The wide players, along with Watkins, have been swapping positions. This was particularly noticeable against Leeds when there were times where Traore was the main striker and times when El Ghazi was the main striker, along with swapping sides.
Ollie is our record signing but there is no chance he will be come the end of August. I fully expect it to be in the £40m plus range.
Watkins looks a steal at what we paid for him.We are a typical team in development, win some, lose some look fantastic then awful. Imagine when the players all develop a bit more, we're heading the right way. I bet Smith must feel like pulling his hair out sometimes.
Quote from: Drummond on March 05, 2021, 09:09:13 AMWatkins looks a steal at what we paid for him.We are a typical team in development, win some, lose some look fantastic then awful. Imagine when the players all develop a bit more, we're heading the right way. I bet Smith must feel like pulling his hair out sometimes. A lot of it is down to him. He's massively improved the player acquisition and the defence, now he needs to work on using the squad effectively plus game management and subs. Our record after falling behind in games is pathetic, you might as well blow the final whistle when we concede first.
Quote from: OzVilla on March 03, 2021, 11:57:07 PMAs disappointing as the SU result was I'm a big believer in you learn far more from your defeats than you do from your victories. This game encapsulated where we need improvement. This is not about the next few games it’s more to do with recruitment this Summer and where we are lacking. We need better more consistent players in key areas and far more to change games from the bench. We have the nucleus of 6/7 players in the first XI to play in a top 4 side, the rest just don’t quite cut it. Tonight showed all this to both management and owners.I think the next stage of growth is one of the hardest. We'll have some tough, brutal decisions to make about some extremely popular players who have played a huge role in our recovery over the last half decade. I guess this process has already started with the likes of Hourihane and others have been relegated to bit part players ahead of a likely departure next season. But it'll be the likes of McGinn next if we want to kick on and that's tough.
As disappointing as the SU result was I'm a big believer in you learn far more from your defeats than you do from your victories. This game encapsulated where we need improvement. This is not about the next few games it’s more to do with recruitment this Summer and where we are lacking. We need better more consistent players in key areas and far more to change games from the bench. We have the nucleus of 6/7 players in the first XI to play in a top 4 side, the rest just don’t quite cut it. Tonight showed all this to both management and owners.
David Brooks was linked in the last window. That wouldn't surprise me. Ticks a number of boxes that other players have and is similar in style to Jack but mainly plays on the right, cutting in.
Quote from: OCD on March 05, 2021, 02:30:52 PMDavid Brooks was linked in the last window. That wouldn't surprise me. Ticks a number of boxes that other players have and is similar in style to Jack but mainly plays on the right, cutting in. Hasn't he been struggling to make it into Bournemouth's starting XI?
Quote from: OCD on March 04, 2021, 04:38:47 PMThe wide players, along with Watkins, have been swapping positions. This was particularly noticeable against Leeds when there were times where Traore was the main striker and times when El Ghazi was the main striker, along with swapping sides. True, but last night it was back to a very predictable approach.