You have to fear for the future of the club

[sinkov]

"You state "NOW is the time to sort it". I make you wrong BT, it should have all been sorted over 2 seasons ago,but if its not sorted soon it will be too late to keep Dyche and then the sh!t WILL hit the fan."

You ain't seen nothing yet Alto, wait till Macca goes this summer, then the sh!t really will hit the fan.

[antifootball]

I'd love if we actually had a long term plan with transfers. Each window we seem to bluff and end up losing what's at stake by leaving it too late.

Presumably we think we can get better than Hendrick or Lennon otherwise we would have offered them enough money to stay.

Get some bids in early for once and it that's not possible now should be an easy time to pick up out of contract players.

And if nothing's possible. Tell a few of the young lads it's their chance to step up.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

We have Mike Rigg sorting out the chain of supply into our first team squad.

Stop worrying everyone, Mike's on it...

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[sinkov]

I'd love if we actually had a long term plan with transfers. Each window we seem to bluff and end up losing what's at stake by leaving it too late. Get some bids in early for once and it that's not possible now should be an easy time to pick up out of contract players.

Same every summer anti, I wish I'd a tenner for every post I've read on the same lines, but nothing ever changes. As Sean puts it, we have to be re-active, not pro-active, and I can't see it being any different this time.

[FromTheDarkness]

Similar average attendance to Crystal Palace, Southampton, Brighton twice as much as Bournemouth's - our problems are not as bad as it seems chin up lads.

[antifootball]

Reactive isn't always cheaper though. And even if it turns out we get a player cheaper, is it better than getting our primary target?

Unfortunately I think it's harder for us to sign quality players now because we play hard ball with fees, both with club and player.

West Brom pulled one over us a few years back at the last minute and I really hated them for it but maybe it was justified if we we're trying hardball.

I feel you want to get your business done early so you can get the new players to gel sooner. Do that and you should finish higher in the league and make more money in the long term.

[Supersub6]

Meanwhile the agents stall and advise players not to sign just in case a better deal comes along, not in order to benefit the player, rather just to benefit the agent who gets more for himself if he can push the price higher.

Get rid of the transfer windows and it would make a difference to the market and would ensure that players aren't kept at clubs when they don't want to be. However, we know that that is never going to happen because it would deny Sky TV the opportunity to make a big deal out of it all.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Reactive isn't always cheaper though. And even if it turns out we get a player cheaper, is it better than getting our primary target?

Unfortunately I think it's harder for us to sign quality players now because we play hard ball with fees, both with club and player.

West Brom pulled one over us a few years back at the last minute and I really hated them for it but maybe it was justified if we we're trying hardball.

I feel you want to get your business done early so you can get the new players to gel sooner. Do that and you should finish higher in the league and make more money in the long term.

Don't talk bloody daft antifootball, if we finished any higher, we would be in the Champions League!

[barrie_burn]

Similar average attendance to Crystal Palace, Southampton, Brighton twice as much as Bournemouth's - our problems are not as bad as it seems chin up lads.

In this mad world the fans are financially irrelevant.You could build a stadium seating 1000 and provided it had all the necessary facilities a billionaire in Guernsey could start a new Club in his village,apply to join the football pyramid and work their way up to the EPL.

[sinkov]

In this mad world the fans are financially irrelevant.

This is true, BFC could reduce ST prices down to a tenner, or even give them away for free, and the effect on our finances would barely be noticable.