Cherries: Paynter insists big-spenders must get promoted

7:00am Friday 9th November 2012 in Latest Sport

BILLY Paynter insists big-spending Cherries will have failed if their promotion dream bites the dust.

The Doncaster striker believes the Dorset club should be “expecting” promotion after shelling out on a host of signings over the past 11 months, as well as paying compensation to bring back boss Eddie Howe from Burnley.

Paynter, who is likely to feature when Cherries travel to the Keepmoat Stadium tomorrow, told the Sheffield Star: “The chairman, or somebody, has put in some money of late and they’ve decided that they are going to have a go for it.

“They didn’t make the best of starts but they look to have turned the corner.

“They still have some catching up to do but I think almost anyone in this league can find themselves up there and if they can put together a run of wins then they certainly can challenge for promotion.

“I’m sure that they’d be expecting to with the money they’ve spent.

“They’ve brought manager Eddie Howe back from Burnley, having paid them a large compensation fee, so that for a start shows that they mean business.

“As does the fact that he was prepared to drop down a division from the Championship.”

Comments(11)

oxoncherry2 says...
7:19am Fri 9 Nov 12

It sounds like he's frightened to death, quite rightly too!!! We're on a roll.

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Luffbracherry says...
8:52am Fri 9 Nov 12

Mr Paynter is correct in his assessment - The Chairman set the his expectation of automatic promotion THIS season (not next) back in May and his strategy is to chase his dream with money - we wait to see the implications should we not achive his objective

Good luck to the team and everyone travelling to Doncaster - its cold up north!

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Ferndown Steve says...
8:59am Fri 9 Nov 12

'Mind Games'....Simple....
. Just ignore the comments from other teams/players before a game !
Not positive by the Echo ! - Why bother interviewing opposing teams/players anyway ?
UTC

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TedMacsCherryPants says...
10:48am Fri 9 Nov 12

I thinks he's scared that Miles might trip and fall on him!!!

COYR

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scottie190 says...
10:57am Fri 9 Nov 12

This is our biggest test so far. I hope the team go into the game in the right frame of mind

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afcb36 says...
10:59am Fri 9 Nov 12

who cares what painter has to say hopefully we can go there and play good football that we are capable of and take the three points and shut him up UTC EDDIE HOWES BARMY ARMY

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N Smith says...
12:50pm Fri 9 Nov 12

What is the negative in reporting that one of the top players in the division from another club expects us to be up there challenging for promotion? Painter was just saying it as it is.

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darkipa says...
2:17pm Fri 9 Nov 12

Who's Billy Paynter, is looking to join a better club???

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bigfatsteve says...
2:49pm Fri 9 Nov 12

Ferndown Steve wrote:
'Mind Games'....Simple....

. Just ignore the comments from other teams/players before a game !
Not positive by the Echo ! - Why bother interviewing opposing teams/players anyway ?
UTC
It's not a player the echo have interviewed. Just a bloke doing some decorating around the Keepmoat Stadium.

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Juliet November says...
11:09am Sat 10 Nov 12

If you actually bothered to read what the article says - 'he told the Sheffield Star', so I s'pose the journos trawl around other appropriate rags to get a story to fill their pages.
Just a taut.

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stevobath says...
8:10pm Sat 10 Nov 12

Wht a daft statement to make.

Of course we'll have failed if we dont get promoted!

How things are going thoug it loos as if we may do it albeitthrough the play offs...(we dont do things the easy way!)

Upset tonight aye Billy?

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