 Welcome to this week's festive preview show coming from Vitality Stadium. BBC Radio Salon's Chris Temple joins me and we'll be talking through all things AFC Bournemouth in the next 15 minutes or so. Here's what's coming up. We'll be looking back at that 1-0 defeat to Burnley on the weekend. We'll be looking ahead to our boxing day game against Arsenal here at Vitality Stadium. And finally, we'll preview the trip to the Amex on the 28th. Well, we're going to start back at last weekend and that 1-0 loss to Burnley. Chris, on all platforms, it was a day to forget, wasn't it? First of all, can I just say thank you for making me wear this jumper. They're very nice, aren't they? I'm having to breathe in permanently here. The sizing has caught me out a little bit. But if I suddenly run out of breath, that's why. Yeah, goodness me, the Burnley game. Before we came on air here, I've just finished blocking a few more Burnley fans on social media because you end up having an opinion about Burnley. You get absolutely battered that they don't like it. It was a horrible, horrible day, horrible game. I don't want to get you on into talking about Burnley because I'll start getting even more criticism from Burnley fans. They start watching this, but they came to do a job. Let's put it that way. They did a job. Bournemouth didn't cope with it very well. Actually, funnily enough, I thought they coped physically quite well in terms of the aerial threat that we spoke about and Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes in the air and set pieces and things, apart from the one header of the course at the end, which sort of came off his shoulder anyway. So actually, I thought Bournemouth defended and stood up to that pretty well. Those games just do not suit Bournemouth. It's bitty. It's broken up. I mean, it was about 10 seconds between the whistle going. The referee had an absolute shocker for both teams. He was terrible. I think from the moment Simon Francis got booted in the head after whatever that was, 20 minutes or so, less than that. I think that the afternoon just sort of slipped from bad to worse. No shots on target at home is a painful statistic. A one that Eddie Howe was not been enjoying hearing about or looking back at. So, yeah, just those are the games that everything about it's a grind. Everything about it doesn't really suit Bournemouth. But these days, you do have to find a method in those matches and sometimes the cherries are found wanting. Well, you mentioned Simon Francis there. He obviously took a hit to the head and Ryan Fraser as well. It was an afternoon and he was in the wars as well. Yeah, I mean, Ashley, again, you're drawing me into talking about Burnley here. You're a devil. Ashley Barnes. I don't think that was an innocuous one. He didn't see Simon Francis coming. Yeah, his foot was a bit high. Frano's head was a bit low. I think that was a football incident. I didn't like Ashley Barnes through the rest of the game. I thought he went down so easily. The Tarkovsky challenge on Fraser's what's got me having to block people because I thought that was naughty. He clattered him. He won the header. Of course he did. He won it fair and square, big powerful centre half. He's going to win headers against Ryan Fraser. I just thought he picked his man. He saw an opportunity. If you watch it from side on, you can see him and almost realise it was Ryan Fraser and see it as a good chance to lay one on him. He had blood as well when he went down. I've seen Ryan Fraser ahead in his first training session back and he's still got a headache now. He's still struggling from it. Eddie Howe said he was not quite black and blue, but almost Ryan Fraser. Of course you expect wingers to get a bit of treatment. You expect them to let him know he's in a game, but I just thought Tarkovsky. I thought he was a bit cowardly. He chose his man and led with the arm on the elbow. I thought it was unnecessary. As Simon Fraser said in some quotes after the game, he didn't really look to pick him up and see if he was all right. He didn't like that. He left a bad taste. He left even more of a bad taste when he got a late winner. That's my run. It was just one of those games, wasn't it? 34 fouls from both teams. One shot on target, which was Burnley's goal. Of course in all of that Diego Rico has picked up a yellow card and he'll be suspended now for Arsenal. You go back to the referee, he didn't get a penalised yellow card and Diego Rico walked two yards with a ball and gets a yellow. I didn't think actually Westwood's foul on Rico, the first yellow card I gave, I didn't think that was a yellow. That was just a coming together. I just thought the ref had a nightmare. But Rico, you know, it's not ideal. It's put it that way to get a yellow card in those circumstances. In a week where you've got two games in less than 48 hours. Of course now with Rico out, that's if you include Adam Smith, four left backs. Charlie Daniels, Lloyd Kelly, Adam Smith and Diego Rico. There's some twiddling to be done. Jack Simpson obviously comes into the equation. We've seen him play left back before. Not necessarily his strong point I don't think, but he is left footed. Chris Meppam on the left side of a back three possibly. There's talk that Steve Cook potentially is getting closer and not sure if Boxing Day is going to come too soon. So yeah, that Rico yellow card has given Eddie another headache. Well plenty of options for Boxing Day and Boxing Day is where we're going to turn our attention to next. Eddie How has been previewing the game against Arsenal in his pre-match press conference? I didn't enjoy watching the game back to be honest. We were a little bit negative I think with our passing. We weren't engaging in 1v1 duels. It was the type of performance that I wouldn't have enjoyed to watch if I'm a supporter and I think that's what we have to remember. We're here to entertain, to excite, to get the supporters on their feet in a positive way. We're suffering with injuries and there's been a lot of rhythm taken out of the team. We need to refine that very quickly. We're not using that as an excuse but it's reality. We're sort of in that moment where we're beginning to rebuild but that would be definitely a blot on our recent performances. That was a disappointing day. He'll get the message to his players even if it's a short time. A short turnaround between games I think he'll get his team playing as he wants them to in the way that they want them to play. So we expect a difficult challenge but for us, as it's always about us when we play here, refining that attacking swagger that we need. Well, that was Eddie Howell speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of the game against Arsenal. Chris, Arsenal, they're a bit hard to predict at the moment, aren't they? Change of manager and a lot of squad players playing on the weekend as well against Everton. I'm still breathing in, by the way. It's very hard to know what's going to happen with Arsenal because Arteta will only have had a handful of training sessions. The team that played at Everton was sort of a strange team. Freddie Lundberg, I think, rotated a little bit, gave a rocket to one or two senior players. He maybe hadn't been doing it, left them out. Obviously, Urzel, for example, after his little spat where he kicked his gloves, he got left out. I'm pretty sure we'll see him back. I would say the team at Everton probably maybe is only half the team that we'll see here. Other guys coming back into contention. I said earlier in the season that you catch these big teams when they're in transition, maybe not quite at their best. United still in transition. Terrible result of Watford, obviously, shows their struggles of continuing. But Bournemouth beat United in transition. They beat Chelsea, who are still finding their feet a little bit. Arsenal, in the same way, you think, well, they're still changing. Is this a chance to get at one of the big teams? It's very, very hard to know what sort of shape you'll set up with and what personnel you'll go with. You talk about teams in transition there. When you go back to, I think, it was October, we played Arsenal at the Emirates. You probably should have got something from the game. Yeah, narrow 1-0 defeat. Actually, away from home at the Emirates, Bournemouth haven't really ever been in the contest regularly. Here, though, there have been some great games. The 2-1 a couple of seasons ago, the win, the one solitary win, the 3-3, it was looking great and then all went wrong. Frano obviously got sent off in that game as well. The games here have been competitive affairs. There's something about the way Bournemouth seems to match up against Arsenal that sits a little bit better than some of the other teams. Yeah, I think here, there's definitely an encouragement that Bournemouth and Arsenal, the way that Arsenal play when they play away from home in the past has often suited Bournemouth here. The bigger factor, of course, regardless of the opposition, is that Bournemouth are without their mojo at the moment at home. The reasons for that, everyone's trying to find reasons. Eddie's searching deeper than everybody, trying to find the reason. A lot of people have contacted me over the last few weeks to say the big key is David Brooks. The way that he plays up and down, he can suddenly switch defence to attacking and take people on. When he gets the ball, he's the sort of player who excites fans and can suddenly make something happen. And they haven't really got anybody else like him in that position. Ryan Fraser can do it, but he's not been that consistent. So maybe he's a bigger factor. Not a lot of goals coming from midfield. Lermer and Billing haven't scored, Gosling's got one, Lewis hasn't scored for the club yet. So again, you're looking at contributions if your strikers aren't doing it. Ryan Fraser's not quite doing it. He's coming from midfield. So there's so many different things that can be looked at. I know Eddie Howells will tell you it works from the goalkeeper to the centre half to the full backs. If everyone's not quite positive enough, the sum of all the parts is that it doesn't quite work. And as for Arsenal, there's no denying that their danger men are up front. They've got a Bamiang, and like I said, I think a Bamiang's got 11 goals this season as well. Yeah, only behind Jamie Vardy at the moment. He's level with Tammy Abraham on 11, scored the winner here last year in that 2-1 victory, which is a good game. He's a very big fan of a Bamiang whose future at Arsenal apparently isn't that clear. So there's a bit of money knocking around upstairs somewhere. Maybe someone could make a bid for him. Maybe Christmas, that would be. If you're around Max anywhere. No, a Bamiang's a great player and a real athletic, physical handful. We've got one or two issues at the back. Cullum Chambers is suspended, but Socrates will probably come back in for him. But again, they've got some exciting young players as well, who they've given opportunities to. Gwenduzi, not a homegrown player, but in the centre of midfield is likely to come back in. The likes of Pepe, as well, who haven't seen too much of. So yeah, there's absolutely some ability there. But if Bournemouth can patch themselves up and dust themselves down from the other day, and once again, like Chelsea, completely different tests again. It's three completely different tests in succession. A big six team away, a team, a physical beat them up team here, and then a big six team here. They're all different challenges. So let's just hope we just cross out the Burnley game, forget it ever happened, and the Chelsea Bournemouth turns up here. You mentioned some of Arsenal's youngsters there, I think Rhys Nelsson started on the weekend, Emerl Smith Rowe, Angelie Maitland-Nars has been featuring quite regularly. They've certainly got talent, haven't they, even if they don't have the experience? Unlike Chelsea, they've had a lot of players who've gone out on loan to get their experience elsewhere. Eddie and Kettier, as it leads this season, England under 21, into international as well. Maitland-Nars has made the right back spot and Smith Rowe's come in. Martinelli, the young Brazilian as well, 18 years of age, has played quite a few games this season as well. It's a nice mix. Those clubs, if you're too reliant on someone like Urzill, he's very in and out, but when he's on his days, brilliant, but he has so many straps, obviously with Emery he didn't get on. So maybe the new manager will be a new lease of life for him. Hopefully not on Boxing Day, but hopefully after that. It's encouraging for Arsenal's future that a lot of English youngsters in there as well. Absolutely well. That game will be here on Boxing Day. Two days later, the Cherries will be travelling over to Brighton and it was quite the day out back in April. This season, Brooks stabs it through. Gosling, square for Wilson. Callen Wilson pulls it back to Gosling, who finds the bottom corner. Not much cheer on the road for the Cherries recently, but Dan Gosling sends those fans happy. Born with a patient build up, passed their way through the middle. Corrected that stat today as Wilson plays it through, and now Fraser's trying to nip through. Fraser shoots for goal! What a finish that is! From Brian Fraser! Once again, the Cherries counterattack. Fraser smashes it into the top left corner. He seemingly had it all to do from where he was, wee man, but he had it all to do and he did it. I met him and Smith between them there as a challenge goes in from knock-up. He's going to his back pocket here, Kevin Frynd, and it is so exciting. But King holds him off, and now a little ball where Brooks takes over into the feet of Fraser. Back to David Brooks! This will be brilliant! This is brilliant! Bournemouth got their best here in Brighton! Scintillating football! Finished by Brooks! Game over, Brighton nil, Bournemouth 3. On the left-hand side now, Fraser just about keeps it in. Caelan Wilson wants it too. Brooks is arriving, driven into the box, not a bad second, and a find of an excellent ball! Wilson joining it on the attack now. Again, Ryan Fraser a contributor. Another assist for him. Wilson finishes it, and that sends the Brighton fans home with their tails between their legs. Brighton nil, Bournemouth 4. Which suddenly sounds manageable, doesn't it? As Lerma picks up the ball and Lerma drives on through the middle here, he's going to get ahead of the easy. It's going to run instead for David Brooks. A real chance of a fifth. It could be status last! It is status last! It's going better at the Amex for the Thierries! Brighton torn apart! Cut to ribbons! And finished off! Five nil! Johnson and Lerma. They need to go and keep wrestling to him. What a magnificent tackle to block and win the ball back. Well, a fantastic afternoon along the coast there. Chris, fans will have great memories of that one, won't they? Yes, one of those days when it all comes together. I mean, we man banged one in the top corner while falling over, which was, you know, even better. Yeah, that was a fantastic day. They all beat against a very different Brighton team. You know, the sending off, Knockarts wild challenge of Adam Smith, where he just lost his mind briefly. You know, obviously had an impact that day, but that was when the Thierries were flying away from home. You know, David Brooks, we saw, you know, getting in on the act as well. So that was when the attacking sort of machine was fully oiled and moving in the right direction. Yeah, Brighton these days, as I say, under Graham Potter, different football. You know, it's one of my good friends and ex-colleagues at Solent covers Brighton and it's been a thoroughly more enjoyable season, he says, watching Brighton this year than watching under Chris Hughton, who used to play the, you know, they used to win 1-0 at home and it was very functional and quite drab football. Whereas Graham Potter has brought some bright ideas in. You know, credit to Brighton for giving a manager who didn't have any experience of English football a chance. You know, he's come in and, to be fair, he really has put his stamp on it. So, yeah, one or two new players in their team, but the solid sort of defensive unit of, you know, Duffy and Duncan and Dan Burnett left back, I think at about six foot seven. So, yeah, it's going to be a different test this one and obviously, you know, the first, the last team that Bournemouth haven't played this season. They've played Arsenal twice, of course, by the time we get to this game and Brighton haven't seen us all yet and then play them twice in about six weeks. So, they haven't been in great form recently, that's anything I will say. They had a great winner, Arsenal, of course. Now they're lost at Liverpool to 10 men, but just had one or two sort of less than impressive results. Losing at home to Sheffield United, on paper, you'd say, not a great result, but actually Sheffield United are absolutely flying. So, yeah, they've just hit the buffers a little bit and let's hope they're still, they've got to spurs on Boxing Day before they play Bournemouth. So, let's hope they're still on the buffers by the time we get to play them. I was going to say, spurs on Boxing Day, it's one win and seven at the moment for Brighton, which doesn't look too great, but, you know, as you say, our games against Brighton, they're always tough. Yeah, and let's not forget the turnaround as well for two games in less than 48 hours. I think it's a big ask for Premier League players these days. I know everyone, you know, also, will recover, get on with it, play again. But, of course, most squads in the Premier League will have a chance to turn three or four players around. Bournemouth have got pretty much the same teams going to have to play. Unless there's one or two miraculously back, unless Steve Cook can come back into the equation, obviously Rico will be back for the Brighton game. So, there's another player back there, but most of the players are going to have to play. I think we probably will see Junior Stanislas over the course of these next couple of games, which, you know, if he's fully fit, he'll see him against Arsenal, actually. I wouldn't be surprised to see him come in for Lewis Cook. It would be great to see him back on the pitch. Absolutely, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised at all. It would be great to see him back on the pitch. He's had so many issues, obviously, and a difficult time. So, and also, you know, a bit of wing flare with Junior Stanislas on his day can provide that sort of flare that's been missing and, you know, hopefully back sort of fresh and free from problems. So, yeah, but the turnaround, obviously, Brighton play lunchtime on Boxing Day, so they've got, you know, a few hours extra, which I don't know how much difference that makes. But I think it's a big, it's a tall order. Pep Guardiola's written to the Premier League to complain about City having to play twice in less than 48 hours. Eddie, I asked Eddie if he'd written to the Premier League. He said, it is what it is. We just have to get on with it. He wasn't quite as dramatic as Pep about it. And of course, talking about timings, it's an early kick-off at Brighton as well. Yeah, that's what I mean, yeah. It doesn't make it any easier. Yeah, so that's exactly it. So it's 40, what is it, 44.5 hours or something rather than 45, so, 48 rather. So, yeah, it's not great. It's early for the fans to get up on the 28th as well, but it's rather be going there than Newcastle, that's for sure. And just finally, Brighton, they've had Neil Morpey scoring some of their goals this season and then, you know, he looks at the threat. Yeah, and the one man who knows him very well is Chris Mepham. They were teammates at Brentford. Chris Mepham, I know, is looking forward to taking him on. So he's a very aggressive, he said he's as aggressive in training as he is on the field at Morpey's. And yeah, he's another one who's transitioned very well to life in the top flight. Again, credit to Brighton for having a gamble on somebody who hasn't had any experience at this level. So manager Potter, and now someone like Morpey as well. Yeah, so he's going to be certainly one to look out for. And I'm sure Glenn Murray will be lurking in the wings somewhere as well to try and have a say. Well, it's going to be a busy few weeks indeed. Now then, if you do want to have a go at predicting the score, you can head over to Manchin Bets website and take part in their predict six game. If you are coming here on Boxing Day, then we look forward to welcoming you and we wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Bye for now.