No shots on target for Bournemouth means no points

It's hard to fathom how Bournemouth managed to play a game at home without getting a shot on target. This wasn't against Man City or Liverpool, it was Burnley. The offensive side of Bournemouth's game has fallen away and I have thought for some time that it was being propped up by Harry Wilson, and without him, the Cherries look short of goals.

The Wintery conditions didn't do much for AFCB's game.

Bournemouth did manage three shots against Burnley. It is becoming a real problem and 19 goals from 18 games is just one of the reasons why Bournemouth are at the wrong end of the table. We haven't seen the Wee-man add to his single goal against Everton, while Callum Wilson and Josh King haven't been found in goal scoring positions or had the chance to miss a big chance. 

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While you can say Aaron Danjuma had been missing chances in the past, he had been getting in where it hurts. Lewis Cook was removed at half-time, perhaps because he wasn't having any effect on the game. But he was playing out of position having to play where Danjuma would be had he been fit. The strategy of playing five midfielders at home just doesn't work. This was a case of Howe being over loyal to a team that had played away at home a few days early and got an unexpected result. The team against Burnley wasn't a team to attack strongly enough.

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The goals have dried up. Without goals you don't win games and my worry is that AFCB don't have the funds in January to do much about it unless a player or two is sold to being someone else in.  Bournemouth have now scored one goal in their last four games. The problem is staring everyone in the face. Bournemouth need to take shots and look to test the opposition keeper or they won't be getting the points they need.