Eddie Mitchell Promotes The Saints !

[colehillsaint]

Rivalry with Pompey and Bompey is good craic but it is really hard for fans of any club when people gain control who don't really have the means to take the thing forward, and start to swallow their own hype.

 

Still, rather them than us!

[LostBoys]

I have met Eddie Mitchell through business but I do not actually do any business with him. This is not related to football although I did tell him I was a SFC fan.

He is not insane but he is 'mad' - his sentences are not totally coherent and this gets worse if he gets 'excited' which happens frequently and you can be left with the feeling that you do not have a clue what he is talking about and no idea why you are having a meeting with him in the first place.

There is no question he is a Bournemouth fan and he cannot be happy about things at BFC at the moment but he is saddled by his comments of previous seasons.

The club is poorly supported financially and so there was never any way that it could continue on its previous upward path. 'Always loyal' Howe knew this and this is why he walked.

The problem is you cannot make hugely optimistic statements to the fans about the beckoning Championship and then sell all of your best players and this has led to his current problems.

He did not sound P****d on the radio just upset. I think mad Eddie should be given some slack for keeping BFC in business or they could have ended up with the 'mad' photo copier salesman and his handwritten drawings - sorry no it was impossible. I do not understand why there is this anti Southampton feeling in Bournemouth and it is relatively new as the history shows SFC have helped BFC stay in business. Working there I have always had a soft spot for BFC and will continue to look for their results and hope they do well but their fans have to have a reality check just as we did.

[Crazy Diamond]

I have met Eddie Mitchell through business but I do not actually do any business with him. This is not related to football although I did tell him I was a SFC fan.

He is not insane but he is 'mad' - his sentences are not totally coherent and this gets worse if he gets 'excited' which happens frequently and you can be left with the feeling that you do not have a clue what he is talking about and no idea why you are having a meeting with him in the first place.

There is no question he is a Bournemouth fan and he cannot be happy about things at BFC at the moment but he is saddled by his comments of previous seasons.

The club is poorly supported financially and so there was never any way that it could continue on its previous upward path. 'Always loyal' Howe knew this and this is why he walked.

The problem is you cannot make hugely optimistic statements to the fans about the beckoning Championship and then sell all of your best players and this has led to his current problems.

He did not sound P****d on the radio just upset. I think mad Eddie should be given some slack for keeping BFC in business or they could have ended up with the 'mad' photo copier salesman and his handwritten drawings - sorry no it was impossible. I do not understand why there is this anti Southampton feeling in Bournemouth and it is relatively new as the history shows SFC have helped BFC stay in business. Working there I have always had a soft spot for BFC and will continue to look for their results and hope they do well but their fans have to have a reality check just as we did.

 

Indeed, its plain petty and more than anything, disrespectful. Not only have we helped them stay in business, we've loaned them top players. We've helped them more than their hero Harry anyway. For all the talk he was giving of 'I won't let them go into non league', what did he actually do?

 

As for selling players, as I have previously said, they got a whiff of something better and left. Look at where their players who have recently moved on have come from. Ings and McCoid were nothing before they played at Bournemouth and then left at the first sign of interest. Feeney was playing non-league for most of his career before the odd appearance at Southend and then his move to Dean Court. Then after a few season in the bottom two tiers he's good enough for the Championship - in his own head. Howe came very close to joining Charlton but turned it down, saying it was the hardest decision of his career, and yet as soon as the Championship came calling he couldn't wait to leave. I don't think it'll work out for him at Burnley - lets face it, he overachieved at Bournemouth.

 

When I worked there, the team had a fantastic team spirit, one that made me think they'd get promotion to the Championship ahead of us. I always thought they were punching above their weight but they were hard workers. That counts for a lot.

[tttdcs]

He's now live on sky sports, trying to justify making an arse of himself :0)

[beatlesaint]

He's now live on sky sports, trying to justify making an arse of himself :0)

 

I actually felt embarrassed listening to him on SSN.

The guy is quite clearly not playing with a full deck and is just slightly mad.

[dubai_phil]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M5B0DurSAg&feature=player_embedded

 

lol "Come back when you're sober"

 

Love the look on the Security Guard's face

[Junior Mullet]

Fucck 'em. Watched them play Grimsby a few years back to stay up in the football league which they did. There was a pitch invasion to celebrate at full time and it was all good until leaving the ground there were loads of people singing anti-saints songs. I didnt understand it - they'd just managed to stay up and I'd never heard of any issues between the two clubs before. Confused little club with a good number of silly fans.

[Toomer]

As has been said many times on this and other Forums, we were the first to go and play them to help eaise funds when they first got in the shi-t, bought Moss paid in full and loaned him back. If they get in that position again I and a good many others would stick two fingers up to them and say bowlocks you are not gettiny any of my hard earned.

[SimonC]

Being the resident Bmth fan on here - did write a decent post last night - but the server was down! typical. Regards the last two posts - I've been banging on about it all last season, actions of some don't always reflect the thoughts of all.

 

Not played you lot much over the years, so didn't really get the rivalry thing from some of our fans. Its mainly from older fans, they all say its from Saints fans causing trouble at Dean Court, supporting the away team and looking for aggro...don't know how much truth there is in that, but a lot of them say it happened. Like a lot my age, we have never really got on that well with teams like Reading, Gillingham or Brighton (some might remember when Brighton invaded the pitch and attacked home supporters live on ITV!). Younger fans might have picked up on the 'scummer' thing - I wouldn't get too worked up about it though..I'm mellowing and don't really 'hate' any other teams that much. Jealous? hell yes!! (e.g Brighton)

 

I and alot of Bmth fans are grateful for the help that Saints gave - but I think when the lines about 'saving our club' are rolled out by some Saints fans, it does grate a little and makes us sound ungrateful and the arguments escalate from there...

 

Anyway, onto Orient tomorrow and the relegation 6 pointer...the soap opera continues!!

[dingbattigger]

Being the resident Bmth fan on here - did write a decent post last night - but the server was down! typical. Regards the last two posts - I've been banging on about it all last season, actions of some don't always reflect the thoughts of all.

 

Not played you lot much over the years, so didn't really get the rivalry thing from some of our fans. Its mainly from older fans, they all say its from Saints fans causing trouble at Dean Court, supporting the away team and looking for aggro...don't know how much truth there is in that, but a lot of them say it happened. Like a lot my age, we have never really got on that well with teams like Reading, Gillingham or Brighton (some might remember when Brighton invaded the pitch and attacked home supporters live on ITV!). Younger fans might have picked up on the 'scummer' thing - I wouldn't get too worked up about it though..I'm mellowing and don't really 'hate' any other teams that much. Jealous? hell yes!! (e.g Brighton)

 

I and alot of Bmth fans are grateful for the help that Saints gave - but I think when the lines about 'saving our club' are rolled out by some Saints fans, it does grate a little and makes us sound ungrateful and the arguments escalate from there...

 

Anyway, onto Orient tomorrow and the relegation 6 pointer...the soap opera continues!!

 

Good post. Living between Soton and Bournemouth I know several Bournemouth fans and they are decent people. Happy to wish us well and generally chat about football. Every club has it's share of morons and those are usually the vocal ones. I for one hope you get your club sorted and get back up the table.

[Give it to Ron]

Being the resident Bmth fan on here - did write a decent post last night - but the server was down! typical. Regards the last two posts - I've been banging on about it all last season, actions of some don't always reflect the thoughts of all.

 

Not played you lot much over the years, so didn't really get the rivalry thing from some of our fans. Its mainly from older fans, they all say its from Saints fans causing trouble at Dean Court, supporting the away team and looking for aggro...don't know how much truth there is in that, but a lot of them say it happened. Like a lot my age, we have never really got on that well with teams like Reading, Gillingham or Brighton (some might remember when Brighton invaded the pitch and attacked home supporters live on ITV!). Younger fans might have picked up on the 'scummer' thing - I wouldn't get too worked up about it though..I'm mellowing and don't really 'hate' any other teams that much. Jealous? hell yes!! (e.g Brighton)

 

I and alot of Bmth fans are grateful for the help that Saints gave - but I think when the lines about 'saving our club' are rolled out by some Saints fans, it does grate a little and makes us sound ungrateful and the arguments escalate from there...

 

Anyway, onto Orient tomorrow and the relegation 6 pointer...the soap opera continues!!

 

Thing is Simon Saints fans did do many things to help, I know for a fact that at Chase Manhattan where I was working at that time there were loads of Saints fans that put into the weekly buckets that were passed around to save the AFCB.

So then we play you on the night our mayor gets killed in a sea boat accident and you lot boo and hiss through the minutes silence!

Ungrateful ...too bleeding right and all this crap about us always bringing it up is just you lot pretending it didnt happen and we helped bail you out and no burying your heads will change that.

Having worked in Bournemouth for many years I have an affinity....even watched you a few times but after last season and the way you lot acted not a chance...don't want to see any club go out of business but you get what you deserve.

 

I remember about 3 or 4 years ago I came to watch you play Gillingham who had about 60 fans....you had about 100 stewards surrounding them and the pitch!! Cost effective and well run my arse!

[OldNick]

they had their chance of investment with Pompeys Russians. They turned the opportunity down and whilst history may show it was wise not to take their money, I doubt EM is a better owner. 5m invested at Bournemouth would have gone a lot further than the same at pompeys overpaid squad.I feel EM thought he was Mr Bournemouth, he enjoyed the good days of being cheered and really can't take it they have turned on him.

[Fitzhugh Fella]

Mitchell may well have saved Bournemouth, put his own money in etc etc but his PR skills are appalling. I heard him speak on the Solent phone in and it was excruciating.

I would suspect all most Bournemouth fans want is some sort of rationale but on the forum Mitchell went straight into attack dog mode in response to some very well put and polite questioning.

He came across as an absolute arse to be frank.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Living in Poole, some of my mates go and watch Boscombe (whilst supporting other teams) and a couple follow them regulary.

 

They all had an uneasy feeling about Mitchell, evidently he's given his son a job at Boscombe and nobody really knows if he's given the club money or loaned it to them at high interest rates to make money. They really want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but his PR has blown all that out of the water. The "go and support Southampton" thing, really did hammer the nail in the coffin, because his "apoligy" was so weak. Sunday lunch time I had a couple and was talking to a Boscombe fan who I know slightly, but not well. He was saying that they dont expect promotion and understand that players are going to leave (they've had 30 years of it), but Mitchell is now making a complete and utter balls up of it. You can not expect a rookie manager to manage with all this going on, they needed a Ronnie Moore or Peter Jackson to steady the ship. Coupled with Mitchell's antics, they are really worried about the future.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Simon, of all the Bompey who came here for a chat/banter what have you last season, you seemed to be the sensible one. Others came here for a wind up and got bitten, just like that lad who started some crap on FB. I seriously do question going on other fan sites for a wind up but then again each to their own.

 

Most of us up here did have an affection for AFCB, I know it may sound patronising to some but there seriously never has been a rivalry, unlike there is between us and the skates. Even when you were promoted and your fans were heard on the radio, singing about coming to SMS, it was viewed as a healthy, fun thing. The trouble is your WUMs took it too seriously, started to get nasty with it and then the rest is history, even Eddie tried it on.

 

I don't wish your club ill but I'll not put any money into buckets for AFCB again.

 

I think you are stuck with Eddie for the moment which sounds like you're between a rock and a hard place. The conundrum is do you placate him and hope he comes good, again, or hope someone buys you?

 

At the moment it's going to be hard trying to find a buyer, even Plymouth are struggling!

[jam]

Living in Poole, some of my mates go and watch Boscombe (whilst supporting other teams) and a couple follow them regulary.

 

They all had an uneasy feeling about Mitchell, evidently he's given his son a job at Boscombe and nobody really knows if he's given the club money or loaned it to them at high interest rates to make money. They really want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but his PR has blown all that out of the water. The "go and support Southampton" thing, really did hammer the nail in the coffin, because his "apoligy" was so weak. Sunday lunch time I had a couple and was talking to a Boscombe fan who I know slightly, but not well. He was saying that they dont expect promotion and understand that players are going to leave (they've had 30 years of it), but Mitchell is now making a complete and utter balls up of it. You can not expect a rookie manager to manage with all this going on, they needed a Ronnie Moore or Peter Jackson to steady the ship. Coupled with Mitchell's antics, they are really worried about the future.

 

Mitchell was trying to win the fans over by having a dig at "Billy big balls Southampton", like he did last year. It's a bit funny how much it backfired on him.

[jam]

Simon, of all the Bompey who came here for a chat/banter what have you last season, you seemed to be the sensible one. Others came here for a wind up and got bitten, just like that lad who started some crap on FB. I seriously do question going on other fan sites for a wind up but then again each to their own.

 

Most of us up here did have an affection for AFCB, I know it may sound patronising to some but there seriously never has been a rivalry, unlike there is between us and the skates. Even when you were promoted and your fans were heard on the radio, singing about coming to SMS, it was viewed as a healthy, fun thing. The trouble is your WUMs took it too seriously, started to get nasty with it and then the rest is history, even Eddie tried it on.

 

I don't wish your club ill but I'll not put any money into buckets for AFCB again.

 

I think you are stuck with Eddie for the moment which sounds like you're between a rock and a hard place. The conundrum is do you placate him and hope he comes good, again, or hope someone buys you?

 

At the moment it's going to be hard trying to find a buyer, even Plymouth are struggling!

 

I think there are plenty of sensitive souls on our side who took it all too seriously too (like they did with BHA).

[dubai_phil]

they had their chance of investment with Pompeys Russians. They turned the opportunity down and whilst history may show it was wise not to take their money, I doubt EM is a better owner. 5m invested at Bournemouth would have gone a lot further than the same at pompeys overpaid squad.I feel EM thought he was Mr Bournemouth, he enjoyed the good days of being cheered and really can't take it they have turned on him.

 

This

[SimonC]

I think there are plenty of sensitive souls on our side who took it all too seriously too (like they did with BHA).

 

Cheers Jam and Soulboy1

 

Yes I did think the banter thing got a bit nasty on both sides - still got a few WUM's on our Echo site..oh come on you got promoted and beat us three times, what more do you want LOL!

 

Usually a bit different over a pint in a pub isn't it. People can act a bit hard behind a keyboard. Oh well time to get some work done before I get the tube to the basement battle!

[The Majestic Channon]

I have met Eddie Mitchell through business but I do not actually do any business with him. This is not related to football although I did tell him I was a SFC fan.

He is not insane but he is 'mad' - his sentences are not totally coherent and this gets worse if he gets 'excited' which happens frequently and you can be left with the feeling that you do not have a clue what he is talking about and no idea why you are having a meeting with him in the first place.

There is no question he is a Bournemouth fan and he cannot be happy about things at BFC at the moment but he is saddled by his comments of previous seasons.

The club is poorly supported financially and so there was never any way that it could continue on its previous upward path. 'Always loyal' Howe knew this and this is why he walked.

The problem is you cannot make hugely optimistic statements to the fans about the beckoning Championship and then sell all of your best players and this has led to his current problems.

He did not sound P****d on the radio just upset. I think mad Eddie should be given some slack for keeping BFC in business or they could have ended up with the 'mad' photo copier salesman and his handwritten drawings - sorry no it was impossible. I do not understand why there is this anti Southampton feeling in Bournemouth and it is relatively new as the history shows SFC have helped BFC stay in business. Working there I have always had a soft spot for BFC and will continue to look for their results and hope they do well but their fans have to have a reality check just as we did.

It's not new, growing up and going to school in xchurch i can day it's def not new.There are Bompey fans who actually quite like saints too though.

[Lord Duckhunter]

I dont know how true this is, but I was speaking to a Boscombe fan today and he reckons that the latest rumours are that Mitchell confronted the players in the dressing room after the game, getting quite abusive with them and blaming them. He was also threatening to cut their wages if gates fell any further. Evidently he was ****ed as a newt and slurring his words...............

 

As I said, dont know how true, but the bloke who told me is a stright sort of guy.

[The boy done well]

I dont know how true this is, but I was speaking to a Boscombe fan today and he reckons that the latest rumours are that Mitchell confronted the players in the dressing room after the game, getting quite abusive with them and blaming them. He was also threatening to cut their wages if gates fell any further. Evidently he was ****ed as a newt and slurring his words...............

 

As I said, dont know how true, but the bloke who told me is a stright sort of guy.

 

Well, Neil Perrett Bournemouth Echo's Sports Journalist says in his published open letter to Eddie Mitchell that "after making a fool of yourself in public, you did similar in the privacy of the dressing room" so there appears to be some substance at least to what you've been told.

[Crazy Diamond]

Well, Neil Perrett Bournemouth Echo's Sports Journalist says in his published open letter to Eddie Mitchell that "after making a fool of yourself in public, you did similar in the privacy of the dressing room" so there appears to be some substance at least to what you've been told.

 

Perrett is one to talk, he's a f*cking joke of a journalist. I've had the displeasure of being sat near him in the press box once or twice and he's not a pleasant individual. He also found a lot of time last season to wind up Saints fans and make nasty comments about Nigel. Seems to have stopped all that though... I wonder why.

[Quickfire Double]

It's not new, growing up and going to school in xchurch i can day it's def not new.There are Bompey fans who actually quite like saints too though.

 

I can second this from personal experience, having been born and raised in South Dorset.

[rooney]

I expect Mitchell is under a little stress at present, as notice that a Winding Up Order for his Company Seven Developments Ltd, has been gazetted on 16th August.

[Kingsland Red]

Shame - Seven Developments have designed and built all the 'Miami' style houses on Sandbanks which have livened up the island from drab holiday bungalows ( and Saggy's).

[SimonC]

Apparently the winding up order has been sorted. So a couple of wins and its looking better - Mitchell has been sidelined as the drunk charman - although he is having discussions with Abramovich's cousins about investment allegedly LOL..

 

So now since Mitchell has said our finances are ok - we are being held to ransom for possible transfers!! us being held to ransom? unbelievable...

[rooney]

If the winding up order has been sorted this may only be a short term affair. I notice that West Register Number 2 Limited, A wholly owned subsidiary of RBS, have taken 4, 2nd Legal Charges on some of the Company's land stock, the day before the WO was issued. The former was created to buy commercial property from RBS from Companies that were in distress, so they can sell when markets get better. I guess they wish to maximise the equity they may have in the properties, if indeed there is any as I cannot really see that they would wish to pay off the 1st Mortgagees debt.