 Hello and welcome to another AFCB TV Preview Show. We're here in the tunnel where both myself and matchday commentator Chris Temple will be going through everything that's gone on 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 Brighton and the FA Cup last weekend. We'll also be reviewing what's been a busy January already with two new signings through the door. And finally we'll be looking ahead to this weekend's game against everything at Fugitiveson Park. But first we're going to start back at last weekend and that 3-1 defeat to Brighton here in the FA Cup. Chris, what did you make of that one? Oh dear, not a good day was it? Not a good performance. When Pughie scored to bring it back to 2-1 you thought okay well here we go. There's an opportunity to get something back in the game here but it was a flat game all round really. I think you could see it was too much changed teams and there wasn't much atmosphere in the ground. I know that comes from the way the team play. It's reflected in the stands as well. There wasn't much for the fans to shout about and a shame because as we mentioned last week it was an opportunity for a lot of fans who don't often get to come to come to Cup games and they didn't really see the real Bournemouth unfortunately. It just smacked of a team that just needed a I guess a chance to draw a line on the sand and start again really. The FA Cup has not been a good competition three years in a row out in the third round. So from that point of view it was it was all in all a very disappointing day. You know Brighton didn't have to work that hard to win really. They'll probably be thinking that was one of the most comfortable three ones they've had. It was only a game probably for well I don't know the first 15 minutes were okay and then it was a game for a few minutes after Mark Pew scored and then it just pitted out really. So yeah all in all really frustrating but Cup games you know it's great to have a run. We've talked about how good a run would be. It's not to be with the way the squad is at the moment. It's probably not a bad thing to be all guns Premier League now. At least we say I had a golden chance at no no it could have been so different if that had gone and couldn't it. Poor old Leece. I mean the prop we've mentioned before about Leece has had a difficult season. He sort of appears to have gone backwards then he played brilliantly at Chelsea. Unfortunately that that game since has looked like a bit of a freak which is a shame for him because there's obviously ability but it's just at the moment not bouncing for him that you know the one over the bar from six or seven yards. We've said before he needed a goal and that just smacked him a strike who hasn't scored for a while. There weren't many excuses you could make for him in not taking that chance. It just didn't run for him on the day in any capacity. You know right at the end there was one bit of control that the ball ran five yards off his boot and the crowd got on to him a little bit. Just was a really bad day. So you know with the likes of Sam Surridge back in the mix now as well maybe temporarily but he's here at the moment. He's all of a sudden got a possible challenger for you know his spot on the bench. Jermaine's gone so that's opened up a spot on the bench as well. So yeah Leece he's got a I guess a big half a season really to try and prove that he is up there with with Callum and with Joshua King and of course with Dominic Solanke arriving as well. And in terms of Mark Pugh for someone that's not had too many minutes of season he took his goal very well didn't he? Yeah great finish. I think everyone was delighted to see Mark Pugh score. He was very I guess there's an emotional side to his interview after the game as well and you know I know you spoke to him at the club and we spoke to him on BBC Radio Soul as well where he effectively admitted that possibly could be his last game for the club. It's a real shame if it is because it would be nice for people to give him a chance to say goodbye. That sounds you know a bit emotional but I mean that's that's I think he's the leading appearance maker in the club at the moment of the current squad. I think there was I didn't notice at the time but a few fans tweeted me to say he was out there a bit longer at the end sort of applauding the fans and taking a lap of honour. Nobody possibly really knew at the time what that meant but it could be and we gather there is you know quite a bit of interest in him from the top end of the championship. One or two Premier League clubs down the bottom end of the table as well and he'll you know he'll do a great job for somebody but he wants minutes. Eddie Howard said he's not going to stand in his way if someone does come in for him so I think it's almost certain that that he will go during this window. He's out of contract of course at the end of the season as well which makes it slightly more difficult because I think Bournemouth are not so keen for him to to go out on loan until the summer and then he'd be left in limbo so I think they're looking for someone to take him for the for the longer term. So we'll wait and see what happens over the next couple of weeks but I think sad as it is to say that probably is the last we've seen of Mark Pugh in a Bournemouth shirt. Eddie Howard's not massively won for sentiment it would be nice to see him get a run off the bench against West Ham in the next home game but Eddie's not that sort of manager. And just going back to last weekend we saw David Brooks here he was a stand-up performer for the cherry wasn't he? He changed the game actually when he came on it I mentioned about the start of the second half and Mark Pugh getting the goal and that was when it was a contest as soon as David Brooks came on in that central role you know and quite a deep central midfielder role he was back in his own penalty area doing some you know doing some Jefferson Lermotite work as well breaking up attacks. So he was the bright sport really and it says a lot when you have to bring on a player of his inexperience also in that position as well because he doesn't play there very much. I'd be surprised if he's played a sort of a deeper central midfield role than that one but he was making things happen you could see his quality and it's great to see him personally informed because Bournemouth need him to be to be continuing to create sparks. So yeah from his point of view it's a huge sort of feather in his cap that he was able to come on and change the game yeah. And now of course out the cup the focus really has to be the league now doesn't it? It is the league there's nothing else now which is a good in a way. Imagine if Bournemouth had got through to the League Cup semi-finals and had to play this week as well I think you know great as it would have been to be in the League Cup semi-final. The few days on the training ground had done the squad the the world of good. Physically there's been quite a few knocks knocking around mentally draw a line in the sand as well. So yeah it's all systems premier league now which is good and there's obviously a blank weekend coming up later this month with the cup back into international breaks from when is it the start of March as well I think. So yeah there'll be a few blank weekends and now hopefully a bit more opportunity to get players rested between matches. Well of course this time last week we had Dominic Solanke and Nathaniel Klein confirmed as the first two cherry signings of the January transfer window. Let's take a look at what they had to say to AFC BTV. So first things first Dominic big welcome to AFC Bournemouth. Just tell us a bit about your morning because it's been a bit of a hectic morning for you hasn't it? Yeah I was an early one I had to be here for seven a.m. so I was up about six came straight down to to do my medical in the morning met all the medical staff which was good and yeah after that just got to to the signing and stuff. It still happened quite quickly really in the last few days I was going to go out and play and there were there was a few options but I think this it all planned out to to lead into this which I'm very thankful for and I'm very happy to be here. Is it a bit of a hectic time for you as a player because obviously you're at Liverpool and then all of a sudden it's like right that you know let's go how how does that come about you just get a phone call one day? I think there's always unexpected things in football and I think it just comes with comes with it really and you always got to be prepared and I think it's all a learning curve really how quickly things can change and I'm just just showed it. And obviously you're here at AFC Bournemouth why AFC Bournemouth now at this stage of your career? I just think the club's going somewhere over the last few years they've been really good in the Premier League and I've got some good positional finishes as well so I think it's a good club to to be especially for my age as well. Have you been obviously to the side have you met any of the the players or the manager yet? Yeah I spoke to the manager this morning obviously playing in the Premier League watching the Premier League all the time I know the sort of manager he is and yeah I was excited to meet him and I'm really nice guy so I'm looking forward to working with him. And obviously you know some of the lads you know Nathan Ackie, Yasmir Begovic, Lewis Cook did you did you get to speak to them before you came down here or so? No not about about me actually coming so probably be a surprise to them as well but yeah I keep in touch with them and obviously I see Lewis on international duty and I keep up with Nathan Ackie as well so it's nice to see some familiar faces so I'm sure they'll help me set to learn. Well Nathan you're welcome to AFC Bournemouth how pleased are you to sign for the club till the end of the season? Yeah I'm very happy it's a nice club and I'm very happy to be here and as soon as I found out that Bournemouth was you know interested in me I knew to accept straight away because I wanted to be playing football and you know that's what I like doing I like to be out there in the field and there's loads of quality players in the team and you know I'm looking to add to it and help the team to push more forward in the in the league and also in the cops. And tell us a little bit about how you would describe yourself as a player? Yeah I'm a player I like to play you know attacking football I'm also good solid defensively and yeah I'm looking to get forward as much as I can and to help out in attack and also in defense. And beforehand you've obviously you've been a part of England's squad as well is that something you're going to be targeting to get back involved in? Yeah everyone loves to you know play for your country so any opportunity you can you know how well you do for your club is always looked upon everyone's looking so hopefully if I do well I'll call up as lightly maybe. And obviously you've come from you've come from Liverpool what do you think you will have learned from there that can help the team for the rest of the season? Yeah hopefully I could bring my experience on playing at such a big club and you know my Premier League appearances you know I played a lot of games so hopefully I could you know bring my experience and to help the club to do well. And Jordan Ibis obviously someone that used to play for Liverpool is he someone that you know well and someone you perhaps spoke to before you came down? Yeah he's a friend of mine I talked to him before signing and yeah he he told me good things about the club and how well they play and it will suit your your game style so yeah I'm happy and I'm looking forward to it. And earlier today we had Dominic Slanky signed for us did you know much about that while your your move was trying to get finalised? No actually he kept it he kept that one quite quite actually only found out on the on the news like everyone else but yeah I'm glad he signed and you know also a good teammate of mine at Liverpool and now we're doing that at Bournemouth. And you've just met Eddie how what did he have to say to you? Yeah he's I met him he's good yeah he just you know introduced me welcome me into the club world and then you know he's ready for me to go and I'm looking forward to working on doing my like I like the way he plays the team and it suits my style to play so I'm looking forward to it. And do you have any main targets for the season at all for the rest of the campaign? To stay injury free really and just to play most games as I can and just putting good performances and yeah do well for the club. Well there they are the interviews with Dominic Slanky and Nathaniel Klein in full are available on AFCB TV for free. Chris we're going to start with Dominic Slanky it's a really exciting signing isn't it? Shame he can't make an immediate impression it's a I spoke to him this morning actually and it's you know it's weird for him having to come into a new setup and you're trying to prove yourself and actually he can't at the moment because he's not quite fit. I don't think it's a massive issue that they've signed an injured player because you know he's only going to be a couple of weeks away but you know it's an exciting signing because again he's something a little bit different to what they've got already he's a bit more of a physical presence than you know certainly in terms of height he'll be useful at set pieces but he's you know you don't get called up by England for being an average player so one England cap a host of England under 21 caps and goals for them as well so yeah he's you know he's it's a tough squad at Liverpool to get into you know he's been behind Salah and you know Firmino and Mane and all the rest of them at Liverpool so it's no surprise that his options have been limited there I guess Liverpool I guess a bit like Bournemouth have left some players behind as they move forward through the the the spectrum if you like I suppose Liverpool have done the same so from that point of view you know excellent signing lot of money for a guy who scored one goal I think that's the thing that fans will think 19 million pounds he scored one goal but for a lad of his age at 21 I think you're paying a lot for potential as well so there's a I guess a bit of a tax if you like in there of how good he could be I'm sure there are add-ons as well so one thing it is good to get the business done early you know it's two players in now they've got you know they've had a whole week now particularly in Nathaniel Klein's case we'll speak more about in a minute but to get there you know to get used to the surroundings even to learn people's names it's as simple as that and to work out the manager's style and things so but from Salanki's point of view yeah it'll be really good when he's when he's firing and and fit to go which should be hopefully in the next couple of weeks and in terms of Salanki it's a very typical Eddie Howe signing young British player and someone that he can really look to improve absolutely yeah spot on it's yeah look at Lewis Cook and people like that and David Brooks and everybody's from Wales but similar sort of signing similar sort of age you go back to when he signed Ryan Fraser albeit Scottish but you know again young player that he can make a big mark on and Dominic Salanki you know I've got no idea about Jürgen Klopp what he's like on the training ground but I imagine he's probably different to Eddie Howe I think that every manager probably does things differently but again speaking to Dom you know briefly he said you know he's been very impressed by the manager and he says the training set up here that he's seen so far is as good as they had at Liverpool there's nothing behind the scenes it's any different really simply the size of the stadium is pretty much the only difference and probably I guess the spotlight in Liverpool is a bit a bit more glaring than it is walking around Bournemouth but it's nice for him that he's back down south you know he's from Basing Stoke that's where he went to school and you know that's how he had his links with with Chelsea's academy set up so it'd be good for him sort of personally to be back down south among family and friends as well and obviously he knows a lot of the boys he knows Nathan Ackay from Chelsea knows Lewis Cook from England under 21s amongst others so hopefully he'll settle in and I think he does admit that adding more goals to his game is the one thing that he's he really needs to push on with now and you mentioned the likes of Nathan Ackay there Lewis Cook how much confidence will it give him where he's trying to recover from an injury and he's coming into a new place that he already knows a couple of familiar places always useful yeah absolutely it's always more comfortable when you're walking in somewhere and people can show you the ropes and talk about what you know what to look out for and who to look out for and don't upset this guy or do upset this guy Jefferson Lemma but yeah no it's for him it's got to be helpful to to settle in I'm sure and yeah I'd say the only shame for him is that he can't get going straight away on the pitch and show everybody what Bournemouth have paid £19 million for but that time will come will come very soon and hopefully he'll be banging them in and he'll be chomping at the bit to get going obviously having an injury now but also perhaps not getting a game time he would have wanted at Liverpool yeah exactly that's you know he comes here it's not going to walk into the team by the way as well that's that's worth you know flagging up Callum and Joshua King and David Brooks and Ryan Fraser you know the junior let's not forget him as well the way the attacking players have been playing you know and the balls have been going at the other end unfortunately Bournemouth have happened to score three or four to stay in games at the moment which is not ideal um but yeah you see I'm pretty sure we'll see him you know introduced from the bench um as an option first of all um as a bit of cover but I think at the moment the way Callum and Joshua King have been playing Joshua King's just signs that he might be coming back towards his top form so yeah by no means by no means assert in the team and just moving on to Nathaniel Klein we saw him last week what did he make of his performance considering he arrived on Friday night um at about what was it six or seven o'clock I think he arrived met his teammates pretty much in the dressing room on the day of the game just the other side of the camera where we are um I think he did brilliantly yeah um I think Cherry's fans got a little taster of what he's going to add to the team uh excellent going forward really did get forward well um putting the balls in the box that's what Eddie how needs from his full backs he needs you know players who have those attacking capabilities um and he's another one who hasn't had any game times he'll be delighted to have got 90 minutes in straight away and I think you know we'll see a fitter sharper player presumably he's in the team back on Merseyside this weekend at Everton I don't know how much they'll give him stick for being a former Liverpool player but um yeah no he really did settle in well I thought and from a practical point of view as well we've obviously got Simon Francis out we've got Adam Smith out it fills the role of a right back doesn't it certainly does I mean right back was one of the key areas of the team to be to be strengthened that's for sure the good news on Adam Smith is I don't think he's too far away um of course the thing with Adam Smith when he comes back is you know he was playing left back earlier in the season we shouldn't forget left back's been a little bit of a tricky area for the cherries you know Diego and Charlie both had ups and downs informed this season um obviously Charlie said is well documented sort of issues off the pitch as well so um yeah it'd be interesting to see whether Adam Smith comes back you know Nathaniel Klein is presumably going to be ahead of him in the right back pecking order now even though Smithy did brilliantly at the start of the season um so is Adam Smith coming back in as a left back who knows when he eventually does get back in but you can certainly see it as a possibility and at a back four with with Smith at left back and Klein at right back it almost feels like a new back four if you like absolutely well next up for the cherries is a trip to Goodison Park to face Everton it was a dramatic affair earlier in the season so let's take a look at what happened Radio solo his toson on the right side is a plot chance to put in Walcott here and Walcott snuck in beyond that gay is ready to court from him he doesn't need it Theo Walcott puts his finger to his lips and silences the vitality stadium Everton on the counter attack Walcott down the right hand side beat Begavitch it is near post and after 10 minutes the second half it's the 10 men in front 100% record under threat here and the cherries are switched off and all of a sudden Everton had two men spare Sigurdsson to the back post for Keane Powers without the game servant director defender away King's floats the ball in towards Wilson he's pushed over that's a penalty no doubt whatsoever Wilson barged in the back wins the penalty he missed the last one it'll be Joshua Keane who gets the responsibility this time he absolutely right Chris it was a great call to him he was going to take it down on his chest I think you've just seen it again he's definitely barged in the back try and reduce for your ears here for the cherries which he does into the bottom right hand corner picked and went the right way Joshua Keane halved the deficit big 15 to come born with one Everton two well there we go goals from Nathan aka and Joshua Keane rescued a point for the cherries there Chris this weekend it's 11th versus 12th it's going to be a really tight affair isn't it they have been tight games actually between the two teams you know I think back to every time play Everton I think back to the 3-3 and the 98th minute equaliser from junior Stanislas that was a good comeback early in the season actually it was you know tunel down at home and that was a good early I guess marker as to the cherry spirit and mental toughness which some would argue has been lacking maybe in recent weeks but that you know right back at the start of the season bit of drama with a couple of sendings off as well it would be handy to see Rosalis had not played much of a part in the game again because he's obviously Everton's Everton's biggest weapon with his goals this season nine he's got which is an impressive Premier League tally for a guy who cost 40 million pounds so you get what you pay for really but yeah they have been two well matched sides actually born with have lost all three games at Everston in the Premier League two they've been edged out by two goals to one took the lead there last season through Joshua Keane then in the middle was the 6-3 that we won't talk too much about got Lukaku that day but yeah no it has been and two teams probably who will be you know right in the mix to finish in the same areas of the table Everton obviously finished eighth last season changed their manager at the end of the season Marco Silva does have the a bit of an iron fist over Eddie how he's he's played in three times at three different clubs and he's won every single one I think you know sorry hasn't been beaten I should say so Watford Hull and Everton obviously earlier in the season was a draw so yeah Marco Silva and Eddie how they're the two youngest managers in the Premier League so but a youth in the dugout but it's time Eddie how I've got one over him and in terms of Everton's recent form they've obviously lost their last two and just before Christmas they shipped six against Fers so they'll be certainly looking to get points on the border yeah they I mean if Bournemouth thought they had a funny old Christmas then goodness me Everton done six two at home by Spurs and then on three days later on Boxing Day won five one at Burnley so you know this fixture produces and Eddie how I didn't want to hear this earlier on the highest number of goals per game than any other fixture over the course of the last three or four seasons 4.14 I think is the official average number of goals per game between Bournemouth and Everton Eddie how city much rather take an awful 1-0 win than see another 4-3 or 5-4 whatever I think keeping the goals out is the biggest priority this season or in the next few weeks for Eddie and we mentioned defensive reinforcements then maybe that could be one of the key factors but yeah no it's been it has been a funny old a funny old fixture down the years but as I say if we have to commentate on a boring 1-0 win this weekend we'll take any win but a clean sheet would be amazing but Bournemouth don't don't do many low scoring games and you mentioned with Charleston there they've obviously got Sigurdsson Andre Gomez there's quite a few few players in there that need to be kept quiet yeah and they're not they haven't been going well Everton Bournemouth and Everton are in the bottom three in the form table at the moment they've both taken four points in the last six games so you know that actually and you think of Goodison Park as a tough place to go they've lost their last couple there lost to Everton sorry lost to Leicester in their last game by goal to nil made relatively hard work of beating Lincoln in the FA Cup you know by two goals to one albeit with a change squad but then Sigurdsson played with Charleston came on you know they had quite a few of their first teams playing in that game so it wasn't a scratch team so they're certainly looking for a bit of a bit of rhythm to come back as well they found it a bit tough as we've seen they can ship goals as well so yeah who knows we might be in for another three three and in terms of Bournemouth they've obviously threw a horrible set of fixtures over Christmas these are the sort of games they really want to target now aren't they yes funny to think of Everton away as a game to target isn't it but then if you look at the next four games they've got Chelsea and Liverpool coming up in the next four games so it's a bit like where is the break but yeah West Ham at home next then Chelsea here of course and then you're into the likes of Wolves come in so there are some games coming up but I've been Everton away on paper at the start of the season you take a point all day long there absolutely and I'm sure Eddie would take it would be happy with the point he probably wouldn't admit it now but I'm sure he would take a draw and I think Cherry's fans would take a draw a boring 0-0 would be brilliant a clean sheet would be a huge confidence boost as well Everton don't keep many clean sheets Bournemouth don't draw many games I think I think only Tottenham and Man City have drawn less games than Bournemouth and bread in mind they've won most of their games so yeah from that point of view it's it's quite important to get something but it's hard it's hard to say it's a game you need to target because it is Everton away and they're a strong team but a point would be very useful and you've already spoken to Eddie how this morning did he allude to much injury news at all one or two bits one or two hints about player availability he wouldn't he wouldn't put a finger on Adam Smith's timescale he said I'd he said he didn't want to say anything definite because he didn't want to jinx it but he said we hope to have him back by the end of the month really into that what you will there were one or two knocks knocking around Callum Wilson obviously came off in the Watford game with a slight knock towards the end so that he's been nursing that Joshua King had some illness earlier in the week he said he's still been feeling the effects of that for the early part of the week as well so he's not been at full throttle Ryan Fraser had a little bit of a knot but then he's always got a knot we man he seems to he seems to battle on through them but he played in the FA Cup obviously as one they thought could play again and I think he he needed a few days off the training ground probably but apart from that I think no no real other massive massive clues obviously Dan Gosling you know didn't play in midweek he's back in the picture in the central midfield role so we're interested to see what shape he goes with and how many changes there are well it's certainly going to be an absolute crack at 11th versus 12th if you are going to go to St Park then have a very safe journey up there if you're not make sure you follow across all of our social channels for the latest updates thanks for joining us