 Hello and welcome to our final AFDV TV preview show before Christmas. With two games last week and two to come, both myself and matchday commentator Chris Temple will be going through it all in the next half an hour. Here's what's coming up. We'll be looking back at that 2-0 defeat at Moulinieu last weekend. We'll also be discussing the Terries in the Carabao Cup and that defeat at Stamford Bridge. And finally, we'll be looking ahead to a busy festive period with both Brighton and Spairs to come. Well first, we'll start back at Moulinieu last weekend and that 2-0 defeat, Chris. It was another tough afternoon. What went wrong? Yeah, difficult afternoon. The weather went wrong. First of all, it was a horrible day to be a supporter particularly. It was freezing cold, driving down with rain as well. The players won't notice that sort of thing, I'm sure, once they get out on the pitch, I'm sure. But yeah, Wolves very organised team. Obviously, you know, the unfortunate mistake by Charlie, which has been one of the issues that's blighted the last couple of games, an individual mistake. And once you can see the first goal against a team like Wolves, as well organised as they are, they've got that 1-0 lead, they then sat back, they play this sort of counter-attacking style where they'll happily let you have the ball and try and nick you on the break. Wolves had a lot of the ball but weren't able to be quite as clinical with it as they have been. Didn't really use it effectively. In terms of chances, you know, Rui Patricio in the Wolves goal didn't have a massive amount to do. Junior hit the bar with a free kick. Apart from that, not a whole lot of other chances. So yeah, it was a day where, you know, some of the possession was nice but just didn't have an edge and obviously Wolves nicked the second on the counter-attack. So it just smacked to the team that were just short of a bit of confidence and just lost a bit of their zip. But hopefully that was the last time we'll see that sort of performance for a while. And obviously, Callum Wolves, you didn't start the game. Does that game last week kind of prove how important he is for the club? Yeah, as we've said before, you know, they haven't got anybody exactly like him. The form he's been in, of course, you're going to miss somebody like that who's got 10 goals this season if you include his England goal as well. You know, he came on towards the end and actually did give them a little bit of a spark when he came on. But I think it was probably the right call not to risk him hamstring, you know, is a pretty perilous injury to have when you've been, when you've got a big schedule of games coming up. So yeah, I think he did add something when he came on. But again, he didn't really get fed the scraps if you like to be able to turn into some sort of feast. And we saw that Lerma and Sermon partnership in midfield. What did he make of it? Yeah, I think they've had a good couple of games actually. They were probably the two who did sort of make Bournemouth tick. You know, Jefferson picked up his standard yellow card. The last two have been less than subtle, I think he was to be fair. He's put in a bit of a spot by Jordan and I, but I think he gave him a bit of a Spanish volley. Not sure how good Jordan and I have Spanish is possibly not that good. But yeah, Jordan and I certainly knew about it. But Lerma and Sermon, yeah, you know, a couple of games together. Growing as a partnership. Let's not forget Andrew Sermon, as we've said before, hasn't played a lot. So he personally needs to get up to speed as well. But he was good, I thought, at his old club. Two of the players who kept the ball moving, kept things going, trying to feed it to the creative players to make something happen. But ultimately, it just didn't, unfortunately. And Tyron Minx went off within the injury during the game. It's great to see that it's not as bad as it first. Yeah, it looked nasty at the time. You think for a guy like him, we've not had a lot of luck at all with injuries. You think he looked in real discomfort. It was a blow on the hip or to the sort of lower back area. It looked really painful. The Walls fans were giving him a bit of a stick. And I did, I've had to block Walls fans all week on Twitter because I called them a bit classless for booing mings because he was clearly in trouble. But yeah, good to see him back in the squad against Chelsea and that it's hopefully not too serious. Well, as you said, next up, the Cherries travel to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea in the Carabao Cup. It wasn't quite the result they were after, but Eddie Hall had plenty of positives after the game. Eddie, a tough way to lose tonight. What are your thoughts on the game? God, yeah, hugely disappointed. It's disappointing. Two years in a row, we've got the same feeling coming here. You know, we did, did ever so well in the game as we did last year. And we were in the match. We were committed. Everyone gave everything to achieve a positive result. Unfortunately, Ian Hall has won the game for Chelsea again. And your side team to grow into the game. What was the message at halftime? Didn't want to change too much tactically. I thought we were OK. It was more individually, just a little tweaks where we could improve. And second half, I thought we were fine. As you say, I thought we grew into the game. We played with more confidence the longer it went on and had a number of really good counter-attack opportunities. So I'm very, very pleased with the team, with individuals, within the team. It was a really good night for us. And as you said, it took Ian Hazard to break the deadlock and it was a deflected goal. That's a cool way to concede, isn't it? Yeah, that's the way it's going for us at the moment. Unfortunately, we're on the wrong end of any bounce either way. So in their box, we had a number of balls ricocheting around that it never quite fell to our player. And then at the other end, the winning goals. A cruel one on everyone, because defensively, we were very good tonight. And it's another strong performance against one of the big teams. That's something your team can take big confidence from, isn't it? Yeah, it is. The performances against the big teams this year have been strong. The results, I haven't followed that pattern. It's been very different to other years where I remember we beat Liverpool and I don't think we played well, but we beat them in Arsenal last year at home. I don't think we played particularly well, but we beat them this year. We're playing well and we're not getting the results. So it's a difficult one to take, but we have to. We have to be men about it and take it on the chin and make sure that we double our efforts to make sure we come out of this spell. And there are a number of players that played tonight that haven't quite, perhaps, had the minutes that they would have liked this season, least to say, Jordan and Ive. What did you make of them? Very good. Yeah, very good. I thought that was Lease's best performance for the club. And Jordan, maybe even Jordan's best performance for the club and respect he's playing out of position. And I thought he was excellent defensively against one of Chelsea's best players. So I'm really, really pleased with both of those players. But there's others. Diego Rico, Jack Simpson after Boric, David Brooks, Junior Stanislaus playing out of position. Very, very pleased. You mentioned Art of Boric there. He made some big saves tonight. Yeah, whenever you come to these games, you need your goalkeeper to play well. And right from early in the match, he made some key saves for us, which gave us the confidence to build and grow into the game. So very, very pleased for him. And now the focus turns to Saturday Brighton at home. How delighted will he be to get back in front of the home fans? Yeah, pleased to play at home. I think we know how important the game is for us. We've already spoke about it in the dressing room. If we take the confidence and attitude from today's game, we look forward to the match. Well, that was Eddie Howe after Wednesday's performance in the Carabao Cup. And Chris, it was a much-improved one, wasn't it? Yeah, to be honest, it was everything you could have wanted from a performance except the result. The noise from the Cherry's fans at the end, that will tell you exactly what they thought of the performance and the effort levels and absolutely everything else that the team put in. Of course, let's not forget a team with several changes. A team with lots of players you haven't played a lot of football. I think of Diego Rico. He's hardly been on the pitch recently. He had a difficult day at Wolves in the league, actually, when he came on. Jordan Ibe, who hasn't played in that role a lot. I mean, Rico and Ibe, for me, are the two players who haven't played any football but had to be up and down that flank in those wingback positions. I thought they were both absolutely terrific. Arta Borowicz, we've got to mention him. He's been excellent this season when he's had his chance. He's limited to league cup games. I spoke to him before the game and he said, you know, all I've got to do is just take my chances when I get them, show what I'm capable of. From his point of view, show he's worth a new contract possibly as well. He's only on a one-year deal at the moment. 39 in February, but goodness me, there's a couple of terrific saves in there. One from Giroud right at the end. The one where he came out to deny Willi-Anne as well. He stood up massively tall. Yeah, terrific saves to keep the team in it. And you need your keeper to have a good day at places like that. You need to keep the, you know, when they do get chances, keep them out. But right at the end, there was a couple of scramble. As you know, there was an almighty scramble at the end where the ball could have gone anywhere and a couple of opportunities. You know, Aretha Balaga made a save or two as well. So all in all, it was everything but the result. Eddie said he wanted the performance and the result together. Well, he got the performance that time, but not the result. So hopefully now as we move into Christmas, the two can come together. And in terms of Chelsea's goal, did you feel like there was a foul in the build up there? There was a big case for it. I think I said in the commentary that was surely a foul on King as the play was moving forward. But it certainly definitely looked like it. From that point of view, there was a bit of bad luck. But lots happened after that up to the goal. So people were saying, why wasn't it referred to VAR, that decision? Well, that's not a decision that can be referred to VAR because it wasn't directly involved in a goal incident. There were too many things that happened. And of course, the cruel deflection as well off Charlie's hand. Of course, if the ball goes wide, there's a case that could have been a penalty anyway. So yeah, all in all, it just didn't bounce. And they brought on Hazard and Pedro. Is that a compliment to how well-born was the playing that they felt the need to bring those two off the bench? Absolutely, yeah. Pretty early on as well. Hazard and Pedro came on a few minutes after the start of the second half. They're not the guys you want to, particularly Hazard, it's not the guy you want to see coming on. Even with supposedly 70% fit with a foot injury, he's just probably the best player in the world at the moment or certainly in the top three, I would say. It's just his ability with the ball is frightening. He always does well against Bournemouth. He always seems to make something happen. And as well as he did do when he came on, it was a shame in a way that, of course, it was a deflected goal from him. And even he needed a bit of luck to score the match winner. But yeah, it definitely is a compliment to where they were playing. The Chelsea had to reach for their stars. And of course, Bournemouth were able to reach for their stars still very much in the game when the likes of Joshua King and people were brought off the bench and Ryan Fraser as well. And we saw Nathan Ackie play in the central midfield. What did you make of that one? I think he did pretty well. He certainly hasn't played there a lot. I mean, he played there quite a bit of Chelsea in the youth ranks by all accounts. He did a lot of running. And when you look at the midfield three they had with Stanislaus and Brooks as well, they were probably all looking around at each other for a bit of advice at times. I know David Brooks has played there before, but playing there in youth football is not the same as playing against Fabregas and Kovacic and others. So yeah, I thought they did, you know, as well as you could have asked them to really. It was a makeshift midfield, needs must in terms of the personnel available and the need to rotate and rest a few players. But yeah, I thought the midfield gave a great account of themselves. And Neddy Howell, he was very complimentary about Lisa, he was saying it was his best performance in a Bournemouth shirt. Would you agree with that? Yeah, I think before Wednesday it would be fair to say Lisa had gone backwards this season. I think he'd been less of a threat when he'd come on. It had been, he hadn't really done too much to suggest he would be able to change a game. But he was all action on Wednesday. He really was. They needed everybody to be all action. But he, you know, pace, I remember one run, he bulldozed through about three people. You know, he was creating things, he was working, he looked hungry as well, which is often a criticism that maybe he looks at the way he sort of runs and looks a bit disinterested at times. But I thought he looked hungry, he looked like somebody who wanted to prove a point. And if he can suddenly start to be a factor, you know, you need someone that, if it's not Wilson, it's not King. Moussa is the next in terms of, you know, that type of player. So, yeah, you need him to be contributing to give you a real option off the bench rather than Eddie sitting in these seats that we're sat in right now, turning around and going, who's there? Oh, I haven't really got anybody. And with some big away games coming up, they've got to go to Wembley, they've got to go to Old Trafford. They can take so much heart from that performance at Stanford Bridge, can't they? They can, but of course they need to go, they need to bridge, if you like, from the bridge to Wembley, to the arch with a performance against Brighton. Because if it goes back to square one against Brighton, then the momentum is sucked back out of the sails. But I'm confident and hopeful that they will use that performance at Chelsea to produce a game against Brighton that we'll talk more about in a moment. There's a bit more like fans have come to see, because they will need, as you say, a bit of momentum to take to Wembley and to take to Old Trafford. It's not a favourable festive schedule for sure. Well, we spoke about that festive schedule there. And Callum Wilson is one who has been getting in the spirit. Let's take a look at what happened when he went down to Bournemouth Christmas markets earlier in the week. I don't know, I'll put on my Christmas hat as well, will I? I'll put on my Christmas hat as well, will I? I'll put on my Christmas hat as well, will I? I'll put on my Christmas hat as well, will I? I'll put on my Christmas hat as well, will I? I'll put on my Christmas hat as well, is it blessed? Merry Christmas, guys, I hope you all have a lovely time. My favourite part about Christmas is being able to have some junk food, some trimmings, some chocolates, and things like that. Being a professional, you can't have it as much, but I'm sure that you guys will make up for it for me. I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a happy new year. Well, that was Callum Wilson down at Bournemouth Christmas market. He's on the front of tomorrow's programme and you can see the full interview on AFCB TV next week. Chris, it's a busy week coming up. How important is tomorrow's game? It's got me in the Christmas spirit look at that Callum Wilson that footage down the Christmas market Yeah, I think tomorrow is tomorrow's massive as we mentioned earlier on, you know a performance at Chelsea You've got spurs of man United to come you need to keep it going now You need to keep moving in the the forward direction keep that momentum going There's no point in going back to square one. I don't think they will I think they'll produce a poor performance here tomorrow The league table is interesting now because it's in three sections. There's the top six We've course man United just sort of at the top end of the rest if you like And then there's a bit of a gap I think there's eight teams and there's a gap to the bottom six in the table as well So it's sort of a six and eight and a six and Bournemouth and Brighton are right in the middle of that middle eight But of course only still three points off six place still seven points ahead of where they were at this time last season Which is again the the context really that unit. Yes, it's been disappointing recently But still way ahead of and you know seven points doesn't sound a lot But that's that is a lot in Premier League terms So the context is you know from the table point of view still very healthy indeed still a long way from trouble And still very much in reach that reach of six position, but Brighton two points behind Bournemouth So we'd go ahead of them with that with a victory and Brighton have been a bit inconsistent this season They've won two away games already Which is as many as they won in the whole of last season one at Newcastle and one at Huddersfield as well So yeah, they've they've got players that can can turn games They're missing is Kierdo who's a bit in and out on his days brilliant on his other days He's not so effective, but of course the one person that Bournemouth fans know will have an iron will be Glenn Murray Who has actually scored seven of his eight goals? I think at home this season. He's not quite as effective away from home He did score a last minute equaliser at Southampton though That's his one away goal that he has scored this season But of course Brighton's threat comes from set pieces Duncan Duffy have scored a large proportion of their goals Shane Duffy suspended tomorrow He's the third of his Games for getting a red card for a headbutt, but Lewis Dunk who made his England debut alongside Callum Wilson And of course cherry's got their own sort of Brighton mole with Steve Cuckoo, you know, his family and whatever all still down that way He'll know Lewis dunk very well from their Brighton days So yeah, there's a lot of nice connections, but the one thing we're not having is it's not a derby of any sorts because you know The the national papers they think they see both for both cities on the South Coast and about a town in Bournemouth case a city in Brighton's case see it being by the sea and they go it's got to be a derby It's a hundred miles apart. It's nowhere near a derby. We're not having it And in terms of our team news it'll be very interesting to see what Eddie Howe does because there are a lot of players that state took a claim for Themself on on Wednesday weren't there? Yeah, a difficult one because you know you look at the league team that was albeit a bit patched up that didn't perform Fantastically well at Wolves and obviously, you know, there'll be a couple of players a bit short of confidence But those that played on Wednesday I don't think could have done much more apart from win the game obviously In their performance to give Eddie a selection headache for this weekend Simon Francis by all accounts, you know, he's still touch and go But I think he he's probably in a good good place to come back into the squad anyway So that adds another sort of defensive option They were sort of forced to go with the three last week so they didn't have enough defenders fit to make up a four really People like Diego Rico and Jordan Ibe who were excellent Have they done enough to force their way into the league team? You know one performance They certainly couldn't they certainly haven't done their cases any harm But of course, you know, you look at the likes of David Brooks who actually has been rotated recently He came in and did very well in that central role at Chelsea So I probably expect to see him back in Upfront, you know, Lisa Mousset knocking on the door very much Callum seems like he's fit and no problem with his fitness now Joshua King possibly hasn't quite been effective as effective in the last two or three games So there's a possible option there that Lisa Mousset, you know While he is a confidence player and he seems to be full of confidence at the moment He could he certainly will give Eddie something to think about I'm sure So I think, you know, I can't imagine too many changes But I would have thought there would certainly be one or two And the players that had their chance on Wednesday night, you know I've seen lots of people on Twitter saying Arta Boric, you know He's earned himself a place in the team, hasn't he? Begavitch has had a couple of moments in the last couple of games You know, you think of Man City and obviously the Liverpool game as well I don't think you could judge it as Begavitch just on two little Not even mistakes, just two even little slips slightly whatever Because he's been pretty solid the rest of the season harsh as that is on Arta Boric I wouldn't necessarily see a changing goal But yeah, there are things to think about for sure And with Spurs and Man United to come They'll be really after those three points tomorrow, won't they? Yeah, that certainly has a, you know, an important look about it It's the first Saturday three o'clock home game since the Southampton game Which feels like a long time ago That was back in towards the end of October, wasn't it? So yeah, with the 1230s and the Sunday afternoons It's all been messed around a little bit So it'd be nice for Cherry's fans to get back in a routine I don't have to work out what time I'm supposed to wake up for a home game When you've got to get here at 930 Allowing for the cones which are gone as well It's all happy days now, three o'clock No cones on the spur road trying to get here But yeah, in terms of the games to come up You know, you take anything You take a point for sure at Spurs and Man United Man United obviously going through a bit of upheaval at the moment Spurs game at Wembley last year wasn't a great spectacle Spurs 1-0 played very functionally Quite like Wolves, happy to let Bournemouth have a bit of the ball Spurs play a bit side-to-side, passy-passy stuff But of course they've got so many quality players So yeah, it was a tight game at Wembley last year Great place for the fans to go though Albeit with no trains, a bit tricky to get to Parking around Wembley I hope you've got to take a mortgage out for that by the way It's about 40 quid to park at Wembley Before you get a shock, take enough cash Of course you'll be paying for the Cherry's media team to park I'm sure Zoe Of course, of course It was a Christmas gift But yeah, no, some great games Spurs and Man United away great games And that actually then is, you know That is the big teams out the way for a little while And of course Brighton coming back relatively quickly in the FA Cup as well And that Spurs game, they've struggled against them in the league But what can they do differently on Boxing Day to try and get some results? Yeah, I think back to the game here The only point they've had off them actually The Neil Mill draw going back a couple of seasons here When it was, that was where they just threw absolutely everything That was a great Neil Mill I think that was a Saturday lunchtime game as well A brilliant Neil Mill The one thing, you know, Spurs haven't been that massively fluent You know, they huffed and puffed to beat Burnley at home last week The Cherry's went there, they didn't park the bus But they certainly, you know, the bus was in the proximity of their goal Let's put it that way They went there relatively defensive I think it was a 5-4-1 if I remember rightly in terms of the setup I don't know whether they'll, they need to, with the players they've got They need to go, they go to Chelsea and play a three at the back And, you know, show some good form on the counter That's probably the way they need to go away at Spurs And maybe similar at United as well Two teams who were, you know, happy to have the ball But, you know, will hurt you if you give them a glimmer So, yeah, most importantly is to go into those Spurs and United games With a performance and a result together from this game against Brighton Because, like we saw for the Huddersfield game The three points were important But actually, Eddie wanted the performance and the result together He only got the result there Chelsea got the performance, but not the result So it's about time the two things came together And in terms of that Spurs game, they've got Harry Kane They've got Christian Eriksen, they've got Deli Alli They've got stars all over the pitch It's important to nullify those threats, isn't it? One thing Bournemouth have got used to in the last few weeks With the fixed list they've had is keeping an eye on star players Mentally very tiring games Mentally, you know, you've got to be absolutely on it You know, with all these players that can hurt you in the blink of an eye So Bournemouth have been wise to that You know, actually Liverpool obviously were very comfortable here But the other big games, you know, United Arsenal City obviously were comfortable as well But the home games, they've managed to sort of keep an eye on Some of the key threats away from home Where the home team will dictate it more You know, it's a bit harder sometimes to keep those guys out of the game As we saw with Eden Azard at Chelsea the other day But, you know, again, soaking up pressure is something they've done You know, at Chelsea they had to soak up a bit of pressure Home fans get a bit gnarky The rest of the way the game goes Staying at 0-0 for a long time So, yeah, I would say Bournemouth form it in patches Not against Liverpool, not against City But in the other big games Certainly gives them some sort of confidence to take to those games, yeah Well, it's certainly going to be a very exciting week ahead That's all we've got time for today We hope you have a very merry Christmas And we'll be back afterwards to preview the game against Manchester United Thanks for joining us Merry Christmas