 Welcome to this week's preview show here at Vitality Stadium. BBC Radio Solence Chris Temple is back alongside me as we look ahead to this weekend in the Premier League. Here's what's coming up. We'll be discussing that narrow 1-0 defeat against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. We'll also be discussing the international break and who played where around the world. And finally, we'll be looking ahead to tomorrow's game against Norwich City here at Vitality Stadium. But first, we're going to start back two weeks ago and that game against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Chris, it would certainly be fair to say it was a game of two halves, wasn't it? It was. We've seen that quite a few times in Bournemouth where they have taken 45 minutes to get themselves either settled in the game or not be too defensive, which can sometimes happen particularly away at the big teams as well. The first half, you were thinking this could end up being a couple of the four or five that we've seen at the big clubs in the past. The second half, you're looking at some great chances or a couple of notable opportunities anyway, much more like the fluid football that Bournemouth can play, particularly away from home on the counter. And yeah, it did seem like the shackles came off in the second half and obviously they had to get themselves back in the game so they needed to score and therefore they needed to approach the game with a bit more offensiveness if you like. But yeah, in the end you're looking and thinking possibly they could have come away with something from there. And you're talking of those chances. There was none better than that Callum or someone, was there? Where he rounded the keeper and he squared it. And again, when you start to get a bit of form coming together and you're thinking, OK, well, here's a great chance now and the way things have been going. Recently the goals have been going in, you know, Callum's been in form. You know, it was unselfish for him to square it. There was nobody quite there. You think Callum earlier in the season when he wasn't scoring, he probably would have gone on himself there in his desperation to find a goal. So sometimes the decision making, you know, is borderline in the heat at the moment. But away from home at Arsenal, that's the kind of chances that you need to make something of. You don't get too many opportunities as good as that. And not many teams will go to Arsenal and give them the problems that Bournemouth gave him in the second half or certainly give them as much to think about. So yeah, all in all, you know, no points, no goals, but certainly a performance that I don't think has left anybody feeling particularly negative. Yeah, the first half wasn't that good and then he was frustrated that it took them 45 minutes to get out of the blocks. But yeah, I think coming back off international break, that's a performance that keeps the momentum that's been building in the last few weeks, albeit in defeat. And as you say, yes, the first half wasn't perfect. But actually, for all of Arsenal's possession, they didn't actually test Aaron Ramsdale too much. The defence limited Arsenal to their chance. Yeah, and the goal was a bit soft. You know, David Lewis' header was a little bit soft, wasn't it, as well? You know, in terms of set pieces, it'd be disappointed to concede a goal like that as well. It wasn't the most forceful header in the world. It was beyond Aaron Ramsdale. You know, nothing he could do about it. But you know, you think of conceding from set pieces, that's a little bit disappointing. But yeah, for all of the offensive quality that Arsenal have got, you know, and the relatively new look and inexperience back for, we say inexperience, because Rico and Stacey at fullbacks haven't played that many games, you know, in a row. But Rico looks like he's growing with this little run of starts. He's having Jack Stacey continues to grow. And you know, he's up against some very good players, the like of which he hasn't faced on a weekly basis. You can play them in the cut one off here and there. But to be facing them week in week out and to have that mental test every single week. So yeah, I think the new back four looks to have been, you know, for if you put together all the teams, the defenders of how many appearances they put together to go and only concede one Arsenal. I think again, that's shows positive blocks for the future. And just a word on Diego Rico there. He's had a run in the team when he's come away with September's player of the month, which is something last year, to be honest, fans couldn't really see happening. I'm not sure anybody could see that happening with the greatest respect to Diego. You know, we've been critical on you having so much. I've been critical on here in the past and we haven't seen enough from him. He would admit that himself, I'm sure. But again, you speak to the players and they say, you know, on the training ground, he's, you know, he shows, shows promise. He shows some of the ability that may Eddie Howe pay 10 million pounds for him. You know, some of his set pieces and his assist is where he's going to be proving valuable. You know, without the likes of David Brooks and Ryan Fraser, not in the team at the moment. So set pieces and things. He's a with that left foot. He's a, you know, a key figure in the team, but defensively he's where there's been a few question marks. And he is an attacking fallback really. He's one who wants to get forward. He's an Eddie Howe type of fallback. He doesn't really have fallbacks that just sit in the defensive line. They're always, you know, almost auxiliary wingers at times, which sometimes can be the undoing of the team as well. But no, really pleased for Diego that he's been voted as the player of the month. And he, you know, hopefully will continue to benefit from this run of starts. He's getting, you know, albeit slightly fortunate because of Charlie's injury and Adam Smith's injury, but as one door closes, et cetera, he's taken his chance. Absolutely. And just on that Arsenal game, when you look at previous performances against Arsenal and, you know, our results there in recent years, I think it was 5-1 last year, it was a much improved performance, you know, going there and sitting tight and creating our own chances, which is something, you know, in the last few years we haven't done. Yes, least we say scored last year, but again it was on the back of a defensive mistake. Yeah, I mean, how many times we've been to, you know, big grounds and come away on the back of pannings where, again, it's that balance between defensive attack. You can't come out in the first 15 minutes and just go blazing because you'll get picked off and we've seen that happen before. But at the same time, if you sit back, that's inviting trouble as well. So the balance wasn't right in the first half between that. It was a little bit too defensive and a little bit allowing Arsenal to dictate. But in the second half, you know, whether it was the, you know, the spur of having gone behind and having to find a reaction and to get a goal to get something from the game, but it shouldn't need a team to fall behind to provoke that reaction. So, yeah, all in all, as I say, the ball continuing to roll in the right direction even though it was a defeat, it wasn't a defeat that sort of sapped the momentum out of that recent run. And just finally, when you look back on the last block of games, the four games between September's international break and October's international break, two wins, a draw, and then obviously that defeated against Arsenal, so it's nothing to be ashamed of. No, it's a good block. That's a good block of four. You know, West Ham Games, one that got away, of course, here, but again, a performance that had, you know, plenty of positives about it. Lots of VAR, you know, goals chalked off and chalked on in that little block of games as well. But yeah, striker scoring, you know, Callum has found his form. Joshua King contributes in from open play as well in recent matches. So, and defensively looking, you know, reasonably solid, one or two sort of sloppy mistakes to give away goals, but actually, you know, Aaron Ramsdale continues to sort of exert himself in goal and have authority over the back line as well, which is great to see, and you know, obviously having a great international break as well with England under 21, so he'll continue to grow in stature. So, all in all, that was a good block. Look at the next block coming up, which we'll get onto in a bit, but starting with Norwich, Watford, Man United, Newcastle, you know, there's three games in there that you're looking thinking there's some points to be had. Absolutely. Well, earlier this week, our international players returned to Vitality Stadium and are back in training. Let's take a look at how they've gone. Well, great to have those lads back in training. Twelve players called up overall, and we'll start with Callum Wilson. He had that glorious chance for England, didn't he? Should have scored. He knows it. You know, he should have scored. What a great chance. And he's been crying out for minutes really. He hasn't really had that many opportunities with England. Recently, obviously, he was ill for the first game, but the second game, you know, and he looked actually bright. He came on at left midfield, you know, left wing, which Eddie House said he'd given him some food for thought. The one person I'm pretty sure would be pleased to see Callum Wilson excelling at left midfield would have been Joshua King, because that might give him a chance to play down the middle like he's been crying out for. But no, at all seriousness, I mean, Callum will know he should have scored. A couple of great little link-ups in the few minutes he did get. He looked sharp, you know. He looked like a guy who's found his feet this season. You know, he's right up there in the scoring charts in the Premier League, so quite rightly getting his opportunity. And for him, you know, unfortunately, all the while Harry Kane's fit, England minutes are going to be hard to come by. So, at least in those few minutes he got in Bulgaria, he took his opportunity. So, yeah, I'm really pleased for him. And in terms of the under-21s, the young Lions, at one point we had three of our players on the pitch at the same time, which is quite something, you know, for Eddie and his staff and the Academy guys for Sam Sturridge. Yeah, let's start with the guy who's not here at the moment, Sam Sturridge, because I think that was a complete surprise to him, let alone anybody else, that he got a very late call-up for that squad, but managed to get on in both games and also scored, obviously, in his first game. So that's brilliant for him. And, you know, we think of the impression he made when he got a couple of appearances last season in the first team when Needs must, and they were sort of down to the bare bones of players. So, yeah, great for him. He's having a good season at Swansea. And hopefully we'll continue to flourish and come back here and be a first team sort of contender, if you like. Yeah, and Aaron Ramsdale, you know, he's unequivocal number one for England under-21s. And Lloyd Kelly playing the full game as well. You know, still waiting for his Premier League debut. We've seen him briefly in the League Cup. But, you know, he's still waiting to get on that pitch in the Premier League. And at the moment, for him, unfortunately, the way the defenders have been playing, Diego Rico's performance is probably, you know, Lloyd Kelly is the one who's knocking on the door at left back if Diego Rico, you know, his standard slip, I guess. So he's having to be patient and wait his chance. But again, he, you know, I think he contributed and assisted in that game as well. So, yeah, really good for him to be getting minutes, albeit if you can't get them here. And you mentioned Sam Surridge scoring. Another person who scored was Joshua King, a last minute penalty for Norway against Spain. Yeah, they rescued late draws in both their games, didn't they, Norway? Pressure penalty, that one as well, you know, against, against Spain last minute. Unbeaten home record to protect as well. So, yeah, that showed a good corner. See, doesn't miss too often from the spot these days, Joshua King. So, yeah, that was a notable moment for him as well. You know, and some, you know, good minutes elsewhere for other players. Well, Nathan Hacke, unfortunately, didn't get on. You know, Gavin Kilkenny got a bit of time for the Irish under 21s. Harry Wilson obviously came on for both, in both games for Wales as well. So, yeah, just picking out a few of the names who, and Jefferson Lermer got a full 90 for Columbia and thankfully only had to go to France to get it as well because they played Algeria in France. So, good for him to get minutes without having to travel halfway across the world. Absolutely, and I think in this last international break across, you know, under 21s, under 19s, seniors, we've had 12 players called up, and that really does show how far the clubs come, hasn't it? You know, to have 12 players called up and get international recognition. Yeah, and I think also, you know, notably getting called up at international under 21 level as well shows a real emergence of some of the clubs' younger players. You know, they might not be featuring so much in the first team, some of the guys who mentioned they killed Kennes of this world and, you know, Mark Travers in the Irish full squad who's under 21 but in the senior squad. So, you know, there's some real good prospects for the future there and it shows what we've said before that the club is starting to produce players that eventually, you know, maybe a year or two, going to be knocking on the first team door regularly here and you have got to produce some of your own, you know, these days clubs are, with the amount of money they've got, can go out and buy anybody, but you do still need to produce your own. Not just because it keeps that connection with the fans as well, but because they've watched on the playing for the under 19s at Canford Park Arena, seeing them in the Premier League. You know, for the fan, that completes a bit of a journey as well. So, I think it's really encouraging, particularly the number of under 21s and under 19s who are getting international minutes. Absolutely. Well, next up here at Vitality Stadium is the Visit of Norwich City and Eddie Howesman speaking in this morning's press conference. Incredibly disappointing to see. I watched it live and, you know, it was a tough watch. Although you couldn't hear anything, you could sense what was happening at the stadium. I thought Callum and the rest of the England players acted with real class, dealing with the situation and then getting on and playing the game and played ever so well as well. So, you know, full credit to everyone involved with how they reacted, I think. Yeah, we did some good work. We were left with a small group, but we did some good work in terms of, I think we had a behind closed doors game, a little bit of team building in there. Players went and visited the academy during the week, which was really nice. So, we filled the time hopefully in a productive way for the club. Team news is we're pretty much as we were. Adam Smith's getting closer. David Brooks is still somewhere away, so is Dan Gosling, so is Junior Stanislaus. Well, they've approached the Premier League in a Norwich City fashion under Daniel, really. I think they've been really impressive, and I admire any team that has a clear philosophy and sticks with it, and they're a very attacking team. We know we're going to have to be very good in this game in all aspects of our play, because they're a dangerous team. Well, that was Eddie Howell speaking just this morning. Chris, if we rewind the clock to almost this time last year, we played Norwich here in the Carabao Cup, and they played very well. They didn't win, but there were certainly a lot of encouraging signs there weren't they? They were going well in the championship at the time. They weren't top, they were fourth. They were still making their way through the championship, but they were pretty unlucky not to get something from that game here. As you say, that was pretty much exactly a year ago. Next week, I think it was. So, they've started life in the Premier League as so many teams do. The championship to the Premier League is such a big jump. They're conceding goals for fun at the moment. They're the leakiest defence in the division. Obviously, you've got Pump 5-1 at home by Villa. In a game which actually, if you look at the stats, there were 43 shots in the game. Norwich had 21, Villa had 22 shots. Norwich's problem was half of them, I think, ended up in the stand rather than troubling the goalkeeper. So, yeah, they're finding their balance at the moment. We should say they've got quite a few injury problems. Key players like Alex Tetti has been out. Tim Crawley, the keeper's missed the last couple of games. Obviously, he's a very experienced Premier League campaigner. Onel Hernandez, who scored the goal here for them in the League Cup as well. Tom Tribal in midfield has been out. So, they have had quite a few injury issues, which, when you're making the transition, you want all your best players available, go to that saying. So, I think Daniel Ffark has been dealt a difficult hand. They haven't had the easiest fixtures either, saying all of that. They've beaten Man City. So, how do you judge Norwich and those in the first eight games? I think they'll have learnt a few lessons, that's for sure. They like to keep the ball. They like to play possession football. They like to counterattack. So, all the right ideas are there. But certainly, it's been a case of learning some harsh lessons to find their feet at the moment. And, as you say, they did beat Man City. They came very close to beating Chelsea, just losing 3-2. They got a win against Newcastle. So, they can get a result when they need to. It's something to be wary of, isn't it? I've got to say, their fans are absolutely fantastic. Even when Norwich slipped to League One, they still used to sell out Carrow Road. So, the home form for them is going to be massive this season. I think that's a cliché. Everyone would have said that at the start of the season. Away from home, struggling a bit. They've already scored one goal all season, saying that at Bournemouth, you know, lost at Burton. So, Premier League teams do struggle in the League Cup away from home sometimes. And that goal was at Liverpool on the opening day of the season. So, they haven't scored since the opening day of the season on the road, which is a worry for them. Obviously, Team Uppukki is right up there, like Colin Wilson in the scoring charts at the moment. Scored a couple for Finland. They're on the brink of making their first ever major tournament. Finland, if they can beat Lichtenstein next month. So, that will be a huge part of that, Team Uppukki. And he's settled into the Premier League life very easily. I think only De Bruynau and Aguero have contributed to more goals this season than him. So, he's one certainly to be aware of, plays up front on his own. They sort of play a 4-2-3-1 kind of formation. But it's interesting to see that there's talk that Tim Krull could be back tomorrow. He's been training, I think, this week. I think Alex Teti has been training as well, who's a sort of dynamic figure in the centre of their midfield, quite key. So, you know, they may well have one or two back, which should be big for them. But they're a waveform, certainly, a 5-5. I wouldn't be putting on Norwich tomorrow, given what they've shown away from home so far. And, as you said, you know, they have had their injuries. They've had problems with their goalkeeper situation. I think they're number one and number two, both being injured. They had the likes of Todd Countwell, who's been hugely influential for them, pulling out of international duty. So, for them, even seeing a couple of players coming back into the squad, it will be a huge confidence boost for them. Yeah, actually, when you look at the team that played here in the League Cup last season, quite a lot of them have been involved this season in the Premier League. So, you know, a lot of the players who got them up last season, there's obviously a big foreign contingent in there. Daniel Farkas bought quite a few players over from Germany with him, and quite a few of them who've been on the fringes have had to be playing recently. You know, they're missing Zimmerman at the bat, one of their centre halves as well, another key miss. So, yeah, they've got some promising young players. You think of Max Arans at the right back, who's been in England under 21, set up, he contributed an assist this week, played in the same team as Aaron Ramsdale and Lloyd Kelly as well. So, they'll know him well, Ben Godfrey at centre half. They've got some good young English talent as well, Paul Lewis left back, who's Northern Irish International as well. So, it's a nice mix of sort of homegrown young players, and then the foreign imports, if you like. But as soon as you take two or three quality players out of a team trying to get used to life in the Premier League and everything they've worked on over the summer, they've had some strange injuries. I think on Llanders fell down the stairs or something at home. Somebody else pulled a calf muscle doing something in pre-season, so they haven't had, you know, lady luck has not been shining on them. But we heard Chris Sutton, you know, on the BBC say it's Norwich Stryker, if Norwich carry on playing with their philosophy, they're going to go down. I think it's a bit early to say that, but every team, you know, full on with shipping goals for final last season, Bournemouth couldn't keep the goals out when they first came into the Premier League. It happens to everybody who has an attacking mentality. So, it is, you know, it's, we're only eight games in. It's very early to be judging them. What we would say is any team that can beat Man City and nearly beat Chelsea, as you say, beat Newcastle at home, you know, is worth taking seriously, absolutely. And then sticking with injuries. In terms of our injury news, Eddie said, you know, very much the same, but Adam Smith's been training and Chris Meppin's been training, despite pulling out of international duty last week. Yeah, and Adam Smith's been a key player, you know, versatility, you know, maybe hasn't always helped him personally because he hasn't really, he's been right back left back, right midfield, left midfield. He's played, you know, pretty much everywhere on the flanks as Adam Smith. So it'd be interesting to see when he's fully fit. I imagine he'll want to try and get him back in. But Jack Stacey's been playing well. Eddie's usually pretty loyal. He'll stick with players who've been doing well. So if Adam Smith is fit enough for this weekend or whether we have to wait for Watford next week, we'll wait and see. But, you know, he's got a battle on to get back in, that's for sure. You know, look at Lewis Cook. The fanfare about Lewis's, Lewis Cook's return played what was it, one game, two games, and then I can't find himself back in with that Lermer and Billing partnership difficult to dislodge. Jefferson Lermer was obviously on four yellow cards. So that, you know, could be a route back in, a predictable route back into the team for Lewis Cook. That's fair to say. Something's don't change, do you think? Well, Billing's on three. So, you know, no surprise to see that they're sort of suspensions pending possibly. But yeah, and Simon Francis, you know, has come back and can't get back in at the moment. And so you look a bit further down the line at the likes of David Brooks, who Eddie's not so keen to put a timescale on it, but getting closer is, you know, he's been saying that for a few weeks. Everyone's getting closer, I suppose, every day. You and I are getting closer, put it that way. So David Brooks to have him back again. Ryan Fraser can't get in the team, you know. So there's all of a sudden the bench is starting to look strong and when there are changes that need to be made, it looks like Eddie's going to start to have a few options pretty soon. Yeah, the bench certainly is starting to look strong and just before we go, it is that time, I'm going to ask you for your score prediction for this weekend. I'm pretty sure last time I was here, I obviously got it bang on. I can't even remember the last game I was here for, but I'm pretty sure I said it was going to be the right score. I fancy Bournemouth quite strongly this weekend. Home form actually has been a bit indifferent for the cherries, isn't it? I mean, great win over Everton, you know, let it slip against West Ham. Promoted teams don't have a good record here, full on the only promoted team to win here in the Premier League. Let's not remind us of that. Let's not remind us of that one. I'm going to go, I don't think no actual score. I'm going to go 3-0 Bournemouth. Wow, 3-0 Bournemouth. You heard it here first. If you are over 18 and you want to have a go at predicting the score for this weekend's game, please head over to Cherries Champions in partnership with Manchin Bets online. This week's winner will win two hospitality tickets to our next home game with Manchester United. That's all we've got time for today. If you are coming here tomorrow, we look forward to seeing you then. And if not, make sure you keep an eye across all of our social media and listen to BBC, Radio Solon and Chris on commentary for all the latest updates. Bye for now.