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Sunday, 10 January 2021

King's brace helps Bournemouth ease past Oldham in FA Cup 4-1

Match Report
FA Cup third round
11 January 2021
AFCB 4 v 1 Oldham Athletic

Josh King nets twice n Bournemouth's 4-1 win.

The Cherries won their way through to the fourth round of the FA Cup after quite a struggle early on against Oldham. The visitors tested the debut keeper Will Dennis in the first half and it wasn't until David Brooks scored two minutes before the break that Burnemouthlooked like they had control of the game. But a foul on David Keillor-Dunn, by keeper Will Dennis, saw Oldham awarded a penalty that Dylan Bahamboula scored to make it 1-1 at the break. With Rico replacing Dan Gosling at half-time, Bournemouth looked to get back ahead, which they did from a Riquelme strike on 49 minutes. The Cherries then made teh score look more comfortable when Josh King headed the Cherries' third goal on 74 minutes from an Adam Smith cross. King smashed in the fourth goal in the 86th minute.
Bournemouth made a whole host of changes as expected. The biggest surprise for me was to see Cameron Carter-Vickers finally made his AFCB debut, while it was a bit of a shock not to see Sam Surridge start. There was a fair amount of experience in the side with Josh King now cup-tied to Bournemouth which might be a sign that Tindall really does want to hold on to the striker. Finally, it was great to see Jack Stacey able to play again after his injury, and Will Dennis make his debut but Danjuma was again missing.

Oldham started well by having most of the early shots. Bahamboulla and Carl Piergianna had Oldham's first chances before Riquelme and Billing started to look more threatening for Bournemouth. Dennis made a great save from a Piergianna header on 10 minutes.

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Bahamboulla also forced a good save from Dennis just before the half-hour and Jordan Barnett had a shot that came off the post, while David Brooks and Riquelme looked the most likely to be the creative force for the Cherries. Indeed, Brooks scored the opener from outside the box having received a lay-off pass from Josh King.
The lead was short-lived though when Will Dennis brought down David Keillor-Dunn and Dylan Bahamboula scored from the spot in the top left corner.

In the second half Dan Gosling was withdrawn and Diego Rico came on. Riquelme settled the nerves when he put Bournemouth 2-1 after a close-in finish on 49 minutes.

Riquelme also saw another shot saved following a corner but with Brooks and Zemura also missing chances it took until the 74th minute for Bournemouth to extend the lead to 3-1 with a Josh King header.

The match was pretty much over as a contest when King scored his second and Bournemouths fourth from a Diego Rico's pass which was dummied beautifully by Jaidon Anthony for King to score with four minutes to go.
Summary
It was good to see Carter-Vickers finally get a game and for Will Dennis to experience the first team game. Oldham were certainly no pushovers and it was a good test for the likes of Kilkenny and Zemura. It was the old hands that made teh difference though. Josh King sharpened up his finishing and David Brooks will again get admiring glances, while Riquelme will be given a boost by his second goal for teh Cherries.

AFCB
40 Dennis, 17 Stacey (A Smith 67), 18 Carter-Vickers, 25 Simpson, 33 Zemura (Lerma 79), 26 Kilkenny, 4 Gosling (Rico 45), 29 Billing (Surridge 77), 7 Brooks (Anthony 67), 27 King, 20 Riquelme

AFCB Substitutes
1 Begovic, 3 S Cook, 8 Lerma, 14 Surridge, 15 A Smith, 16 L Cook, 21 Rico, 32 Anthony
 
Oldham Athletic
1 Lawlor, 2 Clarke, 5 Piergianni, 22 Diarra (Dearnley 71), 17 Barnett, 25 McCalmont, 16 Ntambwe ( McAleny 67), 34 Hamer, 10 Keillor-Dunn, 6 Garrity (Whelan 67), 24 Bahamboula

Oldham Substitutes
4 Coelho Jombati, 8 Whelan, 14 Fage, 15 Jameson, 18 McAleny, 19 Dearnley, 20 Badan, 29 Luamba,
33 Bilboe
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Saturday, 9 January 2021

Surridge is hyped for Oldham reunion

Sam Surridge had a long loan spell at Oldham Athletic and did rather well in netting eight goals in 15 games during the 2018-19 season. It really put Sam Surridge on the map as a player that could do well at a higher level, and he secured a loan spell at Swansea City on the back of it. Now he might well lead the Cherries as the main striker in a cup tie that Bournemouth are keen to progress in.

Sam Surridge is set for striking Oldham out of the FA Cup.

While Sam has had to fight hard to get time on the pitch for Bournemouth this season, there is no doubting his quality from what I have seen. He is a natural goalscorer and has a knack for timing his runs exceptionally well. Jason Tindall probably wanted to play Josh King and Dominic Solanke more often than not this season but, Sam has done well when he has come in and fully deserves his place in the team now.

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Whether Sam gets his start against Oldham we will have to wait and see, but I'd expect him to start and or Bournemouth to play two upfront. It may be that Dominic Solanke starts with Sam but there could well be an opportunity for Jaidon Anthony to come on. Jake Scrimshaw played for Walsall in the first round against Bristol Rovers, so I would expect him to be ruled out of this game. Infact, the club has just announced he has signed for Newport County on loan. 


We may see Jordan Zemura, Nnamdi Ofoborh and Rodrigo Riquelme. Jason Tindall needs to see if some of these players are making progress and it will be a good opportunity for them. But also it will be a handy game perhaps to see Dan Gosling and Arnaut Danjuma back in action. There may be a couple of regular starters who are also just up for the cup, and Jason should put a few experienced heads in if he wants to make sure he can win the game.

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Moving the game to Dean Court does make it a bit easier to negotiate, but Bournemouth have to play well if they are going to be at club that knows every penny it makes in the cup will make life easier for them, and give them more chance to bring in better players in the future.

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Friday, 8 January 2021

Oldham have cup pedigree

Bournemouth will look to progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup by beating Oldham Athletic this weekend. The team is likely to be much depleted from the regular starters, but I feel supporters want a good cup run after the early exit in the league cup this season.

AFCB are back in FA cup action this weekend

Oldham Athletic beat Bradford City away 1-2 in the second round of the FA Cup and they beat Hampton and Richmond 2-3 away in the first round. But in this round, Oldham are at home and they have lost their last two home matches in the league. 

Their top goalscorer is Conor McAleny who has 11 goals in 20 matches, while Danny Rowe and Zachery Dearnley have six apiece having both played 16 games. McAlney and Rowe got the two goals against Bradford City in the last round and Ben Garrity, Bobby Grant and Danny Rowe scored in the -2-3 win over Hampton and Richmond.

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Oldham have been more in the news over their last league match which was abandoned due to fog against Forst Green Rovers with the score at 1-1 after 59 minutes. Of course, the fog cleared up as soon as the ref had called the game off.

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Harry Kewell will be lining up against Jason Tindall in the dugout, so Oldham have a young manager who is looking to get a big score against a former Premier League team. It won't bother Kewell if Bournemouth rest a few players, and Bournemouth will have to try and avoid falling at this first hurdle. Just to whet the appetite of Oldham supporters there is even a BetVictor survey that puts them as the top team for causing a cup upset over the last two and a half decades. 

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Bournemouth you have been warned - Oldham have cup pedigree. Remember the 3-3 draw in the semi-final against Man Utd in 1990? Bournemouth will themselves be hoping that this is the season that could see them make their first FA Cup semi-final or go even further.

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News update: This morning the Bournemouth Daily Echo has stated that the match with Oldham Athletic may be switched to Dean Court because the pitch at Oldham may well be unplayable.

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Friday, 25 April 2014

The Cherries can end Forest's season

Who would have thought that Nottingham Forest would be needing a win at Bournemouth to stay in the play-off race this late in the season? Arguably one of the pre-season favourites for the title it all went a bit wrong for Forest causing them to part company with Billie Davies. All credit to their players though they have turned their form back around again and are coming to Dean Court with some good results behind them. It won't change the fact though that AFCB would love to stop them in their tracks.
Nottingham Forest players warm up at the City ground.
That won't be an easy task though. Forest have quality in just about every position and the side has probably slightly under performed at least if you talk to the bookies. Andy Reid has been their big threat for most of the season and just watching him play you can see what great skill he has on the ball while his shooting power is as good as any midfielder in the division.

 The young man though that has been exciting to watch is Jamie Paterson and he looks like he could play at a higher level having steered Forest past West Ham's FA Cup select team earlier in the season and has continued his scoring run in the Championship. He is another quick thinking player and seems to pop up in the holes where defenders least expect so I would think that Eunan O'Kane will be looking out for him.
At Nottingham AFCB got a late equaliser from Marc Pugh.
Matt Derbyshire is also well known to our supporters from his loan period at Oldham Athletic in League One last year and he has been scoring for fun in recent weeks. The couple he scored against Leeds in Forest last away game showed his strength and the first came in the initial few seconds of the game. Henri Lansbury also scored a belter against the Cherries up at the City ground and Simon Cox is another player who will score the odd goal for them.

 So where is Forest's weakness? It could just be in their over confidence. They expected to beat AFCB easily at home and yet they came unstuck. They are likely to be equally confident of taking all three points at Dean Court and that could well suit the Cherry to see them come at us, because on the break AFCB have scored some great goals this season. Away from home Forest have not been doing as well as when they play at home and the stakes in this game will be particularly high for Forest, while the Cherries may just like playing with a bit of freedom and no real pressure now.

 Nottingham Forest Away form
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 AFCB Home form
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