 Hello and welcome to another preview show here at Vitality Stadium. Matchday commentator Chris Temple joins me and will be talking about everything that's gone on here at AFC Bournemouth in the last week. Let's take a look at what's coming up. We'll be looking back at that 3-1 defeat to Burnley here at Vitality Stadium. We'll also be joined by Lewis Cook as he talks us through how his recovery from injuries is going. And finally we'll be looking ahead to tomorrow's game against Brighton at the Amex Stadium. We're going to start back at last weekend and that 3-1 defeat to Burnley. Chris, it wasn't a good one, was it? No, I feel like I'm sort of repeating myself. You're throwing me that question every week at the moment which is disappointing. Yeah, obviously great start and then just all unraveled from there. I think the most concerning thing was what Eddie House said after the game is that the team didn't have the identity that he sets them out with which is, you know, you don't hear Eddie say that too often. No, there were excuses at Leicester with the injuries and the international break and fatigue and various other things. But there weren't many excuses here against Burnley. Burnley, you know, did what they do best. You know, their physical approach got them the, I guess got them the win in the end. Bournemouth didn't deal with it very well. A couple of goalkeeping sort of question marks as well, which is I'm sure we'll come on to in a bit. But yeah, all in all, that was a really disappointing performance. And, you know, we stood here last week and said that this was a game where really it was a great opportunity to show the fans. We haven't switched off for the summer. There's everything still to play for. The spirit is not that low. And yeah, then that performance turns up. So we're here only for a few minutes every Friday having to sort of discuss where we're at wrong. So for any hour in the in the week trying to find different ways to I guess convey the same message, which is come on, we're a lot better than this. He'll be scratching his head again and be digging deep this week, I'm sure, to try and turn things around. And of course, we saw that really quick start that we saw so much at the start of the season, but there wasn't anything really to follow as we as we saw at the start of the season. You know, that performance was carried on for the whole 90 minutes. And last week it was, you know, just a quick start and nothing more. Yeah, that's, you know, the unfortunate bit. Burnley, you know, when they go behind, they showed fighting spirit, you know, a Sean Dyche sort of side, you know, you certainly expect them to keep battling. Ashley Barnes has been, you know, a bit of a scourge of Bournemouth down the years in Burnley colours and in Brighton colours. I think as well going back a bit. First man ever to score both ends in the Premier League, which is which was a random stat as well. But yeah, it's just no comeback from there. And again, I think when you're, you know, you're lacking that spark at the moment, you need your your Ryan phrases or your, you know, your David Brooks or somebody. That's when you look into those sort of players just to suddenly make something happen with a bit of brilliance. And, you know, their their confidence is probably a little bit sort of suffered at suffering at the moment as well. Like everybody's is, it's by no means their fault. You know, Callumon and Joshua King up the top just need a couple of things to go in for them at the moment as well. So yeah, all in all, just just unfortunately another day to forget. And I feel bad for the fans who, you know, at the moment that seeing a team that is not the team, they've they've paid good money all season to come and watch. And of course, head of the game, we learnt that there'd be no Charlie Daniels not just for the game, but for the rest of the season. That's a big blow, isn't it? Yeah, for Charlie, real a real blow at this stage of the season. You know, I mean, if there's any positive to be found, at least, you know, there's only five games left to this season. But of course, it's so bad that he's going to miss the start of next season. So there's no positive in that. I guess I'm talking if you've got injured at the start of season, it was guaranteed to miss a whole season. And that would be a huge blow, you know, along the Simon Francis sort of Lewis Cook lines. But yeah, so real, real bad news for Charlie. He's obviously had a very difficult few months sort of personally as well. So it just caps a really, really tough time for him personally. So we wish him all the best. And of course, Diego Rico, you know, almost on a day later, wasn't it? Is out for the season as well with with an ankle problem. So it never rains. It pours two left backs in the space. You're only two left backs out on that left backs in the space of a couple of days, at least Adam Smith is back now to fill in that role. And I guess it sort of some eyes is a frustrating campaign for Diego Rico as well, because 10 million pounds, he started five Premier League games. He hasn't he hasn't shown 10 million pounds worth yet. I mean, there's no hiding from that fact. Eddie Howe says, you know, they very much still believe in the player, the adaptation to the Premier League has taken a bit longer with Diego than maybe they expected it to. I think we've all seen it flashes of what he can offer. You know, he's looked good as a wing back bombing up and down, maybe more comfortable going forward than going back. He's left foot, you know, he's crashed the woodwork a couple of times with free kicks, good set piece delivery. But yeah, defensively, still a few question marks. So hopefully another summer, you know, back fit. Hopefully, you know, he's only due to be out for six weeks. Hopefully he'll be back fit in the summer and an opportunity to get some good preseason working. Absolutely. Well, now, as you may have seen, AFC BTV are bringing out a documentary to mark 10 years since that great escape season. It will be airing on Thursday, the 25th of April, and it will be completely free across all of our channels. Let's take a little look at what you can expect. The breaking news in sport that AFC Bournemouth had lost their fight to avoid going into administration. Starting the next season on minus 17 points, he's thought, well, this is it. There isn't going to be a Bournemouth anymore. There wasn't going to be a great escape season. It was the end of the road. I think a number of us thought, well, the writing could be on the wall this time. This might be just one deduction too many. He was always aware of the situation, you know, the ramifications of what could happen if we did get relegated to the club. The journey began with it. Free kick, Pittman, 30 yards out ahead. Oh, to Fletcher. Left of his strike. It's into the back of the net. The Bournemouth fans hail the Messiah. It's one of the best moments in my career, still now. Our attitude was, these are the big boys, like coming in, let's have it with ym. Still running, Molesley. Lose it! Oh, Mark Molesley! It's into Pittman's path once more. Steadig goes out in two players. Oh, what a goal! By Brett Pittman. It was difficult times for the club, but they still showed up in their numbers and backed us when we needed them. You rarely get their moments in your life. When you look back and look at it from start to finish, what an achievement it actually is. If there's ever a time in my 20-odd year career just call a call. It has to be now. If everything had been easy at the start, I think, well, the story wouldn't have been as good. Well, it's certainly going to be a very exciting watch. That will be airing for free on AFCB TV on Thursday, the 25th of April. Now then, as you may have seen, we've been joined by our very own Lewis Cook. Lewis, thank you for joining us. I'm sure the question on everyone's mind is, how are you and how are you feeling? Yeah, I'm good. It's been about four months now since the up. I'm feeling strong and he feels great. I'm on target, I think, getting stronger every day and really improving. And for you, how have the last few months been mentally? Because obviously it's the first big injury of your career. Yeah, it's not being too bad. Obviously there's good days and bad days, but I was told that before. It's just good once you get to a position where you can start kicking a ball around, jogging around and things like that. It's good if you feel normal again. So I'm at a stage now where it's enjoyable again. And yeah, not too long. Have there been any surprises along the way? What are the bits of the recovery and I guess that you maybe weren't prepared for, that you never quite get understanding until they actually come along? Yeah, I think it's the first bit after the operation, I think. Yeah, it swells up that much and you just can't move really. And you've got to try and get to a point where you keep working on your bend of your knee and things, but then again, it surprises me that how fast it gets better. I don't think I'd be where I am now running around and stuff. This time, but there are things that probably surprise me most. And what about the motivation when you're on your own? It's you, one-to-one with the medical staff. You haven't got the other lads around you pushing you on. I know you're in and around the camp, but in terms of the work you're doing every day? Yeah, I think the staff and everyone's been great here. And obviously, I've got a friend of mine, people who's been staying boat and a few other lads that have been in it as well. They help a lot, we know, when one of us needs a little push sometimes on a morning, but no, it's great, everyone's been really good with me. And you mentioned Ffarno as well there. How good has it been having someone, obviously, you don't wish an injury upon anyone, but having someone that's going through the same thing, you know, in there with you? Yeah, it's helped a lot, I think. Obviously, when we've had setbacks, either me or Ffarno, like little bumps in the road, I might be able to say that, oh yeah, that happened to me as well and stuff, so we could bounce off each other that way, but again, it's kind of a motivation thing. We're both similar positions and we're both trying to get back fit, so we help each other along the way, and yeah, he's been great. And we saw that you obviously went out to Dubai with a squad. What was that like, having a change of scenery for you mentally? Yeah, that was great. I think we should get a bit, when it's sunny here, we'll get a bit more heat, I'd say, different scenery, scenario. Yeah, it was great. I think we got a lot of good work in there and it's always a successful trip. Would you describe yourself as a good injured player? Do you deal well with doing things on your own and the frustrations of things? Yeah, I think I'm a good injured player most of the time. Obviously, sometimes I can get a bit frustrated and things, just wanting to kick a ball around all the time. I'm not supposed to, but no, I think I'm a good worker when I'm injured, yeah. What about how the team's form on the pitch affects you as well, because I'm sure when the team is flying and the goals are going in left, right and centre, you absolutely should get back out there. I'm sure you are anyway, but what about when the difficult times you're watching from the stand and again, I probably, you wish out, you're out there for a different reason to try and correct things? Yeah, definitely, I think it's always easy to say when you're in the standar, I should have done that there. It's completely different when you're playing, so I can't really judge or anything, but I think the lads are giving it their all and that's all we can really ask for. It's not doing it on purpose when we lose the games, it's just something that hasn't clicked in the moment, so hopefully we can put our eyes to weekend and push on for the rest of the season more. And just finally, on a match day here itself, we obviously see you watching from the box last week, you were in the south stand as well. What's that like for you? Do you like to have a role and go in the dressing room before the game or do you like to keep yourself away from it? I'm normally working on a Saturday, so I see the lads before the game, but then I like to go in the changing room just before I kick off. And just finally go out to warm up, sorry, and just give us some good luck and stuff to make sure we're watching and stuff. And yeah, me and Cookie were in the stand the other day and it was good to be in amongst the fans and things. It didn't go our way, but again, we're trying to put it right this weekend. Well, I'm sure I speak on behalf of every single AFC Bournemouth fan when we say we wish you the very best and we hope to see you back out there very soon. Thank you, cheers. Well, for now on the AFC BTV preview show, our attention tends to tomorrow's game against Brighton. Let's take a look at what Eddie Howe had to say in this morning's press conference. Missing Charlie now for a long period of time. Such a consistent performer, such a great attitude every day, so he's a big miss. And Diego unfortunately rolled his ankle last week right at the end of the game and we miss him now for the season. So a big blow because potentially he had good opportunities to play between now and the end of the season. I think the last two games, I think when you look at them, we've been disappointed with what we've delivered. I think in terms of just how we play and our performance-wise, I think we've dipped below the standards that we know we're capable of. So we will come through this period of time, got no doubt about that because we've got a quality team and I really do believe in the players. So you go through these phases, but what's important when you do go through the phases is that you don't lose your way of playing and what really defines you and that's what we're desperately searching for tomorrow. So that's what we've tried to do. We've gone back to basics if you like in terms of how we play and what our identity is. And hopefully that will show this weekend. Well, that was Eddie Howell speaking in this morning's press conference. Chris, it will be a much-needed three points if they can get it, won't it? Yeah, both. Again, same as last week, Brighton absolutely need the points. Home form, they're a bit sticky at home. They're hard to beat at home, but they've actually lost quite a few games there as well. One or two good results. I guess for them, for Brighton, the sort of galvanising factor can be Wembley. They're lost, but they play pretty well. City had an off day, of course, in the semi-final. But again, for Bournemouth fans, looking back at having lost here to Brighton in the third round, what could have been a great day out of Wembley in a semi-final. I know it doesn't work directly like that, of course. There's a lot more hurdles between the semi and the third round. But yeah, Brighton will be looking to use that now as motivation going forward. They'll probably shuffle their pack a little bit, I think, because they had three games last week, of course, had to go to Chelsea and fill in their sort of missing league game, if you like. They've still got a couple of games in hand down the bottom. So they may be not quite in as much perilous position as a couple of other teams, but points on the board as the cliche goes is always better than games in hand. So, yeah, they'll be certainly very keen. They play pretty well here in the FA Cup, albeit both teams were changed. Bournemouth weren't very good, but Brighton played pretty well. The league game, of course, here in the season, Bournemouth had a very good win at a very important time when the results hadn't been going great. So, yeah, certainly be a tough game. You know, it's a good one for the fans. Easter holidays allow plenty of time if you're driving, by the way, because that road to Brighton in the Easter holidays, if the sun's out again on a Saturday morning, is not going to be fun, that one. We're leaving at 6am, I think, me and Willow. No, not quite. But, yeah, it's all in all tough game, but again, the away form comes into question, doesn't it? Four wins, no draws, 12 losses. You know, this is the time to try and put an extra number in the most important column there and just try and at least cling on to maybe finishing 11th or 12th, possibly, not finishing 14th or 15th. And, of course, you were at Wembury last week working for the FA Cup semi-finals. What did you make of Brighton, of course, of playing Manchester City, but what did you make of that performance? Well, you just thought towards the end of the game, you know, the more they pinged in the set pieces towards Duncan Duffy, you know, that they might get something to bounce for them that way. I think what you saw was that in the second half they had nothing to lose. You know, they just, they were trying to find some momentum in the game. They threw quite a lot forward. It wasn't Glenn Murray's day, he got taken off. But all in all, you know, you look at Knockart who had a good game. I was impressed with Bersuma when he played here in the earlier in the season as well. So, yeah, the set piece threat is obvious and Bournemouth didn't deal very well with Burnley's physical threat last week. So they'll hope to keep a lid on Duncan Duffy for sure. But yeah, again, it was a game that had nothing to lose in Brighton. So it was a good chance to try and build some forward momentum. The fans certainly went to Wembury knowing probably it was going to be their day out or Wembury. They probably weren't going to get to the final. They were absolutely brilliant in the Brighton fan. So they'll be a great atmosphere at the AmEx from them. They know how important this game is as well. Of course, Burnley played Cardiff as well this weekend. So that's another sort of big game down the bottom. But if Brighton can get a couple of results now, that will see them safe. So the motivation for them is clear. And speaking of momentum and motivation, they've got back-to-back home games. They've got us on Saturday and Cardiff on Tuesday. So it's two games that they'll really be eyeing to get maximum points from. Yeah, they'll probably see the Cardiff game as bigger. Certainly not to lose that game anyway. But yeah, I think they're looking to get something from Bournemouth at least to sort of keep them or propel them forward into that Cardiff game. But from Bournemouth's point of view, you know you've, again, we say about getting the away form about going just getting the spark back just for the last four games. Because if you look at the games coming up, Fulham were already down here next weekend, Easter weekend. Then it's Southampton away who, depending on if Brighton can get a couple of results, Southampton is suddenly sort of back into the sticky part. But of course, Cardiff is still a bit of a way I drift. And then obviously, you know, you're looking at Tottenham and then Palace to finish with. So out of those four games, you'd say that certainly a couple of them are winnable. I'm just going to throw in the 47 points again because I think this is probably the last week I'm going to say it's doable. Nine points from 15 is doable. I'm not going to say nine points from 12 is doable next week, which you wait, if it does get to that, they'll go and do it. But yeah, exactly. So this is the last week I'm going to say you keep going for that 47. But at the moment, you can't see that if we're totally honest. You can't see it from the way the team are playing. But I'm just hoping that, you know, somewhere a spark or, you know, Callum will hit a blinder from 30 yards or something. You just need a moment of that luck like that to turn. And in terms of Brighton's players, we all know Glenn Murray all too well, and you mentioned Bersuma, but who else for you are the ones to watch? I think Knockout. I mean, Knockout was mad at the match last weekend. You know, he works pretty tirelessly up and down the flanks for them. You know, they've got sort of a robust midfielder in Dale Stevens, a central midfielder former Southampton Loney as well. I just hope that I mentioned Duffy and Duncan, you know, that it's sort of a bit of a cliché to talk about them, but I just hope Bournemouth can deal with them at set plays because, you know, they have defended set plays reasonably well this season. They haven't conceded that many from set plays, but they're a really obvious threat. But I think Knockout's a player, you know, who's having a little bit of a purple patch at the minute. He's a fan's favourite as well. He's a real sort of leave it all out of their eyeballs out type of sort of passionate player that the fans relate to and connect to. So, I mean, I think back on home soil, he would be one that, you know, would be certainly the Brighton fans would be looking to. And in terms of our team, it has obviously decisions to be made. There's no Daniels, no Rico and in goal as well. There's a lot of decisions for Eddie how to think about, isn't there? Yeah, the goalkeeping ones just, it's just intriguing, isn't it? We don't know if anything's happened behind the scenes. We don't know if there's any reason beyond simply performance and training and whatever, you know, Eddie Howes won't talk about those things, of course. And some things are, you know, best left behind sort of training ground doors, if you like. But hasn't his performance last week, you know, again, not wishing to dig players out, but he'll want to have done better with a couple of those goals. That's probably the polite way of saying it. And if Eddie Howes been making selections on performance like he said he did when he changed the goalkeepers back again and put Asmere back in, then people would say, well, Arturo Borch has got to come back in, but you can't, you can't. I don't think you could be changing your keeper every week, which just sort of adds intrigue to why it was changed back in the first place. So I mean, if you're asking me to pin my colours down now, I'll say that Asmere Begerich will probably play because I think Eddie will want him to get that one out of his system from the Burnley game, but it's a really interesting situation. Well, it is. It's going to be a very interesting game indeed. If you are going down to Brighton, as Chris said, leave a lot of time with all of the Easter traffic. But if you're not going, then please keep an eye on all of our social media channels for the latest updates. Thanks for joining us.