I remember O'Neill being a great player at Portsmouth - breaking into the team as a teenager when we won the first Division. He also captained the England U21s and Pompey at times in the Premier League so he's had good leadership credentials for a long time.
Parker wasn’t wrong about needing players BUT he wasn’t at all smart with his recruitment in the previous January window. Bournemouth signed a lot of players and apparently almost none of them were premier league quality. So, Parker was very shortsighted.
Billing is a gem for us. Totally unorthodox amc/number 10. Has knack of timing runs around edge of area to perfection and scoring belters from no where in tight games. Not with his detractors though at afcb, although vast majority see value/quality he brings. Can go from being match winner one game, to looking like he just rolled out of bed the next game, strolling around, misplacing basic passes etc. Overall hes highly thought of now by most fans, but that wasnt necessarily the case for the 1st couple of years.
I remember him being a great player at Portsmouth - breaking into the team as a teenager when we won the first Division. He also captained the England U21s and Pompey at times in the Premier League so he's had good leadership credentials for a long time.
I love that it seems like every week or two, there's another kind of graphic that illustrates a player or team's tendencies over the course of the season. I loved that percentage overlay of the Bournemouth shot map to get a good idea of their locational tendencies for their shots. Also, great job describing and presenting, Ahmed!
really? i thought he was too slow and slightly hesitant at times. That confidence might come with more practice but honestly I like carl and the others more.
Does that mean Dominic Solanke is Harry Kane 2.0? A striker who changes from a goal getter to a provider. Tho as explained in this vid, the way he creates is different from how Harry Kane creates. *Daniel Levy watching this and taking an important note
With Scott Parker, I think we would’ve been relegated by the beginning of april. I’ll admit, I didn’t think Gary O’Neil was the answer to us staying up, and I still think we need a new manager as our tactics sometimes can be just awful, we need an already established manager. We also need to spend some money in the transfer window, we need a new fall back, 2 or 3 new midfielders, and also a new striker, simply to bolster our squad depth.
Despite having done a miracle job keeping Bournemouth in the Premier League, they still decided to sack him. This is mistreatment and I now hope them to get relegated.
Bournemouth would have been much higher up the table if it wasnt for some shocking var decsions. They have only had one positive var decsion all season (offside against southhampton) and they are the only team in the prem not to get a penalty all season, despite several clear cut pens ignored by officials. They are probably playing about 10 points higher than where they are if there was either a non biased var system or no var at all.
Awesome to see you over on here talking about the Cherries, but I wish you hadn’t been shuffled over to the Fulham beat, Ahmed! The Athletic clearly didn’t expect Bournemouth to stay up either, based on the coverage stopping almost entirely 😅
That's a fair point too: Everton without C-L and Leicester losing Vardy's pace/goals definitely contributed. That said Bournemouth were in the "soup" for most of the season and pulled out some great results in the last 15 games to go or so. That's excellent work by the manager.
Never liked Parker when he was appointed in the Championship. Poor tactics, boring predictable football, never took any responsibility and never engaged with supporters. Gary was a saviour, however, we need change of we are to survive in the prem.
4-4-2/ 4-4-1-1 in England is what 3/5 at the back is to Italian football. Some systems just suit certain league styles no matter how out dated they may seem just my opinion
If we can get a new right back, a centre midfield replacement for Lerma, and bring in Nicolas Jackson from Villarael up front then I’m excited for next season. 🍒 Up the bloody cherries!!!!
bournemouth in my opinion are not always the best team to play possesion especially against quality teams, but they are very good at utilising mistakes & turn them to counters, and then also crosses and pressing. gary has defined the definiton of making the best of what you have. for a team like this where everyone predicted you to go down, performance, possession and style of play are not the most important thing, results are what the club needed the most and points are crucial in a religation battle. bournemouth have always been backed by my weekly match predictions, and my most impressive guess is when i saw them winning 3-2 away at tottenham
Gary O'Neil has been a fantastic job. As a Pompey fan I thought he was a legend at Fratton Park. So good to see him doing well in the Premier League at Bournemouth. Plus I think Scott Parker should never manage in the Premier League again.
