We absolutely didn't play anywhere near as well as we can, nor deserved any point(s), but ... We really must put in a protest. Stroud and his accomplises are taking the piss game in game out. No need to even mention what he did. Disgraceful that the EFL allow it.
Oh and credit to Cahill, apart from some obvious bending of the rules, he behaved exceptionally. Picking that horrible twat Lerma up when he was again trying to cheat and not trying to get Dykes booked when he should have been. That is quite a statement from me because he is covered in Scum-dust.
On balance they were the better side after the first 20 minutes........ they had 15 attempts on goal 6 on target to our 8/2..... You can see why they are so far ahead of us with the quality of players at their disposal, but when you pay PL wages you expect players to be better than Championship standard....... We didn't create any clear cut chances and you could see we hadn't had a competative game for 3 weeks....... we looked a bit rusty...... Uncs made a difference but he was injured at Derby so probably couldn't do the full 90 minutes anyway, same for Wallace....... Stroud didn't lose us that game, but he didn't seem to give us a lot. The foul for the goal wasn't a foul, Cahill allowed to get away with all sorts, time wasting from the moment they scored not clamped down on, all the play acting and diving allowed to go unpunished...... lost control long before the end..... Disappointing, but at least it's a game back so maybe we'll be a bit sharper at Bristol on Thursday.......
How bad is Chair's injury ? Even if he needs his leg amputated, we'll still let him go to the AFCON !
We need to get some attacking midfielders and wingers in quickly in January and obviously wing backs !
Yes stroud is useless, yes Parker is a gromit, yes b’mouth are whinging tarts but we didn’t deserve much more
What I found galling is that we never looked like scoring in the entire game. Bournemouth had conceded in their last six games prior to tonight. We should've done more to create chances to take the lead and were far too passive. When we got into the final third we weren't getting any shots off and over passed the ball seeking an opportunity. That's two home games now without scoring, oh, and Bournemouth haven't won here since 1959.
In fairness Bournemouth have gone up once and down once. I’d say the real yo-yos of recent years have been Norwich, WBA and Fulham.
I know this will bring a ton of ****e down on me, but Chair never seems at ease. He always seems to be moaning at his team mates and I think Willock may really come out of his shell in Chair's absence. Freeman was similar in that he was always moaning and Eze was in his shadow till he left, leaving Eze to really blossom. Maybe the same could happen with Willock with Chair away? Either way, we need to try to get some business done in the January transfer window. Eze on loan anyone?
Lermer was an embarrassing disgrace, a cheat. Nonetheless, 0-1 was a flattering result. Until Uncs came on we never looked threatening at all.
I thought Willock was poor tonight, even after Chair went off (not that that had anything to do with it) so with Dykes not contributing either, we got nothing from our starting front three. We only really threatened when Odomah came on (Kakay is not a wing-back) and didn't really deserve to get anything out of the game. It was just a poor performance against a better team.
Just back. Till the last 10 minutes we did not create much. But....I have never seen such a concerted falling over of seriously injured players At one point after we had a real attack about 75 minutes...3 Bournemouth players simultaneously fell to the ground. The goal came from a free kick that should have gone the other way. There were two good penalty shouts. And Dozzell was a victim. I hope we appeal. Not happy
