I expect Jason Tindall will want to freshen up the team a bit for the Luton Town game. He was a little uneasy about how the team played in the first half against Wycombe Wanderers and the frustration seemed to come through with some of the players with Juinior Stanislas and Sam Surridge not quite seeing eye to eye, but focus on getting clean sheets is certainly starting to pay off.
At the pre-mtach press conference, Tindall didn't seem too confident about unleashing Arnaut Danjuma yet. It could be a bluff of course, but he is keen to rest hamstring injuries and Bournemouth have cover with Rodriquez Riquelme and Josh King, so there is no need to rush Danjuma back if Stanislas is feeling okay to continue his run in the side. My gut feeling is that Jason may choose to put King in from the start though in this game, just to give Stanislas a small break.
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The midfield is playing well and in defence Bournemouth have managed four clean sheets. So it is not going to be easy to decide who can come out of the starting line-up. Lewis Cook has just won the goal of the month in the Championship for November, and is perhaps playing the most consistently that he has for Bournemouth in this current period. I do think Dan Gosling and Philip Billing are ready to get more time though and I am sure one of them will be used in the second half.
It must be tempting for Tindall to play Surridge and Solanke from the start but he has been holding off that option. Having the wing-backs is preferable it seems and Surridge is likely to be used as a second-half plan B yet again, even if Bournemouth are successful in gaining a lead in the first 45 minutes.
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How about a back 3 kelly cook simpson
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King and Solanke? Thought
Or Surridge and Silanke
Billing , both playing on bench, maybe you meant Stanislas.
ReplyDeleteDon't overlook their preference to man mark, put Stanislas back in, leave King out, and play Gos not Billing.
Oops, well spotted. I'll put Stanislas on the bench
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