Should Surridge look for a move in January?

At the start of this season, I expected Sam Surridge to get a lot more game time than he has been getting to date. While that has been impacted a little by Josh King not moving on, there has been extra competition from Danuma, while Solanke was always likely to be the main striker.

Will Sam Surridge get more playing time at AFCB?
Whether Sam has been given a fair crack at establishing himself is something that he might be pondering himself. He is young at 22 and has time, but having done so well in the Championship last season and the season before that, it seems harsh that he has had to prove himself even more at his home club. When on loan for Oldham in 2018-19 he scored 15 goals and in 2019-20 he netted 20 times for Swansea. He is still waiting to score his first league goal for Bournemouth this season, but I don't see that as being his main problem.

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I'd like to see Sam get more of a run in the team. He gets five minutes here and there and hasn't been able to build his reputation at Bournemouth while he has at other clubs when on loan. He will be wondering if he is being looked over, or if he should be looking to play elsewhere, and that is why I hope Jason Tindall finds some games between now and mid-January to give Sam more of a go.

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With the number of games there are in the Championship, I don't see why Sam should have to wait for the FA Cup to see what he can do. He has done his apprenticeship in the Championship in previous seasons. Bournemouth were not scoring that many goals until they bagged three against Birmingham City ,and perhaps Surridge could take some of the pressure off other players if he could get a goal or two. 

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Tindall may be over-reliant on using Dominic Solanke and he will need to get the balance right. He has been interchanging with Josh King, but it hasn't really been working as well as it might upfront and I just hope Sam doesn't get too anxious come January to be playing more games. If he went to another Championship side you could see him scoring lots of goals.

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