The Bournemouth Sentinel
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Both of them António Silva's — 9.43
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.43, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Filip Jörgensen keeps Bournemouth in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Ben Gannon Doak is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Marcus Tavernier in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bournemouth this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Enes Ünal
At 31 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Bournemouth
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces21 Aug 2028
The crowd has taken to Ben Gannon Doak
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match19 Aug 2028
António Silva the difference as Bournemouth beat West Ham United
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: António Silva. 2‑0 against West Ham United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Edward Shaw joins the Bournemouth first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Edward Shaw is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Daniel Roberts joins the Bournemouth first team
- Market One of our own: Peter Marshall joins the Bournemouth first team
- Market Charles Jones steps up from the Bournemouth academy