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Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Bournemouth reach sixth round of FA Cup beating Burnley 0-2

Match Report
Burnley 0 v 2 AFCB
9 February 2021
FA CUP Fifth round

Billing excels in Bournemouth's 0-2 win away at Burnley

The Cherries reached the sixth round of the FA Cup for only the second time in their history (the first time was 1956-57, even I'm not old enough to have seen that game) with a 0-2 win at Turf Moor. Jonathan Woodgate had little to be disappointed about, as Bournemouth kept a clean sheet and forged ahead in the first half with a beautifully crafted move with an overlap from Stacey who found Sturridge for the finish. The Cherries had to soak up lots of pressure in the second half but Billing and Pearson were great at snuffing out Burnley's chances and when Stanislas was brought down with just a couple of minutes to go, Stanislas made sure from the spot that Bournemouth would progress t the quarter-finals in the FA Cup.

Bournemouth made lots of changes with Stacey replacing Adam Smith, Rico came in for Kelly, Pearson made his debut replacing Lewis Cook, Billing was picked ahead of Wilshere, while Stanislas came in for Danjuma and Surridge took Shane Long's starting spot. Long was cup-tied. There was also a debut on the bench for Christian Saydee.

Burnley made eight changes from their last game.
Match Description
Burnley played their usual 4-4-2, while Bournemouth set up in a 4-3-3 formation, that was a 4-5-1 when they didn't have the ball. Both teams had trouble keeping the ball early on. Vydra is caught offside.

Carter-Vickers is having to do some defending. Stanislas into Brooks, and Stanislas drives a shot wide of goal on nine minutes.

Burnley win a free kick on half-way. Stacey is looking dangerous on the overlap. Gudmundsson makes a pass back to Dale Stephens who shoots well over.

Bardsley shoots from rage but Lerm blocks it. Stanislas down the side to Surridge and Billing who has put it wide! 

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Chances at both ends. McNeil plays it into the area and Stephens shoots well wide. Rico goes long. Surridge in the area goes down from Long's challenge but there is nothing given. VAR is checking. It remains 0-0.

Billing puts it into Stanislas who turns and drifts the ball up to Brooks. He is away and Stacey overlaps and it's Surridge who puts it away 0-1 to Bournemouth just six yards out. 20 minutes gone. It's a slick and silky Bournemouth goal, great movement pulling Burnley apart.

Bournemouth are pushing forward. Pearson getting well involved. Options ahead of him. It's wide to Brooks and Stanislas back to Brooks, but he's lost it. Stanislas and Brooks are running the show.

McNeil wins a corner for Burnley off Pearson. Begovic punches away and the danger is cleared. 

Gudmundsson is the player Bournemouth need to look out for. Surridge again. Bournemouth look much better. Rico into the box but he loses out.

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The flag is up for Burnley who have a player offside. Long ball and Dale Stevens' header is almost an own goal but it's saved by Peacock-Farrell. Is it a penalty? Billing went down. No. Why not? Billing was flattened.

Gudmundsson crosses but Glennon is beaten by Rico. Burnley are pressing here. Steve Cook gets the ball away. A minute to be added on.

Benson comes forward. Dunne pumps it forward, Vydra and McNeil and Carte-Vickers gets in and Pearson is fouled.

AFCB Possession 46%, Shots 4, Shots on target 1, Corners 4
Burnley Possession 54%, Shots 4, Shots on target 0, Corners 1

Second half
Bournemouth are slow coming out for the second half. Mepham is on for Jack Stacey. Carter-Vickers has gone to right-back. An awful cross from Rico goes out of play. Vydra is away and gets a shot off, but Begovic turns it around the post for a corner. Benson heads over at the near post.

Billing has a free header and puts it over from 12 yards. Bournemouth found the ball breaking to Brooks, he shoots from teh edge of teh box but it's driven over.

McNeil shoots from distance and Begovic makes a great save to his left, corner. Rodriguez misses from six yards. Dunne gets down the left, Vydra misses the ball and Rodriguez got right underneath Burnley's best chance.

Carter-Vickers concedes a corner. Bardsley shoots just inches wide. Begovic looked beaten. Another Burnley corner, but Bournemouth clear. Lewis Cook replaces David Brooks on 63 minutes.
Westwood replaces Benson on 65 minutes. Cook runs well and Stanislas can't quite find Surridge. Pearson gets an important foot in. Lerma into Stanislas who chests it down but Surridge can't keep it down, corner. Carter-Vickers free header but puts it wide.

Billing concedes a free kick. Gudmundsson is off for Lowton,  Barnes is on for Rodrigiuz and Mumbongo is coming on for Vydra. Stanislas gets around Long and wins a corner.

Just 10 minutes to hold out. Surridge is offside. McNeil is booked for pushing Lewis Cook. The ball goes in for Billing who lets it roll of his back and Surridge edges down - penalty! Junior makes it 0-2 on 88 minutes.

Bardsley is booked for a late challenge on Pearson. Three minutes of added time. Lerma takes a booking.

Summary
Bournemouth have found their new manager. If Woodgate isn't announced by the weekend, I'd be shocked. The pleasing fact about the game for me is that the players were not daunted by the task in front of them and they handled Burnley at arm's length. Begovic had a very quiet night and Billing's newfound confidence was a pleasure to watch. We are in the hat for the next round which is all you can ask for, quarter-finalists. Bournemouth now need to carry this form into the league campaign. The only disappointment was to see Jack Stacey injured.

AFCB line-up
AFCB Subs: 40 Dennis, 33 Zemura, 5 Kelly, 6 Mepham,
10 Danjuma, 16 L Cook, 26 Kilkenny, 32 Anthony, 65 Saydee.

Burnley
15 Peacock-Farrell, 26 Bardsley, 28 Long, 34 Dunne, 45 Glennon, 7 Gudmundsson (Lowton 74), 16 Stephens, 41 Benson (Westwood 65), 11 McNeil, 19 Rodriguez (Barnes 74), 27 Vydra (Mumbongo 74).  

Burnley subs
2 Lowton, 5 Tarkowski, 6 Mee, 10 Barnes, 18 Westwood, 25 Norris, 31 Nartey, 45 Driscoll-Glennon, 46 Mumbongo.

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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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Sunday, 13 December 2020

Ruthless Bournemouth hand out a high-five to Huddersfield

Match Report
AFCB 5 v 0 Huddersfield Town
12 December 2020

Solanke leads teh charge with a brace against Huddersfield Town.

The crowds injected the Christmas sparkle in Bournemouth's stride as they quickly went about establishing a 3-0 first half lead against Huddersfield Town. Dominic Solanke was in terrific form slotting away a couple of goals in the first 13 minutes before David Brooks scored a spectacular goal from the edge of the box to make it 3-0 on 21 minutes. Huddersfield just made too many mistakes and this day AFCB's finishing was razor-sharp. They continued second half with a sensational defence sllitting run and goal from Junior Stanislas before Sam Surridge came on to make it five. It could have been more but the home crowd was just as pleased to see Bournemouth's third-youngest player ever, Ajani Burchall, get a run out before the game drew to a close.

Bournemouth made two changes with Diego Rico suspended and Chris Mepham dropping out of the starting line-up. That gave Jack Simpson a start and Jefferson Lerma came back into the starting line-up, but there was no Arnaut Danjuma or Josh King to be seen.

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Match Description
The Cherries played a back four for this game as they looked for their third clean sheet in a row. They got off to the perfect start with Dominic Solanke dinking the shot over the keeper from inside the box on seven minutes. He did well after latching on to a pass from David Brooks.

Begovic had to make a good save from Bacuma but in the flash of a second Bournemouth were at it again on 13 minutes when Huddersfield play out from the back terribly and Solanke made it 2-0 off a Jefferson Lerma pass. 

Huddersfield tried to come back with shots Bacuna and Danny Ward, but Bournemouth got their blocks in and Begovic was equal to Ward's shot. Huddersfield went closer when Brooks, who was carded, gave away a free kick and Lewis O'Brien shot wide from distance.

Lerma then picked out Solanke again who brought the ball down and played it back to Brooks who made it 3-0 on 21 minutes. Brooks curled the ball delightfully into the top corner.

Huddersfield were still having the bravery to go forward, but Bournemouth were in devastating form in front of goal. Lewis O'Brien was proving to be the main threat from Huddersfield. Toffolo was Huddersfield's first player to be booked, while Rowe saw another attempt go over before half time.

Brooks then went close again with a  strike just wide of the left post.

Second Half
Huddersfield replaced Ben Hammer with Ryan Schofield at the start of the half. But Huddersfield couldn't get a goal to get into the game, even if they hadn't given up hope.

Jaden Brown was subbed for Diarra to come on and Mbenze replaced Ward as the visitors looked for a way to get back into the game.

Bournemouth found their stride again with a good move that saw Billing force a save from Schofield with the ball coming off the post. Kelly also made a brilliant last-ditch tackle in to stop Mbenzi going one on one with Begovic.

Solanke then went close with a drive from 25 yards. Billing and Brooks were then subbed on 64 minutes for Surridge and Gosling.

The game was completely taken away from Huddersfield when Junior Stanislas ran from halfway beating three or more players with a direct run through the heart of the Huddersfield team before beating the keeper and making it 4-0 - it was an amazing goal.

Just to remind everyone that Bournemouth have a very good striker that should be getting more game time, Sam Surridge got his name on the score sheet after Solanke slipped a quick pass to Gosling who fired it over to Surridge to make it 5-0.

Tindall decided to sub Solanke on 70 minutes for Riquelme to come on and Huddersfield subbed Toffolo and O'Brien for Chrichlow and Vallejo.

Adam Smith's cross put Riquelme in on goal but Shcofield pulled off a good save from the Bournemouth sub.

Vallejo fired wide following a corner before Gosling saw his shot saved as Bournemouth pushed for a sixth goal.

Burchall at 16-years-old made his AFCB debut and Zemura also came on as Junior Stanislas and Adam Smith were replaced on 87 minutes. Riquelme then skied a free kick.

Summary
A spectacular return to winning ways for Bournemouth with a happy 1200 fans watching on inside Dean Court for the first time in 287 days. Huddersfield were dispatched with superb finishing from a Bournemouth side who are starting to eye the top positions now on a permanent basis. The goal scorers are in fine form and Bournemouth are the team nobody wants to play in the Championship at the moment with plenty of gilas in the side and their third clean sheet in a row.


Huddersfield: 1 Hamer (Schofield 45). 29 Rowe, 35 Edmonds-Green, 23 Sarr, 3 Toffolo (Chrichlow 72), 10 Pritchard, 8 O'Brien  (Vallejo 71), 7 Bacuna, 11 Diakhaby, 25 Ward (Mbenza 56), 28 Brown (Diarra 53)

Huddersfield Town Subs
31 Schofield, 2 Ávila, 5 Vallejo Mínguez, 14 Eiting, 18 Mbenza, 22 Campbell, 27 Crichlow,  34 Daly, 40 Diarra

AFCB Line-up
AFCB Subs: Travers, Zeura, Ofoborh, Kilkenny,
Gosling, Bruchill, Riquelme, Anthony, Surridge
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Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Swansea hold Bournemouth to a 0-0 draw

This top of the table clash was keenly anticipated. Bournemouth pushed hardest to take the lead in the first half, but couldn't take advantage when Dominic Solanke and David Brooks had good chances. Bournemouth came closer still when Billing's cross, early in the second half, was volleyed wide by Junior Stanislas. David Brooks may well have been unlucky to get a penalty call, but that was perhaps the last chance that Bournemouth had to get a win.

Bournemouth have to be content with a point at the Liberty stadium.

Junior Stanislas returned to the starting line-up for AFCB with Sam Surridge relegated to the bench despite scoring and starting against Barnsley. There was still no Josh King, who is perhaps getting ready for a January move, but Lerma was back on the bench.

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Match Description
Bournemouth set up 3-4-3 and they have started dominating the ball. David Brooks puts an early shot over the bar and Adam Smith also misses an early chance.

Korey Smith has trouble tracking David Brooks and is yellow carded. Steve Cook is already making sure Lowe can't get away.

Swansea are finding their way with some possession. But they are over hitting their passes. Solanke gets into the box from a pass from Brooks but hits his shot over.

Brooks wins a free kick and Swansea are having problems keeping him quiet. Brooks in the area after grabbing an astray Woodman pass and he's blocked for a corner.

Begovic has to make a save from Lowe, having got away from Steve Cook. Solanke is working hard and it's a Bournemouth corner. Steve Cook goes for an overhead kick, but Swansea clear.

Bournemouth are winning the second balls. Solanke has been booked after shoving Cabango. Bournemouth are overloading the middle of the park and Stanislas and Brooks are dominating the play.

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Dhanda has a run at the Bournemouth defence but hits a shot too high. Billing on the counter is pulled down by Lowe, but Lowe isn't carded.

Kelly is coming forward more now. Lewis Cook has shot wide from distance. Swansea are having to defend deeper.

Dhanda plays it into Lowe, there are calls for a penalty but Rico's block is okay. Swansea are defending well and Bournemouth have only had two chances so far. Latibeaudier stops Solanke from getting in behind.

Adam Smith crosses but Roberts clears.

Second half
Bournemouth are still taking the game to Swansea. They are intercepting well. Rico into Brooks and the shot is blocked.

Billing crosses and Stanislas volley's wide by about a yard. Brooks has been everywhere tonight and wins another free kick.

Dhanda is on side and hits a shot into the side netting. Rico has been booked and will miss the next game. Roberts crosses but Mepham clears. Latibeaudier again stops Brooks from finding Solanke.

Adam Smith is putting some good crosses. Ajew has won a free kick off of Mepham. 

Stanislas and Rico do well and the cross goes to Solanke who nudges it on for Smith and the ball is in the six yard box, but Brooks is just prevented from scoring.

Brooks goes down in the box from Latibeaudier, no penalty. Billing has been booked. Grime drives the kick through the wall, but Bournemouth win a free kick. Lowe is subbed for Gyokeres and Dandah is replaced by Palmer on 75 minutes.

Lewis Cook puts a drive just wide from 30 yards. Ayew and Roberts around the box and Bidwell is tackled by Mepham. Sam Surridge is coming on for David Brooks on 82 minutes. 

Solanke is offside. Lerma replaces Billing. Smith drives but is blocked and Stanislas shoots over. Lewis Cook fouls Palmer outside the box. It's flicked wide by Bidwell.

There are three minutes of added time. Bournemouth have some defending to do. Kelly is going to make a long throw. Rico and Kelly is blocked.

Summary
Bournemouth met a stubborn defence tonight. The Cherries dominated possession but just couldn't find big enough gaps to make a breakthrough. Jason Tindall's decision to leave out Sam Surrdige will be questioned, but Junior Stanislas had a good game and Bournemouth controlled the midfield. it was a frustrating night in front of goal but Bournemouth couldn't buy a clean sheet a few games ago. Going away from home and getting a point against a top-four team is no disgrace and Bournemouth sit top of the table at the moment.

AFCB: Begovic, Mepham, S Cook, Kelly, Smith, L Cook, Billing (Lerma 86), Rico, Brooks (Surridge 82), Stanislas, Solanke

AFCB Subs: Travers, Simpson, Ofoborh, Gosling, Lerma, Kilkenny, Riquelme, Anthony, Surridge.

Swansea City: 1 Woodman, 24 Bidwell, 26 Naughton, 22 Latibeaudier, 44 Cabango, 23 Roberts, 7 Smith, 8 Grimes, 21 Dhanda (Palmer 75), 10 Ayew, 9 Lowe (Gyokeres 75)

Swansea City Subs: 13 Benda, 38 C Evans, 3 Manning, 6 Fulton, 45 Palmer, 15 Routledge, 41 Garrick, 20 Cullen, 14 Gyokeres 

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Monday, 7 December 2020

Bournemouth are finding the back of the net from all angles

The goals for column for Bournemouth is starting to look impressive. It is not just that the Cherries's strikers are scoring a lot of goals, most of the outside players have contributed and have got off the mark. That makes it really difficult for opposition teams knowing who is going to be best to mark and it is a sign that the team is playing for itself and sharing the goals around.

Sam Surridge is making his way into AFCB's starting line-up.

It is all the more pleasing as Josh King has hardly been involved. While the Norweigan striker may yet have something to add before a likely exit in January, Bournemouth don't seem short of strikers that can do a job. Sam Surridge has finally been given his opportunity, which I have been calling for over the last month and he is only going to get more confident and more integrated with the team the more often he plays. I don't see him coming out of the team for a while, and that should be an incentive to Jaidon Anthony, knowing that if Solanke or Sturridge take a knock, he is likely to get his chance.

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I would be pleased if Anthony and Surridge can be given the game against Oldham in the FA Cup to start together. It would be good to see how these two young strikers would play together and I have no doubt they are good enough to cause problems for a League One side. While Bournemouth will have Danjuma and Stanislas looking to get more minutes, I think it is important that Bournemouth start to bring Surridge and Anthony through now as next season the club could be in a higher division, and if these players have a good grounding now they may be able to step up. Playing them now also puts them in the window and would raise their price and increase their experience. It's harder for players to learn in the Premier League when there are fewer games and you have fewer chances to get it right.

While Sam Surridge may well play so well now that clubs start looking at him, that is something that Bournemouth will just have to deal with when and if it happens. It is better that he plays now and enjoys scoring goals so that it becomes more and more natural to him against good teams. If Bournemouth do well enough that they get out for the Championship at their first attempt, then there will have to be serious discussions about what they do over the striker positions. Is Solanke good enough at Premier League level? Could Surridge or Anthony score at the very top level? Do Bournemouth need to go and get another proven striker? It may seem far off in the thinking but it was a January window is when Bournemouth bought Solanke into the club and we have another such window coming up. 

At the moment Bournemouth are on target for getting near the 99 goals they scored in the 2014-15 season. But goals can dry up with injuries. The ability to bring academy players up though the ranks is working well at the moment, but we will have to see if they are players that can take Bournemouth back to the Premier League. At the moment the signs are good.

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Saturday, 5 December 2020

Bournemouth crush Barnsley 0-4 to go top

Match Report
3 December 2020
Barnsley 0 v 4 AFCB 

A wet and blustery night at Barnsley will test the best of teams and Bournemouth was under pressure in the first half until they started to assert their superiority with two well taken goals. Philip Billing hit an early shot from distance to take the lead on 12 minute and Dominic Solanke made it 0-2 right on half-time. Diego Rico's clever free kick made it 0-3 on 52 minutes and Sam Surrdige rounded off an impressive night for the Cherries, as they stuck four past luckless Barnsley. The Cherries are top of the table for at least a few hours, but Jason Tindall will know that Bournemouth racked up an impressive scoreline without totally dominating the opposition.

Billing gets Bournemouth off to a flying start.

Bournemouth made three changes with Stanislas and Riquelme moving to the bench and Lerma suspended. Sam Surridge, Lloyd Kelly and Philip Billing came into the starting line-up. Josh King and Arnaut Danjuma were still not available.

First half
Bournemouth are playing three at the back. Adam Smith and Rico are the wing-backs. Brooks is playing next to Lewis Cook in the middle. Sam Surridge almost makes the most of a long ball but is beaten by the angle.

Dominic Solanle gets in on the end of a long crossfield ball from Billing but delays too long before the block came in. Bournemouth get round the back and Surrridge picks out Solanke but the header goes over.

Chaplin feeds Mowatt and the long shot is parried away by Begovic. Lewis Cook makes a foul and Barnsley have a free kick just outside the box. Begovic loses it and the clearance cannons off Billing for a corner. The game is really open with both sides making chances.

Bournemouth play from the back and beat the press. Brooks and now Adam Smith comes in from the right and finds Billing. Billing has snuck a long-range shot right in the bottom right corner on 12 minutes. A superbly struck goal, from a sweet left foot. 

Solanke in the box is denied by the keeper's legs, corner. Solanke just runs out of room before getting his cross in for Surridge. Adam Smith fouls and Barnsley have a good position to strike at goal. Kane puts it miles over the bar.

This is a very fluid game, which is suiting Bournemouth as long as they don't take too many risks in their own half. Bournemouth are playing very much on the break. Woodrow has been booked for a trip on Lewis Cook.

Steve Cook gets a good header out. Adeboyejo finds the ball just behind him and out of reach in the box. Chaplin puts the ball across the face of goal, but there is nobody there for Barnsley.

Helik puts it back across goal at the far post, but Bournemouth squeeze the ball out at the far post some how.
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Lewis Cook robs the ball and Solanke has made it 0-2, outpacing Helik to score on 45+2 minutes. He's scored bottom left corner past the outcoming keeper on a narrow-angle. That makes the half-time team talk easier.

Second half
There are no changes at half-time. The ball is being played long most of the time with little control. Bournemouth have a free- kick with Surridge falling after Andersen blocked him.

Rico has smashed in the top right corner from the free kick. What a shot! It's 0-3 on 52 minutes. Brooks on the break is forced wide by Brittain.

Barnsley sub Chaplin on 58 minutes and Styles and Adeboyejo. On come Frieser, Odour and Thomas.

Brooks fires a shot over from 25 yards. Brittain does brilliantly coming in from the right and smashing a ball along the goal line, but there is no Barnsley player filling to gamble on it. Halme has replaced Helik on 63 minutes.

Woodrow hits a long shot but Begovic is equal to it, corner. Begovic catches the ball from the corner. Thomas dummies Kelly well, but the shot doesn't curl enough.

Sam Surridge on the break and his shot is half-saved by the keeper but it trickles in. That's 0-4 on 68 minutes. This game is over and Barnsley have been a tad unlucky with such a large scoreline. Bournemouth have scored 29 goals this season and 11 of them have been from outside the box.

Bournemouth sub Brooks and Solanke on 72 minutes. On come Dan Gosling and Jaidon Anthony.  

Barnsley almost catch Lewis Cook out when they press, but they haven't managed to capitalise on it as Steve Cook is there. Andresen has been booked for a foul on Gosling.

Riquelme is on for Lewis Cook. Riquelme draws a save with his first contribution.

Kane is subbed for Palmer on 82 minutes. Mowatt goes or a low shot but it's off target. Sollbauer is carded for a block on Surridge. Frieser gets a free kick from Rico. Gosling gives another foul away. Billing is feeling it.

Ofoborh and Kilkenny replace Adam Smith and Philip Billing on 90 minutes. There are three added minutes. Begovic saves at his feet from a low cross.
Summary
Bournemouth have put out a marker on what they can do away from home. They rode their luck at times and yet came out comfortable winners. The clean sheet is the bonus being the first away one since the Chelsea win last December. A wide variety of goal scorers again perhaps show that Bournemouth are not missing Danjuma and King as much as they should be. Bournemouth's quality is starting to show through in this league as they top it for the first time this season.

AFCB 
1 Begovic, 6 Mepham, 3 S Cook, 5 Kelly, 15 A Smith, (Kilkenny 90), 29 Billing (Ofoborh 90),
16 L Cook ( Riquelme 79), 7 Brooks (Gosling 71), 21 Rico,  9 Solanke (Anthony 72), 14 Surridge

AFCB Subs: 23 Travers 24 Ofoborh, 25 Simpson, 26 Kilkenny,  4 Gosling, 19 Stanislas,
20 Riquelme, 32 Anthony, 33 Zemura

AFCB Ratings: Begovic 7, Mepham 5, S Cook 6, Kelly 5, A Smith 6, Billing 7, L Cook 6, Brooks 6, Rico 7, Solanke 6, Surridge 7

Barnsley: 1 Walton, 26 Sollbauer, 30 Helik (Halme 63), 6 Andersen, 7 Brittain, 8 Kane (Palmer 82), 27 Mowatt, 4 Styles (Odour  58), 29 Adeboyejo (Thomas 58), 11 Chaplin (Frieser 58), 9 Woodrow

Barnsley Subs
16 Thomas, 19 Schmidt, 21 Palmer, 22 Oduor, 24 Halme, 25 Miller, 28 Frieser, 32 James, 40 Collins

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Thursday, 3 December 2020

A difficult game for AFCB protégés

Playing against Preston North End might not have seemed like a bad prospect pre-game, but it turned out to be the hardest game Bournemouth have had at home so far this season. With Preston streaking into a 3-0 lead, there didn't seem much hope of a comeback or any kind of effective response, but the Cherries managed to get a couple of goals in no small measure to the younger members of the squad.

AFCB's young recruits do extremely well in
a difficult game against Preston North End.

Of course, it was a full starting debut for Rodrigue Riquelme. He played for the first 45 minutes but didn't have a lot of joy in the few moments when he did get n the ball. It must have been quite a big game for him and it will be difficult for him knowing he was subbed at half-time. Jason Tindall said it was just down to a change in formation to get another striker on, but Riquelme will have to pick his head up and show in training that he is worthy of starts in games when needed.

The man who came on for Riquelme was Sam Surridge and he made the most of his time on the pitch. I think he should really be pushing to be in Tindall's mind for potential starts himself and he has shown he can make an impact from the bench. His heading ability is something different for AFCB and he showed that he is very capable in the box of creating space and getting away from defenders to score important goals.

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Jaidon Anthony was perhaps even happier in coming on to provide the assist for Sam Surridge. He may be annoyed that he didn't keep calm when he had a good opportunity to score himself but that will come with more game time. 

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Jason Tindall was brave to make the changes he did when Bournemouth were trailing so heavily. The subs worked better than the half-time talk and it will have impressed Tindall that his youngsters took the game to Preston North End. The team as a whole might not have played their best football, but there are good young players coming through and if they can provide competition to the more established players we could see the starting 11 change a bit more as the season progresses.

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Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Should Surridge look for a move in January?

At the start of this season, I expected Sam Surridge to get a lot more game time than he has been getting to date. While that has been impacted a little by Josh King not moving on, there has been extra competition from Danuma, while Solanke was always likely to be the main striker.

Will Sam Surridge get more playing time at AFCB?

Whether Sam has been given a fair crack at establishing himself is something that he might be pondering himself. He is young at 22 and has time, but having done so well in the Championship last season and the season before that, it seems harsh that he has had to prove himself even more at his home club. When on loan for Oldham in 2018-19 he scored 15 goals and in 2019-20 he netted 20 times for Swansea. He is still waiting to score his first league goal for Bournemouth this season, but I don't see that as being his main problem.

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I'd like to see Sam get more of a run in the team. He gets five minutes here and there and hasn't been able to build his reputation at Bournemouth while he has at other clubs when on loan. He will be wondering if he is being looked over, or if he should be looking to play elsewhere, and that is why I hope Jason Tindall finds some games between now and mid-January to give Sam more of a go.

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With the number of games there are in the Championship, I don't see why Sam should have to wait for the FA Cup to see what he can do. He has done his apprenticeship in the Championship in previous seasons. Bournemouth were not scoring that many goals until they bagged three against Birmingham City ,and perhaps Surridge could take some of the pressure off other players if he could get a goal or two. 

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Tindall may be over-reliant on using Dominic Solanke and he will need to get the balance right. He has been interchanging with Josh King, but it hasn't really been working as well as it might upfront and I just hope Sam doesn't get too anxious come January to be playing more games. If he went to another Championship side you could see him scoring lots of goals.

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