Packman Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 We're both tin pot, but we're definitely a bigger club than Bournemouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, Red_Alligator said: Bournemouth of course. are they **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Notgetinya Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 We are a big club in League one. We are average in the championship. Bournemouth played in the premier league recently for a few seasons and therefore are miles ahead of us - we can only dream of doing that. Infrastructure means nothing if you can’t win matches. We have no right to consider ourselves bigger than them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, slartibartfast said: There is no doubt historically we are far bigger. Most of their life they have bumbled about twixt fourth and third divs,under the name Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, lucky if they got 4k crowds. They did have a period of fame under John Bond in the early 70's (Macdougal and Boyer, Gabriel) but flattered to deceive, never went up... Ooh Slarti! You’re as long in the tooth as me - can’t believe you’ve dismissed Harry’s reign at the helm of the cherries - his Bournemouth side knocked Man Utd out of the FA Cup as a lower league club and then they won the third division title amassing 97 points ... I reckon this period of fame equalled the one to which you referred ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 What division a club is in is irrelevant. We are a bigger club than Bournemouth, even when they were in the Prem. They were just in a higher division. Sunderland are a bigger club than us. We just happen to be in a higher division than them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keepers Ball Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 How on earth can anyone say Bournemouth are bigger? Success doesn't make you bigger. Sheffield Wednesday are much bigger than Blackburn yet the later has won the Premier League. Bristol City is bigger than Bournemouth. Take away their time in the Premier League and what do you have? Made me laugh the Talksport went on about the vacancy and the interest they have generated in terms of Managerial interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenners Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 What kind of question is this? For as long as Bournemouth have a 10k seater they’re closer to Rovers in club size than us. 4 years of merely surviving in the PL doesn’t change that in the slightest, that’s still 5 years less than what we’ve had in the top flight in our history. Don’t be so daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiled Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 We sold Lloyd Kelly for £13M. Bournemouth bought Lloyd Kelly for £13M. Even with their relegation that's still a measure of where we are relative to Bournemouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Notgetinya Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, Keepers Ball said: How on earth can anyone say Bournemouth are bigger? Success doesn't make you bigger. Sheffield Wednesday are much bigger than Blackburn yet the later has won the Premier League. Bristol City is bigger than Bournemouth. Take away their time in the Premier League and what do you have? Made me laugh the Talksport went on about the vacancy and the interest they have generated in terms of Managerial interest I think success is the measure by which all clubs are judged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Eddie Notgetinya said: I think success is the measure by which all clubs are judged That’s what matters The ‘We are bigger than you’ is a load of willy waving nonsense amongst fans who have their priorities wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hard to believe a club with an 11k capacity stadium is bigger than us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Ooh Slarti! You’re as long in the tooth as me - can’t believe you’ve dismissed Harry’s reign at the helm of the cherries - his Bournemouth side knocked Man Utd out of the FA Cup as a lower league club and then they won the third division title amassing 97 points ... I reckon this period of fame equalled the one to which you referred ... They didn't stop long though,one, maybe two years ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Xiled said: We sold Lloyd Kelly for £13M. Bournemouth bought Lloyd Kelly for £13M. Even with their relegation that's still a measure of where we are relative to Bournemouth. Yes, a bigger club ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Slack Bladder said: Hard to believe a club with an 11k capacity stadium is bigger than us And, they weren't in a hurry to extend, were they ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNQ Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 4 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Why would Howe be in a position to pick Bournemouth over Bristol City - have they offered him his old job back?! Sadly more chance of him getting his old job back than the 'n'er-do-wells' offering him a new job with us.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 When they beat man utd in the cup. the cat was in goal. Ian leighs! Trevor morgan played a blinder too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 I think we have to accept that some of us are on a bit of a downer at the moment so went for some impartial advice - we're 36th and Bournemouth are nowhere to be seen. www.sportbible.com/football/football-news-top-10s-the-40-biggest-clubs-in-england-have-been-named-and-ranked-20201206.amp.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 It’s funny as it’s all about perception. Whats happened in the last 5/10 years on the pitch doesn’t count for a lot for me, when assessing what a ‘big club’ is. For me it’s a deeper, cultural, longer running metric based on my experience following football as a passionate fan for almost 40 years. Bournemouth are not a big club for me and nor are they bigger than City. If Man City would have slipped one further to div 4, 20 odd years ago, they still would have been a massive club. Despite being out of the top flight for 15 years and even spending 4 of those in div 3, I know Leeds are much bigger than Fulham or Wigan or Swansea or Bournemouth or Hull or Brighton. Sheff Wed are bigger than those clubs. For me it’s something you just know, and your div you play can have little to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey54 Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Completely different question if you add the word 'potentially' though eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 I dunno what drugs half of you are on but we are obviously the bigger club and Bournemouth are obviously more attractive right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Grim Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Another ( smaller) club that has completely bypassed us in the last 20 years. I could right a list of the clubs who have over taken us in SLs tenure but it would take me too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway Red Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Bournemouth will ultimately end up going the same way as the likes of Wigan, Bolton, Bradford, Blackpool Swindon etc who have all spent time in the premiership and they may be one of the bigger teams in the 4th division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 8 hours ago, Eddie Notgetinya said: I think success is the measure by which all clubs are judged By which measure, 2 clubs can swap "bigger" every season. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Robin Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 My god, I can't quite believe this topic. It is so trivial and irrelevant when there are so many more important things to debate about at the moment. It almost seems childish and frankly who gives a toss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: Bournemouth a bigger club than us yes they are, they can attract better players due to a prolonged spell in the top flight, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, Top Robin said: My god, I can't quite believe this topic. It is so trivial and irrelevant when there are so many more important things to debate about at the moment. It almost seems childish and frankly who gives a toss. Sorry. Disagree, it’s very, very relevant. Every competent organisation ‘benchmarks’ against rivals. Particularly close scrutiny is applied to comparisons with competitors of similar size and scale. We, undoubtedly, are failing...and failing badly on the pitch as measured against our competitors. The largest Club never to have achieved Premier League status, now on an accelerating downward spiral and ROI on players plummeting. We’re doing well on infrastructure (stadium, training ground) and income generated by off-the-field activities. So, if we were a competent business. We’ve benchmarked. The on-the-field football operations are failing. The next question is why? I think my first stop just might be the head of football operations. Now, who would that be? Of course, we can always apply the ‘bury your head in the sand’ approach, don’t look at what others are doing and continue to repeat the same mistakes, and surprise, surprise, continue to fail. Very much the ‘Bristol Way’ I fear. Which is why we never succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 It's the classic question, what do you have to consider when saying how 'big' a club is? Bournemouth, generated more money, parachute payments, better squad, arguably better upper management. City, better stadium, more history (not a lot), more fans, bigger city, wealthier owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Monkeh said: yes they are, they can attract better players due to a prolonged spell in the top flight, That makes them a bigger draw, not a bigger club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Journalist Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 To put it another way, Bristol City have a far bigger willy but Bournemouth have been using theirs much better recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Monkeh said: yes they are, they can attract better players due to a prolonged spell in the top flight, In that case Bournemouth are bigger than Sunderland and some massive Championship clubs like Wednesday and Derby. Interesting theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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