It was a heart-warming scene at the end of the match against Aston Villa. The players looked genuinely relieved by the result and delighted in the way that they had played. It was all the more important for a win, because they had done it with 10-men in the second half and had finally managed to escape the bottom three.
We saw Eddie Howe give special congratulations to Aaron Ramsdale and walk off with Diego Rico with his arms around the defender. The praise for Ramsdale should not have been just for his performance in keeping Aston Villa restricted for one goal, but for the way he personally lifted the spirits of the whole club and especially the supporters with his enthusiasm and smiling face whenever he plays. He is truly an exceptional person as well as a great goal keeper and with personalities like that at the club, the work place must be an infectious place of fun.
The results are stating to come now and it is pleasing to think Bournemouth might have turned the corner, but the team has to go and beat teams that are above them in the table now if they are to pull away from those teams around them. The challenge is still there and the ring of friendship at the end of the Aston Villa match will hopefully push the players on to more delightful scenes at the end of the next few games.
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Eddie Howe wanted the players to connect with the crowd and they had done that during the game, but the end of the match was special. Rather than walking off having done the lap of the pitch the players were encouraged to come back and form a circle to talk about what they had just achieved - it was apparently led by Steve Fletcher. I feel Eddie Howe felt that they needed to let the moment soak in and feel the warmth from the crowd, which was now back and fully behind them in their battle to stay up.
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