The Bournemouth Sentinel
Player ratings18 Aug 2031
Álvaro Rodríguez was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market18 Aug 2031
Bournemouth turn down Chesterfield for Courtney Clarke
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad18 Aug 2031
Marcus Tavernier falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets18 Aug 2031
No deal for Charlie Webster at that price
Bournemouth offered $380.0K; Burton Albion said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad18 Aug 2031
Ayanda Tibe 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.
Boardroom18 Aug 2031
9 academy players handed senior numbers at Bournemouth
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match16 Aug 2031
Bournemouth cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market18 Aug 2031
Charles Turner steps up from the Bournemouth academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Charles Turner has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market18 Aug 2031
Bournemouth promote Simon Bennett from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Bennett has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Henry Jackson joins the Bournemouth first team
- Squad A late step up for Harrison Neal
- Squad Tempers go at Bournemouth