Having seen us dismantled by Watford and witnessed Bournemouth's unrelenting intensity tonight, we are miles away from competing at the top even despite our recent improvement.
You're talking about the top two clubs in the division who have spent the last three years building their squads. We've been building for just 12 months and I would suggest that we are more than halfway towards a squad which can have a crack at the play-offs next time around. You say "miles away"... I'd say three more quality players plus replacing any quality which leaves. The most obvious difference is the finishing and fixing that won't be cheap.
Just given my season ticket away for Saturday, not going to celebrate or applaud the money laundering, and cheating of rules that has Bournemouth in the position there in.
I am happy for Bournemouth as they seem to have a likeable team, manager and I still like Kermorgant but in this whole fairytale narrative it is being forgotten how rich they are.
They have no heart or spirit. They are inferior to us by a margin but we have some of the traits they are displaying still. That is Luzon's challenge - to remove all trace of it. Bolton will drop next season.
Yann has scored 17 games for Bournemouth. Be surprised if he plays at Charlton. Will be sub. BTW is it definitely confirmed that Bournemouth have driven a horse and cart through FFP ? Did the sale of Grabban help to balance the books a bit ?
Congratulations to Bournemouth - they have the right attitude and approach to games. It isn't the rocket science so many Championship managers try to make it! Simply have a team that tries to win every bloody game - like Watford.
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We've been building for just 12 months and I would suggest that we are more than halfway towards a squad which can have a crack at the play-offs next time around.
You say "miles away"... I'd say three more quality players plus replacing any quality which leaves.
The most obvious difference is the finishing and fixing that won't be cheap.
Wilson through and Dervite brings him down.
Penalty and the end of Dervite's season.
Yann to take..
Dervite and Kermorgant in shocker... Move on!
I know Brentford would have to have work done if they had gone up, and if im not mistaken theirs is slightly bigger than Bournemouth
am lumping on us winning 18-0 and M'boro winning 2-0...got 8/1 on Betfair.
So what do we need to do to poop the party now? Keep a clean sheet and have each our outfield players score a hat-trick?