Showing posts with label Will Dennis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Will Dennis. Show all posts

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In the second half Dan Gosling was withdrawn and Diego Rico came on.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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Thursday, 7 January 2021

Travers to join Swindon on loan

The frustration for Mark Travers is understandable in not getting past the first league game of the season and seeing Asmir Begovic start the other games. Jason Tindall is probably well-advised to let the young Irish keeper go out on loan, but it will mean he is on 24-hour recall and could be back at the Cherries before he has had much of a chance to make a kick or save at League One Swindon Town.


Mark Travers goes out on loan to Swindon Town.

It will be a busy time for Travers who will join a league One relegation battle with Swindon. I am not sure how well he will know the former Cherries stars of Brett Pitman and  Mathieu Broadry who are also at the Wiltshire club. He will also be in the same league as Charlie Daniels and Marc Pugh, who are at Shrewsbury Town and have recently pulled themselves out of the relegation zone. Swindon are due to play Shrewsbury on 6 February.

The opportunity for Mark Travers does suggest that Will Dennis will immediately be moved up to the first-team squad and he has been waiting for this chance for a long time as well. He is likely to thrown straight in against Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup, this Saturday, to get a taste of the first team game. Of course, if Asmir Begovic was to be injured in an upcoming league match, Will Dennis would be put straight on before AFCB could apply to get Mark Travers back from Swindon.

It tells me that those who are patient at AFCB will get their chance at some point and I hope Will Dennis gets to see some action. He might not be the only new face on the bench with with Jake Scrimshaw being recalled from his loan at Walsall, where he has netted twice in 15 appearances this season. I wonder if this reacall comes about because Josh King is leaving a space vacant among the forwards, and AFCB have been rumoured to miss out on acquiring Leeds United's Tyler Robers, according to Football League World. 

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Thursday, 19 November 2020

Did Eddie Howe misjudge Asmir Begovic?

When you watch Asmir Begovic this season you do wonder why he went so out of favour during Eddie Howe's time at AFCB. I am not sure if Asmir was the main reason Bournemouth conceded a lot of goals in 2018-19 as Bournemouth were consistently doing that during their time in the Premier League when Artur Boruc and Aaron Ramsdale were in goal. At the time, I was in favour of Howe making a change in goal, but now Asmir looks dedicated and full of concentration to be as good as he can between the sticks. What's changed?

Asmir lost form under Eddie Howe but he has managed to refind his skill between the sticks.

I don't think this is simply because of the managerial change that Asmir is playing better, although it might have helped him get more of an opportunity. The thing that I believe has helped him is being away, first of all in Azerbaijan for Qarabang, where he could play and get back to enjoying the game, and then by getting a fantastic loan move to AC Milan which must have seemed like a dream coming true to play in the San Siro. What's not to like?

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Once he started to play well and feel that he was making a difference to a team, he got his mojo back and while he didn't start the first game this season for AFCB, he didn't waste any time in wrestling away the jersey and securing his place in the team. Begovic was among the players nominated for player of the month in October, and he is playing as well now as he ever has for AFCB. He needs to have a target for clean sheets, and if he can get into the high teens for clean sheets then he may well play an important part n AFCB's promotion push.

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I think it is hard for Begovic in that he has Marc Travers pushing him and Will Dennis, but he is the senior keeper and will feel that he can be the only one that can put real pressure on himself. He will perhaps be thinking ahead to whether he could play for Bournemouth in the Premier League again. He should have two or three good years left at the highest level, but will he win over the fans and manager over enough to be considered AFCB's number one for the next two years? I still think he may find Bournemouth will want to strengthen in goal, if they go up, considering how they shipped so many goals in the top league last season and that was with a goalkeeper who is probably going to be one of the best new keepers in the country.

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What I can say is I have been impressed by the way Begovic has come back and proved lots of people wrong. He has done himself proud.

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Monday, 1 June 2020

Rambo will be ready to be AFCB's no 1 keeper

The news of Aaron Ramsdale's positive test for COVID-19 was hardly good news. But the timing of it allowed Aaron to make his recovery, and he will be delighted to train with the other keepers today for the first time in a week. I think Ramsdale is essential for AFCB's hoped of staying up and to have him back will be a big lift for the players and staff.
Ramsdale - ready to go again.
It is the character os Ramsdale that makes him a big special. Yes, he is a great keeper and may yet have more massive saves in his locker that we see in the next few weeks, but it is his bubbly energy and confidence that the team really need. Every positive player is going to be very important now. AFCB need that positivity and to generate a bit more defiance than they have shown in the early part of the season. Having Rambo back will make a difference to morale.

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While it has been training as usual for Artur Boruc, Mark Travers and Will Dennis, I have no doubt that they want Ramsdale to finish the season and do it by keeping the Cherries up. They will want to support him in his efforts to be the player who makes that vital difference, and keepers tend to have important parts to play when the pressure really piles on.

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While Ramsdale won't have a penalty shoot out to keep AFCB up, he will feel that every save he makes is another step towards getting the team the points it needs. He hasn't found it easy to pick up clean sheets and that is what he must concentrate on. While he has missed a week of training, I bet they don't take it easy on him. Ramsdale will be worked twice as hard and every bit of confidence he can gain from that could be really important come the restart games.

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