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Friday, 1 January 2021

A costly defeat or a little hiccup at Brentford?

First thing's first - Happy New Year!

Jason Tindall was clear that Bournemouth had lost the game against Brentford for a couple of reasons. The team didn't take their chances early on and they defended badly when Brentford had the chance to score. While the defeat was only Bournemouth's third loss, it is what that might have done to the team's momentum, and whether it has shifted to other teams who will be more confident of getting something against Bournemouth now that will be tested.

AFCB have to start 2021 with more quality in front of goal

In some ways, I don't think the defeat is necessarily a bad thing. Bournemouth's players will be well aware that they can't expect to roll over teams that are fighting for promotion, and the defeat may have come at a good time when Bournemouth are taking stock of their situation, and have plenty of time to gether more points ahead of the run-in.

The form of Amir Begovic is still very good and it is the aerial route to goal that Brentford exposed. Bournemouth will need to work at defending crosses and corners better to get back to earning clean sheets. From an attacking point of view, I don't feel there is much to worry about. Brentford have the best defence in the Championship, and the goal that did open them up was a beautifully created team goal that Solanke finished so well with a perfect goal.

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In midfield Jefferson Lerma, Lewis Cook and Philip Billing are getting a good grip on games but perhaps there needs to be more from David Brooks and Junior Stanislas. The imminent arrival of Arnaut Danjuma is surely something that Tindall will need to consider to try and give the team more impetus. The manager has kept with his favorite team, but it has not brought him wins. He'll need to think slightly differently, in my opinion, and start the New Year with a fresh outlook on things. While Josh King is getting appearance time, I am not sure if we will see him play at his best when other teams are looking at him.I'd still like to Sam Surridge start with Solanke, certainly for the home matches.

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Jason Tindall is now being tested and this is the time when we will see if he has the answers, or if he still has a bit more to figure out. We know Tindall will stay calm, but he also has to work out ways to get the team winning games and not just scoring the odd wonder goal.

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Thursday, 31 December 2020

Bournemouth slip up to promotion rivals Brentford 2-1

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30 December 2020
Brentford 2 v 1 AFCB
Bournemouth come up short against Brentford in a tight match.

Bournemouth and Brentford give no quarter in this promotion-chasing match. Bournemouth started like a train and should have gone ahead in the opening minutes, had Solanke got a better connection on his first shot that was cleared off the line. He made up for it though getting on the end of a classic Bournemouth move with Lloyd Kelly providing the assist. Brentford were always dangerous though and while their forwards were keeping Begovic busy, it was Dalsgaard who headed them level from a corner before half-time. It was a tight game and while Bournemouth had been given a big rest before the game it didn't pan out in their favour. A big cross from Mbeumo was headed in at the far post by the sub, Fosu-Henry, and the Cherries couldn't fashion an opportunity like they had made in the first half.

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Jason Tindall decided to keep the starting line-up unchanged again. Josh King finally made it back to the bench and Bournemouth had a very attacking bench with three strikers and two wingers amongst it.

Match Description
Bournemouth almost have the dream start with Lerma getting on the ball and drilling a pass to Solanke. Solanke passes Raya in goal, but Jansson somehow managed to get back to clear the ball off the line.

Brentford's response is a weak shot from Ivan Toney from outside the box. Solane is very lively and Billing almost gets him in again, but the Cherries merely get a corner. Brentford counter well with Dalsgaard, but his cross doesn't find anyone.

It's all action with Solanke being blocked and from Bournemouth's corner it's Brentford that attack with money shooting wide again. Jensen also fires wide.

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Bournemouth are giving as good as they get with Brooks being blocked from close range after good work from Billing. Bournemouth are racking up the corners.

Mbeumo gets the better of Kelly and gives Brentford a corner. Canos goes close with a shot running across the edge of the box before shooting inches wide. Janssen goes close again with a free kick which Begovic saves at the near post. Begovic has to save again from Canos at the near post.

Bournemouth take a breather. The movement is amazing goal with Stanislas moving the ball well and Lewis Cook drives a cross into the six-yard box and Solanke makes the run to make it 0-1on 25 minutes.

Janelt gets along the backline but Simpson eventually gets the clearance in. Mbeumo puts a dangerous cross in but it's too strong.

Billing blocks well. Brentford are keeping possession. Simpson makes a great block and Begovic has to get don to hos right to save from Mbuemo, corner. Brentford have equalised from the corner with Dalsgaard ut leaping Lerma at the near post.

Stanislas is pulled back Dalsgaard but the ref lets it go. Lewis Cook has been booked for showing a Brentford player. Stanislas keeps asking the question of Brentford's defence. Jensen has a strike wide from distance.

Second half
Bournemouth get the first corner of the second half. It's Brentford that are coming forward though and Canos shoots wide.

A long ball down the centre from Lerma almost gets Solanke in. Canos cuts inside and goes across the box but shoots well over. Solanke is blocked and the ball comes out to Brooks but the shot is saved.

Toney brings down Solanke on the break. Canos is subbed for Fosu. Lewis Cook is of and Josh King is on after 69 minutes. King goes straight for goal but Raya makes a comfortable save.

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Bournemouth are pushing for the win now. Lerma finds Stanislas who is blocked then Brooks is sent through and his pull back is cleared. Brentford are defending deeper now. Lerma's influence is getting stronger on the game. He picks out Solanke with ease.

Brooks is upended and Brentford are allowed to play on with Toney racing to goal but he is offside. Brentford attack again with Toney putting it out wide to Mbeumo and his cross is headed in by Fosu-Henry at the far post - 2-1 to Brentford on 79 minutes.

Brooks is subbed for Surridge on 83 minutes. Lerma drives a wild shot over. Ghodoss is on for Mbeumo and Gosling replaces Lerma on 89 minutes.

Four minutes of added time. Bournemouth have been caught out, they are all up field. Toney breaks and squares to Jensen but Begovic saves well. Ghodoss has a shot saved.

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Summary
It was a brisk game and Bournemouth will feel they should have made the most of their early chances. Brentford hit back well when they had the opportunity and they hustled and fought for every ball. There needed to be a bit more cleverness from Bournemouth's players. They didn't have it and resorted by getting into scrappy tussles, rather than concentrating on quality play. It should be a lesson to the players that they have to fight with more killing instinct in the last third, and there were a few players that simply are not quite excelling as much as might be expected. I'll let you guess who but the ratings may give you an indication. It says it all when my man of the match was Asmir Begovic. Jason's subs also didn't do anything to raise the tempo and perhaps putting two subs on when King came on could have given the team more of a reminder that levels were not as high as they could be.

AFCB
Begovic 8, Smith 6, S Cook 6, Simpson 6, Kelly 5, Brooks 5, Lerma 7, Billing 7, L Cook 7, Stanislas 5, Solanke 7

Cherry Chimes' MoM: Begovic.

AFCB line-up
AFCB Subs: Travers, Rico, Ofoborgh, Gosling, Kilkenny, Riquelme, Anthony, King, Surridge

Brentford: 1 Raya, 22 Dalsgaard, 18 Jansson, 5 Pinnock, 3 Henry, 27 Janlet, 14 Dasilva (Marcondes 81), 8 Jensen, 19 Mbeumo (Ghodoss 89), 7 Canos (Fosu-Henry 64), 17 Toney 

Brentford Subs: Daniels, Thompson, Emiliano, Forss, Ghodoss, Fosu, Sorensen, Golbert, Stevens

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Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Bournemouth to end the year with a massive game

A few months ago it might not have seemed a big deal to be playing Brentford away. But things have moved on and the Cherries need to find their winning form again against a side that rivalls them for a high finish this season. A win against Brentford would confirm Bournemouth solidly in second position in the Championship and set up a second half of the season when they could be soon take pole position for promotion.

Guess who is back training with the Cherries? And he's out of contract!

But Brentford have got plenty about them. You have to go back 10 league home games before they were beaten by Preston North End at the Community Stadium. They have the league's top scorer in Ivan Toney on 16 goals and Marcuss Forss is not a bad shot either with seven goals and has just signed a new five-year deal. Their form was highlighted in recent matches by beating Newcastle United to get to the Carabao Cup Semi-final and they managed to come from 1-0 down against Cardiff in their last away league match to win 2-3.

Add to that Brentford's defence which is the meanest in the Championship and suddenly the task ahead for Bournemouth doesn't look nearly so simple, considering that the Cherries have stumbled to a couple of draws in their last five games. It will, of course, be AFCB's first league game at the new Community Stadium. Whether the long wait for this game will help the Cherries is yet to be seen, but I had hoped by now that Arnaut Danjma would be available. However, I suspect Danjuma might need a few more days. Bournemouth need to freshen the side up a bit to try and get back some rhythm and flow to their game which was so impressive in early-December. Jason Tindall did say Josh King and David Brooks will be available, but the game might come too soon for Chris Mepham, who is a bit behind Arnaut Danjuma in his fitness recovery. Jack Stacey is even further behind that.

The unexpected news is that Jack Wilshere is training with the Cherries again. This should certainly have kept morale high among the players to have such a talent training with them. While nothing has been discussed about potentially signing him, it would surely be a great boost to Bournemouth's promotion push if they can add him to the squad in January.

Possible AFCB line-up

AFCB Subs: Travers, Rico, Gosling, Billing, Ofoborgh, Riquelme, Stanislas, Surridge, Anthony 

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Tuesday, 29 December 2020

Rival Lines: "Brentford are warming up nicely," says Beesotted

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Match preview: Brentford v AFCB
Podcast Interview: Beesotted
Twitter: @Beesotted @Billythebee99

I had the good fortune to spend a bit of time with Billy who writes and hosts the Beesotted podcast for Brentford fans. Brentford have suddenly started to pick up form and are just a place behind Bournemouth now and go into this game knowing a win could put them n the automatic promotion places. So,  Bournemouth couldn't have asked for a much harder game to finish 2020 with.

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CC: It was a great win against Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup. Is a semi-final going to be a good distraction from the league for Brentford?

BEES: The win against Newcastle was great. Many Bees fans were a bit disappointed when they saw the starting line-up - with Thomas Frank opting to play many of the so called ‘second string’ (I prefer to say squad out of respect) players who had got us to this stage of the competition.

Fosu - a winger - and Thompson - our sub left back - were playing in the full-back positions. Mads Bech Sorenson - who graduated from Brentford’s B-team, has had a fair amount of first-team game time recently in the absence of Pontus Jansson - at centre-back.

And with first-teamers Ivan Toney, Josh Dasilva, Matthias Jensen and Christian Norgaard all on the bench. 

But the gamble paid off - getting the squad rotation that the team has so massively needed after an arduous season whilst also getting the win - Josh DaSilva coming off the bench to net the winner.

We’ve had a slow start to the season as per usual. But it’s been steady. And although it hasn’t been as pretty as last season (with players like Said Benrahma out of the side, he will always be hard to replace), we have been a lot more assured. Chiselling out results against teams who last season, we would have lost to. Like Cardiff, on Saturday, who went 1-0 up with a genius goal. And were in danger of bullying themselves to a win with their long throws and free kicks bombarding our goal.

Last season we lost around a quarter of our matches 1-0. This season we seem to have got our heads around the opposition 'nicking a goal against us’.

So, yes the Newcastle game was a good distraction from the league. But ironically, it didn’t fully involve many of the players who play in the league week-in-and-week-out. So it allowed us to be fresh for the Cardiff game three days later.


CC: Brentford haven't lost at home since playing Preston North End in early October. Why do you think the home form has been so impressive of late?


BEES: That Preston game was weird. Early October. We were 13th going into the match

I remember it well because I hooked up with a load of Preston fans who had travelled down from the Northwest the day before to watch their non-league club Corinthian Casuals (they are the Northern Casuals) play Dulwich Hamlet in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup. They were not expecting anything from the Bees game as Brentford had beaten them in every match bar one draw at Griffin Park going back to 2011.

Norgaard went off injured after 20 minutes. Little did we know we wouldn’t see him again until the Newcastle match. And little did we know at the time how much his injury would affect the side. It took us weeks to find a proper balance in midfield after Norgaard went injured.

We were 2-0 up at half-time. We fell apart in the second half with Preston winning 4-2.

We never ever fall apart like that. And fans were quite worried that we were losing the plot after losing in the playoffs to Fulham.

It took a month or so for Brentford to find their feet - trying out different combinations in the midfield positions.

Towards the end of November, when we played Barnsley away and QPR at home, one player really started to come into his own. Vitaly Janelt - bought late in the transfer window to little or no fuss at all. He pretty much snuck under the radar. And when he was asked to fill Norgaard’s shoes, not much was expected from him if truth be known.

But he has more than exceeded expectations. He has been tremendous. And does what it says on the tin. A formidable central defender. No messing. Whose job is to break up the opposition play. Win the ball back. And feed the attacking midfielders and forwards.

Our home form has been OK, because we’ve cut out the losses that we had last season. Around 25% of our matches were 1-0 losses. We’ve managed to turn those losses into draws. Our record is two wins and three draws in our last five home matches which is so so. Could be better.

Saying that, away from home we are formidable. Second in the away form table - just behind Norwich. And overall - home and away - we’re the form side in the league.

But as you know, that means nothing long term. One bad result. One injury. One piece of bad luck. Can change everything. 

CC: How much has Thomas Frank changed the style of football at Brentford?

BEES: The style of football Brentford plays was decided by the owner Matthew Benham way back when. Like back in 2010. And ever since then, we have employed the right coaching staff, support staff and players to play that style. So, Thomas Frank coming in hasn’t changed the style of our play. He would have been employed because he complemented our style of play.

Saying that, Thomas Frank was bought in from Denmark half-way through Dean Smith’s reign to become one of his assistant head coaches. The idea - Frank could add valuable tactical elements to Brentford’s game working alongside Smith. Frank also had two years to learn what the Championship was all about. Rather than bringing him in fresh from Denmark when a vacancy came up.

When Dean Smith left, Thomas Frank was able to seamlessly slip into Smith’s shoes. His succession had been planned two years in advance. Even though in his first 10 matches he won only one game (I think it was) and lost pretty much all the rest, because according to the stats, Brentford was performing as expected and were deemed as being unlucky for getting the results they got, there was no chance Frank was going to get sacked - despite pundits saying it was on the cards.

He since turned it around and has gone from strength to strength.

It’s not all been plain sailing. He’s been at times slow to make changes and very much sticks to his guns to see things through. Which can be admired in one hand. And can be frustrating in other hands.

But he has made Brentford more defensively sound than any of his predecessors, Dean Smith, Mark Warburton and Uwe Rosler.

But to be fair to him, he stuck with players like Sergi Canos when it looked like he was misfiring this season. Jensen when he looked a tad shaky. Marcondes who had a poor start to life at Brentford but Frank really believed in him and he has had some fabulous moments in the last year.

So, fair play to Frank. He knows his onions.

CC: Were you happy about the sale of Ollie Watkins?

BEES: I can’t say I was happy no. We all loved Ollie Watkins. But this is all part of being a Brentford fan. From selling Andre Gray back at the end of that season when we made the Championship playoff semi-final when Bees fans were gutted. Since then, we have always replaced a key player sold for someone better. Upfront we went from Gray to Scott Hogan. Lasse Vibe. Neal Maupay. Ollie Watkins. Plus we also sold the likes of Jota. Said Benrahma. Ryan Woods plus loads more. And of course Chris Mepham.

It makes it hard for you as a fan to get a real relationship with a player when you know he is going to leave after spending just two years at the club. But we’ve got used to it - I’m sad to say. And to be fair, it’s really helped us to keep us financially on an even keel.

The player sales over the last fie years has made us I believe around £100m in profit - some of which we still have to spend in the January window (we haven’t spent the £20m Maupay money or a lot of the £28m Watkins money and then there is another £20m to come from West Ham for Benrahma).

I would love Ollie still to be here. But he’s doing well in the Premier League. And we bought in Ivan Toney who could finish the first half of the season with 20 league goals.


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CC: Which is the best team in the Championship that you would say that Brentford have played so far?

BEES: Hmmm. We should have beaten Norwich. They got a lucky deflected equaliser in the final couple of minutes.

We hammered Watford 0-0 in the first half - we really should have been two or three up by half-time. The ref spoiled the match sending off Ethan Pinnock. We still got a draw but Watford weren’t all that.

Preston blew us away in that second half scoring four goals. They had the better of us all match.

Stoke also had our number in the first half going three up. But were hanging on for dear life in the second half as we got two back and pushed for an equaliser.

Blackburn looked lively in the 2-2 match at our stadium.

But I would say Preston out of all the teams we played so far.

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CC: Ivan Toney has done well since signing for the Bees. Is there a particular type of goal that he is good at getting - poacher, headers, outside the box - and what was his best goal?

BEES: Toney is your archetypal striker. Put the ball in the box and he’ll get you a goal. Header. Poachers shot. One-on-one with the keeper. He’s very different to Ollie Watkins. But a great striker. And also works so hard in defence to. So, he’s like having 12 players in your side. 


CC: Are Brentford capable of finishing in the top two this season or do they need to add to their squad to be able to really make a charge on the top two places?

BEES: We started slowly as we always do. But we’re warming up nicely. And the squad is coming together at the right time. We’re going to be top six going into the second half of the season. We’re so far unbeaten in 15 matches. And we have the league’s top striker. We also have players coming back from injury like Norgaard and Janson. And players coming into form like Canos, DaSilva and Mbeumo.

I’ll be surprised if we didn’t strengthen in the window. Possibly in one of the full-back positions. And also bring in a winger.

But I really do think we can push for a top-two place - assuming we do not get hit by injuries.

With Norwich, Bournemouth, Watford, Swansea, Boro gathering steam, possibly Blackburn and us, it’s going to be a fascinating battle.

 
CC: How are Brentford likely to line up for the game?

BEES: Our first eleven normally picks itself.

Dalsgaard. Pontus Janson. Pinnock and Henry will play in front of David Raya in goal.

Frank does like to rotate the midfield with Marcondes. Jensen. Dasilva. Norgaard filling the three midfield spots.

Upfront I would be surprised if it wasn’t Mbuemo Toney and Canos. With six-goal Marcus Forss on the bench. 
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CC: What is your score prediction?


BEES: Bournemouth have undoubtable quality. And it’s going to be tough.

On the Beesotted Pride Of West London podcast this week, which you kindly did the match preview interview for Peter, I predicted a 2-0 win for Brentford. We need to start winning home matches and I’m hoping with our first team all finally back on the pitch, this will be the match that we really step up to the plate.

CC: Many thanks for Billy for his absolute mountain of football knowledge on the Brentford team and for sharing his Beesotted thoughts with Cherry Chimes. Brentford are playing well and I can see why Billy is predicting a win for the home side. But while Bournemouth have not been winning all the time they have been keeping clean sheets and you have to go back to the Preston game when a team scored more than one against the Cherries' defence and in away match it was Rotherham who last managed that. I'm confident that Bournemouth can score against the best defence and best home record in the Championship, and I think we'll make it difficult for goal-machine Ivan Toney. So, a 1-1 prediction is how I see it. Like the Billy though, I know Bournemouth need to keep the wins coming if they are to catch Norwich City.

Do visit the Beesotted podcast. You'll find a match preview podcast there for this game in which I talk with Billy and discuss my thoughts ahead of the match. 

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Saturday, 22 August 2020

Fixture excitement at the challenge ahead for AFCB

I was waiting with anticipation, not about the fixture release, when it came through, but for the reaction form Bournemouth fans. The mood was quite chirpy as for many they could see Bournemouth striding through some of the games, and for once we might even see some clean sheets. But the Championship is a long race and the first three fixtures look pretty tough to me.

A full fixture list ahead with or without supporters.
Playing Blackburn Rovers at home for the first game is a good way to judge what shape Bournemouth are in, with Blackburn Rovers finishing in a mid-way 11th position last season. A home game always gives your club a chance to make a good start and, with Middlesbrough away and Norwich City at home to follow, Bournemouth would put themselves in a very strong position, if they can beat that kind of quality in their first three games.

Easier said than done though. Watford and Derby will be big matches in October and November looks a particularly good month with some grudge matches against Reading and Nottingham Forest and a tough visit to Sheffield Wednesday. Whether fans are getting to games by this point we just don't know, but the December games are certainly ones that fans will want to enjoy with so many games. I am expecting Swansea away to be a hard match along with Preston at home, as both sides did well last season. Boxing Day should be fun with Millwall in attendance and Brentford, just before New Year, will be a great time to see their new stadium.

I am not sure how many will want to brave Stoke in January, but the crazy ones will take on the weather and I think January could be a crunch month with the quality of fixtures. Watford and Cardiff will be big matches to try and win at home in February and there are long journey's up north to Preston and Huddersfield in March. April looks like it could be a strong month for the Cherries as a the run-in goes and a finish at home to Stoke City could be a great way to go up. Let's think positively.

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Friday, 24 July 2020

There's much to like the Championship

While Bournemouth fans might be hanging on in hope for a reprieve on Sunday and another season in the Premier League, I thought it might be prudent to see what life in the Championship might bring and some positives about football in the lower divisions.
A bit more of this will be okay.
The first thing I'd say is that there is more chance of success in the Championship. There are three promotion places up for grabs and the season always goes on forever, with 46 games and the play-offs to keep teams interested into May. We can balance that with the fact that three teams are relegated, but hopefully Bournemouth would be more occupied with the other end of the table.


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While the Championship will no doubt consider adding VAR, it is not there at the moment and the problems that we have had this season may well defer it for another season in the Championship. Goal line technology was introduced to the Championship since 2017-18, so we'll still get that I'd imagine. The other decisions will be left up to the referee and assistant linesman, so we will have plenty of chances to get angry at the officials again!

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There will be some reasonable local rivalries to play as well with Reading, Bristol City and Millwall on the away ground lists. We might also get some London teams staying in the division. QPR will definitely be there and Brentford and/or Fulham could be on our road maps, even if we won't be visiting Chartlon Athletic, unless it is in one of the cups.

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There is also the chance to visit old cauldron's of dislike, such a Nottingham Forest, the windy unpleasantness of the Bet365 (Britannia stadium) and lengthy trips up north to Preston and Middlesbrough. What is not to like?

 We may well see many more new and young players who haven't cost the earth and it could be that we get to see more emerging talent from the academy, like Sam Surridge, Gavin Kilkenny and Nnamdi Ofoborh.

 Okay, the Premier League has been an exciting home for five years and Bournemouth might not get back there if things don't work out on Sunday. But Bournemouth have created some history in the Premier League and we have enjoyed our time there I think. Wherever the team is next year, there will be plenty of football to look forward to. I have probably only scratched the surface of reasons why the Championship is a great place to play football, so by all means add your own reasons for liking it in the comments.

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Sunday, 28 July 2019

AFCB sharpen their finishing at Brentford 1-3

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Brentford 1 v 3 AFCB
27 July 2019
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Jack Stacy and Dominic Solanke celebrate AFCB's second goal.
The Cherries had a good spread of first team players out against Brentford and Jordan Ibe, Dominic Solanke and Sam Surridge got the goals for Bournemouth at a rain-soaked Griffin Park. The Cherries had to defend at times and really made the most of Brentford making a few mistakes. Brentford did get one goal back by substitute Marcus Force in the last five minutes. 

AFCB came out on their third away kit. Steve Fletcher was again on the commentary team. A good start by AFCB saw Ibe set away by Solanke, and the pull back fro Brooks was blocked.

 Brentford came close with a shot from Canos after a mistake by Brooks, but Travers saved to his left. Mepham was doing well under pressure at the back. Bournemouth were allowing Brentford to press them at the back.

 Solanke had a chance to feed in Brooks, but shot from 25 yards and screwed it wide. On seven minutes. Ibe also had a weak shot from the outside of the box straight at the keeper. Solanke again had a shot blocked as Brentford kept giving the ball away.

 Canos played in Clarke down the side, but he could only hit the side netting for Brentford. Ibe made a good surging run through the middle on 16 minutes and Brooks was only stopped by the Brentford keeper coming and forcing a corner.

 Ibe was playing positively on the left wing with Solanke  on his own up front and Brooks striding up the right wing. 

 Steve Fletcher revealed that the first half was being played with a Championship ball and the second half would be he Premier League ball.

 Mepham gave a foul away some 25 yards on Canos out on 25 minutes. Marcondes hit the free kick over the bar. Brooks was brought down three minutes later and let Rico take the free kick which was whipped over the bar.

 Aké was proving the  last man in defence for the Cherries. Ibe was in up on the left and cut back past Jansson and shot the Cherries into a 10-0 lead firing past Raya on 30 minutes.

 Dasilva headed straight at Travers from a Brentford corner. Solanke was being closely marked by Jansson.

 Aké again gets to a Brentford cross first. Brooks and Solanke have been interchanging positions for the last  five minutes. Lerma played in Brooks but the AFCB winger couldn't get past the last defender.

 Canos had a shot that Travers kept out by getting down to his knees. A mistake by the Brentford keeper lets Lerma in but Raya makes a mends with a save. It's 0-1 at half-time.
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 Second half
Marcus Force came on for Brentford to replace Canos. Butcher was riding his luck with a backpass to Travers just six yards out from the goal line and Travers had to slide across to make the pass.

 Rico was taken out on the wing, but wasn't given a free kick. Solanke has taken a clearance from Raya straight in the head and he looks flat out on 50 minutes. He has got to his knees, but that hurt.

 Stacey puts a cross n front of Ibe and Rico tries to play it back in but only finds Raya. Force has a shot that goes wide of the left post. Jansson heads over from the corner.

 Steve Fletcher has seen that the ball is not the Premier League one. He's not amused. Dasilva plays in Clarke but the defender is offside and Travers saves in any case.

 Brentford are having a spell here. Bournemouth can't get the ball. Rico has to get a header out. Mepham sweeps a ball clear.

 The rain is quite heavy now. Ibe out to Brooks and the cross from Stacy lands at Solanke's feet who makes it 0-2 on 70 minutes at the near post, beating the keeper to the ball and in front of the defender.

 David Brooks took a knock in the build up for the goal and Surridge has replaced him. Rico is getting down the left but his crosses are always being gobbled up easily by the keeper. Finally there is a cross from the left that misses the Brentford keeper from Ibe and Surridge makes it 3-0 on 76 minutes.

 Cordner replaces Butcher on 77 minutes. Lerma's enjoying the superiority that AFCB have built up. He's well in control. Surridge is caught by Raya nd Bournemouth have a free kick.

 Brentford make a sub and Sherring and Anthony come on for Bournemouth on 85 minutes. Lerma and Kilkenny have gone off.  Janssen clobbers Surridge but it's play on. Force is through against Travers and he has put it in the corner of the net.

 It finishes 1-3.
A wet day out but enjoyable for AFCB fans.
Summary
A good work out for Bournemouth who scored a few goals and almost kept a clean sheet. There will be a worry that David Brooks had to come off but Ibe and Solanke will be pleased with their goals and Mepham enjoyed his return to Griffin Park. Lerma again showed his class in the middle and Aké was great at sensing danger at the back.

 AFCB 
42 Travers, 17 Stacey, 33 Mepham, 36 Butcher (Cordner77) , 5 Aké (C), 21 Rico,
8 Lerma (Anthony 75), 53 Kilkenny (Sherring 85), 10 Ibe, 20 Brooks (Surridge 71), 9 Solanke

 AFCB Subs
Dennis,  25 Cordner, 38 Sherring, 29 Anthony, 44 Surridge

 Referee: Gavin Ward

 Brentford
1 Raya, 2 Clarke, 3 Dalsgaard, 4, Jeanvier (19), 5 Jansson, 6 Pinnock, 7 Canos (Force 45), 8 Dasilva, 9 +19 Norgaard (Subbed 85),  10 Marcondes, 11 Zamburek

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Brentford Subs
14 Force,
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