AFC Bournemouth 3-0 Middlesbrough

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  1. miked2006

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    Look I'm fed up of you all criticising Bournemouth.

    Their attacking football is so good that the term cheating cannot be applied to them.

    They are at least twice as good at attacking as our strikers, so definitely deserve to have twice the penalties.

    And they clearly have the best defence this league has ever seen, as not once have they given away a penalty. Maybe some stattos can tell us how many times that has happened in the Championship.

    In all seriousness, they were clearly the better team, and they would have won today regardless. But they systematically cheat, and I've seen at least 4 /5 of their penalties this season which were nothing more than a dive under no contact.

    To say that they do not deserve promotion would be wrong, but if we missed out by a couple of points to them for either the title or promotion, it would be through their cheating antics, and would leave a very sour taste.
     
    miked2006, Mar 21, 2015
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  2. Ghost of Barry Endean

    Ghost of Barry Endean First Team

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    Yeah, but what about when Ighalo went down softly against Brentford? And that time when Ighalo went down softly against Brentford?
     
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  3. whoppit

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    so the criticism would be justified in that case???
     
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  4. Ghost of Barry Endean

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    2 more goals for 'Wall and Wolves go 6th!!:eek:
     
    Ghost of Barry Endean, Mar 21, 2015
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  5. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach

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    No wonder GoingDown liked your post GOBE. All you mentioned there was going down......;)
     
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  6. GoingDown

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    I'll take anything I can get these days.
     
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  7. KelsoOrn

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    By my reckoning pens for + red cards for opposition = 14+9 =23

    Pens against + red cards for them = 1+2 =3

    So it's not about hating B'Muff. It's about how do you explain that glaring differential? And don't give me all this stuff about how they're a nippy little passing team and deserve it. So are we and our record isn't disproportionate at all.

    As has been said, their position in the table and in particular their superior goal difference can be entirely explained by these skewed statistics. Has ANY team EVER had such a bias in their favour before?
     
    KelsoOrn, Mar 21, 2015
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  8. Smudger

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    :biggrin:
     
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    one more and they have
     
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  10. whalebait

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    Wolves are actually sixth as it stands.
     
    whalebait, Mar 21, 2015
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  11. whoppit

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    yep, wolves 1 ahead on gd
     
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    Boro looks the pivital game for us now. By the evening of Easter Monday we could be best case scenario 9 points ahead of them, or worst case scenario 6 behind.
     
    Malteser, Mar 21, 2015
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    now brentford sixth...
     
    whoppit, Mar 21, 2015
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    What a dive for the 3rd anyone see that?
     
    wfcSinatra, Mar 22, 2015
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