The Bournemouth Sentinel
Player ratings14 Apr 2031
Marcus Tavernier runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Apr 2031
The wait goes on for Bournemouth
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market14 Apr 2031
Denis-Will Poha has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bournemouth they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad14 Apr 2031
A row about effort at Bournemouth
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marcus Tavernier was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad14 Apr 2031
Words exchanged at Bournemouth
Stephen Mfuni and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings14 Apr 2031
Julio Soler stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.48 on the card, and the Bournemouth support went home talking about one name.
Squad14 Apr 2031
Meliga Promise wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Bournemouth know it.
The dugout14 Apr 2031
Aimar Esteban: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout14 Apr 2031
Julio Soler has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Bournemouth will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Market Marcus Tavernier linked with a move away
- Match No goals between Bournemouth and Cardiff City
- Looking ahead Charlie Tasker goes back to face Brighton