 Hello and welcome to today's AFCB TV preview show here in the Superstore at Vitality Stadium. There was no game last week but we've got two coming up in the coming days and both myself and matchday commentator Chris Temple will be going through it all ahead of time. Here's what's coming up. We'll be looking back at that 2-0 victory over West Ham United 10 days ago. We'll also be discussing the Cherry's latest recruit in Chris Meppham. And we'll be looking ahead to tomorrow night's game against Chelsea here at Vitality Stadium. But first, let's start 10 days ago with that 2-0 victory over West Ham. Goals from Callum Wilson and Joshua King saw the Cherry's get all three points. And a new look back five can inspire the Cherry's back to winning ways here. This fixture finished 3-3 last season with Callum Wilson's late controversial equaliser on the edge of the six-yard box. Wilson looking to break out. He's got Fraser who scoops it past his man. Can he keep that one in Ryan Fraser? He gets his head up to see who's arriving in the middle for him. Fraser continues the run. Diop slides in, catches Fraser late, runs to Callum. Wilson! What a finish with the Cherry's top scorer and he smashed it with his right foot. No chance for Allianski, deadlock broken. Eight minutes into the second half for McGwan West Ham Nill. Well, it was great way by Fraser to make up all that ground on this left-hand side. Got the cross, crossed the pace of goal and as you say, it just sat up nicely. And Callum smashed it home into the back of the net. Great way by Fraser. Another assist in the column of Ryan Fraser. Another goal in the column of Callum Wilson as it looped up its span. It couldn't have sat up more perfectly for Callum Wilson and he couldn't have found the corner more accurately than he did just inside the box. Absolutely incredible. Carlin Ball, keeper routed to the ground right in the top corner. That takes Callum Wilson to ten Premier League goals for the season. It's already his best Premier League scoring season in the Cherry shirt but he hits double-figures. Ryan Fraser also now goes to double-figures in terms of assists. It makes him the first Scotsman since Gary McAllister will owe to contribute ten Premier League assists in a season. We're going back 20 years, I say. I'll go on back a bit. They try and put Brooks through. There's a real chance here for a second. Brooks to King! Joshua King from close range puts the game to bed. And those nervy couple of minutes of added time will no longer be nervy. It's a double for Bournemouth over West Ham this season. Two-nil they leave. Well, a big three points for the Cherries there. Extended highlights are available for free on AFCB TV. Chris, that was a much-needed win, wasn't it? Much-needed, absolutely. What a goal from Callum. I'm sure the goal of the season contenders by the end of the season and the moment of quality that game needed to, I guess, a moment of individual brilliance from Callum to break the deadlock. Obviously there was sigh of relief when Joshua King put the second in. Nice move down the right. It was powerful around the stadium. Eddie's celebration at the end, you could really see exactly what that meant in terms of the long overdue win and the performance as well. And both teams, you know, it was physically a tough game. Lots of tackles were going in. And two teams that I think will be very close to each other in the table come the end of the season. So, yeah, nice to come. Those games can fall either way. Nice to come out on the right side of it, for sure. And against Everton, the performance was very much there, but the result wasn't so it's great to have that three-point. Yeah, I think the team felt hard done by a way. Everton, the conditions were horrible up there. It was a real sapping game as well. And bearing in mind that you think of Dan Gosling had just come back and Adam Smith obviously was back in the team. In terms of having them back, I guess the other side of it is that it was a tough game for those guys early on in their recovery, if you like. So, yeah, for them to be back in the mould is absolutely fantastic. And, yeah, a lot of times this season, Bournemouth haven't quite got what they've maybe deserved from matches and Everton away would be another one. But those are the games probably you're not expecting. You know, if you're looking at the start of the season, you'd say they're going to be the tough games to get something from. So to perform well in defeat is much better than going there and getting absolutely outplayed. Yeah, a great technique. Because, you know, as we said at the time, that could end up in the car park or it'll end up in the top corner. And I'm sure in training a few of them do end up, you know, hitting the pavilion roof or something. But you can see the confidence, I guess, when you're in the form that Callum's been in this season. And a lot of things he is hitting in the back of the net. It was no real surprise to see it in the top corner. Yeah, and a great moment of quality. I still go back to the fact... I can't believe Ryan Fraser didn't get an assist for that. The official Premier League rules, there's something about if a defender changes the path of the ball, lots of people were tweeting me when I put it out there saying how is that not assist for the wee man who ran half the length of the pitch with the ball and then put a cross in that was deflected. Didn't get an assist for it, but in all but name, the Fraser Wilson combination continues to contribute in every column. And of course, Joshua King. That was a big goal for him as well. He hadn't scored since November, so he's back on the football sheet again. Yeah, important for him as well because he doesn't want all the weight on Callum in terms of the goals. He's quite been at his best this season. He obviously deputised as the number nine, if you like, when Callum was injured. Remains to be seen if Callum's fit for this game as well, which we'll come on to later on. But obviously, you know, with Joshua King, we'll know that people like Dominic Solanke are getting closer to being fit. Other people have proved themselves capable of playing in that number 10 role. I think Joshua King will always be pretty much a first pit because of the physicality he brings. He's a completely different player in terms of that side of the game to a David Brooks Stanislaus or a Ryan Fraser in that role. But obviously, Dominic Solanke's a bit more of the physical presence. So I think Joshua King will know he needs to continue to step up to ward off a bit of the challenges, I guess, for his place. And it's worth mentioning Art of Broke as well, starting in goal last week. What did you make of his performance? I didn't think he did a lot wrong. It was a solid enough debut from him. I guess debut in inverted commas. A return to Premier League action after a long time out. I think nice reward for him as well and brilliant in terms of working, waiting for his chance. We spoke to him after the game, the club did as well and you could see the beam in his face at a clean sheet, a win and just being back in the team. I think he instilled a bit of confidence in the back four. His distribution seems to be calm and composed. He's a very calm and composed character. But he's still got a rocket in him. If the defence need it as well, he's proved himself a great shot-stopper. And of course, coming up against Chelsea now, he repelled pretty much everything they threw at him. That's going to be a good omen for this game coming up as well. That was the first one since Brighton in the league so that'll give more confidence to the team. When you think of the new look back five, if you include Arta Borich and Adam Smith back at left back and Nathaniel Klein at right back and those two have been switching, which is a nice option to have as well. If you've got with respect to Simon Francis, you're not going to see him switching to left back during a game. It's nice to have that versatility, obviously Klein and Smith are both right backs but are both very capable of playing left back. So Adam Smith, I think, has added a real a real energy to the team. I think his particular return has been a real boost. Not just going forward, but I think I spoke to Steve Crook after the game and he said that Adam Smith's he came in at halftime and had a real rallying call for the lads as someone who's only just come back. So I think he's an important character and in the absence of Simon Francis as well, he's quite a big character in the squad. And we spoke last week about the gap between not only three points, but three points can go such a long way. You can climb three or four places if it goes your way. Yeah, absolutely. Again, it's concertinering up a little bit and the middle section of the table are just sneaking away from one or two of the clubs hovering above the bottom three, if you like. So yeah, when you look at the games coming up again though, it's amazing to think that all of the big six are coming up again or a lot of the big six are coming up again. So that again makes those three points against West Ham look really important. Absolutely. Well, since we last spoke about Chris Meppham who arrived here at Vitality Stadium, let's take a look at what he had to say to AFCB TV. We've had the names Chris Meppham and Bournemouth close together for a long time and finally they're now together and you've signed them the dotted line. How does it feel to be here? Yeah, I'm delighted to be here, like you said. It has taken a long time to get a signature on a dotted line but like I said, it's been worth the wait. And for me, I'm delighted to be here and I can't wait to start training tomorrow with the boys and seeing all new faces. We're looking at the players' perspectives, fans and working at the club. We see the link and we're sort of hoping it's going to happen. What's it like as from the players' perspective, potentially moving or maybe not? Yeah, it's hard. There's been a lot of back and forth between the two clubs and obviously two windows now Bournemouth have tried to come in for me and Brentford weren't really in the position to let me go and this time it seems like it was more likely to happen than not. Like I said, I didn't want to get ahead of myself until it finally happened and I got a phone call from my agent yesterday sort of telling me that the medical was going to be today and hopefully if I pass the medical then I'll sign on the paper and that's what's happened so I'm really, really pleased that it's finally happened. And there's other clubs who have had their names mentioned alongside yours. Was Bournemouth the only place you ever wanted to come? Yeah, genuinely. I think they were there the first window so after I played, I think, eight or nine games for Brentford, the team that was linked to me and I think because they were the first team and there's lots of like about the club Eddie Howe's a great manager and what he's done here is massive so to be working under him is going to be really good and I like the sort of family feel to the club and like I said after they came in the first time and then obviously he's shown interest last time they've been very persistent with it and for me I can take a lot away from that and it sort of fills me with confidence that they feel like I'm the right player for the football club. Well, that was Chris Meppam after signing for the club this time last week. Chris, it's been no secret that the club have been after his signature for a while so it's great to have that one over the line, isn't it? Yeah, I think Eddie's been a long time admirer just I guess until it's absolutely over the line even if you're favourite to sign him there's always a chance that another club could come in at the 11th hour so nice to get him over the line a bit like, you know, you look at other signings David Brooks and Dominic Solanke similar age, similar pedigree in terms of British he's obviously a Welsh international teammate of David Brooks as well hasn't played since before Christmas he's had a little bit of a niggle Eddie said at the moment in terms of getting him up to match speed it's not just about picking up his physical fitness but also getting up to how Bournemouth want to play and the level he needs to be a part of this team so I'm not sure how immediately we'll see him of course said to back I would guess it's probably about the most solid pair of individuals at the moment in the team in terms of first names on the team sheet so yeah, it's great to have an option realistic cover as well with all due respect to Jack Simpson it's somebody coming in who has been playing regularly at championship level so yeah, he's a right-sided centre half so I guess with Jack Simpson as well you've now got a cover of each side of the centre half duos I think it probably spells the end for Tyrone Mings in terms of he looks likely to head out the door maybe in the next couple of days we'll wait and see on that one but yeah, a real quality signing and again these days fees are inflated of course they are but I trust that his judgement with these sort of players we've seen Lewis Cook's worked out well David Brooks has worked out very well so I think Chris Meppam is another one of those who if he can get in the team we'll probably see him sooner rather than later and as you say, he hasn't played since before Christmas but 26 appearances for Brentford in his country this season so he's really got that much sharpness there hasn't he yeah, let's not underestimate how good a league the championship is there's not a huge gap between the top of the end of the championship these days Brentford of course are I guess the similarities to Bournemouth and they're by no means the biggest club in the championship so Chris Meppam I guess for him it's probably, of course going to the Premier League is a daunting step but it's probably quite a good transition this club is, of course it's bigger than Brentford in a lot of respects and the standard he's playing is going to be bigger and more intense but it's probably quite a nice transition geographically it's not too far he's a West London boy so to uproot your life down to the coast is not too bad rather than ending up in Newcastle or somewhere so yeah no really encouraging signing and hopefully by all accounts he's settled in well with the lads already and he's making his presence known so we're excited to see what he can bring on the pitch and you said about that transition he obviously knows David Bricks from Wales so that will give him confidence coming into the new setup that he already knows someone yeah I think anytime you go somewhere it doesn't matter what walk of life for you if you go somewhere new and you know somebody there already then that's got to help I'm sure David, I think there was some communication that he made about what it was like here and David Bricks had some favourable things to say which he hoped he would have so maybe a little nudge across the line in terms of I guess the final seal of approval that he was coming to the right place but he listened to his early comments about the training I think that's going to be something he's going to enjoy as well so yeah having a mate in the camp is always useful and for Chris Meppham he can obviously see David Bricks he's come here in the summer and he's had a brilliant six months so for him that must have been such a big factor in the coming years he'll see what Eddie Howe has done for players he'll see what Eddie Howe has done for Lewis Cook who's ended up in the England squad hopefully he'll get back there pretty soon David Bricks, Ryan Fraser even since his loan spell in the championship at Ipswich as well every other player that came here in the early 20s most of them have proved to be success stories so yeah for him I think he could probably have gone elsewhere and not been right in the mix maybe a fringe player that's not really particularly useful for somebody if you're going to make the move to the Premier League you've got to have a realistic chance of playing we probably won't see him week in week out because the centre half pair as I say unless anything happens to them, touch wood it won't then they're going to be a difficult pair to oust and of course cup competitions are no longer a factor this season but it does give the option of playing three at the back all of a sudden you've got a very live third centre half option to play on the right so yeah who knows exactly when we'll see him hopefully a good move and we'll blossom even further and as you say that centre back pairing is so tight at the moment but it will create some healthy competition for them all you always need competition in every spot in the squad it'll drive people on and just again the sort of mental side of having extra bodies to call on all of a sudden you're not looking around saying God's always going to have to play this week she's going to have to bring her boots because there's nobody else fit I mean that really would be scrapping the barrel by the way but you know to have people like Adam Smith all of a sudden back to have Dan Gosling back to have some options in centre midfield as well rather than having to play whoever happens to be fit so yeah again touch wood nothing happens to cook or acke but it's great to have those extra bodies and when you look at the bench as well if you need to change something you look at the bench all of a sudden you've got a little bit more strength there as well definitely another really good signing for the Cherries well next up here at Vitality Stadium is a visit of Chelsea tomorrow night this time last year it was quite an evening at Sanford Bridge so let's remind ourselves of what happened last Katie Howell about transfers as well there'll still be an hour of the deadline left when we speak to him as the Cherries put Calla Wilson in and Calla Bridge Glenn Murray scored there Dan Gosling scored there and now Calla Wilson in the very same net same for the Cherries fans who've made the trip to West London wild once more five minutes into the second half champion Chelsea Neal Cherries won that's very intricate they've somehow worked it beautifully and Wilson back to Stanislaus Stanislaus finished, it's in can play 21 minutes to the second half here 2-0, corner Bournemouth in it comes towards that was a good opportunity comes back to Stanislaus time to shoot, Stanislaus there deflected in, no shame in celebrating against his former club and why wouldn't you when you're sign of 10-ling champions well what a win that was goes from Calla Wilson, Junior Stanislaus and Nathan Akke securing a memorable victory at Stanford Bridge certainly I can't believe it was only a year ago it seems like so much has happened since then but yeah that still goes down for me as the greatest winning the club's history winning at the then champions yeah absolutely huge and of course let's not forget even more recently just before Christmas Cherries went there and obviously lost 1-0 in the league up and kept them out till the 84th minute even in the league earlier in the season kept them out till late in the game as well Bournemouth and Chelsea have had some competitive games last season was only 1-0 here in the Premier League as well so yeah even though Chelsea often have a lot of the ball Bournemouth have defended very well against them but just going back to that 3-0 I think we've said it before it was a pinch yourself moment when you particularly when the third one went in because even at 2-0 you're thinking okay well they only need one back and then it might be slight panic stations but as soon as the third one goes in it's good night and just as far as Cherries fans who were there that night they'll probably struggle to find a better night sure you know if Cherries went to Man City in one then it would maybe surpass it but as things add at the moment that's got to be right up there and hopefully yeah a similar performance would be very nice this time round and of course as you say the two games this season against Chelsea they've been so tight up until 70 minutes earlier in the season and then in the Cup it took Eden Hazard to come on and score a deflective goal so there's plenty to be positive about yeah in those games as well I think of Nathan Acke had a great chance in one of the games when it was 0-0 so again against the big teams in the next six games with four of the big teams coming up it's got to be about taking your chances we've seen it this season when Bournemouth haven't taken their chances but it's against the big teams and it does come back to haunt you so hopefully now almost drawing a line on those games against the big six earlier in the season some different bodies, different personnel around the spirit's a bit better hopefully now a bit more confidence Callum Wilson firing still the opportunities when they come along hopefully will be taken they've had spurs in the League Cup and they've had another game against Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup so their squad could be quite fatigued going into the game yeah they obviously rotated a bit for the Cup match Eden Hazard obviously didn't play he's the one that I'd love to see rested for the League game but that's obviously not going to happen they had a funny week too obviously because they played pretty badly at Arsenal and lost in that game and obviously Arsenal then got turned over by United at home so everybody's sort of beaten everybody in that little circle but then as you say two cup games and two decent wins for them I'm going to tip a little bit Sarri still seems to be under pressure because they're so far off the top pair if you like and what is it 13 points behind Liverpool at the moment so yeah people will say that Sarri's up in the betting as the next Premier League manager to go which when you're fourth on the table seems a bit harsh but those are the standards at the minute at the top of the table they've obviously bought in Iguain which I'm sure that signing will have settled a few Cherry's fans down who thought that Callum Wilson might be heading there obviously there's still two days or whatever it is so until the deadline has passed and Callum Wilson is still locked in a cupboard somewhere here then they'll probably never quite relax but I think when a club have been linked with your main striker and they sign a striker from somewhere else that will always be quite nice and we've mentioned Hazard there as well as Higuain they've got some real stars to look out for tomorrow night don't they? yeah I mean they keep coming don't they I mean Higuain hopefully he's still it'll be his first Premier League game so hopefully he's still settling in he didn't have a whole lot of chances against Sheffield Wednesday but they didn't really need him to have a lot of chances it was probably quite a nice game for him to take his first steps into English football of course it shouldn't be forgotten he actually played here for Real Madrid in the famous friendly a few seasons back and actually scored within a couple of minutes of coming on so his one previous visit to the Vitality Stadium has been a scoring one I think he was probably a slightly different player he's probably slightly more at the peak of his powers then I'm not saying he's on the wane by the way because if he scores tomorrow night everyone will go because he's been out on loan from Juventus to Milan and now he's gone to Chelsea and they have struggled for goals they have struggled for an out and out number nine Eden Azar has been playing there which is not his favourite position they are the lowest away scorers Chelsea have the big six they've only scored 19 goals this season I say only that's quite a few more than the cherries have scored away but yeah in terms of firepower they have been a little bit short so they'll be hoping he's the answer for them and in terms of our team New Delhi House just said in his pretty much press conference if he's not going to play wouldn't it? He had a bit of a knee injury against West Ham which when he came off people probably thought he was you know it had been a bit of a risk to play with his hamstring issue that he'd had but he has had a knee injury knocking around so we'll wait and see how much that impacts him hopefully the 11 days since the West Ham game will be useful by the time the match comes around Dominic Solanke I think he's getting closer he obviously had an early February date to put on his involvement when he first signed but I gather he's getting a bit closer whether tomorrow night is a bit soon we'll wait and see but there's obviously some big games coming up including in his old place Liverpool I'm not actually sure whether he's allowed to play against Liverpool he's a permanent signing so I'm pretty sure he probably is whether Nathaniel Klein can I'm not sure but anyway we'll get to that when we get to Liverpool but in terms of the striking options yeah be a massive boost if Callum was fit I think we saw in the game that he didn't play that they missed him so yeah you always want your top score for it yeah for sure if you are coming we look forward to seeing you here but if not make sure you keep an eye across all of our social media channels and our website for the latest updates thanks for joining us