 Hello, and welcome to another preview show here at Vitality Stadium. Both myself and matchday commentator Chris Temple will be going through everything Ayrtyw Bournemouth in the next half an hour or so, and we might even be adored by a very special guest, so make sure you stay tuned. Let's take a look at what's coming up. We'll be looking back at that game at Anfield just under two weeks ago. The Under-21s also have a big Premier League Cup game here on Sunday. And finally, we'll be looking ahead to tomorrow's game against Wolves here at Vitality Stadium. Well, first of all, we're going to start back at Anfield, Chris. That was always going to be a really tough one, wasn't it, Liverpool? We're absolutely flying. I've lost count this season of how many times we've mentioned about taking the chances and that early chance in the game that went begging. And after that, when Liverpool get a couple of goals up, it's a very long way back from there. Bournemouth have come back and got something on Anfield in the past. But once the third goes in, it's all over really. I don't think Liverpool needed to play that well to win. We've got to put some context on it that there was quite a significant number of key players missing. You look at the bench at Liverpool with the likes of Sam Surridge and Kyle Taylor and Jack Simpson. It was a very inexperienced bench. I think, at least, we say it was probably the most experienced player on it. A bit of shuffling around with players, Charlie Daniels was not available, Nathaniel Klein obviously wasn't available, and obviously Callumon and David Brooks still missing. I think that has to be bore in mind that you want to go to those places with everybody available, clicking and firing, and the gaffer didn't have everybody available saying that. Possibly there was a bit of a feeling that when the second goal went in, maybe there wasn't quite as much fighting spirit as people would like to have seen. But I think that they're the games that are bonus points if you get anything in those games. So, as far as I look at it now, it's another one of the big six ticked off for the second time, and soon they'll all be ticked off, so let's keep clicking to that fact. Absolutely. Will you say that in the next couple of weeks? You've of course got Manchester City and Arsenal, Liverpool away. It was always one that was going to be tough, and now it's out the way they can focus on what's ahead. Unfortunately, as you say, what is ahead is Wolff's here, but then Arsenal and Man City, the rest of the week. But then, as people know, the fixtures do a cities up. It is the Premier League, but in terms of the intensity of the opposition, they do get a bit kinder towards the end of the season, and that's where, if you can pick up an odd point here or there over the course of the next week or so, I think certainly looking for three against Wolff's, but if you can pick up a point from Arsenal or Man City, again, just the spirit and the belief it puts in everybody. We saw what the Chelsea result did straight after it. I know the results since they haven't really reflected that, but it just gives everybody a huge boost. So, yeah, the chase for seventh, depending on how this weekend's result could be right back on, and when you think there have been a couple of periods of the season where it's all felt a bit doom and gloom, the chase for seventh is still on, and that's, again, reflective of what a great start there was. And how competitive the league is as well. And just going back to that Liverpool game, that Saudi and Mane goal, the first one that went in, it looked as if it could have been just offside. What did you make of it? Not a lot of luck against Liverpool with offside this season because of course Salah here was offside for the first goal, which, again, and if you don't get those little minor breaks, I mean, yes, it was a debatable one, possibly just offside. You know, we've seen VAR hasn't necessarily really helped to clear up some offsides this season with the cameras that we'll have next season. But, yeah, it's, again, it goes into the bracket of you need everything to fall your way away at the big clubs and the marginal calls don't go your way. It doesn't help. And the timing of the third goal was just after half-time. How detrimental was that? Yeah, that's always tough. And it has a couple of times this season. That has happened. You come straight out after your half-time team talk worked out what's gone right or wrong in the first half and all of a sudden it's up in ribbons because you've conceded the goal. Saying that they have scored a couple of important goals straight after half-time as well. But I think, yeah, Eddie would, I think he'd like to see the, certainly the goals conceded at any time, but straight after half-time is particularly frustrating when you've just been in the dressing room pointing out exactly the things you need to be aware of and the things you need to improve. So, yeah, that's a little idio consyncrasy that I'm sure that the Gaffer would like to see deleted. And those front three, for me, no minor, and of course, Salah, how hard are they to play against? Well, unbelievable. I mean, that's, again, that's what you need. You probably need your strongest back four. You need your goalkeeper to have a great day. You need all those things. I mean, the little lob over borach, and it's just absolute class, isn't it? I mean, that's why they're right in the title hunt at the moment. That's why they're where they are. But there's no surprise, that the boys have proved themselves the same quality of players we're here playing for Chelsea and didn't get much of a sniff. So when they're on their day though, very hard to stop. And our lads, they now had a two-week break. They'll be firing in Allsyland as a head of the weekend, won't they? Those that are available will be. There are still a few knocks knocking around. Obviously Nathaniel Klein will be back. Charlie Daniels, as far as we know, will be back. David Brooks and Cullen Wilson still a little bit off. Jefferson Lermer seems to have got rid of that ankle problem that he was struggling with for a couple of weeks. So, yeah, I wanted to start him to come back. But you certainly, going into a little busy run of games now, up to the international break, the month time, isn't it? So three games in a week coming up this week. So, yeah, certainly you need the players firing. But two weeks off, they've done a few different things. Eddie was speaking about bringing Matthew Syed to have a sort of a psychological performance chat with the lads as well, the former table tennis guy who's very much into the writing books about sports performance and stuff these days. They've done a few things differently. They opted not to go away this time, which some clubs do. Eddie said it's touch and go really. There's a financial consideration at one end, but also it's worked for them well sometimes. It hasn't worked so well other times. And on this occasion, they decided to stay here and get some work in. And also that's probably also, I think, a factor with people out being out as well that they're going away to do their own rehab. And you've sort of got a bit of a fragmented squad. So, yeah, they stayed behind the weather. It's beautiful, isn't it? I mean, why wouldn't you stay behind when you could go to Dubai or Tenerife or somewhere? Absolutely. Well, as well as the game against Wolverhampton Wonders this weekend, our under-21s have a big Premier League Cup game coincidentally also against Liverpool. Let's take a look at what happened in their last outing in Group C. Well, a first half goal from Jaden Anthony there saw the Charies pick up a point on the road at West Brom in the last Group C game. Chris, they're here at Vitality Stadium on Sunday. Another really good opportunity for them to play here and get some more experience. Looks like it's going to be an exciting occasion as well. They're hoping for a crowd of around about 3,000, which would be, you know, you think most of these players will not play in front of crowds that big very often. With the greatest respect at under-21 level, obviously some of them will go out and play on loan at lower league clubs and will get, you know, in three or four, five thousand watching, I'm sure, but most of the under-21 games are played in front of a handful of people. When you go away to clubs like Liverpool and West Brom and people, of course, they have a more local following of bigger clubs. But yes, it's going to be a fantastic day on Sunday, I think. Obviously qualification already secured, which is brilliant. You can play with a bit of freedom. But I guess, you know, Sean Cooper and the management team won't be looking like that. They'll be looking at continuing the good work they've been doing. And I think any sort of time you get to play on the main stage, you know, the first team pitch. And with the crowd, I mean, 3,000 people in here, that is a noticeable crowd. So, and I think, you know, the club, you're going to be doing the PA and the big screens are on and there's programs. And it's a full-on matchday experience, really. So I think it's really, really useful for the lads who aren't out on loan and just training week in, week out to get that sort of motivation of a big stage. And obviously with a view to building more momentum towards later in the competition. And as you said, they're already through, but they're playing to win the group. How much of a psychological boot will that give them going into the last 16? Yeah, always. I mean, what a scout Liverpool would be, you know, if you can get a result against a team of Liverpool's class. Again, the under-21 set up at the bigger clubs, you know, they've got such depth of resources. A lot of their best under-21s are out on loan. Actually, as is the case here now as well. So, you know, their, I guess their under-21s aren't as probably as strong as they realistically are in terms of the people they've got available. But still, you know, Liverpool under-21s are not going to be, they're not, it's not going to play the dog and duck. They're going to be handy. So, yeah. And Bournemouth, I'm liking what I'm seeing at the moment of the progress that's being made at the under-18 level with how well the youth cup's been going. See, that's coming up next week. We'll talk about that next week. The under-21s are having a good little run in the Premier League Cup as well. So, I think we are starting to see some fruit being born. It's been a criticism, if there is to be one, that the academy got left behind a little bit by the first team's progress. I've mentioned it several times on this programme this season. So, I think now these are, you know, this is a nice little period where Alan Connell with the 18s and Sean Cooper and Mark Mulsey with the 21s are really starting to make some marks here. And we see the likes of Kyle Taylor and Andy Offerball mark travels. They're always training with the first team. So, it's so important for them to get game time themselves, isn't it? Yeah, I mean, Kyle Taylor, you know, he, bless him, he came on, he started rather against Brighton in the Cup here, didn't he? It didn't go that well for the team that day, not just for him. He was on the bench at Liverpool last week, which I'm sure was a great thrill for a lad of his quality, new contract relatively recently. So, yeah, for him and for NAMDI, training day in, day out with his players, they will certainly be improving. Mark Travers is the one. Mark Travers is, you know, he's the one they talk about as potentially, you know, a long-term first-team goalkeeper here. So, I'm really excited to see how he's going to progress over the course of the next few months. Training with, you know, two internationals, Arta Baruch, and Azmi Begerich, every single day on the training ground as well, with Neil Moss, obviously very experienced goalkeeping coach as well. So, yeah, I think for those guys, it's a great opportunity. For them as well, the motivating factor, because training every day is one thing, but actually having the chance to showcase at your own level, under 21 level, what you can do, a huge chance for them as well. And as you touched upon earlier, some of the under 21s, they've gone out online. It could be a real opportunity for some of the under 18s then to step up and get some more experience. Yeah, and of course contracts are not done and dusted at this stage. You know, often there'll be, you know, one or two-year deals at that sort of level, sometimes even less than that. If you're not quite sure about a player, you'll say, okay, come in, show us what you can do, earn yourself a stay. Lots of players come and go through the door at academy level, and you don't ever hear sight nor sound of them again really, and they maybe have to go off and sort of start again, maybe at a lower level. So, yeah, for some of the under 18s that have been part of that great FA Youth Cup run, this is a chance now with, you know, as you say, likes of Jordan Holmes and other people have gone away and getting loan spells for the second half of the season now as well. A lot of Scottish interest at the moment in the cherries under 21s, so it is a real opportunity. There are places up for grabs and not just places up for grabs in front of a big crowd in a big game, but also potentially contract-defining performances. You know, there'll be decisions being made about contracts. Some have been made already, I'm sure, in the coach's minds. Some will be being made around about now about who's going to stay on beyond the summer. And Sean Cooper, he's come in halfway through the season. That can't have been easy for the squad, but they've reached the final of the Central League Cup. They're going one in the Premier League Cup, and they've got a Hampshire Senior Cup quarter-finals play as well. So, things are looking bright for them, aren't they? Yeah, they obviously had a bit of transition. Mark Moldsley's been around the squad for a while as well, so there's, I guess, a bit of consistency there, but, yeah, I mean, Sean Cooper's come in and done a great job. You know, there's great familiarity among the coaching staff, right through from the age groups, you know, up to 18s and 21s. The coaches that Eddie Howe at the top knows and trusts and has worked with and has played with as well. But I think, you know, you're seeing they've all got the same sort of mentality. Everyone's trying to be playing the same way. It is a sort of a top-to-bottom feel in terms of the methodology and the ethos, I guess, of the club. So, from that point of view, yeah, Sean Cooper has come in and had a great impact. Alan Collwell's done the same with the under 18s and both very much seem to be heading in the right direction. Absolutely. Well, if you do want to come along on Sunday, it's a 1pm kick-off here at Vitality Stadium. Tickets are available on tickets.acv.co.uk. But, of course, here on Saturday is the visit of Wolves and we have a very special guest coming to preview after we look back at what happened last time at Vitality Stadium against Wolves. Half of the championship table meet at the Gold Sands this evening as AFC Bournemouth take on Wolverhampton Wanderers. The wayside especially come into this game. Full of confidence, having won the last three matches fairly convincingly in the Sky Bet Championship. Long ball forward. It might fall for Wilson as well, which it does. Now he tries to get the cross in and he finds the cross as well. Oh, what a start for Bournemouth. It's taking them ten minutes to take the lead and Jan Kermigan has got it. His 10th goal of the season but he owes a huge amount of credit to Callum Wilson. He didn't look as though the cross was on but he found Kermigan who finished expertly. Comes the delivery again. The goalkeeper has come and he's dropped it. The second time of asking is able to hold that. It's Pugh. Pugh's continued his run. Just couldn't quite get the return back to him and in the end the shot was deflected behind for a corner. It's been a really positive start for AFC Bournemouth here. There's a phobie. A phobie with the ball in. Only half cleared though by Bournemouth. They do clear the ball away to safety. A really good drop of the shoulder. Oh, and he's fired Benicafobie. And Wolverhampton Wanderer is back on level terms. And it's a lovely finish by Benicafobie. His sixth goal since joining from the MK Donns and a celebration to match as well. What a pass it was to him though. It was Kevin MacDonald with the pass. He coolly slotted the ball away passed out to Bourret. It should win the strike. It's saved by Thomas Cushack in. Wolverhampton Wanderer's goal. And I think about the shot Benicafobie full of confidence and he did really well to work the angle in the end of the shot far too close to the goalkeeper on the left hand side of him. MacDonald goes alone and not too far wide either. Fantastic run by the Scotsman. Kermigan to Wilson who goes down surely a penalty. And James Lenington points to the spot. And now they want a red card to the home support. Was it just outside the area? Kermigan with the penalty. Oh, he maybe should have saved it. And Thomas Cushack knows it. But the French with Jan Kermigan gets his second of the game. 33-year-old with his 11th of the season. And I think Thomas Cushack will know that he perhaps should have kept the penalty out. Pew, looking for Wilson. He's been a handful today. Callum Wilson and well, whether that was a shot or a cross. There was no one gambling at the far post to tap the ball home. Wilson's done well to win the ball back. Pew with the strike off the line. By Stearman. The ball. Francis. Francis with a wonderful delivery. And it's really well defended as well by Docherty at the back post. Kermigan. I don't know how to trick remember. Wilson. Wilson. See what he's trying to do. They've combined beautifully this evening. Have Kermigan and Wilson up front for Bournemouth. And there goes the full-time whistle. Well, two goals from Jan Kermigan next with the cherry's pickup. All three points. And I'm delighted to say that we are joined by a very special guest club captain. Simon Francis joins us to preview the game against Wolves this weekend. Ffarno, thank you for joining us. Just how impressed have you been with Wolves this season? Very impressed, yeah. Probably surprised me really. I think the surprise package of the Premier League this season have been excellent. I think a lot of teams have maybe underestimated them like they did with us in the first season. We had some massive results and they've picked up some huge wins especially against the big teams as well. And they're really a team that we want to be chasing to get that seventh spot. So I think tomorrow's game is crucial really that we get something from it so we can keep catching them. Chris, since that game back in 2015 Wolves will come a long way, haven't they? Yeah, I mean you look at the stats this season and how they've attacked the Premier League. I mean seventh at the moment in the box seat for seventh. As Ffarno says if the cherry's can win this game tomorrow then it does actually pull them back to within three points and seventh all of a sudden there's a very live possibility. But the way Wolves play, they have quite a unique style. We saw it in the game up there earlier in the season where they were happy to sit back and actually counter attack on home soil. But they've got more points at this stage of the season as a newly promoted team than the last 15 years I think. So that's I guess a good level as to what they have achieved so far this season. And the transition from the championship to the Premier League is not an easy one particularly if you try and change things and I think I don't know if you agree for that. I know they haven't actually changed that much from the championship. They seem to be similar with their philosophy and has actually worked pretty well in the league for them. Yeah it's interesting really because in the championship I think they dominate a lot more of the ball than they have this season. But like you said they've been happy to sit off the ball, let the other team have it and then counter attack which they have done excellently especially against the top teams and they've shown some great home form and then they've gone away from home as well and picked up some massive results. So it's a really tough game for us tomorrow. But like we've already mentioned if we can win tomorrow it really puts us in a great opportunity to try and gain that seventh spot which I think is still there for us. Of course we've got to improve our away form which is going to be big coming up but tomorrow is the big one. And as an injured player who obviously won't be involved how much of a role do you play on a match day? Do you like to go in the dressing room before the game before watching off in the stands? Yeah I'll still go in of course. It's harder certainly now watching games from the sidelines not used to it still getting used to that aspect of things but yeah I'll be in the changing room wishing the boys luck but I don't want to be in there for a long time you know it's hard hanging around watching them get ready because you wish you yourself so I'll be up in the box or in the stand watching the game with the other lads injured or not involved so yeah cheering them on the ball doesn't change too much it's just one of them where you're off the pitch instead of on it trying to motivate them but being there wherever I can. And Chris we like to pick out the danger men before a game they've got the likes of Reuben Nevers and John Metinio they're the big players aren't they? Yeah Ralph Hymann has obviously been banging the goals in as well as we saw they've gone with the foreign approach it's worked a lot for them you know it hasn't taken a lot of their players too much time to get used to English football leaving the new guys they've bought in Matt Docherty even at right back has been popping up with the goals as well he's been a I guess a surprise source of goals for them as well so they really have clicked and actually we saw they had some strength to come off the bench he's not afraid to use his subs quite early on I think he changed his whole front three in the game and Mollin you just before Christmas so yeah the depth of their squad it's the one thing that can test you when you come to this level is if you do have a few problems how deep is your squad and the next best players up to the stand and Wolves have proved that their squad at the moment here we are what 11 games to go in the season whatever it is they're riding the hunt and off the tails are the big six and that squad they pulled off some fantastic results none more so than that 3-1 win against Spurs up at Wembley yeah I mean that's a great result a couple of great ones at home Mollin used a pretty fierce in place to go it's pretty fierce in the day we were all there before Christmas even though the weather was awful but yeah so the home form has been the backbone but they have they won at Everton recently as well you know 3-1 so yeah they have put in a couple of results and even their cup draw you know look at the cup draw at home to Man United they'll be thinking they've got a chance of winning the FA Cup this season as well so well that would be an unbelievable season for them coming newly into the league absolutely and Frane great to be back at home as well we've had some great results here in the last few weeks that West Ham one and of course Chelsea as well yeah I think our home form has been vital this season we know we haven't performed or at least got the results that we wanted to away from home we know we want to improve that it's been kind of hit and miss over the seasons we've either done well away from home and not so well at home or it's been vice versa and certainly this season we've been excellent at home that's going to be massive tomorrow with the games coming up as well but yeah they way form something we want to improve especially going to Arsenal in midweek it'll be important to try and get something there but I think the fans have been excellent this season they've really got behind the players especially in important times of the season when we've needed them to and the lads will feel confident certainly tomorrow against a Wolff team who thought we would have been saying it but we're chasing them to try and get to seventh spot and that's really an aim for us and it'll certainly be a marker for us tomorrow to see where we're at and what we can give against Wolff tomorrow and just before we let you go we have to of course ask how your recovery is going and how you're feeling at the moment yeah I'm feeling good yeah I had a little break with the family which was nice a bit of a warm weather rehab it's always nice to have a change of scenery certainly you know it's a long time I'm going to be out anything between six and nine months so to come in here every single day is tough mentally it's not just a physical aspect of things to see the lads training every day is hard but it's also a motivational tool for you as well you know like watching the lads go out training thinking I'm going to be there hopefully next season as soon as possible so yeah it's certainly a long road but I'm getting there and things are looking well well we hope to see you back out there very very shortly and thank you very much for your time and joining us this morning that's all we've got time for today if you are coming to Vitality Stadium over the weekend we hope you enjoy your visit with us if not make sure you keep an eye across all of our social media channels and our website for the latest updates thanks for joining us