With a third of the season gone, Marc Pugh insists that the Cherries are no push overs as the season begins to heat up.
Speaking in the Bournemouth Evening Echo, the tricky winger is quoted as saying: "Preston are such a big club for League One and they have a great fan base, but when a team like Bournemouth, who were struggling in League Two and in administration only a couple of years ago, come to clubs like that and win, it shows how far we have come. I think teams like Scunthorpe and Preston know we always give 100 per cent, but they will also know we have been poor on a couple of occasions this season. These big clubs have a lot of quality and I’m sure they sometimes think they can play a club like Bournemouth and just turn them over. But it doesn’t work like that. There are no easy games in League One now and we are no different to any other club. We have the quality to do really well, I really believe that".