 Hello, good evening and welcome to the Vitality Stadium. You're watching AFCB TV live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and AFCB.co.uk for tonight's Premier League Cup clash between AFC Bournemouth and Southampton. It's the final group match of this season's Premier League Cup and we'll be bringing you every kick from tonight's game where Bournemouth are hoping to keep alive their chances of progressing to the knockout stages of the competition. Thank you very much indeed for joining us and as you can see myself and Neil Perret from the media team have taken pride of place in the TV gantry for this one. Believe it or not, this man played for the AFC Bournemouth Reserves back in 1984 and I'm delighted to say he can guide us through. Do we talk about that one first? No, we'll move quickly on. What an occasion we have here at the Vitality, a huge opportunity for Sean Cooper's men to progress through to the next round. We are relying on other results. Neil, just talk us through the complex situation that currently stands because a win tonight they could finish top of the group but also potentially could finish second or third. Yeah, exactly. They can still finish first, second or third. It is quite complicated. You keep looking at the League table trying to work out all the permutations to simplify it if they can win and that makes life a lot easier because then it all goes down to the game on Monday between West Brom and Arsenal. If we don't win or withdraw then it's going to be quite dicey. What an opportunity it could be for Sean Cooper to side those some young faces from AFC Bournemouth playing tonight and a real opportunity to shine under the lights on that Vitality stadium pitch. What's fantastic is if you look at the 16-man squad every single player has come through from the under 18s and I know that Alan Connell is going to be joining us soon and we can get his opinion on that because that is a real feather in the cap for the club's academy department. And these two sides met earlier on in the competition. It's a group stage at this moment but goes into the Champions League knockout stages but they have already played each other. They've actually, funnily enough, they've met twice because the first game against Southampton was fucked off 10 minutes into the second half and Southampton were winning that game and then we went back to the table with training ground a couple of weeks ago 1-1-0 which kept alive the group qualification chances alive. You and Pollock scored that day. Unfortunately he's injured tonight and he won't be playing so it's all in the melting pot still. Fantastic. I can't wait to see those players take to that pitch in a few moments time but we've got some more build-up here on AFCB TV as we look ahead to tonight's match and as Neil mentioned there, some of the goals that have already been scored in this competition we selected two of AFC Bournemouth's finest to cast their eye over those goals. You and Pollock being one of them who unfortunately is injured at the moment and Tarek Ghidari was the other man who's been looking back at the competition so far. And I'm Tarek Ghidari and we're going to go through a few clips from last season's Premier League Cup experiences most of them are about me but I think Tarek chips in a few times. Oh is that so? Good one, good one, good one. I'll let you have that one. Hope you enjoy it. Here we go then. Awesome. This is the weirdest goal I think I've ever seen been involved in. Very, very weird, extremely weird. I remember at that moment I was like, Chris, Chris you can go there and he went. And it was a weird one because the ref kind of looked around and he had to take in everything like what's the crowd saying, what the manager's saying and when he pointed to the split it was such a weird situation to be in. And he spoke to the laner and I was like, what is the laner going to say about because it was a clear situation where... That was a big moment though because obviously that was the first point. Yeah, very, very big. I'll say it was a hard foot point because up until that game it was an absolute hustle. Yeah, they're good so I don't know. Very good so I popped it about. Yeah, I was like, Chris, you can score here and then he just walked up and... Great celebration, great picture. That's a cracking picture. That's quality, that is quality. Almost as a 90 minutes. That's what Mithril is. Yeah, what I'm dishing it about does. Bit of a shank. Great ball by Ben, I remember that. Whip's fill. Get up Zen. Yeah, that's the finish. Got a leap on him that way, doesn't it? That's it, that's down in that game and then the rest was history, isn't it? This is a bang go. I think this is our goal of the season. Is this one across the tier? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, great whip. Great, great whip. Yeah, loads of passes in there. How did the game feel from your perspective? See, I wasn't there so... Oh, you're not playing? Nah, I'd call it that these times. This was my favourite game of the season. So far? Yeah, 100%. Just the way we... It's quality now. Control the game throughout. That's great. It's quality. That's one of the best moments. Scoring in front of that crowd. I remember just hearing that. It's been a tough group. Very, very, very tough group. Competitive, which obviously you want, but... Hopefully we can win this game and get through. Yeah, that's a great one. Yeah, I remember this is... I'm pointing at my mum and dad there. That one, yeah, obviously. All the support they've done given me. Yeah, quality of that. It's a good moment for me. That's nice. It's a good goal, though. Then we're in the band. Unbelievable. I heard, I heard, I heard. Finish as well, no? It's decent, isn't it? I remember looking up, I was like, say he's in there, but I wanted to take the floor. Stalker in it. Yeah, that's what I do. That's a good goal. That's a tight angle. You could only have put it there really. Yeah. Yeah. This. That's quality. That is a good thought. What thought is it on that? I do look good. That one is good. I'm surprised, not on a gram. Are you sure? The thing is, I thought my face looked a bit weird. No, that is a quality photo. That is one. That is not bad at all. That's a fast goal. This is a zing. Do you know what I've gone to do? I told you as well. I told you as well. I've gone to chest it into you, but it hasn't really come off. I remember that. Luckily, you didn't jump on it, so I was able to go into it. I remember I looked at you, I was like, is that for me? Yeah. There's one in between, but it got to you at the end of the day. Touch, touch. That's a chance for once, isn't it? Great finish. That was a great finish. It was weird on that, because no one celebrated with me. It's literally you, Scream, Sadie. All the rest, I thought, where is everyone? Yeah. We started, that first half was quality, I think. Yeah. Obviously, towards the back end of the game, it kind of teared off, but that first half was, it showed what we were about. And obviously, again, Southampton, if we go into it the same way we've done this game, I don't have any doubts. We should win. We should win that game. Yeah, I agree. Come on, tell me who that one. That one? Because the thing is, yeah, I didn't know where the cameraman was, so I was a bit confused. I was looking around. Yeah. I thought I saw him. Is that a point to the badge? It's a point to my chest. And to the chest to say, oh, you're the man. Yeah, you're the man. That was a good fight, though. That is quality. Yeah, looking forward, obviously you might not be involved, but you have to win. Big win. Big win, because it's at home, but you can't get any better for us, really. Yeah, looking forward to it, obviously. I don't know if I'm involved yet, but obviously I'll be back in the lads if I'm not. That should be a good one. Yeah, again, it has to be a win. Nothing less, because we need to advance for the group. It's been a very, very weird group, because it feels like we haven't got those crucial, crucial wins, but we have done enough. And definitely, again, we've pulled our weight in this group. The top teams are a tough group. Going into it, I was thinking, yeah, it's going to be a challenge, but we've come out on the other side, and this last game of the group stage should be a very, very good one to finish up. He said, it's a derby, isn't it? Yeah, it's a derby, so... Hopefully get as many fans as we can down there, supporting us, cheering us on. Yeah, just giving us that extra boost. We need to hopefully go on and win the game, I'll say. So there you go, that was the thoughts of Ewan and Tarek there, looking at those goals so far in the competition, some fantastic goals, Neil, I think you'll agree, and some standout performances as well, particularly against West Brom and at home to Arsenal, and then, of course, against Southampton, some big performances and some big games that the team have done well in. And a couple of the games, obviously, the West Brom game, a thumping four-nil win here in front of a really good crowd here, interesting one-one draw with Arsenal, as we saw, and then the away game to Southampton. Christian Sadie, who scored in a couple of those games, he's gone on loan to Burt and Albion now, so he won't be involved tonight. And as I said, Ewan Pollock is injured, so he won't be available either, but yeah, some great performances which have set up a last-round decider, if you like. And just a quick word on that goal with the referee that was involved with and the Arsenal game, it was a bit of an unusual one, wasn't it? It's interesting seeing that again, because Gary Parsons, who was the referee that night, he's quite a good friend of mine, he's actually here this evening and everything was correct with that goal, everything the referee did was correct and even the Arsenal people admitted that after the game as well. Never disagree with the referee. You're watching AFCB TV, live from the Vitality Stadium. Big thank you to Jocelyn Builders, who are tonight's main match sponsor on AFCB TV. We've been speaking about Sean Cooper's young side and what we can expect from them tonight, and the Bournemouth boss has been speaking to us about tonight's match. Sean Cooper, final Premier League Cup group game against Southampton and all to play for certainly for AFC Bournemouth. Yeah, we spoke about that yesterday. Originally, we weren't supposed to be in this tournament, it was a late dropout from another team, so we got entered into a really tough group. So if we can win and give ourselves a chance of qualifying, that'll be a great achievement, so tomorrow we'll give everything we've got. We saw what your team could do here under the lights against West Brom, and you won 4-0 more of the same, I would imagine. Yeah, I mean, I thought that was a really good performance and we've referred to a couple of clips from that game in preparation for this one, because we think things will hopefully be quite similar in terms of structures, so yeah, we'll definitely take another 4-0, that's for sure. It's a long trek for the first team on Saturday to Blackpool as well, so I would imagine you're going to be hoping to see as many Cherries fans as possible inside the ground. Yeah, as soon as we got the news, as soon as we realised it would be a Friday night game, I think the last Friday night we played it might have been against Southampton, and it was brilliant, yeah. I remember Jay-Z played, Jayden played. The atmosphere was fantastic, so if we could have the same it would be brilliant. All the pressure will be on you tomorrow. No pressure on Southampton, they can't qualify as well. That makes it a slightly more dangerous animal. Yeah, I mean, as I said, we got entered into a really tough group, so the challenge of the opposition, game by game, is enough of a challenge itself. Qualification's always been the aim, so we look to just go out there and test ourselves and enjoy each game as it comes, so we know the ramifications of a win. The lads, I know, are very motivated for it, so it's just the case of going out there and doing what we always try to do, sticking to our identity and giving everything we've got, so we're all really excited for it. Wes Bromman, Arson, all the two other teams in your group, they play off next week. The winners of that game potentially could win the league, could come second. They're still all to play for, but you know you've really got to win tomorrow. Yeah, exactly, it's a must win, so as I said earlier, we're going to go out there in terms of work rate and effort, give everything we've got, you know, tactically, the preparations have gone pretty well, so hopefully we'll carry those out and get the result we're after. What have you made of your Premier League Cup campaign so far, some highs and lows? Just a mixture of experiences, really I think the obvious high would be the two games we've played here, the 4-0, I think in terms of carrying out a tactical plan and execution of all the basic details we looked to implement in the game. That 4-0 victory was one of the best performances we've had since I've been the manager of the 23s and obviously to get a 1-1 against Arsenal and play the way we did against them here, two really good performances I thought, so those were certainly the highs and then, yeah, obviously you talk about the lows, losing 4-0 to Arsenal away, a lot of really good lessons so there was positives to come from it, but it's never nice to lose and West Brom losing 2-0 away was a disappointing game, I felt for 20 minutes we were excellent in that game and then just fell away slightly so we've learned a hell of a lot, that's for sure. Just for anybody who can't make the game here we will be streaming it, Alan Connell providing expert analysis as well, I know that you did the FA Youth Cup game analysis as well so for those people that can't come there is a stream as well. Yeah, and hopefully they'll enjoy our commentary more than they did mine, yeah. Yeah, West in the background which you know means kickoff is just a few moments away and as you can see I've had a change of the co-commentator for the moment you can see Alan Connell is stood with me right now, Alan let's just have a quick look at tonight's team news and go through that Bournemouth side starting with the goalkeeper, someone you know well. Cameron Plain, really energetic character but Aaron Rams though like I would say his character, lively, bubbly, very capable playing out makes big saves, especially close range he's a great blocker. Back three I believe is going to be Brooklyn Genesini right over three, lovely footballer can play right back, right wing back. Oh here we are, and yeah let me go let me go into the middle of the back three which I believe Brennan Camp is going to captain the side I've been out on loan at Weymouth last season Jack Seddon left her back three local boy strong defender, out and out defender again Cape will plan out from the back Ben Greenwood left wing back will be up and down on left Ben really good delivery Tarik Gadari right wing back, very athletic and again we'll look to get forward like Ben will on the other side Jack Wadham will hold in the field two-footed, always wants to get on the ball links to play really well in the Gavin Kill Kenny Mulder will suggest two befielders ahead of him will be Aaron Roberts and Matt Burgess Aaron a very intelligent footballer that's very versatile Matt Burgess a player that's been out for a long time with an ankle injury powerful midfield boy two-footed hopefully we can get into some shooting positions tonight and then Nathan Mariah Walsh will be playing just off of Jake Scrimshaw yeah Nathan is obviously everyone knows he's been around the first team talented boy a great attitude and Jake Scrimshaw as a goal scorer full of running power so really excited to see this team tonight and looking forward to what should be a great occasion Alan I've got to ask you there's a player who caught everybody's eye in the West Brom game I think people may have thought he might have been playing tonight but he's not Ben Winterburn it is can you just tell us he's injured isn't he just tell us about him Ben first year scholar he's one that's been here since he was probably in the Coops now and while from our work years and years ago in the younger years and great character at an outstanding performance that night and unfortunately in the Arsenal game in the Premier League Cup away he picked up a long long term knee injury so we won't be seeing him again this season unfortunately but he'll be back stronger Ben because he's got an unbelievable attitude 16 players all came through the under 18s how does that make you feel and what does that say about the academy I think the academy is in a great place at the moment it's getting better year on year I think the start of this season was probably the proudest moment for everyone that works in the academy I think back to the start of the season I think we had 11 out of 18 in the first team for the first few games and you look at the unbeaten start we had I think it's given us the foundation this season to obviously challenge at the top of the league and yeah it's not to see selfishly to see all these boys playing a big game like this that I've obviously been fortunate enough to have time with them and work with over the years and they're the same players they just feel the shirts out a lot more than they used to seeing them as young men now it's really satisfying and yes they're all good players but what we try and develop and create are really good young people and these boys are lovely young men so I hope they have a great evening tonight the game is underway here at the Vitality Stadium you're watching live on AFCB TV and a nice early challenge there which Brennan Camp will pick up the pieces for tonight's match has been very kindly sponsored by Jocelyn Builders and the goalkeeper Cameron Plain will put that one out and just allow AFC Bournemouth to regain their shape after a couple of crunching challenges there and it was good to see nice early challenges yeah I prefer watching them they're actually going in from I'll be honest Mark did you go in for any when you were playing? I feel like I've got one yellow card in my career for kicking the ball away or something but no Jack said again he was out for a long time last year as a second year scholar so yeah it just goes to show that the rehab these boys get in the medical care they come back stronger obviously we just spoke about Ben Winterburn there and Jack said and was pulling no punches there as he went in for that tackle okay Breamwood with the ball into the box he's going to receive the pass once again but it's cut out as Southampton are in possession a little bit scrappy there but back towards Jack said and for the Cherries who will play back to the captain Brennan Camp of course the under 23s and the under 18s a couple of lone spells out as well and a nice switch to play by Bournemouth in towards Aaron Roberts on this near side who will just check back towards Seddon and just keep the ball which is nice and important isn't it Alan just to keep that ball early on put some passes together and just show Southampton the intent and the ability they have on the ball of course I mean everyone knows our identity you know we want to move the ball and dominate the ball in these games or every game first team all the way down to our under 9s so we want to dominate the ball no matter what we play against the Category 1 academy or whoever we play against but yeah some nice early touches obviously but Southampton obviously looking afret here Kazim on the ball for Southampton who wants to turn Cherries small infield there and Southampton looking to build something themselves there's a nice overlap run from Lewis Payne who comes back infield as he looks for an option to play from the away side over onto that far side Cherries small who wants to get at the full back and drive down towards the byline it's a good cross but an even better block and it will go out for a Southampton corner good build up from Southampton obviously with a switch of play wing back to wing back looks like the two teams both plan back freeze 3-5-2 both teams with slight variation probably with both teams the wing back battles 1v1 in wide areas will be important and obviously Tarik did really well there to stop the cross coming in and it's going to be the number 8 Jack Turner to march over to that far side in front of the main stand to take the game's first corner 3 minutes into the match here at the Vitality Stadium and it's an in swinging one towards the goal there's a couple of players at the back stick but it doesn't look like it gets a touch as it goes out very nicely for a Bournemouth goal kick let's take a quick look at this Alan ball into the box there physical presence from Southampton yeah they've got some big boys we blocked off well there to allow it to go out for a goal kick just asking Alan about Nathan Mariah Welcher very versatile play we've seen him playing right back for the first team he's playing up front tonight yeah he's even the last couple of months he's been training when the first teams are right back and obviously he's played them two FA Cup games particularly well in both games I felt he's one we got Harold it was probably just about turn 16 when we took him after he got released by Reading and he was straight away made the right impression like I said straight away as a young boy he's actually was unbelievable with ability he's had ups and downs with us he's had a long term injury when he was in his second year scholar with us but he's come back well and also he's sent him into the field normally but again when he was in the youth team with us we played him a lot when Jake Scrimshaw went out on loan actually we had Christian Sadie as the striker and Nathan Mariah Welcher often played in that 10 position for us so he's versatile, he's clever and I'm really excited to see him play tonight good defensive work there by Jack Seddon nice little clearance and it will be the Saintsman Lewis Paine that will take a quick throw in towards the try list A try list for Southampton, the number 6 looking for a club many many years later this try list you just nick my gag there Mark we can do it again if you want this try list seems to get around so much you never gets a club Neil is here throughout the course of the season and of course I did say earlier that Neil played in the AFC Bournemouth reserves back in 1984 that's a true story I played once for the reserves back in 2007 and Alan Connell also played for the reserves for a few times I did see a first team player but I think there was the odd reserve appearance for you in there you two are sort of showing off about your reserve appearance I like to keep my reserve appearance very much on the down low mark I must have been coming back from injury or something definitely so and it's Brooklyn Genesini that will take the throw in for Bournemouth play it towards Wardham there who switches the play towards Seddon down on this left hand side you can see Alan already a very high intense press from Southampton Bournemouth under a little bit of pressure early on yeah but our boys are used to that when teams play against us at all age groups we expect that pressure but we've broke through it here I know Coops and Tommy were keen to get the switches to play in tonight so there's evidence there and hopefully we see a little bit more as the evening wears on Roberts with a nice one too with Greenwood who finds camp out towards the right wing back Genesini he's got a little bit of space on that far side but he checks back towards camp who wants to try and drive forward the Scottish international with a ball out towards the left hand side and once again some nice passing from Bournemouth and it's Nathan Mariah Walsh that just drops into a little pocket of space we want to see him on the ball because we know he's got that ability and just to have that extra man in midfield Alan makes a big difference it does, it will disrupt them and like I say Nathan's used to being in the deeper areas and here he comes joining it's the first time ball from Mariah Walsh is causing problems at the back for Southampton it's underneath the goalkeeper and it's well claimed by Ollie Wright who holds on to that one but once again there Alan you've seen the quality of Nathan dropping into the space nice switcher play and then could ball into the box to put the goalkeeper under pressure yeah he saw his awareness and he obviously played it back to I think it was Brennan joining the attack later on and it was almost like a Kevin de Bruyne across a sea from Man City where they set and he wraps that one in fast and it obviously caused Southampton some problems there you're watching AFCB TV live at the Vitality Stadium there's a fantastic crowd in at the main stand tonight both sides of the dugout has been occupied we've got over a thousand people enjoying this live Premier League Cup football and it's a huge came as well Neil we've spoken beforehand in the build up about just how important tonight's match could be to get into the knockout stages and a really good positive start from the team yeah really positive start just looking back at some stats earlier on as well we've reached the knockout stages on the two occasions that we've been in the tournament before unfortunately it was curtailed two years ago when we were all ready to play Wigan in the last 16 so all the pressures on Sean Cooper tonight to get in there for a fourth season and we had Sean Cooper of course in the gantry for the under 18s game which was two weeks ago on this very Friday evening I know Alan it would have hurt at the time and probably still hurts now but can you take immense pride from your side's performance thank you very much so I think the wound opened up again on Wednesday night when Man United went through and we would have been going to Old Trafford if we'd have beaten Leicester but that was always going to be a big ask Leicester would go to Old Trafford instead but yeah very proud of our boys that night and it was a fine lines game really we thought we started both halves really well but they had two or three individuals that were real stand out I felt fantastic ball over the top there in towards the box Jake Scrimshaw is going to make his way towards the near post but once again the Southampton goalkeeper Ollie Wright is there to cut it out but once again looking at this Alan you see the quality getting in behind Key well there's Tarek's pace there's a nice clip boy over the top from Brooklyn and like I say we want Tarek and Ben and then Wingback's role and then Wingback's role is bombing on and like I say Tarek's strength is there's a running behind and he showed that there so again promising signs absolutely very very good positive start from the Cherries who are looking to pick up Maximum points tonight which would put all the pressure on Arsenal and West Brom who meet next week Neil Monday night West Brom hosting Arsenal I think it's probably going to be at Telford where they play their under 23 games like we've already said it's quite a confusing league table but if we can win tonight it certainly puts the pressure on Arsenal because they've got the 8 points West Brom have got 10 and we've got 7 really nice turn in the middle of the park from Jack Wadden there who finds Aaron Roberts on this near side he's got space to drive into he's got one man on his left hand side comes in field it's a fantastic part out towards the right hand side born with queuing up on the edge of the box but it's nicked away from the Cherries and Genesini will try and feed this one back into the mixer and once again cleared by Southampton it's a bit towards Seddon back out wide towards Genesini you can hear the vitality crowd really getting up for this one and the Cherries can have a little bit of keep ball now as they try and look for an opening and it's the captain Camp who's looking for that switch of play it's a nice calm pass towards Seddon who's got Nathan Mariah Walsh who's just picked up an unusual little pocket of space for a 10 but he's drives infield but it's cut out by the Southampton side and Pambu on that far side and back towards Ollie right and Tizard for Saints now will look to just settle things but once again you see Nathan Mariah Walsh playing as a 10 today but dropping almost into the left back position and that's just causing Southampton some problems because one player loses his man someone finds an extra man and that's where because he's got that passing ability he can open things up yeah I think Nathan I spoke to Nathan this morning and he was really excited about tonight I think having that freedom to go and get on the ball is something he's really he's really looking forward to and he's showing that already and like I say he's what I like about Nathan he's as good at our possession as he is in possession he's athletic he's got a real tenacity about him but like you say he can get on the ball and make things happen for us tonight it's Tizard for Southampton now who plays it infield there's a shot from distance which goes just wide Kazim is the man to watch for the away side he scores all sorts of goals for there under 23 side and you can see his ability here Neil snapshot no back lift and that's something Bournemouth have got to be careful with yeah like we've had most of the ball so far as you've said all of a sudden there's a quick break and a shot comes in and if it's on target then Cameron Plains is going to test him Bournemouth playing out from the back like the first team do under Scott Parker and lose possession up the pitch it always makes me nervous when I see teams playing out from the back with two centre halves by the six yard box but it's part of modern football now isn't it Alan? yeah and like I said these boys are used to it I think you know the beauty of what especially in the last even as we all know going back to the Sean O'Driscoll days we're always known for playing good football not that we ever passed in our own six yard box but you know Eddie Howell and obviously now Scott Parker the philosophy I think he's very much in place and if you ask any football person across this country or abroad I think they know what our philosophy is about from top to bottom and I think that's one of the strengths of our club just going back to something you said earlier about Nathan I'll just come back to market Thierry Small on the far side for Southampton he goes past Genesini there's a challenge there which the referee is happy with and points to the corner flag so Southampton will have their second corner of the game and some really nice work from the away side and Thierry Small just getting into that Bournemouth box and it ended Alan Yeah now Thierry Dunwall there to be fair covered around after Small went around Brooklyn and like I say it's important that Thierry does that defensive side of his game is still something he needs to improve and obviously the better opposition we play like tonight is obviously going to test these boys Short corner by Southampton from Turner and it's cut out really smartly by Nathan Mariah Walsh another firm challenge there but it's going to be helped up the pitch Thierry, you can't find a Bournemouth man but it just gives the Thierry the chance to reset and reshape at the moment after a little spell of pressure from the away side Great interception there from Nathan Mariah I was going to ask you Alan you said you spoke to him this morning how excited he was to be playing in this game five days ago he was on duty with the first team some people's chins would have dropped after that but not Nathan No, not at all and I think you've got to understand where you are Nathan's first team squad at the moment with some real, real high quality players and he's learning every day with them players and obviously Scott Parker and Matt Wells and Gary O'Neill and everyone else is coaching so he's learning and improving all the time so he just wants to play football he's that type of boy that's why these games are so important because the training is great and he's learning loads but as everyone knows the games where you can pull that into practice Good headed clearance there Nathan Camp who rises highest against the challenge of Luke Pierce and Jake Scrimshaw will just peel away onto this near touch line and give the ball back to Ben Greenwood who can try and start something for the Cherries we touched upon your FA Youth Cup experience a couple of weeks ago Alan but I think increasingly now you're seeing a clear philosophy come right through the academy which finishes with Sean Cooper's side but from your team to this team the player involvement, the style of football it replicates the first team Yeah and like I said the philosophy's been there I think it's always been there like I said under Sean in just a couple of days and with Joey Roach obviously still our academy manager I think Eddie Howell obviously was here for so long that he really put that firm passing game in place and it was obviously followed all the way down and Scott Parker obviously has a very very similar philosophy of the way we want to dominate the ball so it's great like I said it's all the way down we've got some good coaches in the academy it's not just 18's it's below that as well 16's, 15's all the way down like I said we've got some good coaches Dan Carroll, Tom Denati, Elliot Head, James Lowey these are good young coaches that often go under the radar but they do a lot of good work and then obviously Coops and myself inherit them and Tommy and obviously we look to get them ready for the professional game Just over 15 minutes into the match here at the Vitality Stadium I think we've seen already Alan the approach in terms of tonight's game, no fear up against Premier League Southampton particularly having beaten them not too long ago in this very competition but what will Sean Cooper's main philosophy be in tonight's game what will he want to see from his side I think what we've seen already like with a good possession with a couple of early half chances nothing major and also I think he'll want to come out like this at the other side of the pitch and look to get a wide combinations going, again very similar to the first team and you think of the likes of Jordan Zamora and Jaden Anstner they've played together in these types of games and all the things you see now we've seen dozens and dozens of times at Camford over the years and hopefully one or two of these can replicate what them to in particular have done this season Nice little bit of play there from Matt Burgess in the middle of the park, ball towards Jake Scrimshaw who's going to make himself a nuisance against the centre half I've got a question for you Alan about the coloured boots that have seen some lime greens and blue boots now am I right in thinking that all the under 18s and below have to wear black boots is that a club rule? Yeah that's the academy rule that under 18s down enough to stay in black boots to keep them grounded, to let them realise that they haven't achieved anything yet but once they get that professional contract it's almost like obviously they've got the freedom of colour boots they want so most of them it's like we're not at a night out in a couple of years because of Covid and you get let out on a night out you probably go a bit mental so I think that's what they've always deal with their boots they just can't wait to get their first coloured pair You once gave me a pair of your boots Alan that you've finished with, they were black you were a professional at the time I think they were my free PFA ones Mark I wore black boots I was about 24 maybe 25 and at that point in my career it was like if you wore anything other than black boots you were seen as someone that was big time and that and now it's just the norm and defenders are wearing pink boots it's just the way society is and each set their own, everyone's an individual do their own thing really Neil I don't want to talk about your boots but what they like back in your day No Alan just mentioned big time you were the biggest time striker in Bournemouth Sunday League Division 9 I've ever known Although I was a top scorer a few years in a row Ball out of play on the far side Division 9 Doesn't matter how low it was I did that on several occasions Did any Division 8 clubs come in for you I did have an approach from a Division 4 club That's a big jump The chap came and discreetly approached me when I was watching a game one week and I politely declined because I was a loyal type much like yourself You know your roots and they are very firmly at this football club Bournemouth Cherry's in possession over on the far side at the moment, Genesini with a switch of play towards Seddon who's got pressure from Southampton but he does well and Roberts will have more pressure yet again but he tries to find a way up the pitch towards Greenwood but it's cut out by Payne the right wing back for Southampton and Bournemouth will have a throw on this near side Alan let me ask you quickly about your feeling a week where he scored his first goal and got a man on the match performance Yeah he's flying at the moment they've played 5-1-5 since he's been there he's obviously scored he had one disallowed as well and he's looking he's still training with us in the week Saturday Tuesday games at the moment so we're only seeing him on a Monday on a Friday really but we're just keeping him ticking over so he's ready for his games the experience is doing in the world and we'll look to get some more out on loan hopefully in the next couple of weeks as well but yeah he's won again he could have been available tonight but he's going so well at Truro that we thought he's best to myself and Coop's always best to leave him there so yeah one that we've got high hopes for and again a real out and out defender a nice one too there between Thierry Small and Kazima Legby but it goes out over on this far side and once again Bournemouth will be in possession to swell we've now encroached upon to the Steve Fletcher vitality stand which back in the day was known as the north stand and there's a lot of noise coming from the north stand as you'd expect on this really pleasant evening in Bournemouth Nathan Mariah Walsh with a cushioned pass back in towards Jake Scrimshaw who loses the ball and it will be paying for Southampton Jake Scrimshaw back defending there and wins the free kick and the Thierries will have the ball Greenwood to camp camp out towards Genesini who hits it down the line and then receives it back once again Alan it was a special moment for Matt Burr just at Staplewood a couple of weeks ago it was his first taste of action from a long term injury layoff just tell us about that yeah ironically we had like a bit of an under 19 game in pre-season against Southampton and Matt played and he actually got injured at Staplewood it was on the same pitch that he made his comeback on so it's funny how these things go isn't it and he's a player that's like I said earlier a bit of a different type of sentiment fielder he got released by Brighton I think when he was 15 and he's showed real maturity to get himself to where he is today he's two footed he's a powerful he's quick he doesn't look it but he's very fast and quick off the mark obviously he's still building up his match fitness at the moment but yeah great to see him back and again he's paying so much and again obviously tonight so just these minutes under his belt are invaluable for him Southampton with the ball at the moment ball over the top towards Payne who wins the cushioned header towards his midfielder Turner who plays a ball in towards the box there and there's a bit of contact between Seddon and Pierce the referee is having none of it Alan Connell is having none of it and despite the strikers protests and Turner's protest in the middle of the park there it will be a Bournemouth goal kick yeah nothing in that I don't think to be honest I think he was waiting for contact maybe it didn't come and yeah right decision in my opinion right decision from the referee it's not very often you hear Alan Connell say that and Southampton have the ball it's fed out wide towards Thierry Small who's got Genesini for company nice trickery there he loses his man ball in towards Luke Pierce but it's cleared at that near post but the ball stays with Southampton would you have been tempted to go down in that situation Alan no I was quite I was quite honest as a player I probably had my moments but I think it had to be an infringement of sorts for me to fall over I don't ever remember going over with no contact so not that I remember but yeah Southampton obviously have established a bit of possession haven't they and we're having to defend a little bit deeper and and it's hard to put pressure on the ball at the moment so we've got to ride this little mini storm out I think but we have to respect as well we're playing against real high quality opposition another category one academy and this group is I think you said earlier Neil it's Arsenal West Brom you know Southampton all category one academies with a all into the box there towards Southampton but there's one player it's a clumsy challenge from Bournemouth but the referee once again looks away and it's fed up towards Jake Scrimshaw the pieces will be picked up by Nathan Mariah Walsh and Bournemouth now can they transition from defense to attack and calmly Jack said and has the ball but a couple of moments there Alan where Bournemouth had to be on their toes yeah that one I don't know if it was a foul or a penalty but it definitely didn't it definitely was more of a shout from Southampton I think we just Matt Burgess just got caught maybe wrong side coming in from behind looked a little clumsy but yeah probably right decision I think that a ref perhaps we got away with one just then but you need a little bit of luck in this game you're watching AFCB TV live thanks to Jocelyn Builders in this Premier League cut match it's the sixth match of six matches in this competition and as things stand Bournemouth on seven points wins against West Brom Southampton and a point against Arsenal have left them third in the table at the moment but with the opportunity potentially if they could win tonight to go through to the knockout stages which would be a huge achievement for this football club Southampton currently on the ball at the moment it's fed towards the trialist who is just on the edge of the back box he's going to try and have a shot there but it curls a long way wide of Cameron Plains goal I think I'm right in saying we only got into the competition at the last minute as well as it's another club pulled out talk about that in just a moment these are the opportunities for Southampton this is the penalty shout ball down towards that bottom corner first the push then a clumsy challenge Alan is sitting on the fence yeah seen him given it looked clumsy to me my initial reaction during live play was that could be a penalty but the referee wasn't having any of it you asked a really valid question I've forgotten what it was that's how valid it was playing obviously in the Premier League Cup as a championship side Bournemouth but a little bit of luck to get into the competition I think it's category three more than being in the championship side I think Sean Cooper has told me that a team didn't enter or withdraw or something like that and we took their place so we might not have even been in it had that not happened yeah I think there's often a lot of the category 3's as qualifiers as well so there's not many category 3 academies in the competition so yeah obviously we're really fortunate so there's a chance there for Southampton but it's hit wide by Ethan Burnett and Lewis Payne will pick up the pieces but an opportunity there as Southampton went through the gears into Bournemouth's box and it's Payne on the edge of the area now well defended by Jack Wadham who picks up the ball once again and has got Tariq on that far side Genesini but once again Alan you've seen the quick transition and the ability to string two or three one touch passes for Southampton and that's something that Bournemouth have got to be really careful about yeah I related to our Leicester game a couple of weeks ago in the FA Youth Cup we started really well but we know with these high quality teams high quality players that they're going to grow into the game and have their spell of possession and dominance and obviously Southampton are having that at the moment so it's important that we obviously stand firm as we are and hopefully we can reestablish possession quite soon and get further up the pitch and start to create off the back of that I think it's two escapes there really Mark with the penalty and this miss here that looks like a side foot tap into me just got to hit the target Neil you would have hit the target Alan Connell would have most certainly hit the target and we won't worry about me Camp place it forward but it's given away by the Bournemouth skipper Tariq Small and back in towards the trialist in the middle of the park I promise we'll find out who he is at half time me and Neil will get our best investor to give journalism out easy for you to say definitely not easy for me to say we will investigate who the Southampton number six is and try and find out Tizard for the away side who plays back towards the goalkeeper Olly Wright once again neither goalkeeper wants to play long where they possibly can and will keep the ball on the deck Olly will feed it out towards that left hand side where Tariq Small will get it Brooklyn Genesini cuts in field he's got options left and right Small on the ball for Southampton towards Karima Legby who plays it back and it's fed back into the box Turner is there it's a good punch away by the Bournemouth stopper Cameron Plain and the ball will go out on this near side after a poor pass but once again that ball into the box causing problems Alan they just split us down that Samson's left hand side between Tariq and Brooke there where obviously Cooke and Tommy want us to press from our wing backs if they play past that and obviously Brooklyn is our outside centre back of the free has to come out we've got done there but it's risk for reward and we're a higher pressing club as everyone knows and we want to be front foot and hopefully we'll get our reward later on for that Small on the ball towards Leon Pambu Small again in towards the trial but it's Tieri Small that's just picked up a different position he's come off the line into the middle of the park and he's got Tizar for company who has the ball for Southampton he's going to take on Roberts Southampton with the ball nice little 1-2 round the corner but only into the path of the Bournemouth stopper and once again you've seen the ability with Southampton moving forward when they play that ball at pace they can cause problems and Bournemouth will just settle now there's a fantastic punch by Cameron Plain as well and it's interesting how the transfer window has that trickle down approach because Cameron was all ready to play against Southampton a couple of weeks ago Nyland got injured Cameron went up the pecking order and Olly Camus comes in played two games in two days made his debut for the under 21s Southampton on the ball now with Thierry Small who picks up the pieces but once again brave defending by Brennan Camp who has kept the ball in play over on the far side and will feed it in towards Tarrick on that far side once again he's got company it's Nathan Mariah Walsh now who is challenging as he goes forward but the referee said that that was an unfair challenge and Bournemouth have a free kick just inside the Southampton half I think going back to your point Nyland with Olly Camus playing Golden two games in two days I think that is development football myself and Coops we often get that phone call when the first team need a player or whatever and that's part and parcel so you have to be very reactive and adaptable to certain situations not just us as staff but the players have to be for example Nathan he could have been in Blackpool getting ready for tomorrow's game but he's playing here and you just don't know you have to always be ready in development obviously we're all here for the first team and everything we do in the week is a club where it's media or coaching the younger ones it's commercial everything's designed around hopefully our first team win on Saturday and that's the deal with Endo isn't it a nice little skip and turn there from Nathan Mariah Walsh but you can't find Jake Scrimshaw with his pass and Southampton will have a free kick I guess as well Alan the changing dynamic of the transfer window seven new faces into Scott Parker's first team has changed the quality that the 23s will have and even the 18s because it all filters down doesn't it yeah massively I mean for example we played tomorrow morning where Oxford in our league and obviously some of our boys are on the bench tonight so you wait and see what happens to tonight and that's like I say we're all here to serve the first team and the most important game as important as tonight is and everything else it's about the first team hopefully doing the business tomorrow and us as a club getting you know getting to where we want to be at the end of the season that's what we're all here to to do and the first team as always and obviously I've experienced it as a player you know it's all about the first team but obviously behind the scenes we will try and back that up and support it as much as we can another just another string to that though Alan is that whilst the bringing of first team players strengthens the first team squad the 18s and the development squad can be weakened because players go out on loan at this time of year as you've seen your catch in tomorrow Holly Owen Bevan that's it I mean Owen Bevan would be you know an under 18 football and I include category 1's in this for me is a top defender a real leader of men at such a young age and you know if it was purely a results business for us as an academy I mean you wouldn't send him out on loan and we'd be thinking I've ever been playing here or playing for the under 18s at Oxford tomorrow but like a lot of clubs you want to give these boys a grounded varied experience and like I say Christian Sadie's at Burton Albion I mean who would have thought that 10 years ago that we'd be loaning players to League 1 Sam Sherin at Cambridge played a lot of games in League 1 this season so Jake Scrimshaw we're watching tonight played a lot of games in League 2 so you know this is where hopefully we are continuing to evolve and improve we're getting players football league loans now as opposed to just non-league but of course some of the boys at the young age like Owen they need to go and experience that their CV so we can get them out hopefully one day in the football league and hopefully one day in our first team. Ball into the box there it's headed by the Southampton number four Wilt Isar but it's cleared by Bournemouth as far as Leon Pambu who has stayed back there's Nathan Small there on the ball for Southampton and it's a switcher play towards Payne on this near side got Greenwood for company and Roberts forces Southampton back towards Nico Lawrence Lewis Payne for the away side who feeds into the path of Jack Turner it's a nice one two for Pierce and it's well cut out there fantastic by Jack Wadham who's back with his defensive duties and Southampton will have another corner. Yes brilliant from Jack Wadham I think sense in danger I think when you're under the cost like we are a little bit at the moment I think all the basic defensive principles you know are so vital staying with runners stopping crosses picking up in the box all the basic stuff when you're in these moments I think is important Turner with the ball into the box it's the back stick it's headed back towards the post but cleared by Greenwood who does a really good defensive job there but Southampton once again sustaining the pressure it's the trialist over on that far side who's got options with Thierry Small who were left footed drive the ball in towards Turner who takes a nice touch but once again Roberts with the clearance for Bournemouth defensive qualities and determination against Southampton. It's a really nice bit of play by the fallback Payne who skips between players who plays infield and once again a firm challenge from Brennan Kamp and Greenwood under pressure will get the ball as far as Tizard for Southampton who keeps it in play the centre half has done really well there he's got two players to try and marshal past and Southampton enjoying a little bit of possession now once again is played back towards the middle of the park on the left side Burnett out on that far side towards Small who's going to check back inside we know he's got quick feet and he wants to make something happen that's a shot from distance there that only luckily troubles a seat in the north stand but a brilliant drive inside from the Saints wide man and a really good firm shot if that's on target Alan that challenges the goalkeeper Yeah I mean Thierry Small looks a real threat doesn't he I think he said he always played for the first for Southampton and come inside and a really good strike but yeah he's a handful and obviously we're just having that difficult spell at the moment but again bravery to play from Brooklyn and Jack Wadham we get out from we get out from that tight area hopefully we can build from here Bournemouth on the ball under pressure once again from the Southampton press which is high and intense Greenwood back towards Seddon who does well Roberts but he's robbed by Turner balling towards Southampton and he's fired into the bottom corner from the man that scores all the Southampton goals Kazim Olegby and it's a mistake essentially from Bournemouth and the away side have capitalised a brilliant pass into the box and that was a clinical finish into the bottom corner and it has given Southampton the lead in the Premier League Cup Yeah we're going to see it again here and Aaron Roberts it was he got work can and the ball just can and off him rather than he got robbed or anything like that it's a fine finish Stryker's finished there rather Yeah really good finish from the boy yeah disappointing one obviously we got boxed into a corner which out of possession Southampton likes to do across all the age groups in my experiences so the boxers in that corner and the fullster the mistake and credit because I think there's a really sensible forward pass and obviously I really could finish so Coops and Tommy have just got a few other boys in there so ever we we change formation here or there's a slight tweak it'll be interesting to see What are you thinking tactically because it's not been the worst performance but perhaps the ball hasn't been in the final third as much as you do like is that Jake Scrimshaw needing to hold it up a bit more or Nathan because he's dropping into those little pockets just isolating Jake a little bit more Yeah I think there's probably a number of things I think when we started the game we were in control of the ball making the pitch big and like I say against these top teams they're always going to have spells and have taken control of the game the last sort of 15 minutes haven't they so yeah we've got an establishment way I'm sure that's what Coops and Tommy are thinking right now how can we get further up the pitch whether that's through our spacing being better and playing through through the third quicker and more incisive or we may need to you know clip into Jake Scrimshaw and hope and get him to hold it up and build from there to see how the boys at that now Seden for Bournemouth we're into the 38th minute here at the Vitality Stadium still plenty of time in this one just the one goal separating the two sides and it's Southampton that have it and once again Bournemouth under pressure camp back towards Plain Seden every single time Bournemouth have the ball they're under pressure from two or three Southampton shirts but it's a nice turn by Roberts there who's got Greenwood on the inside good firm challenge according to the referee Roberts down on this near side and an opportunity just to settle now Alan yeah I think that's an example of I know supporters sometimes get frustrated when teams play out from the back when they feel isn't on but I know I think just that example there was a couple of passes and all of a sudden we're getting 30 40 yards so hopefully we can keep the ball up this end of the pitch a little bit more than we have and unfortunately a loose touch there and we're chasing the ball at the moment yeah forward there towards the goal scorer and Roberts is going to try and challenge for that ball but he's not having much luck against Turner Tizard's got space for Southampton paying out on this right hand side with space to move into as well and once again you're seeing now a little bit of Premier League quality from Southampton where they just keep that ball away from Bournemouth and now it's about having the structured discipline in defense and trying to win the ball back without losing too much energy and just being sensible isn't it Alan it is and just looking at it I think we might have gone to change from about 3 to go 4 4 1 1 maybe with Nathan just behind Jake that's what it's looking at to me at the moment Ethan Burnett with a shot there which goes wide of Cameron Plain's goal but once again Southampton showing they have the ability to transition quickly and threat that Bournemouth goal yeah now I think Ben Green was definitely coming into this left back position like you said Alan yeah it's it looks like we might have gone to back 4 which I think it's one of the good things that Coopson and Tommy have done this year the boys have played different formations and have been quite flexible again you look at our first team a little tweaks they make in games and and formation changes at certain times it's important that players in the modern day in a modern game especially understand you know the little requirements that might be needed at the top level so again as much as we don't want to be 1-0 down it's this is great for the development and hopefully we can come through this Wadham in the middle of the park there takes a little nick off the referee and Bournemouth will have a free kick inside their own half which is taken by Nathan Mariah Walsh but I think the ball was moving hence why the referee wasn't very happy there's a natural break in play here what will that message be at half time from Sean and Tommy Alan what will they be saying to the boys in that dressing room as we get ready for the half time whistle no in Sean and Tommy I'd say it'll be very methodical and it's given away there by the goalkeeper towards Southampton's Pierce but he picks up the pieces and once again a mistake playing at the back trying to do the right thing sticking to the club's philosophy is causing Bournemouth a few problems at the moment because that Southampton press is high and intense it is and like I say these are the situations that the players have been through and need to go through and then maybe it's about the decision whether that comes from the side whether it comes from on the pitch if at certain times you feel the ball might need to go a little bit more direct I don't think there's any shame in that but at the same time one of our strengths is having a belief that we can find our way through team so it's always a difficult balance and at the moment we're probably not quite finding that balance and just having that probably little as soon as your confidence level just drops ever so slightly I think when you play out you can find yourself in a little bit of trouble because I say they've been through this many many times and I'll back them to come out of it How do you work those kind of moments in training what is it sort of a back four back five with a midfielder and then seven or eight pressing them to give them that feel of having two men on everyone ball play forward towards Jake Scrimshaw who's got a bit of time it's a nice cushioned header but once again Lawrence is there he's big and strong and firm and Scrimshaw will try and win the ball back in goal kick Yeah that's a good question Mark I think there's many different ways you could do it I think we do a lot of possessions and rondo types which is obviously general making decisions in not just tight areas but in all sorts of sized areas but obviously our position is vital for the players when making decisions in tight areas I think it's important you work on a technique as well because certain passes will get you out of certain situations and like you say quite often you get a goalkeeper and you get players pressing them and wherever you go under head higher and you might free up and obviously then say you can go a bit more direct there's different ways you can do it but like I said the beauty of our philosophy we think is that it's there from top to bottom it's not just you go from one age group to another and it's totally different the players obviously should be used to it and I think they are You finished playing a few years ago but was there any managers you played under and as a striker you had that high press to, you know, keep you on your toes What was my team in possession No Both ways really I think, yeah, I played for obviously like I said under the Sean O'Driscoll days here we were known for playing but not to the extreme that a lot of teams do now obviously we have big flex in the team a lot of the time so that was always an option you could clip into him but we always had good footballers as you guys know from watching over the years Eddie Hale teams I think that evolved over the years when he first took over when I was playing we weren't free flowing but we did pass the ball and obviously you got better players over the years and they could execute what he wanted even better Yeah, but not to the extreme that we're seeing these days No, not like that Terry Small there, fantastic save by Cameron playing Small over on that left hand side he possesses with a shot, that's a brilliant shot but an even better save towards Plains right hand side and he pushes it out for Southampton corner Yeah, it's a fantastic save like Alan highlighted Terry Small earlier there's an absolute rocket with his right foot and now one with his left foot as well and it's a fantastic save push it round the post Yeah, I think Coops and Tommy that was about to say earlier I think they'll obviously want to get in at 1-0 and hopefully not long to go in this half knowing the pair like I do I think they'll be very methodical how to go about things Falling from Turner but Nathan Mariah Walsh is back there with his defensive duties hat on and it's headed out into that stand but Southampton will have their sixth corner of the game and once again it'll be Jack Turner that will take this for the away side two hands is the signal Tisard peels off round the back and it is there as well and it goes towards the back stick but it goes straight out and luckily if that connects with a Southampton man at that back post Bournemouth are in big trouble on the stroke of half time the fourth official has indicated that there'll be a minimum of one minute additional time to the opening 45 minutes at the Vitality Stadium you're watching AFCB TV Live this is the Premier League Cup as Bournemouth host Southampton at the moment the score is 1-0 to the away side we're into that extra time in the first half now Alan and there's still time if Bournemouth can just get on the ball and find Jack Scrimshaw but it's Luke Pierce that will bring it away and play in Thierry Small Brooklyn Genesini with a chance there in towards the goalkeeper and it's a fantastic save but once again Thierry Small showing all of his quality on the edge of the area powerful shot well saved by Plain on the left side which looks like being Aaron Roberts Jack Seddon who is down at the moment Roberts there just walking over to see if he's okay and the physio on the pitch I think the referee might be tempted to blow up for half time here but there goes the half time whistle so Seddon down on the pitch he's clutching his shoulder at the moment but the half time whistle has gone here at the Vitality Stadium in the Premier League Cup and Southampton to their respective dressing rooms with the half time score AFC Bournemouth-Neal Southampton won we will get the thoughts of Neil Peret and Alan Connell in just a few moments and take a look back at all of those highlights from the opening 45 minutes thanks to our sponsors tonight Jocelyn Builders who are making all of tonight's live feed possible you're watching on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and of course the official website we have still got the second half to bring you but let's take a look at the chances in that opening game and first of all born the chance Alan yeah it was that ball over the top for Tarek wasn't it and yeah goalkeeper with a low dive to stop the ball getting to Jake Scrimshaw for a tap in and Neil this was the penalty yeah I think we're all agreed that that is a penalty so we've really got away with one there there's no VAR in the Premier League Cup another chance for Southampton yeah I mean I said it earlier that's a must score I think he's got to side foot that in here's the goal now Alan yeah like we said it was a good finish from the boy, a leg B I think that's how you pronounce it a really good finish bottom corner and I think there's not enough chances to feel like they deserve to be in front yeah it was a good finish from the boy good finish indeed you can hear the Tannoy is just going here at the Vitality stand you're watching AFCB TV live on Facebook, Twitter and of course YouTube as well as the official club website Alan just a quick insight you've been in that dressing room with Sean Cooper Tommy Elvik and many of those boys what will the message be at the moment like I say I think knowing the pair and spending a lot of time from like I do very methodical concise will be clear I think about where we need to be better the problems so Hampton are causing us and like I say I think the boys will come out second half under no illusions what they need to do and they'll be interested to see how we start the second half that's going to be key isn't it that intensity and tempo against a really good Premier League side in the second half the way the game is started I mean I was at Staplewood a couple of weeks ago when I watched Salampton play in the Premier League Cup and I've got to say this is a completely different side to the one I saw it's completely different Salampton side they created very little on that day and we deserve it 1-0 winners they now are deservedly deservedly 1-0 up at halftime so we've got it all to do in the second half no question Jake Scrimshaw has played in League 2 for both Scunthorpe and Newport Nathan Mariah Walsh is perhaps one of the more senior players out there are we going to need to see more from both of those two because they've got the experience in the big games and we just need to see it in that final third don't we? Yeah it does it's always a trick in the next situation really we need probably a little bit more from them but also we need to get that service into them and like we've spoken about our playing out hasn't been probably where we'd want it to be and that's how I think that's probably the main thing that Coops and Tommy will be trying to sort out is how in possession we can hurt Salampton and get further up the pitch like we spoke about before Alan Neil thank you very much indeed we'll be back with you for the start of the second half in just a few moments time here at the Vitality Stadium as you can see the music is pumping the fans are going down to get their hot dogs and beverages go and make yourself a cuppa and we will be back live on AFCB TV in just a few moments time Welcome back to the Vitality Stadium the teams are back out on to the pitch in the Premier League Cup it's the final group game between AFC Bournemouth and Southampton it's half time at the moment and of course the Saints winning by a goal to Neil scored by their number 11 Kazima Legbi but we have 45 minutes of live action to bring you here on AFCB TV so anything is possible I'm in the TV gantry alongside me is Alan Connell the former striker and current under 18s manager alongside our media man Neil Perret who has been covering Bournemouth for about 40 years I think 40 years is that about fair it's a good job Alan is between us isn't it ball play forwards was Jake Scrimshaw who's got company there from Turner and it's well turned there by the defender for Southampton who plays out from the back and Turner for Southampton can now get forward who's got pain for company on that right hand side Bournemouth with some immediate defending to do Pierce ball back towards the box but it's cut out by Greenwood and straight away you've seen both ends there as we get this Premier League Cup second half underway at the Vitality Stadium big thank you too our sponsor tonight Jocelyn builders who are making this live stream possible on AFCB TV and of course you're probably watching via YouTube, Twitter, Facebook or the official club website Southampton's seventh corner of the game ball play short towards Pierce it's a scuff shot but Bournemouth can get it clear at the moment but there is no one up top to hold on to the ball and Thierry Small will keep the ball for the away side as he looks to drive forward we know he's got a wander left foot with some power and he plays it out towards Turner on that far side pain it's Turner once again for Southampton back in towards the box but it's well held eventually by Cameron Plain for Bournemouth and he can just settle things down I think it's fair to say Alan an intense pacy start to the second half we start obviously well in first few seconds and Saints have got in a couple of times down our left it's a really smart flick towards Luke Pierce there Turner on the edge of the area it's a shot from distance but it goes just over the bar for Jack Turner for Southampton and this is a moment that will surely be concerning both Tommy Elfic and Sean Cooper that's the chance there yeah he let it run across his body well took it on the back foot and it's a good strike I'm sure the boy the boy Turner's disappointed he hasn't hit the target there but yeah not far away Plain playing out from the back has gone out the window for the moment just to try and relieve a little bit of pressure on Bournemouth as he aims for Jake Scrimshaw but it's Jenna Seney who plays it down the line towards Ghidorri who just turns from his man and once again Southampton players pressing Bournemouth one-two touch there in towards Nathan Thierry Small on that near side but it's well claimed by the goalkeeper and you're seeing a very very different Southampton side Neil they are putting Bournemouth under pressure immediately well yeah they are like I said this is a completely different team to the one I saw two weeks ago at Staplewood hardly created anything in that game full of energy tonight and Alan I'm going to ask you it's a dead rubber for them there's absolutely nothing at stake but when you're a professional footballer there's always something at stake in there of course every time you step over that white line there's people watching online there'll be scouts in the stadium these Saints players might like our players might be looking for that good low move or to get in the first team manager's fault Southampton with an opportunity and it's a shot that goes just wider the goal and for the third time in as many minutes Southampton have had a huge opportunity great turn and shot just wide yeah I mean Alan you've got under 18s are playing away at Oxford tomorrow five of your lads are on the bench here are you hoping they get on or hoping they don't come on I think first of all you want the players to have the best experience possible so hopefully that I'm sure one or two will come later on as the game goes obviously Sean and Tommy will be very much focused on tonight making sure I get back in this game but the way the evening's gone unless someone comes on soon then boys will play in the morning and that's like I say that's development football as we said earlier yeah I know it'd be lovely for them to play on a pitch like this as well and I know that some of the pitches that you play on in your league games seem footage of some of them and they say don't look the best no I mean we one thing that obviously our boys do get is a real rounded experience I mean often the cat one oh Terry Small on the edge of the area once again he's dancing with a ball at his feet and it's another shot which is well saved from playing but again the danger there very evident to see for the away side they are dominating the early stages here at the vitality stadium Bournemouth playing out from the back playing under pressure who's got Brennan camp for company it's out towards Genesini on the right hand side who can try and take the ball up the pitch now for Bournemouth but once again it's a backwards pass but Bournemouth have the ball out towards Greenwood on that far side in field and Brennan camp the captain for Bournemouth and just settle things with the ball at his feet but he's not got too many options to play forward and that's the problem I think Alan just really struggling to to get the ball forward and it's not sticking yeah I think that's a good example we put sort of seven or eight passes going on our own further and we at least established that Brennan and Jack said that the ball higher at the pitch yes we're going a little bit more direct with that clip from Brennan we've forced the mistake and let's say we're up higher at the pitch where we want to be so yes an encouraging few seconds there for us Jake Scrimshaw putting the goalkeeper right under pressure and he wins a throw in for Bournemouth and it's Genesini who cut in field who's got options to his left hand side it's a really nice first time ball in towards Nathan Mariah Walsh he goes down he's not happy with the referee the defender was standing firm is the goalkeeper who's got the ball the crowd not happy with that one but a nice passing move for Bournemouth yeah it was a lovely way to pass in Ben Greenwood and yeah just strength yeah maybe I think that obviously is a big boy that's gone into Nathan there and yeah it was I don't think it as much as we all want it to be a penalty I'm not sure it was I'm being honest not sure if it was I didn't think it was a penalty Neil you have the deciding vote no I don't think it was a penalty I think because we're all wanting it to be a penalty but even though that I still don't think any of us thought it well I certainly don't think it was Southampton have a free kick on the far side the referee not happy with the challenge there and let's just have a look at that challenge once again just to see it's a little bit loose a little bit reckless a little bit late and the away side have a free kick on the far side and Bournemouth with the chance to organize and I think Greenwood has been given a yellow card there Ben Greenwood into the referees but the first player to be shown a card today and Southampton just taking their time with this one now I think going back to your point Neil about pitches and all those rest of these these certain players are used to training and obviously in their games program playing on like pristine pitches day in day out week in week out which obviously has lots and lots of advantages and we would love to be in that situation but at the same time the the games we play and obviously we play a lot of Cat 1 friends as well the players get a well round experience and I think prepare them well for their careers if they go into non-league or go out on loan different pitches different loads of different experiences for them which I think has given away by Bournemouth once again playing out from the back into wards Thierry Small who can't adjust his feet and his shot goes just wide once again Alan I feel like I'm a bit of a broken record now but playing out from the back causing all sorts of problems for me as a fan watching my team when they're in this situation why do we not do what we've just done there and hit it long just to ease that pressure and tension yeah I don't disagree it's finding that balance isn't it and I think obviously that maybe that's just Cameron playing his own individual decision to play that pass maybe it was the execution of the pass rather than the decision but I don't think there's any shame in going over Samson's very good press yeah brilliant stuff one touch football from the away side and it's the fallback who's into the box now brilliant save from Cameron playing by on towards the north near post and the goalkeeper dives thankfully on the ball I think the Brennan count was on the line just to shuffle that one away but once again Southampton moving through the gears really quickly and you can see the one touch football over the top and in behind the fallback Lewis Payne there with a shot great save by the goalkeeper and you're seeing once again a little bit of luck there from Bournemouth yeah it was I mean as we said before Cameron playing is a real good blocker in him in him areas he's brave makes himself big and it was very schmike all out the way he smothered that really good save from the goalkeeper who's being tested in the opening stages of this second half in the Premier League Cup and once again Southampton playing some one touch football out wide towards small who checks back inside with a shot and it's a brilliant shot into the top corner and once again you've seen some real quality there from one of the stars of that Southampton side ball fed in towards the Aries ball he drops the shoulder shifts the ball and then unleashes a brilliant shot into that top corner and he has handed Southampton a two goal advantage in the Premier League Cup it's been coming Alan it's been coming and what a goal this is. It's a really good finish we highlighted him first half didn't we and Neil did say about his play for Southampton's first team and you've obviously got to be a very talented boy to play for them and yeah it's a ruthless finish in the top corner and obviously leaves a lot to do in this game and obviously the wider picture of the group. They gave us a warning in the first half didn't he had a couple of great efforts didn't hit the target with those but he's certainly emphatically hit the target with that one there and we're really it's a real mountain time now I think that was emphatic and like you said two or three opportunities at the start of this second half you saw Thierry Small in the first 45 minutes showing what he had and he has unleashed an absolute bullet into that top corner and a fantastic goal and Bournemouth have now got to recover, recuperate refocus and there's a change for the Cherries on the far side in front of the dugouts it looks like there's going to be a substitution and who's going to be coming off the pitch Alan? It's Jack, well it looks like Jack said and I think the fourth official just sorting out the ball and it looks like Noah Bhutan is coming on one of our under 18s Well what? Well the referee wouldn't let them make the substitution there so they've had to play on Got to get that balled right Bournemouth on the charge now, Roberts who's got company out on that left-hand side from Nathan Mariah Walsh trying blast his way past the fallback but it's out for a Bournemouth throwing, no it's a Southampton throwing on that far side and as the Cherries look to try and respond they've got to throw in on that far side at the moment, the substitution is now going to happen Alan? Yeah Jack said and has come off, it looks like Ben Greenwood is going to go to centre half and Noah Bhutan has come on, he's taken the throw and Jess is either left back or left wing back depending on what formation we go with it looks like we were 4-3-3 it's like a second half let's see if that maintains itself Just going back to the substitution that was quite a funny point you made there the referee wouldn't let us make the substitution because his fourth official was too slow getting the balled up Taken quickly by Bournemouth balling towards the box from Greenwood there's Jake Scrimshaw in the middle of the park but it's headed away by Southampton Bournemouth still have the ball Genesini Roberts to the substitute on that far side Roberts will reclaim the ball and Southampton press high as they try and regain possession and Genesini will look to try and feed it out to the right hand side but it's back towards Brennan Camp Bournemouth with a bit of keep ball fed towards that far side of Nathan Mayen-Rolls Just tell us Alan Noah Bhutan a player you know a great deal about and I think it was not long ago you couldn't speak a word of English is that fair to say yeah it is fair to say like I said earlier about the young people we want to develop and give them an environment and a place to flourish and he's done that not just on the field but off the field as well speaks through in English now and very much like I said before one of the boys and laughs and jokes with the boys in English he's a fantastic young man and to see the difference in 18 months from a boy from Grassroots in Paris to where he is today he's really quite satisfied but he's got a long way to go with his football but he's got raw materials that will hopefully mean he can be an asset for his football I did a Q&A with him Alan and I asked him what he knew about your career and he said nothing There's millions who know nothing about my career now He's out the team Luke Pierce dancing through Bournemouth defenders there taken down by Brennan Kamp who I think has been shown a yellow card so it's the second yellow card of the day going towards a Bournemouth player and they are under pressure from this free kick Pierce showing his pace and power as he turned and drove towards the heart of that Bournemouth defence and Bournemouth are going to have to see off this free kick now in towards the box but it's Genesini who will be able to clear it towards Jake Scrimshaw to take the ball up the park and it's a really smart turn and passing towards the par for Tariq Ghidari who is unable to get the ball but can Bournemouth try and mount something here and put some pressure of their own on Southampton a little limp there from Genesini but he wants to take the throwing quickly and you get the feeling if Bournemouth are to get anything out of this game they need to try and capitalise in the next 5-10 minutes or so and get a goal back Alan Yeah we've given ourselves lots of time and we need to win the game as well but I mean Coops and Tommy's first thought is how can we get some control in this game and obviously start to create chance off the back of that so hopefully that urgency that's needed at 2-0 down can bring out the best in our boys Nice little turn from Ghidari ball in towards Jake Scrimshaw takes the deflection but it will go out for once again another Bournemouth corner their second of the game and it will be Ben Greenwood who will march over with his left foot to take this one maybe this could be an opportunity Alan from a set play where they can do something off the training ground and try and catch Southampton Yeah I know Coops, Tommy, Joe Pidomo goalkeeper coach, they spend a lot of time on their set pieces so I'd be interested if we can hopefully produce something here and get away back in the game Towards that back stick but it's cleared by Southampton there's a man on the edge of the area help back into the box he takes a nice touch around his man but he's met with another Southampton body on this near side and it's helped in by Greenwood and will be kept in play by Southampton but out of play by Leon Pambu and Bournemouth will have a throw in on this near side a nice spell of possession they've got to capitalise on this they've got Southampton penned back in the second half Yeah and that's what we've been wanting so hopefully we can maintain that and a goal would obviously give us a big lift and we're not at this game yet and as we've seen over the years hopefully our spirit can come out and these boys have certainly got that but we need a moment of quality as well as that spirit to hopefully get us back in the game Three Bournemouth players around the trial list in the middle of the park Neil we charged you with trying to find out who that trialist was did you have any luck? No I'm afraid I haven't Yeah Mark we've got another 40 minutes to go Pierce for Southampton who darts one way ball into the box it's flicked back towards Genesini who will see it out and the transition from the away side was a quick one defending into attack and Bournemouth shepherded it out for a corner Any other options off the bench and I know that Dan and the Dua J plays up front and we're looking like we're needing well we're obviously going to need three goals and does he do you think he's going to think about him maybe? Yeah I mean he's a gold scorer and he's good at holding the ball up and linking play but let's have a look at his corner Corner in towards Plain who punches it away it's a firm punch by the Bournemouth stopper but it's Turner and Genesini jostling down on this near side and Genesini does really well to get the ball away Nathan Mariah Walsh with a one touch pass into the middle of the park and he's out by Pambu who comes back across towards Roberts and Bournemouth doing really well in some tight areas there some nice one touch football Mariah Walsh into the pocket and it's now Camp who can try and bring something from that far side down the left hand side Greenwood in towards Jake Scrimshaw who's made a run in behind who does really well who's got Lawrence for company but he's still got the ball Jake Scrimshaw plays it back towards back once again but Bournemouth with some possession now Alan and Camp Genesini who plays a really nice ball in towards Burgess who's in the box he cuts it back towards Mariah Walsh with a shot but it's blocked by Nico Lawrence for Southampton but Bournemouth still have the ball Nathan Mariah Walsh once again who's dancing around defenders he goes out of the box he's got options to his right hand side the referee who puts in a ball towards the back stick but it's over hit and a really nice spell of Bournemouth pressure there it's not over yet really meaty challenge there he's pushed over the referee lets it play and Southampton can take it away but a really good spell there Alan and there's some fisticuffs in the middle of the cart and this is not what you want to see the players just trying to simmer the tensions down and there's a real melee in the middle the part there between Bournemouth and Southampton we know that most fans won't say this is a rivalry but try telling those two sets of players in the middle of the part their tensions just boiling over and the passion coming out from both sets of players evident to see in the Premier League Cup you're watching AFCB live thanks to Jocelyn Builders and the referee is going to brandish some yellow cards yet again and you can see the passion and how much it means to these two teams Alan so I think if you look at it that little melee has come off the back of our best spell so again our boys are very much I'll say in the ascendancy now getting a bit of rhythm into our game getting a bit of momentum going so Nathan he always plays on the edges that type that's what makes him the player he is so yeah it's one of those things and let's say our boys are obviously desperate to get back in the game let's not forget the chance Nathan it's just had as well I mean the box is stuck out his left foot and otherwise it could have been 2-1 there certainly going to test the goalkeeper so that's a lot more encouraging signs yeah there's a lovely cutback from Matt Burgess and Nathan arrived on to it and like you said it's a good block from Lawrence but yeah it shows we can hurt Southampton but we've obviously got to be careful the threat they pose at the other end Southampton with the ball Pierce he's got options out wide and the fallback does really well dancing around Bhutan and Southampton still in possession and it's Kazima Legbi who we know has got clever feet the scorer of that first Southampton goal and they would just take the sting out of the game by keeping the ball Burnett and Bournemouth pressing high Scrimshaw and Nathan Mariah Walsh working hard to try and win it back to Bournemouth and it will fall into the waiting hands of the Bournemouth stopper Cameron Plain but this is much better the last 5 minutes Alan much better from Bournemouth you can hear in the stadium about supporters they've got something to get behind so yeah hopefully you can build on this momentum and create more chances like we just did with Nathan's block and like I say we're not out of this these boys will go to the very end ball pumped forward towards Ghidari by Camp and Burgess will pick up the pieces for Bournemouth Wadham in the middle of the park Genesini now looking for the channel and once again Jake Scrimshaw showing he's got the ability to work hard and run those channels for Bournemouth and he's going to make it difficult for Nico Lawrence who wants to play forward and once again it's a really nice touch from the Southampton man the rest of Thierry Small who got the second goal for the away side who plays it infield towards Turner Burnett one touch from Tizard back towards Burnett Bournemouth win it back and it's Roberts who does really well on that far side he's under pressure from 2 or 3 men but keeps the ball Bhutan Greenwood he's got options left and right but he looks for the long pass towards Nathan Mariah Walsh it's a fantastic ball the flag is up on the near side Nathan Mariah Walsh does all the hard work and finishes but it's not going to count it was a brilliant pass from Genesini over the top of the back 3 for Southampton Nathan Mariah Walsh in behind one touch and finish but as you can see the Linesman's flag is fluttering in the vitality wind that is not going to count but what you've seen there a little bit more direct from Bournemouth ball over the top really well finished from Nathan Mariah Walsh but it's not going to count Alan but that should give Sean Cooper heart it will cover ball over the top from Brooklyn I think it was Nathan's got the ability to run in behind as well as comes the feet it's another slight bit of encouragement for us as we make our second sub in a night tight apparently Mark side call I'm told yeah we'll try and have a look at a quick replay if we possibly can substitution made by Sean Cooper by bringing on Marcus Stortz a player I very much admire having watched him for the 18s and of course watching him here at the vitality stadium in the FA Youth Cup a couple of Fridays ago but Southampton once again ball in towards Cameron Plain he will pick up that one and Brennan Kamp just doing enough to put Brandon Stryker on his off his mark there let's have a look at that opportunity for Bournemouth sorry that's not the opportunity for Bournemouth that's the opportunity just there where the ball was fed into the box Southampton Pierce who will curl that one in towards Plain I thought we were going to have a look at the offside goal there but we couldn't bring you that one just yet but I'm sure we can Kamp for Bournemouth now trying to get it out wide for the Cherries and it's Bhutan who gives the ball away there in the middle of the park and that's not what you want to do when Southampton have the players that can hurt you in those situations in towards Scrimshaw but he gives it away again once again tries to make up for it but Nico Lawrence will take his time play it back towards Olly Wright just allow Southampton a little bit of time on the ball played forward and Bhutan with the header in towards Mariah Welsh Bhutan will pick up the ball on that far side and we have got nearly 70 minutes on the clock still plenty of time for Bournemouth to get back in this game just the two goals separating the two sides here at the Vitality Stadium in the Premier League Cup and Brendan Kamp will look for the switcher play towards Roberts on that far side and it's played towards Pierce the ball run between his feet and once again Thierry Small has got time watch those feet he's got the ability to go past a man like he's not there and Genesini does really well shows him to the outside good defensive block and Southampton will have a corner just quickly ask you Alan about Marcus Daughton a Q&A with him and he knew a lot about your career what can you tell us about him I prepped him for that one the other time I talked to him for every goal he's played against Southampton a few times actually in the last 18 months scored the winner there we had a friendly of Southampton back in May in a 4-3 game but he got released by Southampton under 16s ball in towards the back stick there from Turner and it's headed into the goalkeeper's arms looked like a fantastic opportunity for the away side and perhaps another opportunity missed but the goalkeeper playing with the save and Bournemouth can try and fashion another opportunity here by switching the play over towards Greenwood on that left hand side he's got booting outside plays it forward towards Nathan Mariah Walsh and Aaron Roberts has picked up the ball for the Cherries in the bottom corner and it will go out for a goal kick tell us a bit more about Marcus he got released, he was injured at Southampton in his 15s and 16s year and we got him on loan just after lockdown when we first, ooooh tight call difficult to see but that was the offside goal Nathan Mariah Walsh scoring but it looked like from the ball over the top that it was a close call it did look close anyway for the third time Alan Marcus still we took him after the first lockdown in that pre-season obviously we normally look at trialists at the back end of seasons but we hadn't seen any Marcus came in day one of pre-season and he was an instant one that we liked and we offered him very quickly and he's been with us for 18 months now scored 28 goals the first year sorry 18 goals as a first year I think he's on about 10 this year creative sort of Jaden Anthony tight that sort of between the lines player he's playing on the right hand side comes straight up for Tarik Gadari probably maybe better from the left arguably but like I say he's very versatile across that front line Neil just a quick reminder Southampton on the ball but that one is offside and it's in the back of the net but it won't count just a quick reminder of the situation with regards the Premier League Cup tonight's competition Bournemouth have seven points on the board at the moment in the group with Arsenal Southampton and West Brom the fact that they picked up wins West Brom and Southampton shows how well they've done in this competition I think what you're alluding to is that we're possibly going to be heading out here but looking at the West Brom game who look like they could win the group a resounding 4-0 win against them in December a great draw with Arsenal here a win at Southampton it's just all boiled down to this one game and as it stands at the moment it's just proved a bridge too far Sonny Davis has come on to the pitch for Southampton who is the son of the former Southampton goalkeeper Kelvin Davis doesn't have his father's size he's not a goalkeeper who plays more so as a fallback but a substitution from the away side Sonny Davis on to the pitch for Southampton who's going to get his first touch of the ball and it's a really smart passing towards that channel for another substitute it's still the goalkeeper still at Southampton isn't he Kelvin Davis still a part of the backroom staff at the St Mary's Outfit ball played forward towards Jake Scrimshaw who's got a little bit of time who's got the run of doors as well who's continued that but he's challenged by Thierry Small and unfortunately Jake gives the ball away but he's going to try and work tirelessly as he does to win it back but Southampton are calm on the ball at the moment a couple of substitutions there just to try and affect the game good firm header by Kamp I love his commitment, desire, passion he's everything you want from a player isn't he when you look at defenders Southampton on the counter Southampton once again on the counter attack he's a shot from distance well saved by Cameron Plain but it's only as far as Thierry Small who is going to try and get at the fallback and he's into the box it's cut back but well defended by Bournemouth and Marcus Dawes with the ball for the Thierries but he's given it away but Jake Scrimshaw will pick up the pieces as it's a nice pass back towards Genesini who's looked for the switch of play right down the heart of the park as well for the run of Aaron Roberts who's going to try and get at Davis but Davis sees the ball out and Bournemouth have a throw in on that near side which they want to try and take quickly who goes backwards Greenwood to Camp who's got Genesini on this far side who's got options with Marcus Dawes who's got good feet but it's nipped off at the end of his toe Dawes does well to keep the ball and Brennan Camp can switch things towards Greenwood Bournemouth trying to build something now 75 minutes on the clock Bhutan the substitute trying to get the ball into the box the goalkeeper's seen it, Olly Wright and he'll claim that nice and easily but a nice little passing move switch of play and looking to get Jake Scrimshaw in and around the box but a good couple of moments there, Alan Yeah, again we're clutching a little bit aren't we? Just moments at the moment we haven't quite built up enough momentum to really put something under constant pressure we had obviously the big chance when Nathan got blocked I'm really interested I saw a development head on right now I want to see the boys in this difficult moment how do they act, do they keep going they've got no doubt they will can they show moments of quality when we're looking to score these goals to stay in the competition and these are difficult moments for our players but this is part of the journey in their careers as much as we want to be winning 2-3-0 it's not always the way as we know Learning lessons isn't it, it's learning how to deal with situations, learning how to deal with the high press learning how to deal with the physicality of some of the Southampton players and of course coming from behind not every game is this pressurised at the vitality stadium with a thousand plus people watching and it's all those things to take into consideration which become massive learning curves for these players We spoke about Nathan Mariah Walsh earlier in his development didn't we and our training with the first team every day and a couple of first team appearances made but these last 15 minutes are going to be invaluable for him Kazima Legby now for Southampton who's going to check inside but he's marshaled by a Bournemouth defender he finds its way over towards Thierry Small and that's a brilliant block from Brennan Kamp absolutely superb from the Bournemouth skipper who goes across the box and chucks himself John Terry's style in front of that ball absolutely brilliant from Bournemouth defensively Not quite the blocker against Joval in the FA cut right in the last minute if you remember but not far off it I think John Terry is a great shout mark he literally put his head in the way to block anything and again going back to the loan situation as a second year scholar he was out on loan plan for Dolce Star he's now back here so he's experienced the men's game absolutely stunning stuff from Brennan Kamp everything you want to see from a defender and a captain and he has displayed that in abundance and Bournemouth now with Jake Scrimshaw we've got a man down on the far side and that is a real shame because Jake Scrimshaw had won his header into the path of Aaron Roberts but we've got one of the Southampton players over on that far side who looks like he might have a head injury maybe a clash from that Southampton corner so we've got a natural break in play but a little bit different in style for Bournemouth but you've seen they've got the ability to get up the pitch let's take a quick look at that bit of defending there as well from Brennan Kamp just the opportunity check back there and they've worked the ball really nicely across the box I don't know where that hit but luckily it wasn't in just talking to Brennan I remember he's the grandson of Jerry Gow used to play for Bristol City Manchester City I think he was like a fleet footed winger type player I do remember in vaguely completely different to his grandson I mean he's an absolute bruiser but a talented player on the ground as well as putting his body on the line like that I think with Brennan as well he's been here since I think under 9s he's come the whole way through he's a Portland boy so he's from that sort of way and he was used to him captain when he was with us and obviously he's captain in the 23s and let's say he's had them at Lones Dorchester and Weymouth and he's a proper old school defender but very capable on the floor as Neil just said takes him but he's the sort of player you're wanting your team all day long I was going to say what he might not lack in certain things he more than makes up for in in attitude and presence and commitment and you almost don't really see that type of defensive responsibility and awareness and passion these days you know you talk about the John Terries or the Rio Ferdinand or the Tony Adams or those types of players that just love defending and Brennan definitely is one of those I think as well we spoke about the sort of our games program and sometimes when we have to deal with long balls even at young ages you can get a player ready for what that first team might look like that first team career might look like and he's headed balls away since he was a young kid and put blocks in and all the other stuff and he's a real warrior like you say a John Terry Tony Adams type defender bit of an Eddie Howe yeah that's a good shout that's probably a good role model for him Eddie in that way obviously I always felt Eddie was very capable with a ball at his feet as well be it in an era where we probably didn't play as much as we do now but yeah obviously Eddie would put his bud on the line for the calls time and time again wouldn't he absolutely ball over the top there for Bournemouth and it's Aaron Roberts now in the box for Southampton who's got Bhutan back there it's a nice ball in towards the box but it's clear by Southampton but most importantly Bournemouth still have the ball and Brennan Kamp can show what he's got with his feet and he finds a brilliant pass towards Marcus Dawes who gets it in towards the goal and it's a goal from Jake Scrimshaw and Bournemouth have a lifeline Bournemouth are back in this game and the vitality crowd have something to cheer a fantastic move from the Cherries through the middle of the park out wide and finish brilliantly yeah Brennan Kamp stepping in sustained pressure I think Jack Warden won it great switch from Brennan to Marcus and Scrimmy he's a goal scorer Charlie Austin like with the way things hit him and go in the back of the net and yeah we're back in it Alan do you think that hit him and went in the back of the net it looked like it he needed it in the bottom corner that's Scrimmy all day long you don't see much Scrimmy run and run it'll make life difficult with defenders and when there's a ball that goes in the box or a ball behind he'll be sniffing a chance out and like I say he's a natural goal scorer and we're back in the game now which is great to be fair he can't have seen too much of it either because it looked like he was on the blind side I always found that as a striker sometimes you're almost peering around that defender to get a good sight of the ball and sometimes you feel like a goalkeeper you don't see it's a very late and you just try and be reactive and obviously try and divert it towards goal fantastic stuff from Bournemouth but they have got to show their defensive responsibilities luckily for them the flag is up on the far side 82 minutes on the clock there is still more than enough time for a Bournemouth second goal Alan and this is the time now where Southampton will be fragile mentally because they've conceded they'll be under pressure and this is where we've got to see the very best from Bournemouth like we just said look a great cross ball from Brooklyn we just said well we've got in these difficult moments and again no surprise that our players are doing what they're doing really nice passing towards Jake Scrimshaw he goes down the referee has blown his whistle and Bournemouth have a penalty Southampton a furious and Jake Scrimshaw with a run across his man is brought down in the box and the Cherries will have the opportunity to step up a level from 12 yards let's have a look at that Alan Nathan Mariah Walsh ball in towards Jake Scrimshaw, pull back when he goes to shoot by Nico Lawrence what did you think when you see that is that a penalty? there's absolutely no need to go down there is there I mean again the moment of quality from Brooklyn we spoke about under pressure and we got moments he has Nathan in the pocket and I've seen Jake score penalties I've also seen him miss a few so don't say that, don't say that Jake Scrimshaw has stepped up from the spot the ball is down it's 2-1 to Southampton this is the opportunity to level it up for the Cherries in the Premier League Cup they need to at least draw but win tonight's game shot in off the post in off the other post and it hits the back of the net and the Cherries from 2-0 down in the blink of an eye have drawn things back level and it's now 2-2 at the Vitality Stadium I mean he struck it well and if you go with that much power you give yourself a chance and it's in the back of the net that's all that matters I know it's in the back of the net in 2 minutes it was a brilliant save it had come off the post but it was Ollie Wright with the save it's a firm save but it's such power on the ball that it is trickled over the line and ended up in the back of the net and once again the dynamic of this game shifts and Bournemouth from 2-0 down are right back in this one and they're now searching for a third and possibly winning goal in the Premier League Cup but this is where you need calm heads there's no calm heads in the TV country just in this one what would you be saying to the team of your Sean Cooper now do you stick or twist you go for the winning goal you've got the momentum, you've got the pressure but you're up against quality we obviously need the winner, don't we to get through the group difficult for Coopers to get any clear messages on as we I've got to say all hang on we're in falling towards Nathan Mariah Welsh we can hear over the tannoy there that Jake Scrimshaw has been awarded the man of the match so Jake Scrimshaw has been awarded the man of the match by tonight's sponsors AFCB TV's sponsor of course Jocelyn Builders and we are enjoying every moment of this second half the tables have turned the pressure is on the away side and Sean Cooper's outfit are looking for a third goal which would be so crucial I've got to say Mark you don't know Alan has actually celebrated that goal probably more than Jake Scrimshaw did the thing I love about Jake Scrimshaw is he's got the ball straight away and taking it up to halfway he knows that Bournemouth need a third goal Nathan Mariah Welsh who's got a man on his left hand side Roberts who's got the overlap from Bhutan Mariah Welsh with the pass back it's a shot from distance but he's taken a knock there but Bournemouth still have the ball the substitute ball in towards the back stick back across goal it's a header towards the far corner that goes just wide and Bournemouth once again with another huge opportunity and Jack Warden with a header which goes agonisingly wide what a fantastic bit of skill from Marcus Dawes there on the far post Alan yeah he's capable he's obviously got the assist for the first one he's clever enough to play the volley back across goal and keep the ball alive and he's had a big impact since coming on which I'm delighted to see and just going back to Jake Scrimshaw I think the two goals sum him up neither of them were probably as clean as he would have liked but I can say he's a goal scorer he's in the right areas and all of a sudden he gets man on a match two goals in two minutes and again I said earlier I'm interested in our players and I never doubted it for a minute but look at the character look at the way we come back we never give in and let's say we're giving ourselves a chance here and hopefully we can go on and get the winner and Neil Bournemouth absolutely need a winner don't they well yes and no actually Mark because we've got seven points and Arsenal have got eight they've got a three goal better swing than us and then West Brom play Arsenal on Monday so of course if West Brom put three or four past Arsenal on Monday then that potentially could change the dynamic of the group stages league table doors infield there and it's given away by Wadham and Southampton can break with the substitutes Sammy Smales Braithwaite ball towards Turner who's made a run into the box camp goes down and the referee issues a corner for Southampton the seventh of the game and once again Sean Cooper's side will be tested from the corner but I love the energy around the vitality stadium at the moment this game has everything riding on it and opportunities at both ends but crucially with two minutes plus stoppage time to go Bournemouth still very much in this match still very much in the competition and with an opportunity to progress through into the knockout stages they just need one more chance one more goal to put the pressure on West Brom and Arsenal ball into the box there but it's cleared by Sean Cooper's side once again ball help back in Brennan Camps back there defending and it's a crucial header to take it away from the substitute but Southampton still have the ball Kazim Olegby ball in towards the box from Turner it's over all the Southampton players and Noah Bhutan can play a calm pass in towards Genesini and Bournemouth have a throw in on that far side calm heads calm bodies, calm minds is what's needed right now Alan? Yeah it is I think that's always the thing there's still plenty of time we don't need to panic we've still got to play our football and try and obviously get the ball in the final third but hopefully we get one more big chance it looks like Daniel Adder of J who's a goalscorer strikeer might be coming on but yeah looking back was it Brennan Camps block was it 2-0 at the time the ball was going to score for 3-0 and there are moments that can change games and we've got a big opportunity here Mark Astors finds it forward towards Burgess but it's cut out by Nico Lawrence for Southampton Burgess is going to chase him down close him down and it's a brilliant block to stop Southampton getting up the pitch and Bournemouth now have got a press high keep them in that bottom corner and just try and hope that they can win the ball back and put them under pressure talking about the block from to save as well from Camp Plain when the lad went clean through as well moments like that all of a sudden keep you in a game like Alan said and you know botched 3 minutes 2 goals in 3 minutes do not turn off you're watching AFCB TV live on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and the official club website all thanks to Jocelyn Builders for tonight's Premier League Cup match and there's a real meaty challenge there from the Southampton defender we have hit 90 minutes and there is 5 additional minutes in this match there will be a minimum of 5 additional minutes as Bournemouth searched for a winning goal which would put all the pressure on Arsenal and West Brom in the Premier League Cup as things stand it's 8 points on the board we are looking at the league table to try and work things out but the game would mean that Bournemouth still could progress with this point although another goal and 3 points would change the dynamic completely and it's Noah Bhutan on that far side who wants to come in he gives it a wall away cheaply there and Southampton will be grateful for that one and it's a ball played over over the top, Greenwood is there and it's the substitute who plays it out wide towards Payne, back towards looks like a handball there Southampton with an opportunity ball in, save, ball in the air it's over the box and over the bar fantastic defending from various Bournemouth players there and I don't know quite how that one didn't end up in the back of the net let's take a look at the replay I think there's Ben Greenwood who gets off gets off the floor and covers that back post or maybe Cam, can't work out was that a great save there from Plain? Plain or Greenwood not sure there was all sorts of bodies being chucked in front of the ball there the main thing is it didn't end up in the back of the net angle it was a fantastic but a defensive work from Ben Greenwood on the line as the ball was heading towards that far corner and Bournemouth lived to fight another day we're into stoppage time here at the Vitality Stadium in the Premier League Cup once again given away by Bournemouth Noah Bhutan on that far side and Southampton can go up the other end of the pitch this game is really engrossing and it's towards the second goal scorer it's a nice turn but once again Brennan Camp with a fantastic block as Thierry Small unleashes another right footed shot towards Cameron Plain's goal what fantastic captain's performance it is from Brennan Camp two blocks like that that's the block there once again I've lost count of the amount of blocks that Brennan Camp has put in throughout the course of tonight's 90 minutes there's another one ball into the box guess who's in the way Brennan Camp once again fantastic display from Sean Cooper's captain and Bournemouth now have got to try and win this ball back as quickly as they possibly can and get up the other end of the pitch you can see the clock there 92.5 minutes we've got 5 minutes of added time here at the Vitality Stadium and it's Plain with a long ball up towards Scrimshaw but it's cut out by Southampton and Brennan Camp very calmly plays it towards Bhutan but then wins it back again and it's Nathan Mariah Welsh who will turn on the ball with a footy towards the run of Aaron Roberts who can take it up the pitch on that far side in front of the main stand really nice passing field the space at the backstick the cross is cut out by Southampton and Bournemouth have their third corner Alan Connell is saying to the goalkeeper get up the pitch they've taken it quickly it's Greenwood Roberts nice one too he makes the return run ball shot there towards the bottom corner it's just wide but we still have time Alan Connell has his head in his hands an opportunity there for the Cherries which was missed and the goalkeeper was half way up the pitch and then had to stop his run yeah I think Coops told him to stay put maybe because it was a quick corner so I think that might have been the reason why it's interesting though with Southampton with nothing to play for with regards to the group they don't worry about managing the game they don't suit us but obviously it's very end to end but obviously we're running out of seconds here we are in to the last minute of stoppage time 94 minutes on the clock 5 minutes of added time to be played and the ball is out and Southampton have a corner and that ball boy had better run quickly to try and get this ball back in play as quickly as possible because the Bournemouth players know what is at stake at the moment may or may not be good enough for their progression to the knockout stages of the Premier League Cup but Bournemouth have the ball Genocini plays it in field but it's cut out by Southampton Payne once again doing the hard work and Brennan Kamp absolutely superb who gets the ball out wide towards Burgess who checks back in field he's taken down but legally according to the referee in Southampton can try and catch Bournemouth on the break now ball in towards wow and that is a wild shot that goes very very wide and the clock is ticking but Bournemouth need to get the ball up the pitch here they've got options there is a front four led by Jake Scrimshaw but it's given away again by Bournemouth and the final whistle will go and the Southampton players not very happy with the referee they're surrounding him at the moment there are 10 Bournemouth bodies on the floor they are devastated at not picking up all three points but the Southampton players here really unhappy with the referee absolutely surrounding him now something is not right I don't quite know what's going on here Alan I think as the ref was behind the full-time whistle Sampson just won the ball back and put a ball through to who was it number seven to Thierry Small and I think he was pretty much in on goal when the full-time whistle went I think that's what they're complaining about I think there's this thing where referees are supposed to try and blow the full-time whistle when the ball is more sort of not when somebody is just about to take a shot so that's probably what they're moaning about and I don't blame them really let him have the shot and then blow the whistle of course Alan at the end of the first half Jack said he was getting treatment and then he blew the whistle halfway through when he was getting the treatment why not just blow it when he gets the physio on yeah Southampton with only two points they're all in the Premier League Cup so whatever happens for them it makes no difference to the final league table but you can see Alan the hurt and disappointment from that former side who have had such a brilliant second half comeback and you've seen some really good strong individual performances in that second half from some of the former team and you can see how much it means to them just how disappointed they are yeah I think we can see how much it meant to our boys in the second half they've come back and obviously yeah the boys are out on their feet they've given everything tonight let's take a look at the Southampton goals that's the first one scored in the first half by Kazima Legbi really nice little bit of passing move there and he's finished that into that bottom corner perfectly past the goalkeeper camera and plane nothing he could do about that then the second Southampton goal in the second half full work towards Thierry Small who checks back inside and you can appreciate that Alan yeah he's cut back on his favourite footer's knee and his right foot at top corner like we said and like a talented player I enjoy watching him tonight thought was Thierry Henry for a minute was very Thierry Henry like the way he shot that ball into the top corner and then went to celebrate in front of the Bournemouth fans let's take a look at the next goal in the game which of course came for the Cherries in the second half this is an opportunity actually for Southampton where the ball is worked across and this is where you saw a bit of Brennan Kamp's quality love that defensive responsibility from the skipper for the Cherries covering his ground and defending him really well let's now take a look at the Bournemouth goal the first goal which brought it back to 2-1 yeah it's Narcissus Cross and Nathan gets across the front puts Nico Lorenzoff and scummy comes in behind just to look like me in the corner instinctive finish Neil wasn't it right place, right sign for the striker yeah I mean it's like Alan said he's in the right place it's probably struck his knee and gone in but if you're not there, they don't go in and let's be fair with 10 minutes to go we would have gladly taken a 2-2 draw and that's the penalty on Jake Scrimshaw from Nico Lorenzoff the referee pointed to the spot and a really smart penalty yeah clever pass from Nathan scummy gets on the wrong side of defender and yeah it's a excellent penalty and Scrimy finishes it well with a really well struck penalty fantastic stuff there you go you can see all the highlights on AFCB TV what an enthralling second half performance Alan what will the message be from Sean Cooper to the side there at full time in that dressing room because there was some really strong elements particularly in the second half and the characters to come from behind as well I think that's the big thing isn't it the spirit but we often say when teams come out of the spirit and whatever but yes you need the spirit but you also need moments of quality as well and I think we showed moments in the second half and let's say we got higher at the pitch we had forward runners with Matt Burgess in particular Nathan Mariah Walsh offering that threat and I thought we'd just call Sam some more problems and with more crosses in the box and like we say we've got bodies in there to attack the ball and that's where the first goal come from so he'll be pleased I think he'll be disappointed with his first half but yeah probably a mixed bag I would have thought and lots to learn for everyone Neil just tell us where this point leaves us in terms of the Premier League Cup league table Mark we're still in the cup let's give us eight points from our six group games we've moved level with Arsenal who are on eight points as well we are a minus one goal difference they're plus two now they play West Bromwich Albion at Telford and we need a three goal swing there so we need a three-nil, four-nil win for West Brom I have to admit I don't know what happens if they're all level on points and level on goals it probably goes down to wins I would imagine but Neil you've watched a lot of these Premier League Cup matches this season and it's safe to say whatever happens with the outcome between the West Brom and the Arsenal game it's been a brilliant performance from Sean Cooper's side who have picked up some fantastic wins and put in some really good performances I would say you know it's all about the games program we're not in a league this is the only sort of league we're in it's like a Champions League playing in the Hampshire Cup Central League Cups I don't think we're involved in that this season either so just to be in the competition is a massive bonus it's experience of proper points at stake for the players rather than just playing in a friendly hopefully it's not over if it is it's been fantastic beating West Brom and drawing with Southampton again here just a quick word on some of your boys Alan because a couple of those boys that were on the bench got on to the pitch tonight they'll be playing for you in the 18s tomorrow as well so they've got a bit of a sleep and then straight back to action away at Oxford but how pleasing was it for them to get this experience at the Vitality Stadium underlight with the crowd in this environment against a good Southampton side yeah definitely it's invaluable and let's say for Marcus and Noah that came on this is their third game here in a month so hopefully please God one day they made their first team debut they'll be used to the stadium and the surroundings and I thought they had an impact Noah obviously brings a lot of energy with pace and power from either left back or left wing tonight it was left back and Marcus has moments of quality and obviously the assist for the first goal was that and I thought they both could be quite pleased about it when they come on absolutely and just a quick final word from each of you Neil you've watched Bournemouth first teams reserved 23's 16's for many many years and you can see some real progress from the academy tonight through the both individual performances and collectively you can see that this football club has a real DNA and a philosophy and a real enjoyment factor of watching the teams play well when I first started you know watching the team yeah there was a youth team but it got to the stage where Joe Roach was a one man band running it wasn't even called the academy in those days but it's absolutely gone through the roof in such a short space of time now and you know Alan said it earlier about what great pride he will take from the whole squad has come through at least from the under 18's probably under 16's and even lower down as well so that just shows you the strides that are being made by the academy. Big strides Alan and the final word with you on not just tonight but what's been built here over the last few years I know you started with the under 12's managing the under 18's and you're seeing progress made by the football club in the academy and we're seeing it in the first scene with the likes of Jadon Antony and Jordan Zamora and Zeno Rossi who's gone out on loan and Gavin Kilkenny and this is what Bournemouth fans want to see they want to see development, they want to see players coming through but it all starts like tonight two weeks ago in the FA Youth Cup and those games that are happening at the Canpa Park Arena on a regular basis with the academy matches. That's it I've been back at the club in a coaching capacity for seven years now and in that seven years I've seen giant strides in what we've done we're always academy staff and the club in general want to keep pushing on and keep improving because the moment you stand still you can get left behind so there's plenty of work to be done and there is a lot of work going on in the academy and we've got to keep striving to improve and we pride ourselves on being hard working in all departments coaching but sports science, medical analysis and we've got to keep working every day to reduce that Jaden Anthony or Jordan Zamora, Gavin Kilkenny whoever you say and hopefully they've seen a pathway this season with them guys in the first team and it should inspire these players but also the younger ones down in the academy this is 16s and below to realise that there is an opportunity at this football club but as the boys approve tonight you've got to work ever so hard and you've got to never give up and I think that's always been our DNA as a club and the boys have showed that in the second half tonight absolutely did they show that Alan Connell thank you so much Neil Perret once again pleasure to share the gantry with you here on AFC BTV live which you've been watching on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as well as the club's official website the Premier League Cup journey is not over yet all eyes will be on that Monday night fixture between Arsenal and West Brom as things stand the cherries are currently on eight points but that could all change next week when we look towards the knockout stages of the competition a big thank you to everyone watching on tonight's live stream enjoy your nights thank you for your company and remember up the cherries