Well, we didn't get the three points we all hoped for against the noisy neighbours last weekend. A nil-nil draw was so unfashionable that nobody predicted that score in our score predictions! But perhaps we should focus more on the fact that Bournemouth kept their second clean sheet in a row, which is almost just as unheard of.
You have to go back, almost a year, to 25 November 2017 when Bournemouth played Swansea City away for the last 0-0 draw involving AFCB. Bournemouth simply don't do games when they don't score, or let one in, so what Southampton achieved was pretty special and we should give Mark Hughes some credit for the way he set his side out. To nullify the threat of Brooks and Fraser was a major part of his plan and the two-centre halves of Stevens and Hoedt were very strong under pressure, once they had weathered Adam Smith first sortie into their box.
When Iwatch a goalless draw, I always come away thinking you have been short changed, but Asmir Begivic was again at his best in goal and did extremely well to keep a shut out with chances falling for Austin, Armstrong and Gabbiadini in particular. Bournemouth could easily have lost the game 0-1, or even won it 1-0 with the chances that King and Aké might have put away another day.
I did feel that Bournemouth did play better in the second half, and tried to build some momentum with the crowds' help. Still, it was an end-to-end game and yet with few chances. So I'm not that disappointed to see Bournemouth remain in sixth place in the table, and still with a chance to make it 20 points from 10 games going into their next match. UTCIAD!
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| Begovic to the rescue. |
When Iwatch a goalless draw, I always come away thinking you have been short changed, but Asmir Begivic was again at his best in goal and did extremely well to keep a shut out with chances falling for Austin, Armstrong and Gabbiadini in particular. Bournemouth could easily have lost the game 0-1, or even won it 1-0 with the chances that King and Aké might have put away another day.
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I did feel that Bournemouth did play better in the second half, and tried to build some momentum with the crowds' help. Still, it was an end-to-end game and yet with few chances. So I'm not that disappointed to see Bournemouth remain in sixth place in the table, and still with a chance to make it 20 points from 10 games going into their next match. UTCIAD!
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