It was all about the goals in the FA Cup for AFCB. Yes, it was important to win but Eddie Howe needed the team to win in style with plenty of goals, and they achieved that with a 4-0 pounding of Luton. A feel good factor was needed for the players and the fans as preparation for the most important games to come yet in AFCB's Premier League survival.
It wasn't a perfect performance by Billing. He made some mistakes to let Harry Cornick in on goal in the first half and he gave the penalty away that Luton didn't manage to take, so it was a mixed bag for Billing, even if he was the most influential player on the pitch for me.
Finally, Callum Wilson hardly waited to put his first few steps on the pitch before scoring his first goal since September. Callum is essential for AFCB to improve their league position and his goal led to the salute that has not been seen for a long time. It felt natural for Callum to stick his chance away, it was a quick move from Harry Wilson and he finished with no hesitation.
Now the players have to take this scoring panache into their next few games and start believing that they are a team that has just had some bad luck, but is on the way back to form.
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| Billing needs to prove he is not a one game goal scorer. |
Kris Temple at BBC Radio Solent said that not many Bournemouth fans would have picked the players to score who did manage to get on the score sheet against Luton. The biggest surprise was probably to see Dominic Solanke net his first competitive goal. While he was unlucky not to score in the first few minutes of the game, he kept plugging away and got himself into the box, where I have said he need to be to get his goal. Solanke might not have broken the net with a thunderbolt, but his shot crossed the line which is all he will have needed. The reaction of his team-mates said it all. He has been under tremendous criticism and it was great to see that he just might have turned the corner.
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Just as miraculous was the scoring ability of Philip Billing. He had also not scored for the Cherries, but scored twice with some calm opportunism to time his runs well. The first goal was well kept down by hitting the volley into the ground and his second was almost passed in the right direction and the deflection gave the keeper no chance to stop the shot.
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Finally, Callum Wilson hardly waited to put his first few steps on the pitch before scoring his first goal since September. Callum is essential for AFCB to improve their league position and his goal led to the salute that has not been seen for a long time. It felt natural for Callum to stick his chance away, it was a quick move from Harry Wilson and he finished with no hesitation.
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Form is temporary, class is permanent.
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