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Your AFC Bournemouth v Southampton Match Reports

AmericanSaint added 02:05 - Oct 20 Great win boys. BUT we need to find a way to get that second goal.
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SaintPaulVW added 06:13 - Oct 20 The Ralph out brigade are going to have to hold on for a bit longer! Well worked goal then a battling performance, dressing room lost?, finally we calmed down for last 10 minutes got our foot on the ball and ran down the clock. Adams was the star man his goal and hold up play were excellent. Defence was solid. Bazunu had his best game. Perraud's experience defused a few situations. CB's both stayed focussed. Loss of KWP is a blow tho. Lyanco gave another full blooded performance off the bench, even producing a Cruyff turn at one point. AMN also better. Looks to be getting match fit and played well plugging up the gaps in centre mid. Mepham should have got a red for the studs up challenge at the end of the first half. COYR can we upset Arsenal's season again?

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WestSussexSaint added 07:03 - Oct 20 The result was much more important than the performance. I expect this gives Ralph a little more time and his reaction at the end was telling of a man who knew he was in last chance saloon. Che was awesome and strong performances from AMN, Peraud and Salisu. Perhaps inevitably we got nervous in the second half. The subs in the last 10 mins worked out well despite some boos from the supporters. I think they saw them as a negative move but actually the likes of Diallo and Stu brought some needed control as AMN had run himself into the ground. Bournemouth only really posed a threat when we made passing errors which are still too frequent. KWP was the worst offender last night although he was getting some hospital passes at times and was hurried in moving the ball on. Hope his hammy is only minor. I don’t expect much from the Arsenal game but hopefully it means we have a little more belief going into it.

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PezzaSaint added 08:19 - Oct 20 Great result! No game in the PL is easy, league getting stronger each year. Trouble as i see it is when we park the bus we’ve got no where to go if the opposition does equalise. Bournemouth didn’t last night, but it could have been quite a different story! We did look solid at the back though! Che awesome, good performances from Salisu, Perraud, Caleta-Car, Bazunu.

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SaintGG added 09:15 - Oct 20 Great win last night. Some sloppy passes in the second half by JWP that could have led to an equaliser though !. Ralph needs to grow a set and take him off.
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SaintGG added 09:15 - Oct 20 Great win last night. Some sloppy passes in the second half by JWP that could have led to an equaliser though !. Ralph needs to grow a set and take him off.
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sidsaint added 09:30 - Oct 20 Hung on for a precious 3 points. Desperate defending at times with bodies on the line. I thought team showed support for Ralph in the celebrations after final whistle. Couldn't fault Ralph's commitment but in a very competitive league is he up to the task? Hopefully we can take on Arsenal with more confidence now.
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Block8 added 10:29 - Oct 20 A good win in the circumstances and plenty of fight, although we sat far too deep in the second half. I still get edgy when we play the keep ball short passing stuff as we always seem to find the one slack pass that puts us in trouble! Three points so welcome though!
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LoisDeem added 10:34 - Oct 20 Glad Che got his eye in again, could be a saviour. Otherwise, we need every bit of concentration in every department from these young charges to salvage something from this season -already. Saw a bit more steel in midfield with AMW reassuringly taking the Oriel booking. Definitely the biggest oversight to let OR go, JWP's got to relearn his midfield again, so his -and Salisu's -pinpoint passes need to find mobile and proactive team mates rather than (reactive) statues.

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KriSaint added 14:34 - Oct 20 Now the point against West Ham feel (even) better. I thought we saw some good performances in there vs Bournemouth. Jaleta-Car seemed calm, cool and collected and made sure Solanke didn't shine. Other mature performances from Bazunu, Perraud, a much better looking Ainsley M-N, KWP and Salisu and everybody ran themselves into the ground to protect that lead. Substitutes did well to help us keep the ball, Lyanco fought with his life for that clean sheet, and Che Adams was man of the match. Looks like the bleeding has stopped. At least till' the Arse game. COYS.

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