AFCB still have to find more of a goal threat

It was great to see Bournemouth keep a clean sheet and get a 0-1 win over Chelsea. It is quite rare for AFCB to have a central midfielder come up with a winner or a goal of any form. In Bournemouth's last five games have themselves only managed four goals with the Cherries scoring no goals against Liverpool and Crystal Palace. We may not be seeing things clearly with the win over Chelsea, because the Cherries are still not quite their potent sales at the business end of the field.
AFCB will hope for creating more goals against BurnleyI was encouraged that Ryan Fraser looked more like his old self at Chelsea. He may not have got into any goal scoring positions, but he did play well on the wing and made several good crosses. I am also pleased to think that Stanislas could well get a start this next weekend with Danjuma definitely out and perhaps Harry Wilson struggling. It is going to be hard for Howe to change a winning team, but in the goal department, I think Bournemouth are still light. Stanislas would add more creativity going forward and we may see at least one central midfielder who played at Chelsea moved to the bench to let Stanislas start.

AdvertisementWhile the goal Bournemouth scored at Chelsea was scored when Josh King was off the pitch, King was Bournemouth's best hope of getting a goal. It's important that he is okay to start and the way he walked up and celebrated the win last weekend indicates to me that he might be okay with some rest. Take King out of the picture though and Bournemouth are struggling to see many goals coming from the attack. It may be that AFCB need a set-piece and a defender to get them a goal.

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While Mepham has scored against Sheffield United, Diego Rico, Simon Francis and Jack Stacey are still waiting for a Premier league goal this season. Bournemouth have lost some of their scoring ability from the back with Aké, Steve Cook and Adam Smith all out. So while we have a had a good result, there is still a worry that AFCB are not as good as they should be in front of goal yet.
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