With the opening game of the season, against Aston Villa, behind us Simon Francis talks about the match.
Speaking in the Bournemouth Evening Echo, Francis is quoted as saying: "It is such a big step and even if the game isn’t shown live, there are still so many cameras there. You can guarantee it is being shown somewhere round the world. You are under the spotlight and there is that added pressure but I thought we handled it well on Saturday. We were lively, pressed high and didn’t give Villa a chance on the ball. I thought we dominated most of the game with our possession and, if anything, were probably a bit surprised at our tempo and the way we created chances. We were guilty of not putting them away and it would have been nice to go in a goal up at half-time but we will learn from that. There were so many positives to take".