know EH made changes but come on please. We should still not have had to go through extra time In that game. It was not a good performance at all.

Brighton, can someone tell me why we started with one up front? Were we not the home team? Did we play one up front for the BOLTON game, ummm noooooooooooo.

EH said something on the lines of "We want the Turf to be like a fortress" Well two league games in and well not very fortress like is it.

We have learnt nothing for many seasons now regarding defending. We are still gifting goals galore.

EH also said " With our front line we will always score goals".

Thats all well and good if we score more goals than the opposition and stop the opposition from scoring.

4 games played scoring 1.25 goals per game. Conceding 2 goals per game.

Not good reading is it especially when you see where we are at present in the table with just 1 win and 3 defeats. I know there is still a long way to go but we don't want to be struggling at the start. Oh please don't say "Look at the start we had when we got promoted". All I can say to that get real and stop living in the past it's 2012.

Three words:

NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Those down the road are having a great laugh at the expense of BFC and who can blame them.

What with all the troubles they have had from boardroom to manager and look at how their doing. Ok they may not be playing great and maybe getting the rub of the green at the moment but I would rather have there start to the season than we have.

WE ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH

I just feel sorry for the 11,000 fans. Support like that DESERVES Premier League football? HAHAHAHAHA. ´Premier Kitchen Supplies´ won´t be sticking around at this rate, I hear AIG´s Man U contract ends this season, lol. Small town, small club. Get real.........

This team/manager/directo
rs/ anyother x Bournemouth employes is not good enough. we sign defensive players who are not fit. Why. what did they do in the summer. We have a c/f giving away a penalty in his own box, is he short sighted. We?have /Patterson, Ings and Austin who can't play a full game, who can rely on his shoulder.We have a tall c/h still being beaten to headers..I remeber Burnley were men were men and the team won the championship, then I am going back 60 yrs. Get rid of E/H and his entourage. exiled Claret

Pompey Claret wrote:
Sorry EH you are beginning to sound like a stuck record now.

Middlesbrough, first half we played very well apart from conceding straight after we had scored.

Second Half It was like a different team had come out on the pitch.

Forget about the goals they scored if team members had done their job maybe the the two others from distance wouldn't have ended up in the back of the net.

Huddersfield, well again we were inept and really shouldn't lose to teams like that and no disrespect to them but if we want to be chasing a playoff spot you got to win these games and be CONSISTENT.

The team carried on in the same manner as the second half at Middlesbrough.

Plymouth , well I know EH made changes but come on please. We should still not have had to go through extra time In that game. It was not a good performance at all.

Brighton, can someone tell me why we started with one up front? Were we not the home team? Did we play one up front for the BOLTON game, ummm noooooooooooo.

EH said something on the lines of "We want the Turf to be like a fortress" Well two league games in and well not very fortress like is it.

We have learnt nothing for many seasons now regarding defending. We are still gifting goals galore.

EH also said " With our front line we will always score goals".

Thats all well and good if we score more goals than the opposition and stop the opposition from scoring.

4 games played scoring 1.25 goals per game. Conceding 2 goals per game.

Not good reading is it especially when you see where we are at present in the table with just 1 win and 3 defeats. I know there is still a long way to go but we don't want to be struggling at the start. Oh please don't say "Look at the start we had when we got promoted". All I can say to that get real and stop living in the past it's 2012.

Three words:

NOT GOOD ENOUGH


Those down the road are having a great laugh at the expense of BFC and who can blame them.

What with all the troubles they have had from boardroom to manager and look at how their doing. Ok they may not be playing great and maybe getting the rub of the green at the moment but I would rather have there start to the season than we have.

WE ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Hello Pompey, shame I dont get time to post with you enough. Completely agree with you and don 't want to talk about history, but feel a complete lack of direction at the moment. I am sure you have more thoughts on how to take things forward and for me it starts between the sticks. Can't believe we have not strengthened there and if Sam Vokes is worth 15 goals a season then I will bare it wherever you want!!

cards on the table time Midas - are you Brendans b boy? lets face it incomings versus outgoings show a massive indifference? this is not smelling a rat but blindingly obvious. even the OFT could smell poo on this one. The club is being dessimated and not surprisingly you are quiet. It is shambolic and a DISGRACE, can anyone let me know the current trading balance - as far as I can see it must be major profit, even in the absurd world we call football. This season alone player sales plus rarachute payment far outweigh costs, and that is discounting season ticket sales. Time for transparency and truth to those who love you most. Whatever you do BFC never put me back in that position of falsifying crowds again!!

not good enough, players showing a lack of pride and get up and go, for the love of god buy a keeper but get rid of grant asap, build from the back , eddie get a grip or on your bike with grant

Far too early to be calling for the manager to step down. The bloke has hardly been blessed with the transfer and wage budget of the clubs being mentioned. What sort of clout do you think he has in the transfer market when it comes to players comparing potential wages? Give the man chance to get the team he has been able to assemble to gel.
There's only so much money available each season and a keeper is going to have to wait until we can afford it. If our out field players can get it together and perform this season then more of next seasons budget could go towards sorting the goal keeping position out. Rob Green wouldn't be a bad purchase but what are the chances?
Eddie does not need to step down, he just needs to get things sorted which we know he is capable of doing. Only he is really up against it this season, what with the high level of expectation we Clarets have for this season along with many clubs strengthening with several premiership and international players.
Everyone is happy to join in a party, but its when you're down you know who your friends are and its then when you need support the most. Give our players and manager our support to get them through this, then they will begin to give us something to cheer about. Don't let anyone chant to us that we only sing when we're winning.

Howe the lads.

Come on eddie get some motivation into this Lot, 11,000 at this time is not a good sign,

cboyer wrote:
were are all the dingles hiding? we havnt seen you on the blackburn section lately whats up?

They must be floating, face down, in the cut cos it seems to be that only the sensible ones are on here. ;-)

McClaret wrote:

Pompey Claret wrote:
Sorry EH you are beginning to sound like a stuck record now.

Middlesbrough, first half we played very well apart from conceding straight after we had scored.

Second Half It was like a different team had come out on the pitch.

Forget about the goals they scored if team members had done their job maybe the the two others from distance wouldn't have ended up in the back of the net.

Huddersfield, well again we were inept and really shouldn't lose to teams like that and no disrespect to them but if we want to be chasing a playoff spot you got to win these games and be CONSISTENT.

The team carried on in the same manner as the second half at Middlesbrough.

Plymouth , well I know EH made changes but come on please. We should still not have had to go through extra time In that game. It was not a good performance at all.

Brighton, can someone tell me why we started with one up front? Were we not the home team? Did we play one up front for the BOLTON game, ummm noooooooooooo.

EH said something on the lines of "We want the Turf to be like a fortress" Well two league games in and well not very fortress like is it.

We have learnt nothing for many seasons now regarding defending. We are still gifting goals galore.

EH also said " With our front line we will always score goals".

Thats all well and good if we score more goals than the opposition and stop the opposition from scoring.

4 games played scoring 1.25 goals per game. Conceding 2 goals per game.

Not good reading is it especially when you see where we are at present in the table with just 1 win and 3 defeats. I know there is still a long way to go but we don't want to be struggling at the start. Oh please don't say "Look at the start we had when we got promoted". All I can say to that get real and stop living in the past it's 2012.

Three words:

NOT GOOD ENOUGH


Those down the road are having a great laugh at the expense of BFC and who can blame them.

What with all the troubles they have had from boardroom to manager and look at how their doing. Ok they may not be playing great and maybe getting the rub of the green at the moment but I would rather have there start to the season than we have.

WE ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Hello Pompey, shame I dont get time to post with you enough. Completely agree with you and don 't want to talk about history, but feel a complete lack of direction at the moment. I am sure you have more thoughts on how to take things forward and for me it starts between the sticks. Can't believe we have not strengthened there and if Sam Vokes is worth 15 goals a season then I will bare it wherever you want!!

Nice to see you on here McClaret.

I am just bewildered by the performances since the Bolton game.

I see from the report above they seem to think we started the first half as a 433 formation. Do you or anyone else know if the person who wrote this report was at the same game????????

Because quite honestly to play 433 and being the home team we didn't create anything of note in that half.

We look a team and agree with you chap that lacks direction and also devoid of ideas.

It is I feel going to be yet again a long hard season and fighting at the bottom end is where it will be.

Ahhhh, those rose-tinted, Claret specs. Face it, some managers can attract good players - and some can´t. Who´d sign for a 34-year-old "nobody" - whose claim to fame is he played for Portsmouth, about once! Bad manager = bad players.

Keyser-Sose wrote:
Ahhhh, those rose-tinted, Claret specs. Face it, some managers can attract good players - and some can´t. Who´d sign for a 34-year-old "nobody" - whose claim to fame is he played for Portsmouth, about once! Bad manager = bad players.

Ey up Sose,

Sounded like a good game at Leeds yesterday, your team still picking up points and unbeaten still. Can't argue with that ven after your relegation, a manager not wanted and turmoil behind closed doors.

As for are manager EH and I know It's your opinion but EH isn't a bad manager , he certainly is a good up and coming young manager highly rated by other managers.

But something smewhere isn't quite right and not clicking together at present. But I'm sure he will sort something out but I still think we will be battling at the wrong end of the table this season.

Just my opinion folks.

Mate, Eddie Howe has been found-out at this level. Look at his win ratio. Your board has always been tight, so you can´t really use that as an excuse for him. With all that cash flowing in - it can only be Howe´s decision as to who stays and who goes - it´s not like the club needs the money. Look at the way he harks on about "youth," why? Do people of a similar age intimidate him? Like the Roy Keen and Mick McCarthy saga with Eire, it´s hard to take orders from someone who´s achieved as little in the game as Howe himself. Sure, there are exceptions - SAF, Mourinho, and Wenger were never great players - but I hardly think "Eddie" will ever be held in that breath! At the end of the day, it was Howe´s name on the manager´s door when your club got stripped of its Prem assets. Even Laws´ team finished just outside of the play-offs. He´s built "his" team now - and it´s taken you where.....backwards? Arguably to the Cotterill days - perhaps worse. When he gets sacked from Burnley - nobody will touch him, not even his beloved AFC Bournemouth.

I was planning to review the relativity between the Clarets and their "just down the road" blue and white rivals. Unfortunately my PC monitor can't be tweaked enough to bring up a "NP Championship Table" screen where you can see both teams at the same time. Such a shame! Go Rovers!!!

The bottom line is that we're never going to get a champagne team (or manager) for 'beer money.'
If we adjust our expectation to a realistic level (mid table) then it may well be achievable.
Leave all the blow-hard nonsense to Kean and Co.
I'm not anti-BRFC, but the club has succeeded in making itself a laughing stock through the aegis of Kean, who's demonstrated a complete absence of any semblance of integrity or grip on reality whilst trousering £25k a week.
We may be minnows, (underperforming ones at that), but that shouldn't attract derision. That emotion should be reserved for Kean and Venky's, who so richly deserve it.

McClaret wrote:
cards on the table time Midas - are you Brendans b boy? lets face it incomings versus outgoings show a massive indifference? this is not smelling a rat but blindingly obvious. even the OFT could smell poo on this one. The club is being dessimated and not surprisingly you are quiet. It is shambolic and a DISGRACE, can anyone let me know the current trading balance - as far as I can see it must be major profit, even in the absurd world we call football. This season alone player sales plus rarachute payment far outweigh costs, and that is discounting season ticket sales. Time for transparency and truth to those who love you most. Whatever you do BFC never put me back in that position of falsifying crowds again!!

Not sure why I have been singled out, I haven't even posted on this article!!
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How is the club being dessimated? How do you know that player sales + parachute payment far outweigh the costs? How much did the club make is season ticket sales?
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The problem with loudmouths is that they think if they shout loud enough people think they know what they are shouting about. You are a prime example.

You're all missing a trick here, Guys.

Our best run - some might say our only successful patch - of last season was achieved when Michael Duff was brought back in at Centre-Back.

He might not fit in with Eddie's prfered age-profile for the team, but there is no arguing that he is the back-bone of a solid defence.

..... so why, in heaven's name, does Eddie not pick him ????

A back 4 of Trippier, Duff, Shackell and either Mee or Mills would be far better than what we've put out over the past 3 league games.

.... and then some consideration is needed on teh choice of goalkeeper. - The statistics show that Grant averages 2 goal against per game. It's time we said "goodbye" to him and gave Jensen a chance.

Come on, Eddie, sort it out. Results are what count, not how pretty the team looks.

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Eddie prefers his own "boys". Duff is far too experienced, he´s played in the Premier League ffs ;)

have been trying to delete my name from the mailing list wthot success. Can you please help me. Exiled claret.

Grant out for Jensen, it's not been a good start no but I can bet the table will not look anything like it does now come the end of the season, surely we have to give EH a chance this season, he might do things that mystify us all but come on it would be suicide to get rid of him now, who the fcuk would we get instead? Plus all the upheaval it causes to club and players. It's about time the new board proved they have ambition rather than just spouting about it, but let's not all get too negative just yet, we need a bit of patience, the Bolton game was the best performance I've seen in a long time, we just have to recapture that. It proves how well we can play when we want. UTC

no ney never wrote:
Far too early to be calling for the manager to step down. The bloke has hardly been blessed with the transfer and wage budget of the clubs being mentioned. What sort of clout do you think he has in the transfer market when it comes to players comparing potential wages? Give the man chance to get the team he has been able to assemble to gel.
There's only so much money available each season and a keeper is going to have to wait until we can afford it. If our out field players can get it together and perform this season then more of next seasons budget could go towards sorting the goal keeping position out. Rob Green wouldn't be a bad purchase but what are the chances?
Eddie does not need to step down, he just needs to get things sorted which we know he is capable of doing. Only he is really up against it this season, what with the high level of expectation we Clarets have for this season along with many clubs strengthening with several premiership and international players.
Everyone is happy to join in a party, but its when you're down you know who your friends are and its then when you need support the most. Give our players and manager our support to get them through this, then they will begin to give us something to cheer about. Don't let anyone chant to us that we only sing when we're winning.

Howe the lads.

have to agree, far too early for sticking the boot in. Craig Gordon, top goalie without a club!