Season One: October
Eddie Howe insisted that his team would be taking things ‘one game at a time’ in October, but with a favourable set of fixtures, he all too well knew that the opportunity to build a lead at the top of the Championship was clear cut. Then again, The Cherries headed into the month without a win in their last three league fixtures, a slight stutter in an otherwise excellent opening to the campaign. Games against Bolton, Charlton, Reading and Birmingham would provide the chance to get back and track, plus there was the added bonus of a trip to the Boleyn Ground in the Capital One Cup.
Match Results
Bolton 0 – 2 Bournemouth
Saturday 4th October 2014 | Macron Stadium | Att. 13, 823
Bournemouth Goals: Yann Kermorgant (10, 30)
Bolton Goals: None
Man of the Match: Bournemouth’s Yann Kermorgant, 8.8 Match Rating
Bournemouth 3 – 0 Charlton
Saturday 18th October 2014 | Dean Court | Att. 11, 678
Bournemouth Goals: Callum Wilson (24, 58), Junior Stanislas (65)
Charlton Goals: None
Man of the Match: Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson, 9.2 Match Rating
Bournemouth 2 – 1 Reading
Tuesday 21st October 2014 | Dean Court | Att. 11, 813
Bournemouth Goals: Callum Wilson (20), Dan Gosling (50)
Reading Goals: Simon Cox (38)
Man of the Match: Bournemouth’s Dan Gosling, 8.5 Match Rating
Birmingham 1 – 3 Bournemouth
Saturday 25th October 2014 | St. Andrews | Att. 12, 055
Bournemouth Goals: Yann Kermorgant (56, 78), Shaun MacDonald (87)
Birmingham Goals: Andrew Shinnie (60 pen)
Man of the Match: Bournemouth’s Yann Kermorgant, 9.1 Match Rating
West Ham 3 – 2 Bournemouth
Tuesday 28th October 2014 | Boleyn Ground | Att. 33, 334
Capital One Cup 4th Round
Bournemouth Goals: Ryan Fraser (29), Callum Wilson (43)
West Ham Goals: Alex Song (3), Stewart Downing (6), Aaron Cresswell (79)
Man of the Match: West Ham’s Alex Song, 8.3 Match Rating
League Table
Due to Bournemouth’s excellent league form within October, they have now pulled away from fellow challengers and have a seven point advantage over 2nd place Derby County. This month has seen The Cherries maintain their record of being table toppers all season long, and it’s hard to see them slipping at the moment, considering their current performance level. There’s still a long way to go though, and with the league being extremely competitive, there can be no rest bite in the bid for promotion.
Goal of the Month
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Dan Gosling’s first league goal for Bournemouth was a special one and proved to be the match winning goal against Reading, as the midfielder turned in a Man of the Match performance to help his side to a 2-1 success. The strike came about five minutes into the second half, Yann Kermorgant chipping the ball into Gosling’s path, and the former Everton man dispatching his volley with aplomb.
Player of the Month
Yann Kermorgant
Yann Kermorgant has been one of the star players of the season for Bournemouth, striking up a formidable partnership with Callum Wilson, in attack. And once again, the Frenchman was in fine form during October, bagging four goals and also adding 3 assists to his name too. His overall play has always been very good – an aerial presence, strong, and good link-up/hold-up play – but now he’s just that bit more clinical. Already, Kermorgant has 12 league goals, just one less than he managed in the entirety of last season. At 32 years old, he’s one of the most experienced players in the squad, and certainly one of the most talented.
Managers Thoughts
Eddie Howe
Despite our cup defeat against West Ham, I was delighted with results over the last month, with four wins out of four in the league. Obviously success in the Championship is our main priority and with our form so impressive in that competition, there’s not a bad word I can say against the players right now. Bolton, Charlton, Reading and Birmingham are admittedly not teams in the higher echelons of the division but as we’ve seen on plenty of occasions, anybody can beat anybody in the Championship. So, to pick up two clean sheets along the way was excellent, as well as scoring another ten goals. Back onto the Capital One Cup defeat, and I thought we performed admirably, and were in fact slightly unlucky. We were missing some of our key men such as Ritchie and Kermorgant, but gave a great effort against a team with a lot of quality. I would have liked to have seen us progress, but we had a good little run and still have some enjoyable memories of the Hull City match.
Championship Monthly Awards
Eddie Howe
Manager of the Month: Eddie Howe (Bournemouth)
Yann Kermorgant
Player of the Month: Yann Kermorgant (Bournemouth)
Lewis Macleod
Young Player of the Month: Lewis Macleod (Brentford)
Elsewhere In England
• Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers are now the only two teams in the country yet to lose a league game this season.
• Arsene Wenger’s role as Arsenal manager is now in serious danger, with The Gunners languishing in 14th place in the Premier League table.
• Martin Jol is the new manager of Newcastle United.
• There is another recently appointed boss on Teesside with Sunderland replacing the sacked Gus Poyet with former Wolves boss Kenny Jackett.
• Swindon Town have recorded the biggest victory of the season with a 7-0 triumph over League One strugglers Colchester United.
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