Premiership 2017/2018

[budgetmeansbudget]

Bournemouth v Brighton in consecutive games in September, how rubbish is that.

[Gingerfinch]

Will you be attending any of them?

[budgetmeansbudget]

Will you be attending any of them?

Both evening games which I very rarely attend.

Besides my loyalty points for the Premier League have lapsed so I can't get tickets.

It's also live on the box, far better view than the one behind the goal in the south stand.

There's a fairly good chance we'll still be on zero points come the Brighton game, so if we lose it, that's pretty much that.

[sussexpob]

Everyone is giving bournemouth a bashing but I can't see them going down. Seems a lot of dross this year at the bottom

[budgetmeansbudget]

Everyone is giving bournemouth a bashing but I can't see them going down. Seems a lot of dross this year at the bottom

Yep, that may be our saving grace.

Mind you relegation wouldn't be the end of the world, three seasons in the Prem should have put the club on a decent financial footing, and I should be able to get tickets again in the Championship.

In saying that we have spent a bit and players wages must be massive. Hope there are a few contract clauses in place if we go down.

[sussexpob]

I think the main problem for Bournemouth is they have spent a lot of money, especially for strikers, since going up and havent got much of a return on any of them.

[sussexpob]

Thats so cruel.

[st_brendy]

Thats so cruel.

It is, of course it is.

But Ake should have been sent off in the first half, in my opinion. And if that happens, no doubt City win it long before the 90 something minute.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Still on course for zero points by the Brighton game!

At least the cvnt Sterling got sent off for going into the crowd!

[sussexpob]

Thats so cruel.

It is, of course it is.

But Ake should have been sent off in the first half, in my opinion. And if that happens, no doubt City win it long before the 90 something minute.

Couldnt agree more tbf, Ake was very lucky after that foul on Jesus in the first half. Clearly knew what he was doing, and Jesus would of comofrtably had a 1-1 scoring chance. Thought Mike Dean had a poor game, seemed to be on the home side.

Bournemmouth defended with discipline for large periods. I cant see them going down.

[st_brendy]

Still on course for zero points by the Brighton game!

At least the cvnt Sterling got sent off for going into the crowd!

Not that it would have made a jot of difference to the result, but Mendy should have got a second yellow for it too. Constantly seemed to ignore the stewards and police to retreat away from the fans.

[sussexpob]

Kind of funny is it. Players get *modded* for being money grabbing mercenaries, yet after their fans travel to the depths of the country, a player gets sent off for trying to celebrate with them and show his gratitude....

Not a red card for me. Player leaves the pitch to celebrate, fine, is the crowd are on the pitch you punish the club, not the player. Hes entitled to run over to his fans to celebrate.

[budgetmeansbudget]

The crowd did spill onto the pitch, but he still jumped into them.

From experience it would have stirred up the Bournemouth fans in the south stand a treat causing all sorts of issues for the stewards.

Send the tosser off I say!

[Gingerfinch]

I bet that hurt, Budget?

[budgetmeansbudget]

I bet that hurt, Budget?

Not really, I was expecting nothing and we got nothing.

If we had been 2-1 up and had conceded in the 97th minute I would have been more disappointed.