Bournemouth v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[cdbearsfan]

Marginal increases to get to 20-23,000 seems about right for Bournemouth. If they're absolutely packing that out year after year and never threatening to go down, then maybe reconsider at a later date.

[Villa in Denmark]

Bournemouth is way bigger than Redditch, they also pretty much have an entire county to themselves fooitball wise. A successful Bournemouth probably can pull 20-25k. The issue they've had is not owning the ground and also if the expense of a bigger stadium is worth it for a club that's spent the majority of its history in the 3rd tier, where they absolutely don't need a bigger stadium.

I like clubs like Bournemouth in the top flight.

There on merit.










Unlike Tarquin FC the cheating bastards

[cdbearsfan]

Quite correct.

[Mellin]

You'd think the trap door will get them eventually. So many clubs of the same, or even bigger, size have done 5-10 years since football began in 1992.

Portsmouth
Stoke
Swansea
Hull
Reading
West Brom
Blues
Wigan
Norwich

Who has broken that cycle? Fulham are probably the best argument against, but maybe they've just done it twice.

[cdbearsfan]

Maybe. Southampton, Coventry and Wimbledon all had lengthy stays. Of the current crop, Brighton will have a decade uninterrupted in the top flight if they don't go down next season. You're right though, if I had to bet on Bournemouth staying up until at least 2035 or going down once or more in that period, I'd choose the latter.

[ChicagoLion]

 They will do well to get as good a manager when Iraloa departs.

[Somniloquism]

You'd think the trap door will get them eventually. So many clubs of the same, or even bigger, size have done 5-10 years since football began in 1992.

It did. Bournemouth were the "victims" of the Hawkeye failure in 2020.

[Hookeysmith]

I have a funny feeling Leicester will surprise Forest - local Derby, Vardy etc

We really have to win this by any means necessary

[cdbearsfan]

I think Leicester might have a chance at home, but can't see it at Forest unless they've gone all-in with the 1998/99 Villa collapse tribute.

[paul_e]

Sounds like Tielemans is out for the rest of the season, he'll be a big loss here if true.

[dorsetvillian]

When The Cherries were floating Div 1 most locals who were into football had them as a second team. I would also go to the idd game particularly if a Villa youngster was on loan. They seemed to have years of people outside with buckets wanting coins to help save the club as they were always in financial troubles. To see them competing so well in the Prem is remarkable. The newer fans are insufferable though and if course it doesn't help when our record at Dean Court is not great...

[RamboandBruno]

Sounds like Tielemans is out for the rest of the season, he'll be a big loss here if true.

Yep muscle injury. Huge loss for the run in

[PaulWinch again]

Big blow, need someone to step up.

[VillaTim]

They should have been made to extend the away end as soon as they came to the Prem . They take the £100's millions yet behaved like a 3rd Div club for years . No problem with the home end staying small if they don't have fans but cater for the teams fans you compete with in the big league.

[john2710]

It's a big game for Bournemouth too, they'll be desperate to win to grab a European spot. They'll press very high & we need to be very cautious if we want to play out from the back.

I'm not confident because I think we'll gift them enough opportunities to win it whist squandering the chances we get.