Sports The Football Discussion Thread! Page 88

Started by Nihilego March 27th, 2013 6:28 AM
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A bit disappointing to throw away a lead against another team near the top of the league, but apparently we were pretty lucky to be ahead anyway. Either way it seems you're allowed to drop points a lot this season so it's all good.

As for the Leeds situation, that is ridiculous. I like how even Hockaday managed better though. Hopefully Leeds are in L1 next year anyway.

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Still slowly clawing back the gap in Fantasy Football, but I need a ridiculously good week soon.

Riga being sacked was inevitable, but he gets a nice payoff I imagine and it adds more fuel to the 'Oyston out' fire so it isn't all bad I guess.
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Absolutely fantastic week, went to the Bournemouth game against West Brom fantastic ending. From thinking it was thrown away to absolute scenes just seconds later as the winner was scored.

Actually think Bournemouth are in with a chance of promotion this season the squad is phenominal and they are on fire right now. Eddie Howe should win manager of the month but then again hes only won it once before.

Before anyone asked I support Bournemouth (home team and always lived here) and Aston Villa (90% of family are fans so its passed down)

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I don't think the Bournemouth squad is deep enough to really challenge for promotion. They are easily one of the best footballing teams in the Champs though and I think they'll continue to improve under Howe.

Finally, a home win. Much needed confidence boost going into away games at Forest and Boro next week.
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I don't think the Bournemouth squad is deep enough to really challenge for promotion. They are easily one of the best footballing teams in the Champs though and I think they'll continue to improve under Howe.

Finally, a home win. Much needed confidence boost going into away games at Forest and Boro next week.
2nd in the Championship now after beating Brighton 3-2, sure the win was not deserved but a great sign of a team is winning when playing poor. If Bournemouth will ever reach the Premier League its going to be this season.

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Much crazier things have happened in the past than Bournemouth potentially getting promoted and pretty much everyone in the top half has a chance of promotion for now at least.

We have Norwich & Bournemouth this week, this should be an interesting thread no doubt. It's sad we could drop from 3rd to god knows where if those two games go south though. Hopefully we'll come out of it okay.

Pardew has really dug his way out of a pretty large hole this past week.

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Pardew has indeed dug himself out of a hole. I thought that Man City would have destroyed them at the Etihad on Wednesday night, but I was wrong.

I know they say "support your team to the very end" but I'm not going to with the way Blackpool have been as of late. In fact, I'm gonna stop supporting them and move onto a different team completely, until they get out of this horrible mess that they have got themselves into.
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Pardew has indeed dug himself out of a hole. I thought that Man City would have destroyed them at the Etihad on Wednesday night, but I was wrong.

I know they say "support your team to the very end" but I'm not going to with the way Blackpool have been as of late. In fact, I'm gonna stop supporting them and move onto a different team completely, until they get out of this horrible mess that they have got themselves into.
Football is like that just 6 seasons ago Bournemouth started League 2 with -17 Points scrapping for our survival in the Football League throughout that season, a squad so thin that we could not even name a full subs bench at times. And here we are 6 seasons later knocking on the door of the Premier League.

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I can understand why Blackpool fans have stopped supporting their team to be honest, it's being milked for profit, will continue to be for the forseeable future and the likelihood of anything positive happening anytime soon is unlikely. My girlfriend's father is from Blackpool and while he still would identify as a Blackpool fan, he has lost a bit of interest and pays a bit of attention to Fleetwood now just to have a local team that are doing well. The best thing would of course be if Oyston left, but failing that it would be nice to see an AFC Blackpool set up.

The only off field drama we've had would have resulted in people supporting other teams since we were nearly liquidated, but that has been used as a force for good ever since with a stable and supportive chairman who has nearly been investing in us consistently for thirty years now.
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The glimmer of hope is the fact that we have been bad in a lot of first halves and turned it on in the second in most games this season. Of course we haven't been 2 - 0 down at any in form sides. Just Cardiff, which we turned from 2 - 0 to 4 - 2.

Not expecting anything now though.
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GEEZ WHAT happened to Norwich tonight losing 4-0..... AND Birmingham beating Watford.

Bournemouth ended up 2-0 winners to make it 6 wins in a row and up to the top of the Championship but seeing how Middlesbrough played tonight think we will lose at the weekend, I would bite your hand off for a draw.

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Lots of individual errors, including a bad one from Ruddy. A bit of a dodgy penalty, I think. Our manager likes his right back at center back and one of his big strikers on the wing. He signed 3 new centerbacks but doesn't seem to want to use any of them.

That and Boro played well. Still, most of the goals were very avoidable.

This recent form is what I was expecting when we hired Adams. Midtable here we come.

Yup.