Football Special

So as a manager he's beaten two premier league teams this season? That's more than Russell Martin or Ivan have managed 🤷🏻‍♂️

Is he refusing to play?

To be honest im surprised there isnt 20,000 season ticket seats listed on the exchange

You never know, maybe Bournemouth will have an outbreak of food poisoning and rule out the whole first team. Already helped that David Brooks can't play as he's cup tied

Staplewood is also very impressive by the way, facilities excellent, the main complaint is location as most of our players seem to live up Winchester area now

Yep I remember it well, I also know a couple of Bournemouth fans who claim to support them + another club (West Ham and Man Utd) , they say that used to be common 20 years ago when they were 4th tier it was acceptable to have a Premier league club as well, really shows how far they have come!

I mentioned this to a Bournemouth fan recently who tried to claim it never happened, obviously wasn't going to games in that era then! Some of their crowds were tiny.

THE New Forest derby, what an odd game this is, playing a traditional local minnow who get to have their big day out singing about scummers , desperately hoping for a reciprocal rivalry they so badly crave. Even beating us comfortably won't get that though, most Saints fans seem pleased for them and hope they enjoy their moment in the sun. Score 1-4

Absolutely, averages attendances would go up for a cup game , not down like they do now, even replays used to generate great excitement with some great nights under the lights. People wouldn't believe you now if you tried to explain 2nd or 3rd replays!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027wq0/the-fa-cup-202425-fourthround-highlights

Gave me a good chuckle, swearing away on live tv, magic of the Cup that

Love seeing Liverpool lose Pleased for Plymouth But...makes me even more pissed off when luck of the draw could have seen us progress quite far.

Love seeing them lose Pleased for Plymouth But...makes me even more pissed off when luck of the draw could have seen us progress quite far.

Match of the Day even made the comparison of how organised Burnley defence was vs the mess ours was for their goal, players all over the place, that's on the manager, get the basics right FFS

Deary me. It's all the Martin Out Brigades fault isn't it 🤦‍♂️

Don't forget Newport County away!

As bad as today was I fear it could be much worse next week, Bournemouth set up perfectly to take advantage of the holes we leave in midfield and defence, it's not a 'rivalry' but it's a local game, need to keep some pride

No way was there 2.5k Burnley, more like 900

Yes, and then he only signed permanently because Martin , always a problem if motivation is to work for a particular manager rather than play for a particular club. Having a strop now makes it difficult for him in terms of relationship with the fans.

If I'd had my way back in 2001 we'd have kept The Dell for reserve games and for use in less popular cup ties, would have been ideal for days like today

Attendance today - 15,253 For a Saturday 3pm cup game that is appalling and club should be worried. They certainly didn't help with prices and stand closure but even with that shows a lot of dissatisfied fans

The ABK charade needs to be ended, clearly no intent to play him, I'm not convinced he even wants to play, stop putting him on the bench

Nah come on, today was our last competitive match of the season, he's got plenty more chances for experiments in pointless league games if he wants to do that

Good rehearsal for next season, expect more teams will set up like Burnley, Juric complete clueless how to approach that.