Just when you hope that Bournemouth have taken a lesson from their game before the international break, we were served up an indifferent first half against Wolves, and an experienced captain was left holding his head in his hands after making a couple of mistakes. Self-inflicted handicaps are something you can't do in the Premier league, and if you keep doing that you'll soon find yourself in the bottom end of the table.
The game very quickly went away from the Cherries because they didn't concentrate on two set-pieces, and they let their guard down at really important times. While Aaron Ramsdale may be disappointed with not getting closer to the first goal, he had no chance in stopping the second. Ramsdale actually had a good game, Steve Cook says he is the only player that performed in the first half and that's just not good enough by the rest of the team.
It must have been very difficult going into that dressing room at half-time. The crowd were despondent at the performance and the players won't have felt any different. Some credit has to be handed out for managing to change that atmosphere around in a spirited second half, but Bournemouth shouldn't have put themselves in that position.
Yes, Wolves played well but they were gifted opportunities to get ahead in the game and they could manage the Bournemouth fightback well enough to ensure they left with all three points. Bournemouth have to take the pain of defeat and make sure they don't play as badly in their next 90 minutes of football.
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| AFCB didn't hit the ground running against Wolves. |
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Putting the first half behind the team is now what Eddie Howe will be trying to focus on. While you can look at what went wrong, it's important to put it behind the players and work on some positives for Tottenham. With Simon Francis not being involved the players can look to work on a back four and put the back three idea out of mind. The shape of the team is what Howe has to get right first of all against Spurs and get back to being hard to beat.
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Yes, Wolves played well but they were gifted opportunities to get ahead in the game and they could manage the Bournemouth fightback well enough to ensure they left with all three points. Bournemouth have to take the pain of defeat and make sure they don't play as badly in their next 90 minutes of football.
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Sorry but Simon Francis does not have the pace to be a PL full back/ He is not a PL player..he wouldn't get into any other teams top 22.
ReplyDeleteBeen a great guy for AFCB..but not at this level as was cruelly proved v Wolves. Get real Eddie.