05 Apr 2021 10:11:43
Here we go kris commons not been heard for a while so feels the need to give his unfounded opinion and this is the case over and over again! I respect what likes of hartson and Sutton say but when commons opens his mouth it’s like getting hit in the face with a grater.

1.) 05 Apr 2021
05 Apr 2021 11:58:37
Tool of a man.

2.) 05 Apr 2021
05 Apr 2021 12:27:05
Let me disect Commons article.

On one hand he says Martin O'Neil and Brendan Rodgers had a chance of success because of their personality and weight of character. Then implies Howe does not have a chance because he is softly spoken and articulate.

Now correct me if I am wrong but the reasons he cites on why Howe does not have a chance are the exact reasons Martin and Brendan succeeded because both O'Neil and Rodgers are softly spoken and articulate.

He then goes on to claim that Bournemouth bought their way to success and were funded by a Russian Billionaire.

Let's first look at Maxim Demin the Bournmouth owner. Most of the articles I have read state that his networth is between 100-200 million. Which is a long way off being a billionaire.

So did they buy their way to success? Perhaps their spending helped in the Championship and League 1 but was certainly not the case in the premiership.

In 2019/ 20 season Bournemouth had spent 204.1M on transfers in 5 seasons, which equates to just over 40 million per season. This was the 5th lowest in the premiership and 2 of the ones lower than Bournemouth had just joined the Premiership. The highest was Man City with 818.5M. So would have to say they did not buy their way to success and that 2 of the seasons he had them punching above their weight.

Commons then claims that their net spend (which I should point out is not a metric that should be viewed in isolation as he has done) was just over 135M. In fact the net spent was 133.4 but I won't split hairs over it.

He then tries to back up his point by saying that Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea had lower net spends, which is true but that does not mean that Bournemouth were big spenders.

Liverpool for example had spent 470.9M on transfers, Chelsea 656.9M and Spurs 322.3M, which is considerably more than Bournemouth.

To get a better understandingon who the big spenders were, we need to look at the Wage Bill for each club.

Liverpool 310M, Chelsea 286M, Spurs 179M and Bournemouth 111M. Figrues from the 18/ 19 season, which made AFC Bournemouth the 12th biggest spenders on wages.

As you can see they did invest but they have not been as prolific at spending as Commons is suggesting. In fact I would say Commons is being disengeous with how he is portraying the facts and in my opinion he is doing so to suit his anti-Celtic narrative.

3.) 05 Apr 2021
05 Apr 2021 12:59:54
Good post LAW commons is a clown. No one knows how howe will do if he is our manager. But for me he has enough experience to be a success. My only concern is not having managed a big club ( but got to start somewhere when it comes to that) and his signings at Bournemouth weren't really the best but not sure how much control he had over that side of things.

4.) 05 Apr 2021
05 Apr 2021 13:16:30
Getting relegated with the 12th highest wage bill is a fairly big failure.

5.) 05 Apr 2021
05 Apr 2021 13:19:40
A very good response LennonAtWork.
If Commons had also done his homework, he would look less foolish.

6.) 05 Apr 2021
05 Apr 2021 13:27:29
I also have reservations over Howe but he has more positives than negatives.

Hopefully with the right guys at his side and a top quality DOF it will alleviate my reservations.