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Feel sorry for B'mth, hope they got a good price for him, but somehow I doubt it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/8925908.stm

I'm pretty sure I just heard £1 million on Sky Sports.

I suppose as least he get's 1 season to have a go in the premier before it is championship football - still a big step for him though, hopefully Bournemouth can find someone to replace him

Interesting that the Blackpool Chairman has resigned - I beleive he is the owner of the club as well where does that leave them ?

His dad Owen is the majority shareholder

I got a feeling he may do something like Stead did. 

They are going to struggle without his goals, a big loss.

I fear he should have left it a while before taking the step up. How old is he?

Austin now L1's top scorer.

Twenty two I think Langers

Not as young as i thought then. I reckon he would do a job in the Championship.

If he carries on scoring, we could unfortunately be in the same position as Bournemouth come January!

Financial ruin?! I knew Fitton was too good to be true!

In terms of losing our top goalscorer, not the finances side of things.  I don't think we'll ever be back to that position again   ;D

i think you may be right, but this time next year.
if charlie scores goals this season like he looks like he is gonna do,he'll step up a level in the summer.he'd be stupid not to

Sweet. He if stays there for 44 more games he nets me £200.

I have had a back up bet to Austin ( who i got at 18/1). I also got 225/1 on Pericard as the top goalscorer so i had a fiver on that and £20 on Austin.

I'll be massively disappointed when he goes, but obviously he will at some point.  I hope you're right and it's at the end of season.  It would be a disaster to lose him mid season!

If he's banging em in like he surely will, Fitton would be daft to let that happen. Let the suitors know "End of the season or bog off now"

Oops.  Looks as if he rates the beaches in Bournemouth more than those in Blackpool.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/8925908.stm

Seems like he wasn't offered enough money to make it worth his while, apparently Blackpool have a wage cap of £10k p.w

10k a week and a season ticket to the pleasure beach

It's much warmer in the winter down here

Bristol City in the hunt now apparently

Which has to be at least £8k p.w. more than he's on now I'd have thought. Plus it's far from guaranteed that he'll get another chance to play in the top flight. Still, he's better than Bournemouth so it's up to him where he goes.

What more of a career incentive do you need than a season in the top flight?

He's off to Ashton Gate, a good signing for them.

The Trashton gate crew also apparently have a £10k per week maximum wage so dunno where he will stand with that.

Don't know if STFC in Bournemouth feels this way, but as a resident of the same town I hope they do well (not at our expense!) and I see they stuffed Tranmere without the services of the hitman today.

Bristol City it is then

@shady, nothing against B'mth as long as they don't finish above us in the table

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Jesus, haven't Shitty got enough strikers? Maynard, Haynes, Clarkson, Stead, Akinde, Vokes, Jackson, Styvar and Pitman. That's not a bloated squad, although I have no idea of all their ages, but at least 6 should/could be first teamers.

Half of them are injured apparently and Vokes is only a loan.

and injured

Ah, so they're not being that stupid then. :)