As in any campaign, home form is the key to success, none more so than the challenge of picking up as many points at Dean Court in the Cherries first season as a Championship Club.
Speaking in the Bournemouth Evening Echo, Cherries winger Marc Pugh is quoted as saying: "In the past few seasons, we have made it a bit of a fortress and the teams who have visited have found it difficult. Against the better teams, like your Wigans, we try to stay nice and solid and I think we have the pace to catch teams on the counter attack. It is only early but, if you had offered it to us before the start of the season, we would have taken two wins from three all day long. We have got to make our home form count, though, and it will prove important come the end of the season".