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Penalty dramas in AFCB Carabao Cup win

Carabao CupSecond RoundAFCB 11 v 10 Crystal Palace
15 September 2020 
AFCB doesn't do dull cup games. Sam Surridge had netted in the first half but was judged to be offside when he netted in the first half. The decision might have been different had VAR been available in the Carabao Cup. This game against Crystal Palace may have had a 0-0 scoreline after 90 minutes, but most of the drama was still to happen with a penalty shoot out that went right up to 11-10. Begovic thought he had lost the game when he took the Cherries 11 penalty which was saved only for Palace's keeper, Hennessey, to also miss his spot-kick. It was left for Milivojevic to have his penalty saved, by Begovic, to see Bournemouth through to play Man City in the third round. 
Begovic plays a major part in AFCB's penalty shoot out.AFCB brought in Harry Arter and Asmir Begovic for the Crystal Palace match, along with Sam Surridge upfront. Meanwhile, there were first caps Nnamdi Ofoborh and Jordan Zemura. David Brooks also played just behind Surridge as the top of the midfield diamond. It was also a big night for Lloyd Kelly who was made skipper for the night.

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Zemura makes his presence known on his professional debut as he clatters the ball against Palace's Nya Kirby, winning a goal-kick. The wing-backs Stacey and Zemura are holding very high and wide positions when the Cherries have the ball, creating gaps for David Brooks to work in.

The Welsh international has got on the ball on both sides of the pitch in the early stages of the match and is trying to dictate the tempo. The corner is just about cleared by Palace but the likes of Lewis Cook and Harry Arter refuse to give up the chase and win the ball back, the latter hitting it from distance. A comfortable save for Hennessey.

Meanwhile, Milivojevic needs treatment after a 50/50 but the Palace captain is good to continue.

A solid opening 20 minutes so far, AFCB on top. Save by Begovic! Palace win the ball in the Cherries half and Eze looked set to get a shot off in the box, but for a great tackle by Billing who made sure he tracked back.

The ball falls to Kirby who shoots on the turn and strikes it fairly well, forcing Begovic to push the low effort behind for a corner. Surridge heads away the corner.

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Meanwhile, Zemura makes a great run past two players into the box, he finds Surridge who tries to flick it into his path again but gets it slightly wrong. Simpson heads wide from a corner, our seventh of the match so far. He won the flick on at the near post but couldn't get it back enough to hit the target. The Cherries thought they were ahead as Sam Surridge tucked home from inside the box but the offside flag was up.

AFCB won the ball in the Palace half, Brooks ran towards the box before slipping in Surridge who opened up his body to side-foot past the 'keeper. The replays showed it was tight, proven by the gasps in the press box. Brooks and Surridge are linking up well.

The former finds Surridge running down the channel. He's dragged across two players as he ran towards the box, opening up space for Brooks to hare into. The pass from Surridge is too powerful though as Brooks is only able to direct it at goal and it ran narrowly wide.

Palace send a ball across the box that Kirby can't divert towards goal. Close - Zemura has been really impressive on the left and he uses the run of Billing to cut inside and clip a great cross towards Surridge, the forward just unable to connect with it.

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AFCB 59% possession, 5 shots, 2 shots on target, 285 passes, 85% passing accuracy, 6 corners, 4 fouls

Palace 41% possession, 1 Shot, 1 shot on target, 205 passes, 79% passing accuracy, 1 corner, 5 fouls
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The second half has started much like the first, the Cherries have dominated the ball and won a corner. Brooks' shot is deflected behind. Simpson rises above Hennessey but the Welshman manages to touch it against the Cherries defender to deflect it behind. Good defending by Palace stops Jack Stacey from getting a second goal in as many games.

The Cherries have played some lovely stuff in this second half, Brooks at the centre of everything as the likes of Stacey finding great areas. It has forced Palace into two substitutions: Jeffrey Schlupp and Sam Woods replaces by Jordan Ayew and Mamadou Sakho.

Surridge is fed the ball on the half-turn in the box but is tackled. It drops to Stacey who cuts inside to open space but a great block stops him firing into the net. Close! It was that man Stacey again. Hennessey maked a good save that just avoids Brooks for the rebound. It's the last action for Stacey as he's replaced by Jefferson Lerma. Brooks clips in a free-kick from the edge of the box and a defensive header drops to Harry Arter. The midfielder connects sweetly enough but can't keep it down.

Jack Stacey's replacement, Jefferson Lerma, has dropped into the back three, featuring as the right-sided centre-back. That has pushed Ofoborh up to right wing-back. Andros Townsend comes on for Nya Kirby.

Begovic is tested for the first-time in second half as he's forced to catch the ball in the Cherries box. It is a much more experienced Palace line-up on the field now and they are starting to get their foot on the ball more as a shot from distance flies high and wide.

Lewis Cook is replaced by Dan Gosling for the final 20 minutes. Gosling comes on for Lewis cook. Dominic Solanke replaces Harry Arter for the final minutes. In his first Cherries appearance in 972 days, Arter has impressed.

Asmir Begovic shouts 'keep it' from goal as the Cherries manoeuvre around the pitch. Solanke shoots which is blocked, it falls to Brooks to touches it to Ofoborh in a good position but he skews his shot wide of the near post.


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Zemura lifts the ball over the defender and races away, in a dangerous move for the Cherries. However, Martin Kelly brings him down and receives a yellow.

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AFCB 17 shots, 3 on target, 63% possession, 572 passes, 85% passing accuracy, 7 fouls, 10 corners

Palace four shots, one shot on target, 37 %, 349 passes, 78% passing accuracy, 10 fouls, 2 corners

Penalties: Brooks scores 1-0 AFCB, Milivojevic scores 1-1, Surridge 2-1, Batshuayi 2-2, Billing makes it 3-2, Townsend 3-3, Kelly makes it 4-3, Come on Begovic! Eve makes it 4-4, Yeah Solanke scores 5-4,  Ayew 5-5, Simpson 6-5, Come on Begovic make the save, Meyer 6-6, Long Night this - Man City must be anxious who they are going to get. Gosling 7-6, Sakho 7-7, Lerma 8-7, Kelly 8-8, Ofoborh 9-8, Inniss scores 9-9, Zemura 10-9, Jach make sit 10-10, Begovic has his kick saved!! Hennessey misses still 10-10. Brooks 11-10, Milivojevic 's penalty is saved! Bournemouth win through to the next round to play Man City.

AFCB line up AFCB Subs: Travers, Lerma, Gosling, Kilkenny, Anthony, Solanke Crystal Palace
13 Hennessey, 34 Kelly, 35 Woods, 45 Inniss, 33 Jach, 37 Kirby, 7 Meyer, 4 Milivojevic, 25 Eze,15 Schlupp, 23 Batshuayi

Palace Substitutes
9 J Ayew, 10 Townsend, 12 Sakho, 19 Henderson, 22 McCarthy, 27 Mitchell, 40 Pierrick

Time for AFCB youth in Carabao Cup?

Jason Tindall says he wants to play a strong side for the Carabao Cup first-round match against Crystal Palace. There are a couple of players that missed out on the league match on Saturday who could come into contention, like Diego Rico, Asmir Begovic. The team doesn't need to be that similar to what we saw on Saturday. Several youth players could do a good job for Bournemouth.
Rico could be one of those players drawn in for his first start tonight.I am particularly keen to see Sam Surridge and Jaidon Anthony. It is likely that Sam will get a runout but that Solanke would be on the bench ahead of Jaidon. While Bournemouth needs Solanke to start scoring goals I could see the value of JT picking him to be involved. Perhaps Surridge and Solanke even need to try and build up a partnership which will surely be helpful for other games this season. Josh King is not due back to training yet.

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The middle of the park is very likely to see changes. Philip Billing wasn't used on Saturday to any great degree and Dan Gosling could also get a start. I think it is less likely that we see Marc Pugh or Harry Arter, but you never know. Kris Temple says Arter is training just like everyone else and he is a Bournemouth player. Ofoborh could perhaps be a sub and it would be good to see him get some minutes. There may be a place for Gavin Kilkenny on the right-wing as well at some point if it is best to save David Brooks, or Junior Stanislas for the weekend. JT may have more trouble in asking Danjuma to step aside and sit on the bench as he seems to want to be involved in every game, which I think is positive with the form he is in.

Advertisement Coastal Garden BuildingsThere is also room for maneuvering at the back. While Rico is surely going to get the nod with Daniels still looking to improve his fitness the centre-backs could also be a new pairing. Jack Simpson and perhaps Chris Mepham are most in need of time on the pitch. Asmir Begovic also faces a fitness test but looks like he might beat Will Dennis to playing. In some ways, it might be clever to ask Mark Travers to play just to get the Blackburn same out of his mind. So there are a few cards up JT sleeve, but he has to think about the Middlesbrough game for this match. With Man City in the next round of the cup, the league is the priority. The difficulty Is that JT doesn't want a bad performance and to lose the momentum from the winning start.
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Tindall's attractive football pays dividends in the first game

While Bournemouth fans might not have been too certain about how Jason Tindall would like to see Bournemouth play, fans got a real taste of how the Cherries will look to go forward watching the match against Blackburn Rovers. It did seem a case of we are going to score one more than you, and the enjoyment for the fans will be the attacking nature of JT's team.
Bournemouth brings goals to their game.There might not be so much pleasure in watching Bournemouth defend this season. At times they do make poor decisions and let teams have shots from distance. That is fine when the goal is well covered, but Mark Travers made a mistake in this first game and it could have dented his and the team's confidence.

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It was very important to win. The fact that it was a narrow victory didn't matter, Bournemouth had shown their superiority first half, and Blackburn had battled their way back into the game well. It took a lot though for Bournemouth to go and get the winner in the last 10 minutes and with that, we can safely say the new era of Jason Tindall is well under away.
Advertisement Eddie Had a Dream eBook version -£7.99!Fans can now look ahead with the first win under the Cherries belt. The goals came from three different goal scorers and we should have known from last season that a defender was likely to get Bournemouth's first goal on the first day of the season. Playing with Kelly, Cook and Mepham at the back really does look formidable on paper, but there is room for improvement at the back. Upfront we still need to see consistency from Solanke, but Danjuma and Stanislas are the creative players that are opening teams up and could have big seasons.
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The optimism is back and the doubts about Jason Tindall may well fade quickly at this rate. He has let the handbrake off the team and the players have responded. Whatsmore, he has done it without needing to play David Brooks or Josh King from the start - that's brave for the new manager. 
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Bournemouth gets off to a winning start beating Blackburn 3-2

Jason Tindall's football seems to run under the matter of we'll score one more than you. This was certainly the case with this opening match of the season. Bournemouth took the lead on five minutes with Jack Stacey scoring from distance from a corner - a sublime finish. The lead didn't last the duration of the first half though, as Bradley Johnson struck a drive to level the scores on 42 minutes. It bounced in front of Travers who just didn't get to it well enough. Jefferson Lerma stroked Bournemouth back into the lead before Armstrong brought it back to 2-2 on 73 minutes. It was left to Arnaut Danjuma to score the winner on 84 minutes to give Jason Tindall his first league win. JT will be pleased with the win but should know that there is much more work to tighten up at the back.

Jack Stacey begins AFCB's 2020-21 season with a spectacular first opening goal against Blackburn Rovers.
My guess line-up for AFCB was not too far off the mark. Diego Rico didn't make the starting line up as Adam Smith was preferred and Sam Surridge only made the bench with JT cautiously picking Chris Mepham to make three at the back instead of having two strikers. David Brooks was also left on the bench perhaps suggesting a move later this month. A 3-5-3 formation was very attacking for Bournemouth but left plenty of spaces for Blackburn to play their football.

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Match description
Bournemouth gives away a free kick at the start. Adam Smith was the culprit. Lewis Travis then fouls Jefferson Lerma.

Blackburn gets the fist attack away with Armstrong shooting wide from distance on the left after a good pass from Travis.

Bournemouth comes forward and Lewis cook has an attempt from distance that just goes past the top corner after seven minutes. The Cherries are getting a foothold in the game with their first corner.

Danjuma wins a free kick. Mepham makes a foul. Lerma has conceded a corner to Blackburn. Bournemouth has had more of the possession and has settled in well to life in the Championship. Adam Smith is being fouled again.

Travers has a risky moment taking a back pass from Kelly. Junior Stanislas is fouled. Lewis Travis shot is blocked from outside the box. Bournemouth has a corner now. Stanislas takes and Jack Stacey has scored with a rocket from 25 yards off the post and in! Bournemouth has the lead.

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The free kicks are mounting up. Lerma is getting stuck in but no cards yet. Lewis Cook wins a free kick. Danjuma gets taken down on the left-wing. Stanislas has ben fouled now.

Holtby has a shot from distance but not on target. Joe Rankin-Costello has a shot blocked. Bradley Johnson has hit a screamer from 35 yards and makes it 1-1. Travers is beaten on 42 minutes.

Solanke fouls. Stanislas shoots but high and wide.

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Second half
There are no changes at half-time. Bournemouth won't be happy if they don't get a win in their first game. Steve Cook is carded for a bad foul. Amari'i Bell gets it to Bradley Johnson who goes close again.

Jefferson Lerma is in the ref's book for a bad foul. Jack Stacey wins a free kick. Lerma is there and makes it 2-1. Assist by Solanke and Lerma hit the shot well from outside the box to put Bournemouth back in front on 53 minutes.

Blackburn has a corner. Adam Smith to Stanislas shot blocked.

Dan Gosling is coming on for Lerma on 59 minutes. Danjuma through to Solanke, saved for a corner. Steve Cook, centre of the box has his shot saved, too.

Armstrong is caught offside. Gosling wins a free kick.

Rothwell replaces Rankin-Costello. Blackburn also sub Brereton and bring on Dolan on 68 minutes.

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Armstrong shoots just wide of the top left corner. Bournemouth needs to be wary. Gosling fouls. A chance for Armstrong, he's stuck it away 2-2 on 73 minutes, left-footed shot. 

Steve Cook concedes a corner. Nyambe misses from outside the box. Adam Smith fouls. Brooks is on for Mepham on 79 minutes. Mepham is injured.

Armstrong is offside. Armstrong misses narrowly to the left of the goal. Derrick Williams to Dolan, and he has missed to the left.

Danjuma has it and fires Bournemouth back into the lead 3-2. 84 minutes gone Come on hang on Bournemouth. Stanislas is subbed for Billing.

Evans replaces Travis on 86 minutes. Foul by Stacey. Adam Smith comes away with the ball and is fouled. Amari' i Bell has a shot wide. Corry Evans shot is wide. Hope Bournemouth can hold on.

90 minutes are up. Six minutes of added time.

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Summary
This was hardly a convincing win. Danjuma's strike four minutes from 90 minutes saved Bournemouth from asking some tough questions about the defence that had let in tow goals. The Cherries keep conceding whether it is the Premier League of the Championship and they'll need to improve at the back. Going forward they do seem more refreshed and are capable of taking games away from teams. Three points are three points and Bournemouth will get better. Blackburn had been well-organised, so Tindall will go away with plenty of positives. 

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AFCB Subs

4Gosling
7Brooks
14Surridge
24Ofoborh
25Simpson
29Billing
40Dennis

Blackburn Rovers
1 Kaminski, 2 Nyambe, 26 Lenihan, 3 Williams, 17 Bell, 27 Travis (Evans 86), 10 Holtby, 4 Johnson
24 Rankin-Costello (Rothwell 58), 7 Armstrong, 20 Brereton (Dolan 68)


Substitutes
8Rothwell
21Buckley
28Wharton
29Evans
31Bennett
33Fisher
39Dolan

No clues on AFCB line-up from JT - so who will he pick?

The big day has arrived. It is the start of a new season even if the fans aren't being let into grounds yet. So the time has come for Jason Tindall to pick his strongest side and while one or two players we can probably rule out, it is a pretty open book as to who will start for AFCB against Blackburn. 

A year ago - Dean Court welcomed Sheffied Utd,
this time it's Blackburn Rovers but with no fans

The keeper's gloves seemed destined to be given to Mark Travers and I hope that is still the case even if Asmir Begovic is available. Asmir has the number one shirt, but I don't see why he should be Tindall's first choice unless he is looking to keep hold of him. Bournemouth needs to start anew and picking players that have been below par in the past might not be sending out the right message, so I hope Travers starts and that Will Dennis is the backup keeper on the bench. Somehow, I expect I'll be disappointed here with JT's decision.

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Moving to the full-back positions I expect Adam Smith to get the right-back place ahead of Jack Stacey, although I would be just as happy if Jack started. Diego Rico also deserves his place on the left for me. Harder is the decision for central defence if Steve Cook is not available, but I believe Cook will make his late fitness test and will captain the side, playing next to Lloyd Kelly. Chris Mepham will probably have to wait a little longer for his chance but if Cook is not ready he'll be starting.

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The disappointing thing is that it's not really a departure from Eddie Howe's defence and we know they were not good enough at Premier League level and they are weaker still without Aké. The midfield does look good with Lerma and Lewis Cook my pick for the central positions and Stanislas and Danjuma on the wings. Somehow I reckon David Brooks won't be available and has probably played his last game for AFCB. I'd love to be wrong, but he just hasn't been involved in pre-season and I don't see him starting.

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Upfront I'd like to see Sam Surrduge and Dominic Solanke as Bournemouth are at home and should be looking for goals. If these two can get off to a great start, the club really will start to look forward which is what we all want now.

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With some of the players doing so well at West Ham last weekend, I'd hope that Nnamdi Ofoborh, Jordan Zemura, Jaidon Anthony and Gavin Kilkenny are in and around the squad. JT is likely to have experience though on the bench with Marc Pugh, Philip Billing and Dan Gosling.

Suggested line up for AFCB v Blackburn Rovers

AFCB Subs: Dennis, Stacey, Mepham, Gosling, Billing, Pugh, Anthony
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Do Blackburn Rovers have a secret weapon for Bournemouth?

Blackburn Rovers are the first test for Jason Tondall's new look AFCB. Tony Mowberry says his team is ready for the game having gone unbeaten in pre-season beating Fleetwood and Blackpool, before knocking Doncaster Rovers out of the Carabao Cup in the first round. However, Balckburn's attacking duo of Bradley Dack and Sam Gallagher are both expected to be out of contention with injuries.

Blackburn Rovers will be the first Championship side to visit Dean Court in the 2020-21 season.

Blackburn Rovers had a pretty poor end to last season losing their last match to Luton Town 3-2 having let in two own goals to see Luton survive on the last day of the season. Since then they have been joined by Tom White, 23, on loan from Bolton Wanderers for the season and by Belgian keeper Thomas Kaminiski, 27, from KAA Gent.  This week Blackburn has also been trying to land James Garner of Man Utd on loan.

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Meanwhile, Rovers has released striker Danny Graham who was picked up by Sunderland. Another big performer they have also lost this summer is defender Tosin Adarabioyo, 21, who was on loan from Man City last season. Stewart Downing has also been released as his contract came to an end in the summer. Other players that departed included Dominic Samuel, Richie Smallwood, Jayson Leutwiler and Sam Hart.

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Rovers finished 11th last season having managed 17 wins and 63 points. They also had 17 defeats which ultimately cost them a higher finishing position. That makes them pretty good opposition for Bournemouth in the first game, if we can consider them as a good mid-table team.

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There has been quite a bit of change at Rovers and some experience has certainly left the team. How they will match up against a Bournemouth team that has more of a sale than a rebuild we will just have to wait and see.
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The Lancashire Live site sees Rovers lining up like this:

KamianskiNyambe Lenihan Williams BellHoltbyTravis     Johnson          Brereton                               Rankin-CostelloArmstrong
Striker Adam Armstrong scored 16 goals in the Championship last season so Steve Cook and Lloyd Kelly are perhaps most likely to be looking after him.

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Can Danjuma become AFCB's new sensation?

AFCB fans have been mourning for long enough. Players are going to leave when the club drops down a division and new players will arrive, but have we looked closer at what we already have at Dean Court? Arnaut Danjuma has had a red hot pre-season and rather than talking about wantaway Ryan Fraser or high-wages Matt Ritchie, AFCB fans should be encouraged by what Danjuma has shown in pre-season.

Is Danjuma Bournemouth's bright new star?
Go back a couple of months and we saw Arnaut Danjuma send back an awful pass in the game against Leicester City that resulted in Nathan Aké blocking a shot from Jamie Vardy that ended the Dutch defender's last game for the Cherries. It wasn't Danjuma's best 45 minutes of football and he was subbed at half -time.
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Move on a couple of months and Danjuma has almost been reborn. He will feature on the front cover of the Blackburn Rovers MatchDay programme and he deserves to be highlighted as one of AFCB's main men now with his eye for goal and newfound confidence. I don't know of that many Bournemouth players that have been in sparkling form in 2020. Perhaps Junior Stanislas did find his best form at the end of the season, but it has taken a while for Danjuma to find his feet.
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Now I hope Danjuma continues to go at teams and fire Bournemouth up the Championship. We have to find new heroes and I wouldn't be surprised if Danjuma is one of the first players that AFCB fans have to come up with a new song for. I do like the look of Danjuma playing upfront and perhaps by coming in off the wing more often he will benefit from this freedom.

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In other news, AFCB has been linked with Charlton keeper Dillon Phillips to replace Aaron Ramsdale.
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Bournemouth make loan bid for Tottenham defender

The Daily Telegraph has reported that AFCB is after Tottenham defender, and US international player, Cameron Carter-Vickers, 22. Cameron is a central defender that Bournemouth is looking at to replace Nathan Aké. He could form a partnership with Steve Cook going forward or Chris Mepham, but it is probably bad news for Jack Simpson who will be bumped down the list, while Lloyd Kelly may have to revert to a left-back role if he is to stay at the Cherries.
Steve Cook could soon have a new centre-back partner.Tottenham's Vitals website suggests Carter-Vickers' transfer valuation was around £4m in January 2020, but having had a loan period with Luton most recently, he has not stirred interest from Championship clubs, and his transfer fee has been lowered to more like £2.5m, reports Football Insider. The wages seem to have been a problem for Luton Town taking the player.
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A loan move by Bournemouth may indicate that the Cherries are looking to hold on to any cash they can in their attempt to climb back to the Premier League and may indicate that they are looking to adapt to new budget constraints. A fee of £2.5-4m is easily within the Cherries' compass, but perhaps Bournemouth only expects to pick up a central defender for one season before looking to making a more permanent signing.

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At least Bournemouth is finally showing some interest in players. The defence has been the weakest part of the team and Carter-Vickers has plenty of Championship experience having played on loan for Sheffield Utd, Ipswich Town, Swansea City, Stoke City and Luton Town.

Advertisement Eddie Had a Dream eBook version -£7.99!I'd gotten rather used to seeing Lloyd Kelly play as the stand-in centre-half, but this may mean that Bournemouth is expecting to lose Lloyd as well, which would be a pity. It could also mean that Jack Simpson might become available for a loan move this coming season of Bournemouth are successful in the bid to attract Carter-Vickers to the club.

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In other new, The Daily Express reports that AFCB Stoke striker Tyrese Campbell and have has a £2m bid for Ipswich striker Kayden Jackson rejected. Meanwhile Aston Villa are lining up a bid for Josh King and Leicester are looking to make a bid for David Brooks.

Is Bournemouth's current strike force strong enough for the Championship?

While I have been answering a few social media questions from bloggers about Callum Wilson's departure, it left me feeling that a replacement would be nice to have. We have seen the likes of Peterborough's Ivan Toney move to Brentford this summer, having scored 24 goals in League One, but standout candidates to replace someone like Callum are pretty thin on the ground. 


Is Surridge ready to step into Wilson's shoes? 

So do Bournemouth spend some of that cash or are they better off putting that aside for the new Canford Magna training complex and starting a new stadium fund? Maxin Demin wants a quick return to the Premier League, but it is going to be hard to achieve everything and he would need a top striker to propel the Cherries to the top two places in the Championship, or more likely two top strikers. It is asking a lot of Dominic Solanke and Sam Surridge to be the main strikers for the whole season.

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I was impressed with Jaidon Anthony even if he hadn't scored against West Ham at the weekend. He has good movement and quick feet. Bournemouth has a good track record of improving strikers, like Brett Pitman and Danny Ings, and Jaidon might be the next one off the conveyor belt at AFCB. Mikael Ndjoli was on loan at Motherwell from January but hardly played before getting injured, but he could be another player that JT calls upon if Bournemouth are not looking to spend. Jake Scrimshaw is the other striker that Bournemouth has on their U21 books, but we haven't seen him getting a run out for the first team yet.
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I'd rather see some of our young players given a go than going out to pay for overpriced strikers because other clubs think Bournemouth are cash-rich having just come down from the Premier League. Whether that leaves Bournemouth short of firepower though remains to be seen. If the club loses Josh King as expected and David Brooks, then I would expect JT to look at some striker options. Paying over the odds Is the worry.

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In other news, Bournemouth play Crystal Palace in the second round of the Carabao Cup on 15 September with the winner to play Man City away in the third round - a cup run might be difficult this season!

Newcastle wins out in the battle for Bournemouth striker

 The destiny of where Callum Wilson would end up this summer has been more tantalising for the clubs involved in the tussle than for AFCB fans. With Callum apparently arriving at St James' Park in Mike Ashley's helicopter, it was clear that Newcastle's bid of £20m was enough for the Cherries despite Aston Villa coming in with a counteroffer of £21m, says TalkSport.

Callum Wilson goes north to join Newcastle United.

Newcastle United is probably a good club for Wilson in that he will be the main striker and he would have had big competition at Tottenham from Harry Kane. At Aston Villa, he would similarly have been the main man, but he has favoured a move to the northeast and Newcastle will be feeling very smug that they have an England striker now.

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What Bournemouth fans will wonder is what is happening with the transfer money? Will JT finally spend some of the incoming cash? I hope he does get to spend some money, although the recent performance against West Ham perhaps indicates that there are more than one or two players who can step up. I was particularly impressed with Jaidon Anthony who took his goal particularly well in the 3-5 rout.

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I still believe AFCB needs to buy at least be more striker and possibly look to strengthen the defence with another player having seen Nathan Aké depart. The Premier League may be more pressurised but the Championship has more games and with AFCB's injury record it makes sense to have adequate numbers.

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As for Callum, he will do okay for Newcastle. He may have gone their relatively on the cheap but he has a chance t show how good he can be as a Premier League player. TalkSport still says that JT is interested in bringing back Matt Ritchie to Dean Court, but I don't think that would be much compensation if the Cherries have to sell David Brooks.

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In other news, Ryan Fraser is joining Callum Wilson at Newcastle United and also has his medical today.