Yeah thats a great point re Hourihane actually. The corners were diabolical.And that free kick on the edge of the box that El Ghazi skied was perfect for Hourihane.But where could he play other than dropping Grealish/McGinn or Luiz which we wont.Got Marvelous to be involved yet somehow too.
Just home - had to jump the train back north - didn't realise how many fans we have in the North West Very disappointed today - all the plans out the window in the first 15 mins - I thought Heaton looked nervy and didn't look confident on crosses - likewise his kicking is poor.Certainly Bournemouth looked stronger and faster than us in the first 20 minutes -I thought Taylor was solid and Luiz improved after a sloppy first half - Wesley .........meh, but we shall see.It's going to be a lot tougher than many of us imagined .....one thing we tend to forget is that we finished 5th in a poor Championship....Smith will have a massive job keeping us in this league.........accepting that the likes of Bournemouth are currently better than us is hard to swallow - I think a fair few fans thought that all we had to do was turn up today for the 3 points ....that was turned on its head in a few undisciplined moments ......Friday is going to be tough I'd settle for 17 th now
Missed Hourihane’s dead balls today. Free kicks, corners were pretty mediocre. It’s a real dilemma for Dean. Luiz played well and is clearly a natural defensive midfield player but so many goals come from set pieces.
I think our self inflicted problems are being exacerbated by some bad luck. The second goal looked very unlucky with the big deflection then in off the post, the second this season to go in off Mings. Then there was the double deflection where the ball landed right at Kane's feet for his first last week. That said Cardiff had some bad luck with ref decisions and other things last season and look where they ended up.