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This is a fan’s personal view of AFC Bournemouth from the outside looking in. It reports on the daily official activities reported by the club and comments made by individual fans on social media and fanbase websites. Life as an AFCB fan is never dull. As a life-long supporter of the Cherries, it is the friendliness of the staff, fans and my enthusiasm for the club that inspired me to write this blog.
Sunday, 28 June 2020
Is a lack of football Bournemouth's problem?
Eddie Howe has spoken about how the team that has been playing haven't had a lot of football and that this could be why they have found things more difficult than expected to get wins. He is talking about David Brooks, Steve Cook, Arnaut Danjuma, Junior Stanislas and Philip Billing in particular who have come back after long injuries and can't simply turn on the switch to be playing at their very best. Eddie probably hasn't got the options he would like to play others, so AFCB are reliant on these previously injured players getting up to speed.
But should a lack of football make such a big difference for these professionals? The fitness should be pretty much there, and we know that game time is everything, so it is a surprise that AFCB didn't play a few behind doors friendlies before the restart. Perhaps the worry about picking up injuries had something to do with that and the difficulties with the COVID-19 safety measures. But AFCB can't blame players for not having enough game time. The other teams have had similar fixtures and time to prepare. AFCB simply need to stop feeling sorry for themselves and stop looking for excuses.
At the end of the season there is time for analysis and working out what could have been done better. But we are in the thick of it now, and if the players are not ready to play then Eddie should be picking others who have more fitness and energy. The team selections have been varied, but it is hard to say how much they have been chosen on previous form or for the type of opposition being played. In training players can look much better, and I'd like to think Howe has been picking players on how well they have been performing.
The players know each others game inside out. Lack of football or not, AFCB's reasons for losing games comes down to not defending well enough, and not being able to score at the pother end. AFCB aren't doing the basics well enough, but let's hope that changes with more football under the players' belt now.
A change of boots might help. Have you noticed how many of our team have slipped up and gone down during the games. Not seen that by other teams. Why is this a problem to the Cherries team?
ReplyDeleteTbh, we have been very very poor since the Brighton game away, seems like the team accepted we were going down even back then.....
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to quickly getting the ball out wide so can whip it in and feed callum before opposition has time to regain shape? Most of the season it's been to slow 2/3 and more short passes then out to the wide man who by now is marked... Ffs we need goals bombard the box!
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