Wednesday 23 May 2018

Is Howe battling to keep AFCB's identity?

In the post-match comments with Eddie Howe following the Burnley match, he said it would be a difficult transfer window this summer as the club needs to do business, but by doing that "it's also easy to make changes and lose our identity."
Howe knows the transfer window will determine
ultimately how successful AFCB can be. 
The style of play Bournemouth have is something that Howe has close to his heart and he does not want to loose the determination of his players that propelled them up the leagues. He knows that to replace some of the stars that have got the Cherries to the Premier League will be the next challenge, and he needs those older players to teach the newcomers the interactions that AFCB have developed, and to carry them through, in turn, when they play games.

Partnerships like Daniels and Pugh, and Arter and Surman, have taken many seasons to get to the understandings that these players have when they are on the pitch. To make changes could upset the flow of the team. But players like Tyrone Mings and Nathan Aké have been around the club for a while now, and Lewis Cook and Ryan Fraser have broken through. The headache for Howe has been that it hasn't worked for everyone he had high hopes for. Lewis Grabban and Benik Afobe are the latest strikers that have fallen out of favour. We don't yet know if Lys Mousset, Emerson Hyndman or Brad Smith will make the grade.
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At the same time Eddie is going to add more fresh faces, and will only have so much time he can dedicate to new additions and players that have not yet grasped the full identity of how he wants the team to play. It will mean that some who have not picked up the ideas will surely go out on loan or get left behind. Howe has to equate how many new signings he can bring in without upsetting the balance.

I don't think Howe has any doubt about how he wants the team to play, he is just worried about bringing in more players that don't fit the system straight away. Seeing how long it has taken Ibe to find his feet at AFCB, Howe wants to make sure his recruiting is perfect to not waste any time on getting the next batch of AFCB players fully on his wavelength.

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In other news, AFCB look to be interested in Leeds Utd left back Tom Pearce who is in Toulon for England's U21 team this summer, reports Inside Football.

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