Michael Barnes

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137 Edition

The Bournemouth Sentinel

12 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad12 Mar 2029

A fracture rules Michael Barnes out for 15 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bournemouth will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad12 Mar 2029

A one-man rearguard from Aynsley Pears

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match10 Mar 2029

4 matches without a win for Bournemouth

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Bournemouth are no longer polite ones.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Tempers go at Bournemouth

Lewis Cook was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match10 Mar 2029

Tyler Goodrham’s goal not enough for Bournemouth

Tyler Goodrham scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Leeds United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

The manager has not finished forgetting Alex Scott's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Alex Scott wants out of the spotlight

The ambition story running the other way, and the one nobody tells: a footballer asking for a smaller stage, fewer cameras and a crowd that does not turn. It is not weakness and it is very rarely reported as anything else.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Danilo Serra left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

Silko Thomas gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

Back issues
136 Edition

The Bournemouth Sentinel

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom5 Mar 2029

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Bournemouth

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Boardroom5 Mar 2029

Danilo Serra has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Bournemouth can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Squad5 Mar 2029

25 days out for Michael Barnes after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Bournemouth will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market5 Mar 2029

Xavi Simons has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Bournemouth can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Market5 Mar 2029

David Brooks wants more than Bournemouth are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Tempers go at Bournemouth

Raynan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout5 Mar 2029

No hiding place for Paco Alcácer

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Paco Alcácer, and the manager let it.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Bournemouth are still strangers to each other

5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout5 Mar 2029

The manager's exit leaves António Silva exposed

Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. António Silva is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.

In brief