WIth the season nearing the half way stage, the Cherries have had their ups and downs as they've looked to adjust to life in the Championship, but Eunan O'Kane believes that AFC Bournemouth are reaping the reward of sticking to their principles.
Speaking in the Bournemouth Evening Echo, O'Kane is quoted as saying: "The manager is very clear on what he wants us to do and how he wants us to play. Technically, we are good enough to carry it out and, when we get it right, as we saw at Reading and at times against Wednesday, we are very hard to cope with. They bombarded our box with crosses and had a big lump up front. If anything, we were a little disappointed not to keep a clean sheet but, overall, we had to be happy with the win. As the saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. We are not the biggest or the most physical team so we have to go about it in other ways to try to stop teams. We try to stop the supply rather than have a battle when the ball is in the air and we carried it out quite well against Wednesday. Without being disrespectful to the way they played, I don't think I could play in their team because I just don't think I would get a game. It is not really the style of football that suits me and I don't think too many managers would fancy me playing that way. I am pleased with where I am, pleased with the way we play and with the manager's philosophy. Not too many teams in the league try to play the way we do so, if we can keep putting in performances like we have in the past few weeks, hopefully we will do well".