Micky summed up Bournemouth in a few words yesterday – Language Schools and David Wagner.
Let’s start with language schools. The moment I passed my driving test at the age of 17 my mates insisted we spent each post-season weekend down in Bournemouth. Why? Because the language schools were full of ladies from Scandinavia with, what we assumed, were looser morals than our North London girlfriends.. We would rent a few rooms in the local B&B’s and go to the school’s discos with the hope of some horizontal exercise. Were the rumours of degenerate behaviour correct? A gentlemen couldn’t possibly say.
David Wagner: His managerial record at a club whose ground capacity is under 12k is astonishing. Wagner’s first season in 2009 saw him take over a bankrupt club. Winning promotion in his first season he has transformed Bournemouth and brought unimagined glory to the PL smallest club. I expect him to go to Spurs when the Podgy Argie leaves for Spain.
They have some decent players, in particular, the midfielder David Brooks who scored against us at Dean Park earlier in the season. He has a bright future. Begovic always excels at the Emirates and both King and Wilson are dangerous on the break.
Arsenal: Our home record is impressive and despite a growing long-term injury list we are over-performing this transition season, Win today and we can be either 4 points from Spurs in 3rd (if Spurs lose) or 6 points ahead of the Chavs (if they lose).
Would love to see Ozil start but expect the same starting 11 as the weekend with perhaps Koscielny in for Mustafi and AMG replacing Lichtsteiner should be not be fit.
And what of Auba? Too good for the bench but we play better with one up top (IMO),. Does Emery rotate on a weekly basis? He seems to prefer the industry of Lacazette over the mercurial PEA.
B’mouth have conceded 48 PL goals and I expect us to help them reach the half century. They have lost their last 7 away fixtures.
Trouble is …. as we often discovered with those young Scandigirls that there is many a slip twix’t the cup and the lip:-D
An important game ahead of two very difficult and possibly season defining fixtures
COYRRG
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Another great pre-match BR
Many thanks
COYG!
Very good Post, Big Un, 😃
You are right to suggest that Embers seems to have a preference for the industrious Lac over Amber.
But earlier in the season the situation was reversed and Amber was the preferred choice, now maybe for the last part of the season that will happen again.
I have previously said that I like Amber’s slightly better goals tally, but he seems pretty nondescript in other areas of play — so ………
Thanks, BR.
Just to prove I read the post….. David Brooks didn’t score earlier in the season as it was ruled out for offside.
Also, I’ve no idea who AMG is – A Massive Greek? 🙂
I still think Laca will start Prem games while the Rennes tie is looming on the horizon, since Auba is our only eligible senior striker for the match-up in Brittany.
Maybe tonight could be season defining?
Thanks Raddy
No Callum Wilson for Bournemouth, but Josh King has scored four goals in last five games.
Hope Dennis might get a start today. We need to see what we have the potential to buy. Think also he might well play well with Mesut.
Disappointed so many other sites and media are already talking about Sat, and even Manure.
If we don’t take three points tonight, the Totteringham and Manure games have little relevance as I think fourth place may be out of reach realistically.
Win tonight and take impetus forward.
2-1. COYG.
Typo — AMN but you knew that!
Brooks 😀 Still a fine fine prospect.
Sorry about the errors. My proof reader has resigned after I refused a wage demand.
Haha, at least I was awake!
I’ve still got no idea why Wagner would want to go to the spuds when that Leicester job is beckoning.
Here’s today’s Spot Cilla photo
Bournemouth-watering preview, BR. No wonder you ended up with a Scandi-girl/Denmark! 😀
I would love the see the same line-up with the exception of Ozil in the middle instead of Rambo. However, I fully expect Emery to force Guendouzi back into the double-DM pivot and Torreira to be benched. If he does that, I expect us to struggle tonight. Hoping for a win but expecting a draw (2-2). CoyRRGs!
Nice one Raddy, I must admit a couple of lines raised a titter my end 🙂
Of course we will win tonight … and if we don’t, I claim supporters optimism syndrome.
Mr Wagner is a manager I admire … he is one of those who consistently produces teams that are greater than the sum of their parts, and still gets them playing attractive attacking football … a class above the Pulis/Allardyce kick’em ‘n park the bus merchants. It will be a travesty if he doesn’t get a job at a better club in the future (but hopefully not the totts)
Superb Erik.
The perfect mood setter
Maybe Emery has just clicked Auba is not a wide boy, so it’s an either or with Laca.
Bit like early season when we had 2 or 3 excellent subs coming off the bench at 60 mins
Out for day
See y’all on sofa
Cherries fan in peace – personally I would love it if Wagner was Spurs next manager, as long as they leave our Eddie alone! Lost count of the number of times our players and manager have been linked away this season, which has got to be a good sign! Thought we gave you a good game at DEAN COURT but not expecting the same tonight, just hoping we can keep the scoreline respectable… With 6/7 of our first choice 11 out including our most potent attacking threats Wilson and Brooks, our expectations are pretty much rock bottom, but as they say football is a funny old game! Good luck for the rest of the season, tonight excepted of course!
Fletch
I’m not here at the moment, but nice comment. good luck to you fellas, tonight excepted ditto 🙂
Ok, really off outside
Thanks for the update, Fletch.
Thanks also for taking the Wagner joke in good spirit, unlike some from other clubs have done.
But thanks most of all for your team news update. Anything which potentially helps at this stage of the season is most welcome.
Good luck to the Cherries and I hope you stay in the Prem for many many seasons to come.
Great comment, welcome Fletch. Apologies for saying Wagner should go to a better club … there aren’t many better than Bournemouth in many aspects … what I should have said was ‘bigger’ club … but who knows what can be achieved if Wagner stays. Good luck for the rest of the season …. after tonight …
Nice preview, I’d go with Ozil, Suarez and Aubameyang this evening, at least with Bournemouth you expect a game of football.
Is Danny Dyer about to shoot David Cameron?
9.54 Nice to see Sir Arsene in the pic alongside the sax-playing Dion Dublin
Fletch. Thanks. You support a fine club.
Rumours that Nathan Ake is on our radar. Check him out this evening
Your preview is like Ozil at his best.
With 4 games in 9 days I expect a lot of rotation. Unai has hinted as much.
~~~~~~Leno
Niles. Sokr. Kos. Monr.
~~~~~Torr. Guendz.
~Suarz. Ozil. Kola.
~~~~~~Auba.
Thank you Raddy.
I’m trying to imagine you taking your horizontal language lessons, I’m sure that later in the day I will come up with a few appropriate captions – if somebody dosen’t beat me to it!
I’m in my tent La
Sun gone down here so time to open a cheeky little Valpolicella and prepare for kick off
Gotta be about rotation tonight, I expect to see Ozil, Monreal and Guendouzi back in action, maybe even AMN as well.
All good prep for the weekend.
Thanks for the read BR.
LB. I agree. Rotation is highly likely with at least 5 players who will not start at Spurs
Jenkinson finally
Remember when he was at Chelsea, he wasn’t that impressive
10 from 11 for me. Didn’t see Jenko coming. That’s 6 changes and it’s as much our 1st eleven as the one that played on Sunday.
Carl Jenkinson makes his first Premier League start in 830 days
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang comes in for Alex Lacazette up top
Nacho Monreal and Sead Kolasinac both start as we opt for a back three
19 Leno
6 Koscielny (c)
20 Mustafi
18 Monreal
25 Jenkinson
11 Torreira
29 Guendouzi
31 Kolasinac
10 Ozil
7 Mkhitaryan
14 Aubameyang
Substitutes
1 Cech
20 Mustafi
4 Elneny
8 Ramsey
22 Suarez
17 Iwobi
9 Lacazette
Corp Jenks never played for Chelsea, Fred.
We signed him as a kid from Charlton Athletic.
3-4-2-1?
Strong bench and I got sunburnt in february
Evening all
RA
You posted an excellent comment the other day likening Fred to a Two Ronnies sketch, so you know very well he was referring to a comment some years back about William Gallas
Have any of the Vines gone to the game, or have they all gone like a bunch of Grape Vines?
Hmmm?😎
RA, they are the De-Vines.
Of course, Micky, how could I forget?
Fred asked if we remembered him playing for Chelsea? He clearly played for Chelsea without a bra or knickers, and wearing his shiny reflective boots.
Ahhh, now I remember it well.
(Umm, who was it?)
exactly 🙂
ha ha ha chas, just noticed the 180 🙂
Fred was talking about Nathan Ake at Chelsea but it may as well have been about William Gallas.
Of course, GN5, — we have to watch out, or we could easily get dee Vine in dee eye/.
Upskirting is illegal as well now, isn’t it?
Chas,
I know the answer to that one — cunnilingus!.
Ants and LBG are at the game, RA.
You know my view on rules
wow, Palace at home to Utd as well tonight
Chas
You have a selfie stick with your telephone camera on the end, then pretend your searching for bombs as you wander the streets snapping away from below
Well done, PE.
That’s a fine start!!
Get in ….
Mesut and Mhki on fire.
2-0 to the Arsenal
Ok, now I can really lay into the fatboy Malteser mega box
Shocking from Leno
Then Douzi gives them a gift. Come on boys don’t get over-confident
Entertaining half in which the points should have been home and hosed.
Sometimes our defensive lapses are pure comedy.
The Jenks/Mhki combo working well and for once most of our attacks are coming from the right. Ozil playing some lovely stuff and deserved his goal.
We are missing Xhaka
Yip Erik, agree about Granit
I reckon at some point we may go 4 at the back and get Iwobi and Laca on
cancel my subs comment 🙂
Koscielny is such a quality player.
Micky, I expect to see Suarez in the very near future
You are right about Wobbly
superb for Auba
now Suarez?
Cracking 4th goal. Mhki really having a superb game
How my boy jenkinson looking
Fred
He’s doing pretty well
All going pretty well then guys …. Micky, are you abroad? I can’t find any way of watching the game in the UK.
Fred. Jenks playing well.
Suarez on – has he touched the ball yet?
5 !!!
Rasp. Liveonline
Rasp
No. I’m watching on liveonlinefooty as usual
The channel is called Box Nation?!
Chavs 1-0 🙂
Thanks Micky ….. btw, we don’t really want the chavs to win …. a draw world be the preferred result don’t you think?
I want to overtake the neighbours 🙂
Do you have to pay for Liveonline?
Great result
Cracking game and excellent win.
Rasp. Yes you do. It is about €5 a month
Rasp
£7 for two months which is a pain as for years you could do a year at a time, but brilliant as all prem games shown as well as Europa CL
Here’s link: https://news-source.tv/user/login
ha ha ha superb own goal by spurs 🙂 🙂
Great evening. Nite all
One on Saturday would be nice.
lol
Glad to know jenkinson played well always like him
Ozil, a genius, 8.
Ouzi, a nineteen year old star, 8 and MOM ( fouled for their goal).
Referee s***, Bournemouth s***.
Dick instant reaction to Howe’s attempt to press with change to three at back, makes his own swop to back four. Quality coaching.
Kola getting better by game, likewise Micky. Corporal Jenks no confidence.
Thoroughly enjoyable night at the HOF.
Hastily and poorly written. Truth beknown, I didn’t see much of the game. Apologies in advance. Please write your own in the comments.
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Love that strike into the ground from Mesut. Keeper down, “lift” over him with an “Ozil chip”. Simples!