 preview show of the week where BBC radio show that's Chris Temple is actually alongside me as we look ahead to Sunday's game at Vitality Stadium. Here's what's coming up. We'll start back at Wednesday night and that's the week at the Etihad before moving on to the weekend and that game against Southampton. Well let's start back in the week and that game against Manchester City. Chris it wasn't quite the result that we wanted but what a fight, what determination from the Terries? Yeah it was everything but the result wasn't that I mean unfortunately at the stage of the season good performances don't keep you in the Premier League you've got to get something for those performances but I mean I don't think anybody expected Bournemouth even with the recent resurgence and started to get things turning in the right direction I don't really think anybody would have you know right from the expected Bournemouth to go there and call City that many problems. Yes you might get a few chances because you know City focus might be elsewhere and they changed a few players so you're thinking okay well if you get a couple of good chances you've got to try and take one. 14 shots and that it was a great start that someone came up with after the game that's the most shots any team has had at City since Pep Guardiola took over which is a great feather in Bournemouth's cap of course it counts for absolutely nothing. Unfortunately this is in the fight to stay in the Premier League because you don't get points for you know sort of little markers like that but they were so close to getting something I think they'll be kicking themselves they haven't because I don't think they'll get a better opportunity to get something off City than that. Obviously he rotated a few players City when Sterling came on at the start of the second half he thought well again that's probably a marker with respect to Bournemouth that City aren't happy Pep's not happy with how it's going. Sterling didn't really get one or two little flurries but he certainly didn't affect the game in the way that he has before because Bournemouth were on the front foot for quite a lot of it and City were penned back. I thought the rotations that Eddie Howe made in the team selection before the game were sensible putting in some fresh legs and also saving some legs for for Sunday as well. He seemed to make the subs at the right time. Callum Wilson and David Brooks came on and had a superb impact obviously linking up for the goal. Callum should have scored he should have scored at least one probably the right footed shot that sort of bounced his way past the post he'll be looking out on his stronger foot and thinking that needs to go in. There's other couple of blocks in there Harry Wilson had a shot blocked in me as well Dom Selanke in the first half and the you know the millimetres offside Joshua King so you know so many little moments that you look back on and think oh it could have been but saying all of that again it's if you can't win then take as many positives as you can because it wasn't the last game of the season it wasn't you know do or die it has once again a bit like Leicester been a bit of a springboard hopefully for these last two games. And City scored so early on I think it was the fifth minute and you know you think you know you know not not the perfect start not not what Eddie Howe would have wanted but as you say they didn't sit back 14 shots the most of any away team at the Etihad on the Guardiola and they also limited City to I think the fewest shots at the Etihad on the Guardiola so even if the result wasn't there Eddie Howe would be pleased with those stats going forward. And you have to look at those City goals and say they're two moments of magic I mean it's a brilliant free kick from David Silver I mean Ramsdale was not having a lot of luck at the moment because people keep knocking free kicks into the top bin that one grazed off the underside of the bar I didn't have much of a chance with it but so early on in the game as well you're thinking oh here we go again I'm sure Cherry's fans were thinking and then of course the mindset for probably for those outside becomes damaged limitation immediately when you can see it after five minutes and most people before the game were saying we'd like to come away with a two-nil defeat that'd be great in terms of goal difference and how important that could be. Jezus you know that came from nothing a little step over and suddenly he's put it in the corner and that before half time is you know a long way back for the Cherries there to be too behind but to be fair it came out you know firing in the second half obviously unfortunately didn't manage to get the goal till it was probably just a little bit too late but again even that goal in defeat from David Brooks we see how tight the goal difference is now that could well be crucial. And in terms of fine margins we saw Junior Salas free kick Edison superbly saved onto the post if that rebounds back off his head it goes in if it goes anywhere someone can get a rebound and then Joshua King in the second half up the other end of the pitch that offside decision it could not have been any closer could it? Yeah I mean the free kick was a great save from Edison I mean you're right if the luck's completely turned I mean it has turned a little bit but if it's completely turned then yes Joshua King is two millimetres onside instead of off and that does go in off the back of Edison's head into the net rather than wobbling past the post so yeah two moments that just fell the wrong side and what would have had a few of those this season I mean just you know look at back a couple of weeks to the Joshua King you know handling the ball into the net against Spurs which would have been the winner so there's been a couple of moments that could have been decisive but who knows as you say if those goals go in at that point in the game and how much different things are being may well have spurred city into action who knows but you know the fact they opted not to bring De Bruyne on was probably quite helpful to to Bournemouth's cause as well but yeah all in all to package it up I think they'll be kicking themselves they haven't got anything from it but it was as good as it could have been in defeat. Talking of Joshua King's hand ball a couple of weeks ago there was one there was one on Wednesday night David Silver it looked like the ball hit his hand in the box what was your view on that one? Well I divided a bit of opinion on Twitter with this one because I didn't see it at the time really I didn't really see a replay at the time there were some appeals from Bournemouth players and of course everyone says oh VAI didn't check it well they check everything they're watching everything as the game goes on what they didn't do was stop the game I think it needs to be given some further detailed examination or you know heaven behold that the ref goes over and looks at the monitor I saw the first I saw of it really in detail was a grainy clip that someone sent me on Twitter and I still think it's debatable one of the cherry's analysts sent me a different angle from behind the goal where it looks a little bit more like it should be a penalty my argument would be that David Silver yes his arms up it's close to that it's close to his shoulder somewhere like this but he's expecting the guys in front of him to head the ball Phil Billing I think was one of them a couple of the other one was they jump and miss it he's only a couple of yards behind them he's sort of got his hand up pre-empting the ball maybe coming over or flicking off them I think his hand's already there I don't think he's moved it towards the ball and if anything I think the ball hits him if he doesn't hit his hand and it didn't fall it didn't impede a cherry's player because there were city's players behind so my personal view was I can see why they didn't look at it any further I can also see why on the basis of some of the other ones that have been given this season we go back to Adam Smith Burnley and a couple of other ones that maybe you know the standards are varying but for me I think it probably earned on the side of not being a penalty but I know people will be most of the replies I've had think I'm talking nonsense which is what people think most of us are anyway and just finally on on city always going to be a tough ask to go there the game's now out the way they can focus on again we'll come onto it in a minute but a really big game this weekend and the last two games this season now yeah of course and when you see City on your fixed list and you've gone to United and you see five go into your net and goal difference could be a factor then yeah you're looking and thinking well I mean it's going to be hard to get anything but the one thing you don't want to do is take a panning because confidence wise it could knock the spirit out of you it'll have a bad effect on the goal difference column as well so I think yeah from that point of view it goes down as a good day at the office as best it can be when you lose a game I mean it sounds preposterous as ever to say it's great to lose a game because Eddie won't have seen it like that he'll be you know he'll have been kicking himself they didn't get something from it so yes plenty of positives to take but of course go back to what I said right at the start unfortunately positives don't keep you in the Premier League points do points certainly do and next up where the cherries will be trying to get three points this back game on Sunday against Southampton any how's been previewing that one in his pre-match press conference? Adam Smith we'll make a late decision in on he's felt better Chris Meppleman, Charlie Daniels, Simon Francis as I said Nathan will probably all be out our last two home games have been very good so you look back at the Tottenham game and I think it's very much approached the game in the same the same manner that's both tactically and physically and mentally been really really pleased with our with our last two home performances that got us four points and we know Southampton I got a lot of time for for what they've done this season it's been an incredible turnaround they're trying to rotate the team as much as we can while keeping the strength of the team the most impressive thing I think about Danny is of course he's a an outstanding player technically he's very good plays with real intelligence the way he's come back from his his disappointment you know the injury setbacks he's had the way that he's fought back and kept his mental strength has been hugely impressive confidence levels have definitely shifted upwards as we've gone on through lockdown I've got no idea what it will take all we can do is try and win our two games and hope that that's good enough well that was Eddie Howe speaking on Friday morning in his pre-match press conference now Chris before we talk too much about that Southampton game on Sunday West Ham played Watford they've they've got themselves a 3-1 win talk us through the situation now great result for Bournemouth brilliant I mean the best result would have been West Ham adding a few more and not conceding of course but if you'd have offered Cherries fans 3-1 West Ham win before that game on Friday night absolutely West Ham had to win it from Bournemouth's point of view dented the Watford goal difference to some extent now that it's only two goals difference between the two as well as the three points of course in the points column so yes I've got to admit once Watford scored that goal early in the second half I was getting a little bit on edge that they were starting to dominate the game and could well come back to get something but thankfully West Ham managed to to stabilise things a little bit so that was a huge result for Bournemouth I think you know looking I mean Watford in the first half were dreadful so you're just hoping now that they've got those two very tough games City at home on Tuesday night and Arsenal of course away on the last game of the season and that result means now the difference means that Bournemouth could win one of the last two games and we said this last week when we were looking ahead to what might happen in the West Ham Watford game Bournemouth could win one of the last two games and stay up they could afford to lose one of the last two games now I think if Watford of course lose both of theirs and because the goal difference now if Bournemouth win a game and Watford lose a game the goal difference is going to swing one the other way isn't it it's going to be cancelled out so yeah to in a nutshell that West Ham Watford game went pretty much perfectly for the Chairs and it's a huge opportunity now for Eddie Howell and the side to go out on Sunday make a statement so you can get the win it puts the pressure on Watford and as you say is that Manchester City game next that as we've seen is not easy for anyone well the carrot there now is that by you can pretty much almost get it back in your own hands can't you because if you win on Sunday albeit West Ham Watford will still have a game to play but Bournemouth could climb out of the bottom three with a two-goal win over Southampton again easier said than done Southampton have been playing brilliantly particularly away from home but a two-goal win over Southampton on Sunday would see Bournemouth climb out of the bottom three because they've scored more goals than Watford and of course goal difference the next divider is goal scored so Chairs are ahead in that regard and that's probably unlikely to swing in Watford's favor that particular column so if it really does get tight Bournemouth have the edge on that one so yeah it's a huge motivation for the Chairs to say right let's actually get ourselves out of the bottom three we've been in there since Christmas when they had that wretched run of course themselves went to West Ham I think of that game that that started this year New Year's Day 2020 at the London Stadium a dreadful four-nil defeat and you think of now that they're in the fight still West Ham have obviously been a bit up and down since then as well so yeah this is a big motivation I think it will be a great game because Southampton they certainly won't want a double done over them Bournemouth haven't done a double over Southampton in the league and obviously played them off the park earlier in the season at St Mary's St's got back in the game with a penalty of course and then a little bit of a catastrophe at the end so Callan Wilson roll it into the net to send the away fans into jubilation no such fans to give it a bit of a local neighborhood edge if you like this time so I guess for Bournemouth I'm not sure how much it will feel like a local Derby and I know that phrase you know divides people as well because as a home team you're turning up to your home ground there's nothing about it apart from a bit of familiarity with some of the opposition players that makes it a Derby really for Southampton getting on a coach and traveling half an hour that probably makes it a Derby for them and that will wake them up to the fact that it's a local game but it's just it's the next game for Bournemouth it is a tough one I'd rather be playing Southampton than Manchester City and needing to get something out of the game let's put it that way I'd rather have Bournemouth fixtures than Watford's but Saints have been very good away from home they're nearly on a record breaking points total away from home and of course this lad called Danny Ings who I mean there's a story to be written isn't there I'm thought I mean there is if you're looking for a sort of Southampton perspective or a romantic perspective that Danny Ings the man who Eddie Howe's not saved from the scrappy but certainly when he was a youth team where he had a bad injury time Eddie Howe was manager he gave him a professional contract gave him his debut at the age of 17 against Northampton and the EFL trophy way back in 2009 then took him to Burnley of course for a million pounds had a bit of faith in him when people at Burnley were probably saying you know about this Ingsland we haven't seen too much of him at Bournemouth and here he is maybe playing a role in possibly dumping his old club out of the Premier League he's had a great season great to see him have a run of games where he's been fit as well because he's had such bad luck with injuries he's a great lad he's popular with Bournemouth with fans still I'm sure because of you know he is a homegrown talent that's gone on to be great so yeah I'm just hoping he doesn't have too big a role to play on Sunday. As you say Southampton their form has been superb since the restart you know that that went over Man City at home and then obviously going to Old Trafford and getting that last minute equaliser they've been they've been in some serious form haven't they? Yeah it's taken them a while I mean Ralph Harzler Hootle to be fair he's probably benefiting now and Eddie said this in his press conference that you know he's probably benefiting now from the fact he has settled in a bit and he's managed to instill his ways of working because Southampton have turned over so many managers in the last six or seven years that you know everyone comes in with their own style I know they like to play the Southampton way I'm using my magic inverted converse again but the Southampton way which they have this little black book which has everything in it apparently but Harzler Hootle's done things a bit differently his team work really really hard and that's going to be the one thing Bournemouth will have to overcome is the work rate of the organisation that the Southampton have not in the same way as you know Palace and Wolves and Newcastle that it's you know not the most attractive football they don't sit with just two lines of four because you know Danny Ings gets a lot of service and they do break quickly so it's going to be two good teams Southampton as I say we want to want to not sit back and just roll over for Bournemouth they want to get some local pride back I'm sure and finish on a high and a couple of million pounds per place in the Premier League as well so if they can note themselves up a place I'm sure they'd be pretty happy with that but yeah it's not as not as easy a game was maybe people would look at mid-table and think oh Southampton in mid-table because since lockdown as you say apart from the Aston defeat a great draw at Man United a win over City a couple of other really good away performances they tonk Norwich the tonk Watford away so yeah it's going to be it's going to be tough but I think with the way Bournemouth have been bubbling up in the last three or four games I think they should definitely go into it with confidence and in terms of Bournemouth injury he's only house head this morning Nathan Akko won't make it there's a chance for next week but he won't he won't make it with a Southampton game and Adam Smith are going to have to make a late call and obviously still suffering from concussion from that spares game so again just like last week plenty of options available to him yeah I wouldn't change the back four I'd keep Jack Stacey and even if Adam Smith is fighting fit hasn't had a great post lockdown Adam Smith I think Jack Stacey's done nothing wrong in the face of today yeah he's had a couple of moments of course he's been up against world-class opposition it's his first season in the Premier League so there'll be moments but I think his energy up and down will be crucial in a game like this because it may well swing end to end I think certainly the work rate is going to be the key so I would have Stacey in definitely I'd definitely have Stanislaus in on the left hand side I think he was been rotated carefully in the last couple of games Brooks I'm sure will come back in because even in that little comment about how long he played maybe 20-25 minutes at at City I mean he looked he looked to threat as well so again one who's just been chipping away more and more minutes and seems to be getting a bit of that rustiness out of his system of course the season's going to win too early for him probably just he's getting back going although there may be a quick turnaround into the new season so hopefully he can retain that whichever division form of arena if he stays but yeah Brooks in Stanislaus in Callum Wilson in which does provide a headache up front because Dom Selenki's been excellent the last two games as well I just wonder if Joshua King might be the one squeezed out because I think you have Callum Wilson and your team if he's fit and 100% and I think that's the reason he was left out the other day is to save him for this game and to have some fresh legs up top for that Man City game so I wouldn't be surprised if Joshua King got squeezed out and he went Selenki and Callum Wilson for this game well we'll have to wait and see it's a huge game out by Paddy Stanislaus on Sunday and Chris will be there with Willow and you can listen to live free commentary on AFCB TV we'll be back next week to preview that final game we've seen against Everton