With just over a third of the season gone so far, manager Eddie Howe speaks about how he feels the season has developed to date, being quoted in the Bournemouth Evening Echo as saying: "Without wanting to seem like you can predict the future, it has gone pretty much as I would have expected. We have had some tough games, we have had to respond to setbacks, we have had to be very strong mentally and we are going to have to continue to do all those things. But we have talent in the squad, we have some very good players and we are building a very strong squad. But that takes time and you can’t do it instantly, otherwise you lose everything you have built the previous season, which saw us win a lot of games and build success. To keep that, you can’t make too many changes at once, so I feel we are on the right path but to expect instant success at this level is a demand too high".