Under 10,000 at Bournemouth tonight .

[Midlands Yellow 3,924]

League 1 would be their level ordinarily when you look at the stadium and crowds that turn up. 

Do neutrals admire them on the whole or hope they drop through the leagues ASAP ? 

 

 

[KiwiScot 1,436]

Lets enjoy it while it lasts. May the best team win.

[Hucks6 169]

I have never liked Bournemouth.Ever since they have gone up to premiership it’s Eddie this Eddie that.All the pundits saying he will manage Arsenal and then England heaven help us all

[Mello Yello 2,277]

6th in the Premiership......How do they survive on such small attendances......Are they self-funding?.....

[Midlands Yellow 3,924]

They’ll do a bit of self funding in January when Wilson leaves for 30 million.

[Midlands Yellow 3,924]

56,000 at West Ham. Very impressive for a Tuesday night match against Cardiff . 

[dylanisabaddog 4,858]

7 hours ago, Mello Yello said:

6th in the Premiership......How do they survive on such small attendances......Are they self-funding?.....

They are funded by Sky TV.

Attendances of 25,000 would bring them in a further £10m. Sky paid Bournemouth £111m in 2017-18.  

[Trevor Hockey's Beard 526]

Things picked up for them when we stopped using them as our feeder club, and switched to using Leeds.

Now it's Dortmund Reserves.

[Crabbycanary3 994]

7 hours ago, Midlands Yellow said:

56,000 at West Ham. Very impressive for a Tuesday night match against Cardiff . 

Where they actually there, or did West Ham count the season ticket holders, regardless whether they turned up or not?

2 years ago, a couple of us were in London and turned up hoping to pick up tickets for a West Ham home game. Ticket office told us it was a sell out. We tried to get buy backs, stood in the ticket office queue talking to their fans,  they tried to organize some for us, with S/T holders they knew, who had spares, but we ran out of time, so it was a no go. The pictures on MoTD showed huge gaps, but the official attendance showed 55 off full capacity.

[king canary 7,577]

I like the fact they've upended the natural order of things somewhat and I'd much rather see supposed 'big clubs' like Wolves go down than them.

[Diane 500]

9 hours ago, Midlands Yellow said:

League 1 would be their level ordinarily when you look at the stadium and crowds that turn up. 

Do neutrals admire them on the whole or hope they drop through the leagues ASAP ? 

 

 

Dont it only hold 11,400 ish ??

[FenwayFrank 2,456]

7 minutes ago, Diane said:

Dont it only hold 11,400 ish ??

I was just looking it up Diane, 11,360

[Jack Barak 46]

Aren't they backed by a Russian Million / Billionaire? I thought they fell foul of financial fair play and had they not been promoted when they were they would have faced a fine and transfer ban? Not unusual but also not the 'little club' fitting against all of the odds story that is so often sold.

The thing that annoys me about them is, as said above, is the love-in around Eddie Howe. He has done well there but the attention he gets is fawning. The fact that none of the big clubs have looked at him does suggest his stock isn't quite as high as the TV folk would have you believe. 

There are clubs that annoy me more but they are treated much the same way as Swansea were in the years when we were up with them.

[Diane 500]

12 minutes ago, FenwayFrank said:

I was just looking it up Diane, 11,360

I wasn't far out then , so going back to the title of the thread nearly 10,000 it wasnt that far from full then 😁

[Mello Yello 2,277]

3 hours ago, dylanisabaddog said:

They are funded by Sky TV.

Attendances of 25,000 would bring them in a further £10m. Sky paid Bournemouth £111m in 2017-18.  

Really......?.......Funded by Sky TV?........Who would have thought,  eh?........Wow!......

[Midlands Yellow 3,924]

Would sooner be self funded .

[TCCANARY 263]

Looks like thier plans to move into a new stadium are stalling, interesting that one of the reason is that they want to put every penny available into the team.

The club has said that the scheme required “a healthy financial strategy” but that “every penny”, plus additional funding, had been put into securing its Premier League position.

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/16960288.cherries-stadium-update/

 

[Mello Yello 2,277]

Currently 6th in the Premiership......Will they be able to maintain it?.......

[ROBFLECK 132]

It just shows how the big money (TV-money, etc...) rules the game... Doesn't matter what attendances you get , just how much £££ you cash in!
Howe has done a good job over there, no doubt, but he's been able to achieve it because of the money coming in via Sky and the Russian bussinessman Maxim Demin...

 

[Highland Canary 76]

Owners with wealth essential to support competitive football at PL or chump level

Edited December 5, 2018 by Highland Canary

[wcorkcanary 4,329]

Good job that we have owners with a wealth of love for our Club then, isnt it. We seem to be competitive enough at the level we are playing at the moment, cant really ask for more.

[king canary 7,577]

Their money makes a difference in the Championship but not in the Premier League- according to the latest figures tey've got the 16th highest wage budget in the league but finished 12th last season and may well finish above that next season.

From the Guardian's in depth Premier League Finance piece - "Bournemouth made only £5m from match days at their stadium, which has a capacity of 11,464, but the Premier League TV deal delivered £124m. No further loans have been needed from the owners, the Russian petrochemicals magnate Maxim Demin, who funded Bournemouth’s promotion, or the US investors Matthew Hulsizer and his wife, Jenny Just."

A wealthy owner is arguably more important for the Championship- it means teams such as Bournemouth can possibly push the boat out more in the Premier League as they'll have a softer landing in the Championship if they ever do go down.

[Diane 500]

51 minutes ago, wcorkcanary said:

Good job that we have owners with a wealth of love for our Club then, isnt it. We seem to be competitive enough at the level we are playing at the moment, cant really ask for more.

Quite agree cant beat having owners who love the club, who go to virtually every home & away game, support the youth teams & so much more

[BobLoz3 492]

6 hours ago, Trevor Hockey's Beard said:

Things picked up for them when we stopped using them as our feeder club, and switched to using Leeds.

Now it's Dortmund Reserves.

Lol... One current player came from Dortmund 'Reserves' and that's Zimbo.

[FenwayFrank 2,456]

42 minutes ago, BobLoz3 said:

Lol... One current player came from Dortmund 'Reserves' and that's Zimbo.

In a roundabout way so did Steipermann and Leitner 

[BobLoz3 492]

48 minutes ago, FenwayFrank said:

In a roundabout way so did Steipermann and Leitner 

Sure... But we didn't sign them from there and they weren't working with Farke at the times they were there.

(Oh and Leitner played for the first team at Dortmund, not the reserves)

Edited December 5, 2018 by BobLoz3

[splendidrush 699]

Bournemouth, the Pamela Anderson of British football. 

[Mello Yello 2,277]

Ipswich, the Ian Anderson of British Football......."Living In The Past".......