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Presumably your next post will have us winning it by a country mile then.

Uncle Eddie's found some loose change down the sofa.

Have we had our first choice team out in any of those games?

But we know that's not true. It doesn't act as a deterrent no matter how many times it's used. History has taught us that.

The four i named. If we're going to strengthen we shouldn't be chucking our money away on more centre halves. At last count we had five including Baptiste.

So what's the point then? Apart from glibly saying 'fuck 'em'.

Some of those you've named are good enough to be playing in the first team and the back-ups are good enough... as back-ups. The reason some of them have had to play the entire season, is because we've had half a team out for large parts of it. You can't expect players who are good enough to be playing regular first team football, to sit on the bench every week at this level on the off chance that someone gets injured. The trick is to assemble a decent first team and hope you can keep them fit. If we have to rely on the likes of Lonergan to come in every now and then, i think he'd do a decent job.

So if the drug traffickers are killed, how does that make us any better than them then and if it's supposed to deter others, we know that doesn't work either.

I remember you telling us that Metallica were a decent band and that turned out to be bullshit. So you're not entirely correct.

...and this raft of shite?

Well at least you've actually had the balls to name a few players but are you seriously suggesting that the likes of Davies, Lonergan, Ream and Mills aren't good enough? Not even as squad players?

I've already answered it. I said i'd get rid of those that are either not part of his plans or have already left on loan. The rest are plenty good enough as either first team regulars or squad players, so by definition if i'd keep them, then the rest have all played a role this season and have a role to play next season. I don't really know which part of that you're struggling to understand. I've also said that it's impossible for clubs at this level to carry two first teams. You'll always have a first team and a reserve team making up the squad. Anyone who thinks you can just trade squad players for first team players from other clubs should offer their services to BWFC because they're obviously wasted on here. Now this raft of shite. So far Dervite is sailing on it alone. Who else is joining him?

You say that as if it's a fact rather than a rumour.

I have no idea what your question is. Nor do i have any idea who these players are that you're referring to because you refuse to name them.

Bournemouth were 10th last season. The season before they finished second in League One.

Probably not someone on an internet forum.

How about if we just ignore the messenger?

Thirteen games is not a 'handful' of games. It's almost a third of the season. He wouldn't have had to play the number of games he has if Wheater had been fit. I've already said that we don't need a wholesale clear out, so by definition the only players i think we need to get rid of are the ones who have played no role since Lennon took over, like Medo, or those who are already on loan elsewhere with the exception of Baptiste. Are you ever going to tell us who you'd get rid of?

Dervite played virtually every single game in the run which effectively saved us earlier in the season. Two defeats in thirteen games. Fifteen games if you include the cup games against Wigan and Liverpool when we kept a clean sheet at Anfield. In fact he's played most of this season, mainly due to injuries. It's no wonder he's struggling a bit now. He's a decent enough squad player. Who else would be sharing this raft of shite with him then?

No team in the Championship carries a squad of first team regulars. The squad players we have are plenty good enough for a bit part role. The fact that they've been asked to do more that that is solely down to our injury list. Players are going to be inconsistent at this level. That's why Derby are limping over the line having looked nailed on certs for promotion earlier in the season. If these players could produce a consistent level of performance week in, week out, they'd be in the Premier League. Dervite wasn't shit earlier in the season but he's been terrible in the last two games. So yes, loss of form plays a part. Meanwhile this raft of shite that you want rid of remains a mystery...

We're 18th because we took 5 points from the first 11 games. We've been playing catch-up all season. Were you saying we had a raft of shite to clear out when we'd lost 1 in 13 earlier this season? The reasons we've stalled are blatantly obvious. Injuries to key players and loss of form from others. Not many teams in this league could cope with losing the likes of Pratley, Craig Davies, Mark Davies, Clough, Wheater... that's half a team that would probably be starting for us if they were fit.

How many of Bournemouth's players would you have said would get in any of last season's top six? Bearing in mind that they finished 10th last season and even Beckford managed to score against them.

Because if there's no general consensus as to who these players are, then there can't be as much obvious crap to shift as you're making out. Your last point is total nonsense. There's a number of factors that have curtailed our initial impetus, not least injuries to key players.

Does he?

Have you read any of this page?