Match Report
Norwich City 1 v 0 AFCB
17 January 2020
Attendance: 26,781
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| Is the writing on the wall for AFCB - another defeat cement's AFCB's second-bottom position |
Everyone knew how important this game was. The loser was not going to come out pf it well and in one moment of instinct Steve Cook made the fatal mistake of saving a shot from Duda with his hands and the game was lost. Pukki scored from the spot and Bournemouth toiled to stay in the game. There was endeavour when Norwich also saw Ben Godfrey sent off and it was 10 against 10 for the last quester of an hour, but the Cherries had another blank in front of goal and damaging defeat was clear on the faces of all the players at the end of the match.
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| A long old journey. |
Callum Wilson given a start and Ramsdale came back into the team along with Diego Rico. I should mention hear that it was really annoying that Bournemouth's players were made to warm up at the opposite end from where there supporters were, unnecessary Norwich! We travelled a long way to see our team.
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| A Championship fixture next year? |
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Ramsdale had a good early kick that found touch. Fraser put a cross in that Callum Wilson got his head to but not enough power to beat Krul.
Norwich got their first corner on six minutes. Duda almost got Pukki in, but the Cherries were given a goal kick.
Adam Smith intercepted well and put a cross in but Aarons touched it back to the keeper.
Rico puts a square ball in but no Bournemouth player was near it. Billing then shot over from distance on 10 minutes.
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Buendia to Pukki, shot blocked then McLean has a shot blocked. Aarons crosses from the right but Buendia heads wide at the far post on 15 minutes. Gosling puts Harry Wilson in, but the flag goes up.
Pukki on the break runs it out of play. Adam Smith clears and Tettey shoots wide in the volley from 20 yards.
Adam Smith wins a corner. It comes out to Rico but Krul makes the catch.
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Harry Wilson is subbed for Francis. Todd Cantwell tries a volley that goes wide. Tettey has a wild crack at goal from distance.
Two minutes of added time. Krul punches.
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| Oh, Steve Cook you are not our goal keeper. Eek! |
Second half
Gosling clears from Pukki before Buendia shoots wide. Buendia fouls Rico and is carded.
Cantwell to Byram and Norwich have a corner. Aké wins the header, and Billing puts it out. Ramsdale catches it from another corner.
Wilson runs into trouble. Buendia's shot is blocked.
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Fraser pulls it across the box and Wilson misses it! He just slipped and took his eye off it. 65 minutes gone.
Cantwell's shot goes out for a corner. Gosling battles well. Buendia plays Pukki in on 69 minutes and Ramsdale saves low to his left.
Fraser hammers it against Lerma and straight to Pukki. Bournemouth just can't find a pass.
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Godfrey fouls Wilson and is carded. Its red. Duda is off and Hanley comes on after 78 minutes.
Lerma is off and Solanke comes on after 78 minutes.
Rico crosses it's kept out. Bournemouth won a corner. Solanke wins another corner,
Francis knocks it on to to Goslings, but straight to the keeper. Wilson wins a free kick. Aké heads it, tipped over.
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Pukki breaks. Cantwell wins a fee kick Pukki is subbed and Drmic is on. Lewis Cook replaces Gosling on 86 minutes.
Buendia shoots wide from the fee kick. Norwich corner off Francis. Ramsdale saves on the line. Five minutes added.
Smith crosses right across the box. Buendia is subbed for Rupp. Smith is carded for taking out Cantwell.
Buendia shoots wide from the fee kick. Norwich corner off Francis. Ramsdale saves on the line. Five minutes added.
Smith crosses right across the box. Buendia is subbed for Rupp. Smith is carded for taking out Cantwell.
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| Applause not boos, but another defeat helping to send the Cherries down. |
Summary
Another defeat and this one is just as costly as the Watford game, perhaps even more so. Bournemouth are heading to the Championship at alarming speed now. It's no wins in 12 now and the games are not going to get easier. Eddie cut a forlorn figure at the end of the game. I'm not sure he can turn it round in time. The players really upped their game in the last 15 minutes when Norwich were reduce to 10-men, but it just wasn't enough. The will is there but the ability is lacking at the moment. While Bournemouth aren't bottom of the table they could be very soon.
AFCB team
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| AFCB Subs: Boruc, Simpson, Francis, Surman, L Cook, Solanke, Surridge |
Cherry Chimes' MoM - Aaron Ramsdale, it shouldn't be the goalkeeper who keeps picking up this honour, but Aaron was amazing again.
AFCB Ratings: Ramsdale 9, A Smith 6, S Cook 3, Ake 5, Rico 4, H Wilson 4, Lerma 5, Gosling 5, Billing 4, Fraser 5, C Wilson 4
Ref Watch - Paul Tierney 8/10: Got major decisions right even if he got a bit picky with constantly keeping Callum Wilson in line.
Norwich City
1 Krul, 2 Aarons, 6 Zimmermann, 3 Byram, 4 Godfrey, 17 Buendia (Rupp 90+3), 27 Tettey, 14 Cantwell, 25 Duda (Hanley 78), 23 McLean, 22 Pukki (Drmici 85)
Norwich Subs: 21 Fahrmann, 11 Hernandez, 5 Hanley, 12 Lewis, 20 Drmic, 7 Rupp, 19 Trybull
In other news, Sky Sports has linked AFCB with winger Jacob Bruun Larsen of Dortmund.
Eddie has a real decision to make, with SC suspended and hopefully kept out for longer, does he use SF, give Simpson a run or get a loanee done tomorrow. If they haven't identified a loanee better than SF then I that's the nail in the proverbial coffin. Also if Cook is out and SF doesn't start who is captain. We sure need a real Captain.
ReplyDeleteCan't understand why the fizz has gone out of the side.The link up between Fraser and Wilson seems to have collapsed.Zip has gone out of attack so more pressure on defence which has always been shaky. Cant midfield support attack more? Howe far too complacent on Norwich match performance.
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