AFCB - simply "not good enough"

Jason Tindall couldn't hide the fact that Bournemouth were well below par in the first half against Derby Couty. The team huffed and puffed but it didn't test the Derby keeper and the team didn't look like winning anywhere near enough of the 50:50 challenges that it needed to win. The creative players are not producing and there is always at least one sloppy bit of defending per match which has more often than not ended in a defeat. So can AFCB get themselves out of the pit they are digging themselves into?

Tindall has to get players back listening to his every word.

Tindall seems pleased that Danjuma is back and played a good amount of minutes as did Chris Mepham and Jack Stacey. Meanwhile, Jack Wilshere has also been able to taste competitive football again. I don't think that bringing in many new players is going to be that important for Bournemouth. Jason has to do better with the players he has which are in pretty much all cases deemed to be of Premier League quality or at least have mostly experienced Premier League football.

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It is often said that playing in the Championship is a different challenge and in some cases a harder task as every team can beat you. We saw that against Derby who are a side who were second from bottom and AFCB didn't meet the game with the same grit and determination and were duly beaten. I'm sure that there are problems behind the scenes at AFCB. It spilled on to the pitch the other month with Stanislas and Surridge, the transfer saga with Jack Simpson is another sign that things are not running smoothly and why is Philip Billing saying he was fit to play against Derby and Tindall arguing that he couldn't finish the last training session. Is Jason Tindall fully in charge of the players?

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There is not a lot wrong with this team. Most of the difficulties are in getting the players to be on the same page and to get them believing that they are capable of blowing teams away. But that is only achieved with hard work and determination and in some aspects AFCB are falling down. They are not finding things are going their way and rather than look to try something different they have perhaps got stuck in doing the same things over and over again. We saw a lot of long balls against Derby, perhaps because the pitch was heavy. But AFCB's game has always been quick passing and on the floor. It is okay to mix things up, but if you go long you have to aim to win challenges and AFCB didn't do that against Derby.

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Okay, you can say some of the players are coming back to fitness. But you can only make these excuses for so long. Other teams are managing this period better, and it's down to AFCB's players to come out the other side of this disappointing period and makeup ground on what they have already lost. The team needs to come together and I have a feeling all is not well in the dressing room. Looking at the table now with the club in sixth, the players might just start to get the picture that they are not performing, and perhaps it is a good thing that the FA Cup comes next and they have a week to try and sort out some of the problems. The FA Cup tie against Crawley has been rescheduled to Tuesday 16 January at 7pm.

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Match Report

Derby Co 1 v 0 AFCB

19 Jan 2021

AFCB fall flat at Derby County losing ground on the top two promotion places.

The Cherries slumped to another defeat and a goalless performance at Derby County. It was another game when they could have put some pressure back on the top teams, but they came away wondering where their form has gone. They managed no shots on target in the first half and Danjuma was constantly getting caught offside. Derby Scored when they were on top and from a corner, when Lloyd Kelly missed his header, and Bielik was there to hook the ball through his legs and into the goal. The second half saw Bournemouth throwing more bodies forward and Lloyd Kelly came closest to scoring with a strong header that Roos saved. Jack Stacey might also have levelled, but saw his shot go narrowly wide. It's not the result that Jason Tindall will have wanted, but Bournemouth have to show more desire than this if they want to get in the promotion picture. Derby worked harder, wanted it more and justifiably got the win.

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Bournemouth just made the two changes with Lloyd Kelly replacing Diego Rico and Danjuma back in for Josh King. Billing and Riquelme were injured, while Jack Simpson is still waiting on a move to Cardiff City. Jack Wilshere did make the bench along with Chris Mepham.

Match Description
Danjuma has the first shot off a long raking pass from Carter-Vickers, which is blocked. If he had taken it first time, he might have scored. Jozwiak then puts a header on target but Begovic saves. Clarke is next to head wide. Derby are in control.

Solanke misses a good chance off a Jack Stacey cross. He got in the box but a weak contact and the chance is gone. 

Lerma is in the wars again clashing with Bielik after 11 minutes but totally accidental. Shinnie was giving Lewis Cook a lot of attention but Cook wins the free kick. Derby are pressing hard.

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Bielik pushed a good ball forward to Knight but Carter-Vickers sees the ball out. Neither team is giving any time on the ball to the other team. Lerma looks for Danjuma but the winger is offside.

Carter-Vickers is quite comfortable coming forward with the ball. Bournemouth don't have a lot of flow to their game though.

Bournemouth are keeping hold of the ball now. Jozwiak gets around Carter-Vickers and Steve Cook has to get across to stop the Derby attack. 

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Buchanan gets in behind Stacey but Begovic makes a good save. Derby are getting closer and Steve Cook has to block Jozwiak. From the corner the ball is held up but Bielik has slotted it away through Kelly's legs, with Kelly no idea where the ball is after his missed header. Derby go 1-0 up on 32 minutes.

Bournemouth haven't got going. Knight drills a shot wide following a free kick. As soon as Bournemouth break they are getting crowded out. Knight has another wild swing at a shot that goes well wide.

Lewis Cook loses possession in his own half but gets away with it. Lerma finds Solanke but the forward's touch is too hard. Danjuma gets in the box but is tackled by Bird.

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Second half

Josh King is on for Adam Smith and Cameron Carter-Vickers is subbed for Chris Mepham. An early cross from Danjuma and King heads at goal but it's saved. King and Solanke playing as strike partners in a 4-4-2  formation now. 

Bournemouth are still kicking long and hopeful. They need to get back to their short passing game. Lerma underlines the point kicking a long pass out of play.

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Steve Cook almost puts King through. Bournemouth are dictating now. Knight gets on the end of a long ball past Mepham's head, but Kelly sees it out. Mepham goes over the top and Solanke gets to it, but hits the side netting.

Byrne gets free and could put it in the middle but goes for a shot that Begovic saves easily. Byrne has another effort more centrally and Begovic is behind it. Derby are more than holding on they have a corner. Lewis Cook has to stretch his leg out to clear one off the line from Clarke's header, great block.

King heads back across goal from a corner but Roos claims it easily. Surrdige is on for Danjuma on 63 minutes. Mepham plays the ball against Byrne and almost let Derby in. Stacey gets in behind and Kelly blasts the ball into the box, but no Bournemouth player can finish. The ball just held up and Solanke and Surridge couldn't sort their feet out in time.

Bielik has shot and Mepham has to block it. That was goal bound. Lewis Cook is booked for taking out Knight.

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Surridge almost gets on the end of a long ball with Wisdom having trouble holding Surridge off. Stacey puts an deep cross but Surridge had gone short to the near post. The heavy pitch is probably not helping AFCB's game.

Wilshere is on for Brooks. Wisdom concedes a corner. Steve Cook and Lloyd Kelly heads it towards goal but the keeper somehow gets there to make the save with a strong left hand. That's the closest Bournemouth have come to a goal tonight.

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Jozwiak is subbed by MacDonald. Another corner for Bournemouth. From a long throw, Lerma hits a shot onto the ground and Stacey hits it cleaner but it just evades the far post. Steve Cook has won a free kick.

Steve Cook puts the header wide. Just three minutes of added time. Mitchell-Lawson comes on for Knight.

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Summary

I am not sure if it is the heavy pitches or a lack of steel but Bournemouth aren't getting the job done in tight games. They came up a Derby side that are battling to stay alive and Bournemouth didn't show the same will and determination. They got what they deserved with this second defeat in a row. They have to apply themselves more fully and while you could see it mattered to players like Steve Cook and Lewis Cook, who were throwing themselves at everything there were too many having a ride on the bus. The shots on target were absent first half and while Lloyd Kelly and Jack Stacey nearly got a point for the Cherries, they didn't deserve to get a point. Hopefully, it will make the team more hungry for points next game.  

AFCB lineup

AFCB Subs: 40 Dennis, 4 Gosling, 6 Mepham, 11 Wilshere,  

21 Rico, 24 Ofoborh, 27 King, 32 Anthony, 14 Surridge

AFCB Ratings

Begovic 8, Stacey 6, S Cook 9, Carter-Vickers 5, Kelly 6, A Smith 4, Brooks 4, Lerma 5, L Cook 7, Danjuma 5, Solanke 5

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Derby Co

21 Roos, 22 Evans, 2 Wisdom, 16 Clarke, 12 Byrne, 4 Shinnie, 5 Bielik, 26 Buchanan,

7 Jozwiak (MacDonald 81), 13 Kazim-Richards, 38 Knight (Mitchell-Lawson 90+2)

Derby Subs

3 Forsyth, 8 Bird, 9 Waghorn, 17 Sibley, 18 Whittaker, 37 MacDonald, 41 Gordon, 42 Mitchell-Lawson, 44 Foster

Can Wilshere get AFCB back on track?

Yesterday, AFCB resigned Jack Wilshere for six months. He is a hugely popular player with AFCB fans and other clubs and for Bournemouth to pick him up again says a lot of how much Jack respects the work of Jason Tindall. Whether the reunion will see Bournemouth power their way to promotion is the question that will be answered, probably not by the undoubted quality of Wilshere, but by his fitness.

Jack's back - how soon can he get AFCB winning games again?

With Jack only just signing, but having trained for three weeks for the club, he could find himself in the squad for the game against Derby County. While Jefferson Lerma's red card has been rescinded, I am hoping that he is cleared of the Sheffield Wednesday charge as well and is ready to play with his head in the right place for a big game if selected.

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The best central midfield set-up for Bournemouth could be quite a puzzle. Bournemouth have lacked the creativity to break teams down despite having a great attacking assortment of players. Jack Wilshere adds a bit more experience to the midfield and if he gets a good run it will be hard not to see him dominating that area. It will be good for players like Lerma and Lewis Cook to get a bit more of a break at times and should keep them on their toes. It is good to hear that Jack really enjoyed his time at AFCB first time and that he wants to help the club get back to the Premier League.

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Derby will be another difficult game as they have just appointed Wayne Rooney as their manager. But while their tales are up Bournemouth know they have not performed well against teams at the bottom of the league. It is something that Tindall is drilling home and wants his players to react after the recent disappointments. Adding Jack Wilshere at this point could be a good pick me up for the team, and I expect the team to go all gound blazing at Derby Couty to get back on the heels of the leading two clubs.

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Possible AFCB lineup

AFCB Subs: Dennis, Kelly, Wilshere, Gosling, Billing, King, Surridge, Anthony, King

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Tindall is having to turn games around to keep unbeaten run going

Jason Tindall had to give another inspiring half-time talk to see Bournemouth start to fire against Derby County at the weekend. The team remains unbeaten, but it's certainly not frightening the rest of the division by only playing to their potential for 45 minutes in games. The opening half of matches is becoming a problem and it is the substitutes that have been bailing AFCB out in the last couple of games.

AFCB remain slow starters in games.

We still haven't seen much of Rodrigo Riquelme but he certainly made a name for himself with his calmly taken finish late-on against Derb County. Up to that point, Bournemouth were struggling to get many shots on targets, but Tindall had raided the sub's bench to put on more firepower. It did the trick, but Jason has to try and work out why the team didn't perform in the first half.

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For me, the missing figure was Jefferson Lerma. Without Lerma bossing the midfield and keeping AFCB pushing forward, the team looks fragile and Derby were certainly able to dominate early on. Tindall has been putting others in before Philip Billing, but in this recent match he chose to rest Gosling and with Lerma also out injured, there wasn't enough bite in midfield. Billing gave the free kick away for the Derby goal and Lewis Cook was also guilty of losing the ball cheaply at times.

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Bournemouth do at least have a lot of strength in defence. Steve Cook single-handedly took it upon himself to keep the Cherries in the game at times. He certainly saved two points with his goalmouth clearance near the end, and he seems to pop up just about everywhere he Bournemouth have been looking stretched. Steve Cook has probably been Bournemouth's best player in October along with Asmir Begovic, and that says much about how the team has been scrambling for points.

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While the team is still unbeaten, it is clear that when a couple of their best players are not in the starting line-up, Bournemouth can struggle to get going. It's great to see Bournemouth have the resolve to come back in games but Tindall has to get them starting games better if he wants three points more often.

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Another slow start from Bournemouth led to the visitors going ahead after Billing had given a free kick away on the edge of the box. Graeme Shinnie stabbed the ball into the goal after a scramble in the box and Bournemouth found it hard to get going until the end of the first half when Solanke looked like he would score, but Marshall tipped the ball over the bar. Bournemouth chucked the subs on in the second half but it was the last of them, Rodrigo Riquelme that volleyed an equaliser on 81 minutes to save Bournemouth's unbeaten record. The real hero though was Steve Cook who saved a shot on the line with his face. That kind of commitment is just so brave and he deserves man of the match for that alone.

AFCB have to fight hard just to get a draw against Derby Co.

Jason Tindall kept the rotation going by bringing back Diego Rico, Arnaut Danjuma and Philip Billing back to the starting line-up. Out went Josh King, Lloyd Kelly and Dan Gosling while David Brooks returned to the subs bench.

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Match Description
Derby County get the game underway and Jack Stacey gets the first tackle in. Jason Knight is booked for a sliding foul on Adam Smith.

Derby set up 5-2-3 when they haven't got the ball trying to stop Adam Smith and Jack Stacey joining AFCB's attack.  Rico fouls. Waghorn curls a shot over the bar. Lawrence and Rooney linked up well before passing to Wehorn.

Rooney for Shinnie and his shot is blocked. Solanke on the counter but Stanislas is beaten to the ball by Clarke. Stacey makes a foul. Steve Cook fouls. Derby keep winning the ball back in AFCB's half.

Bournemouth defend a free kick. Matt Clarke heads just onto the roof of the net. Rico was a bit slow in keeping hold of Clarke. Billing fouls Knight on the edge of the box. Bournemouth need more discipline and Billing has been booked.

Rooney's free kick hits the wall, it's a scramble Waghorn wins the knockdown and Graeme Shinnie has scored 0-1 to Derby County. Adam Smith and Soanke couldn't clear in time. It went in off Steve Cook on 14 minutes.

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Billing is blocked. Stanislas wins a free kick. Bournemouth haven't got into their stride yet. The free kick is punched clear by Marshall. Solanke is fouled. Lawrence goes down under pressure from Steve Cook but it's gone behind for a goal kick.

Adam Smith and Danjuma. Danjuma goes down but nothing doing. Rico is booked for a foul on Bryne. Solanke heads clear.  

Stanislas can't beat Shinnie. Knight and Waghorn in the middle but the shot is right at Begovic. Byrne on the right is tackled by Lewis Cook.

Billing to Solanke on the left. Adam Smith back to Billing. Good possession, but Danjuma lost the ball. Solanke turns well and chips to the far post. Stacey shoots poorly at Marshall.

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Stacey is into the area and Clarke tackles. Waghorn on the break and Mepham slides in. Stanislas is in trouble. Clarke took his knee. Stanislas is up. Stacey's shot from the centre of the box is saved.

Stanislas over hits a pass. Shinnie and Knight are dominating midfield. Solanke puts a shot wide. Billing to Stanislas and Solanke sees his shot saved over the bar. Great save by the keeper. 

Derby are under pressure, but clear the corner. Four minutes of added time. Stacey and Danjuma. Danjuma has overrun it.

AFCB possession 70%, 3 shots, 2 shots on target, 1 corner 10 fouls
Derby Co possession 30%, 6 shots, 2 shots on target, 0 corners, 7 fouls.

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Second Half
Josh King replaces Stanislas. Lawrence shoots wide from outside the box. King to Danjuma and Billing fires wide. 

Byrne breaks. Adam Smith gets back at him. Lawrence and Clarke, but Bournemouth clear. King is tackled by Shinnie. King is offside.

Danjuma and Shinnie tackles for a Bournemouth corner. Steve Cook send a pass out to Rico. Stacey comes forward. Danjuma can't beat Byrne. Mepham is down.

Clarke clears another Bournemouth attack. Adam Smith has intercepted off Knight. 

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Steve Cook wins possession off Lawrence. Derby are dropping deep. Holmes comes on for Rooney on 60 minutes. Danjuma across goal and Shinnie clears. Free kick to Bournemouth as Rico is fouled.

Rico into the area with the free kick but it's cleared. 

Lewis Cook through to Danjuma, he's hit the post. Danjuma again and Marshall makes the save on 63 minutes.

Brooks is on for Stacey on 69 minutes. Bournemouth go to a 4-3-3. Derby are sitting back. Brooks in field and King tries to lay it off for Solanke but Marshall has the ball.

Begovic clears. Shinnie is taken out by Adam Smith. It's one-way traffic. Danjuma across the face of goal. Derby are trying to hang on to a 0-1 win. Bournemouth's unbeaten record isunder threat. Riquelme is coming on now for Billing.

Larwence and Byrne. Holmes and Lawrence fires across goal and it's come off Steve Cook for Derby's first corner. Knight drives it at goal but Begovic saves well.

Lewis Cook up to King and he's down on the edge of the box - free kick. Shinnie made the foul. Brooks is lining it up. Brooks hits the wall. Rico crosses and it's volleyed in by Riquelme. Superb finish. What a first goal for the new signing.

Wisdom is on for te Wierke on 81 minutes.

Riquelme is fouled. Danjuma in the box pulls it back. King and Smith and Danjuma at the far post but the flag has gone up. Knight to Buchanhan, blocked on the line by Steve Cook. That was an amazing block by Steve Cook - game saving. It caught Cook on the side of the face and he is flat on the ground.

King into the near post and Solanke and it's a corner off of Clarke. Rico takes. Brooks and it's headed away. Danjuma and Rico. Rodrigues, Brooks and back to Danjuma but he can't get there before Marshall on 88 minutes.

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Can Bournemouth get a late winner? Buchanan, half-cleared. Brooks on the counter is tackled. Lewis Cook long to King. Brooks and Danjuma to Ridrgues and the drive goes behind for a goal kick. Five added minutes.

Solanke and Danjuma tries to go around Marshall but the keeper has saved it for a throw-in. Lewis Cook to Riquelme who crosses.  Derby substitute Waghorn for Sibley. 

Danjuma against Byrne Solanke and King turns and fires wide. Bournemouth are coming on strong but is it too late. Sibley out to Buchanan. His cross is blocked. 

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Summary
Bournemouth have to find a way to start games better than this. Derby were much the better side in the first half with Shinnie dominating midfield. Without Lerma Bournemouth look short of steel in the middle. Bournemouth had to bring on Brooks, King and Riquelme to fight their way back into the age and game and it was another late Bournemouth game that salvaged a point.

AFCB line-up

AFCB Subs: Travers, Simpson, Gosling, Riquelme, King, Surridge

Derby: 1 Marshall, 6 te Wierke (Wisdom 81), 12 Bryne, 4 Shinnie, 16 Clarke, 26 Buchanan,  33 Davies, 38 Knight, 10 Lawrence, 32 Rooney (Holmes 60), 9 Waghorn (Sibley 90+2), 

Derby Subs: Ross, Wisdom, Forsyth, Bielik, Kazim-Richards, Sibley, Holmes.

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Back-to-back wins are what AFCB require

We have seen Bournemouth go on an unbeaten run of eight-games but they are some way behind Reading who are top the league. The Cherries really need to see back-to-back wins to start putting some pressure on the leaders, and yet playing Derby at home won't be a simple game because Derby are desperate for points for other reasons.

It may be too soon for Lerma to come back.

Derby County may not have started well, but Martyn Waghorn has started to get his goals going with two so far and one in the last match against Cardiff City that was so nearly the winner. Derby themselves are not losing games now but have been drawing their fixtures, and so they know they only need a bit of luck to start picking up more points. While Wayne Rooney is their talisman who has been self-isolating, h for this match is likely to be available to Philip Cocu and we know he can be a match-winner. 

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Bournemouth have to keep their consistency levels high and by bringing in David Brooks that might help freshen up the team. With Danjuma already hitting form, Bournemouth look to be in great strength on both flanks. The Cherries are looking more settled at the back as well having kept another clean sheet against Bristol City and Asmir Begovic is in terrific form. The unsung hero for me so far this season though is Jack Stacey. He has been fantastic going forward and has given the team much more creativity when they break and with Steve Cook doing well at blocking and getting to tackles first, the signs are starting to look better again for Bournemouth.

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Now it is a case of kicking on. The players stepped up against Bristol City but could easily have come out worse in that game. Getting a whole 90-minute performance is now what Jason Tindall will want. We saw it against Coventry but that was before the international break and it is those standards that Bournemouth have to start hitting regularly.

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It is probably time that Dominic Solanke showed what a player he can be and I'm expecting him to start showing the goal form he has been desperate to provide. He is getting nearer and this game is another chance for him to prove a few doubters wrong.

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Simpson too good to be on the bench

We may be about to lose the services of Jack Simpson, at least for a few months if the Championship sides of Middlesbrough, Stoke or Derby get their man. A loan deal for Simpson would make sense for Jack Simspon's development, but it would be a pity if he makes a clean break with Bournemouth.

Jack Simpson is more than ready to play more minutes, but probably not at AFCB

Fans always like to see local players come through the system and as soon as we have one at Bournemouth, they don't tend to stay around long. But Jack has served his apprenticeship at Bournemouth and should be getting regular games. Even with the amount of injuries that the cherries have been getting, Jack hasn't found it easy to get in the team.

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I thought Jack as the man of the match against Arsenal in the FA Cup and if he had knocked in his header, we could have still been lining up for a replay. A relegation scrap might not be the environment that Jack Simpson would benefit from, but a promotion push could get his game in the right place. So I can see the benefits of going to a good Championship side, but none of the mentioned clubs are likely to get in the promotion scene. So perhaps, just playing games is something Jack would settle for.

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It would leave Bournemouth a little short at centre-back in terms of cover. Simon Francis is going to be the main back up if Aké and Steve Cook have problems, but then there wouldn't be much other cover with Chris Mepham out for the rest of the season. Eddie Howe might be keener on keeping Jack around but having him sit on the bench for the next few months isn't doing anyone any favours. Perhaps Eddie can put in a recall clause in a contract in case he loses a couple of centre-backs to injury.

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Should Simpson be loaned out to a Championship side?

Bournemouth have not found it easy to get their younger players into the first team and yet the talent the club is starting to acquire really needs to get game time if they are to learn and develop. The club has already released centre-back Baily Cargill and I am starting to wonder what kind of message this sends out to a player like Jack Simpson who managed to break into the first team for a period last season?

Jack Simpson will want more games next season.

Just like Cargill, Simpson has shown he can mix it with players that are more experienced and he didn't look out of place playing for the Cherries in FA Cup matches against Wigan or even against high-flyers Man City. And yet, Simpson's prospects at playing a more  involved part at the Cherries next season might be limited if as is thought Eddie Howe is looking to bring in more defenders. So does this give Simpson the signal to go and play on loan at another club?

I would not be at all surprised if Eddie Howe tells Jack that to play in the Championship will develop him much faster than simply training with the first squad at AFCB. Whether Simpson has any say in his future I don't know, but when he sees how Ryan Fraser benefited from his time in the Championship, it would surely be of value to Simpson to get that kind of experience. It will mean that other clubs get a good look at him and Bournemouth might be keen not to attract to much attention for the player, but it's not fair on the young defender just to keep him on the bench every week in my opinion.

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I think Simpson could do a very good job for a number of clubs. He has the quick thinking skills to make him a valuable asset and he does the basics well.  A club like Derby where he could listen to the views of Frank Lampard could be a good destination as they look to add youth to their squad.
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Potential move for Grabban may give AFCB busy transfer deadline day

The rumour that Lewis Grabban could be a target of Derby County in the Championship may lead to a hectic deadline day for AFCB. The likelihood is that if Lewis would be interested in the move and AFCB can agree a fee (the suggestion is £6m according to the Daily Telegraph), it would have the Cherries potentially seeing if they could find another striker before the window shuts.

While Derby are believed to be keen on adding Lewis Grabban to their squad, I somehow doubt that Grabban would be able to leave Bournemouth, unless there is a suitable replacement lined up, as Lewis has been involved in AFCB's three Premier League games so far. Lewis himself may have reservations about a move back to the Championship, but he could also feel that it would give him an opportunity to make a fresh start. While Grabban has not yet scored on the Premier League for the Cherries, Derby will be well aware of what he has done to Championship sides in the past. A transfer fee that matches or is close to what AFCB payed Norwich for Grabban would probably get the attention of the Cherries, so it will be interesting to see if this one develops.

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The move would also push Lys Mousset closer to the bench for his Premier League debut which may not seem a bad thing from the views of many Bournemouth fans. AFCB will have a list of strikers that they are keeping tabs on, but whether any are available at the right price when the window is about to close is a bit of a poker game. If AFCB were looking at the Championship it could be a costly replacement for a young striker - like Britt Assombalonga, a for example, at Forest.