Eddie Howe didn't hold back in blasting both barrels at his team that scraped through to a Quarter-Final in the Carabao Cup. He stressed that the players were not mentally right and that wasn't good enough for the manager who could only admit that he was disappointed with a lot of the players' performances on the night.
"It's a game that I won't look forward to watching again," said Howe. Indeed, the fans may be lucky in that we don't have to force ourselves to relive the moments when AFCB's players looked more like a penned in rabble of chickens pecking at the ball, than a top six Premier League side, while the Canaries had the swagger of a team that enjoyed trying to take down Premier League scalp.
"It was a tough evening, Norwich were excellent," said How. But the underlining feeling was that Bournemouth were 'well under power' in their performance, and if Boruc and the woodwork had not been there, Bournemouth would have exited the Carabao Cup more often than not with a performance like the one they gave against Norwich.
At least Howe did not duck from the fact that only Pugh and Stanislas of the outfield players could be pleased with how they played. "There's no excuse for us to say we chucked players in, said Howe. "That's not how we work."
Howe pointed to the acknowledgement that there was something wrong with the players mindset going int the game. "We can do a lot better than that!" said a frustrated Eddie Howe. That is a sign that AFCB just didn't hit the standards set by the management team on the night and Howe will rightly ask questions why the layers didn't perform? Still, AFCB do have the comfort of knowing that they dodged a bullet and are through to the next round.
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"It was a tough evening, Norwich were excellent," said How. But the underlining feeling was that Bournemouth were 'well under power' in their performance, and if Boruc and the woodwork had not been there, Bournemouth would have exited the Carabao Cup more often than not with a performance like the one they gave against Norwich.
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At least Howe did not duck from the fact that only Pugh and Stanislas of the outfield players could be pleased with how they played. "There's no excuse for us to say we chucked players in, said Howe. "That's not how we work."
Howe pointed to the acknowledgement that there was something wrong with the players mindset going int the game. "We can do a lot better than that!" said a frustrated Eddie Howe. That is a sign that AFCB just didn't hit the standards set by the management team on the night and Howe will rightly ask questions why the layers didn't perform? Still, AFCB do have the comfort of knowing that they dodged a bullet and are through to the next round.
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Seems strange team selection...no mings..no simpson...no mousset..as starters...when will these players get game time...we appear to be getting a few injuries so its important to give the squad game time to try and avoid what happened last night....more reserve games against competitive opposition will help
ReplyDeleteCertainly a very disappointing performance but the biggest disappointment of all was Jordan Ibe's obvious lack of interest in even trying. His lack of personal effort and general disinterest was surprising and I think... inexcusable. IMO we shall see this guy on his way out at the end of this season, if not before. A great shame.
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