Following on from the 5-0 defeat at the hands of Morecambe, manager Eddie Howe has called for a positive response from his players as the busy festive programme of fixtures starts with a tricky home tie against Notts County (Monday 21st, ko 1945, live on Sky Sports).
Speaking in the Bournemouth Evening Echo, Eddie is quoted as saying: "The lads have responded excellently, as they have to every defeat this season. We’ve worked them hard in training and had always planned to do that anyway. “It’s nice to have a slightly longer gap between games so we can try to get a few injured bodies back and identify and work on a couple of areas we need to improve on. We’ve been beaten 4-0 and 5-0 this season and that is clearly something we don’t want to make a habit of. It is disappointing because for the majority of the time we’ve been water tight. But it’s important for us and for everybody around us not to over-react after one performance. We’re still in such a great position and we don’t want any negativity to affect that".