Damen

Blimey, a Saints fan who talks sense. Whatever next.

Why? I thought we were insignificant?

Because they've given us no reason to hate them. You dont see any (or at least very very few) Pompey shirts in Bournemouth, and they dont claim to have saved us etc. Its really not a geographical thing, and its only based on about two factors, as ive already pointed out. Agreed!!! Seeing it in the flesh, its not as bad as the internet suggests, but its still a poor poor effort. Proper red and black stripes are what we all wanted.

Very small? Surely very small is Weymouth, Eastleigh, Dorchester etc? You just cant miss an opportunity for some patronising can you?

One last thing, the dislike for Pardew is not because hes your manager, but from his time as Reading manager.

OK, lets just clear a few things up here (im an AFCB fan). There are a fair few fans at AFCB that have a dislike towards you lot, and to be honest, after reading this thread, im starting to go that way! (Ive never had a problem with you lot before, Aldershot, Leeds and Yeovil are more on my radar). The reasons for this are as follows: 1) Saints fans in Bournemouth. Support your local team ffs. I know there are exiles, which I dont mind, but its those who supported you just because you were in the Prem. Funny how the number of Saints shirts in Bournemouth has dried up in recent years. (just want to add that this isnt the reason I dislike you, Man Utd shirts in Bournemouth **** me off more). 2) You all claim you are our saviour, loans players are the reason for any success, and the reason we havent gone bankrupt is because of your continuing generosity with friendlies. For starters, yes we've had a couple of loan players from you, but, excluding McGoldrick and Mills, many have failed to impress. We have also contributed to their wages whilst they've been on loan, and you also gain as they are gaining experience. Going back to the financial thing, whilst we are grateful for any friendlies (as we are to Tottenham, Pompey, West Ham, Fulham etc), there has only been one friendly for which you havent gained gate reciepts. That friendly gave us some welcome income, but it was only a very very small part of what was raised to keep to the club going. The fact you were the opponents does also not make you the new Real Madrid. You are local and have local fans. We were hardly going to arrange one against Newcastle were we. So there you have it. We have a grand total of two reasons for dislike towards you. Many AFCB fans wont feel either, some will feel one or the other (I've started to feel the 2nd one tbh), and a small few will feel both. Just to clear up a few other issues. - You will get 1500 tickets at our place, providing a 4th stand isnt built in the summer (which is being talked about). - The transfer embargo stopped us buying players, but not selling. - The Que sera sera song. Just because we sung about going to St Marys, does not mean we are all obssessed with you. We've sung it about Shrewsbury, Coventry and Crawley. Its a song with reference to who we are playing next season, and it has to rhyme to make the song work. St Marys rhymes, and yes, we are looking forward to the local games, hence the song. - Many of you refer to Bournemouth as a dump. Do you not go to your home games? Im inpartial, I live in neither, but come on, Bournemouth a bigger dump than Southampton? Boscombe may not be the nicest place in the world, but Bournemouth as a whole is one of the nicer British towns. Basically, its your general arrogance towards us that gets peoples backs up. If you werent so arrogant I've got a feeling there would be quite a good rapport between the fans.