AFCB know they have to perform after midweek howler

Eddie Howe didn't duck the hard questions in his pre-match interview for the West Ham United game. He admitted that his players didn't perform in the Carabao Cup but was pleased to see several players are getting back to fitness.

Eddie and the team needs big home support today to get that win.
Let's make Dean Court a very loud place. UTCIAD!

Eddie was keen to stress that he played a young team in the cup and that those players need to get a game at some point. It's likely that Eddie will himself have learnt a lot about his players from the last match and he'll want to get back to winning ways.

To win three games in a row would be special in the league for AFCB. Having done the double over West Ham United last season, AFCB do have perhaps a mental edge over their opponents and being at home the game gives Bournemouth a great chance to push themselves even higher in the table.

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The mood among the players will hopefully remain high after the results against Everton and Southampton. Most of the players involved in those games didn't play in midweek and at least Eddie can keep those players ticking over and reminding them of how well they played in the last two league games.

Eddie will still want to see an impact at some stage from more of his new signings and while Billing, Stacey and Harry Wilson have been hitting the standard, the manager will be eager to see Lloyd Kelly and Arnaut Danjuma get closer to knocking on the door for Premier League starts soon. It will be disappointing if we don't see at least one of them on the bench for this game. UTCIAD!