Premier League Bournemouth have been the most active club during the January transfer window so far, and reports today suggest they may not be finished with their recruitment drive just yet.
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Winger Matt Jarvis is expected to be named among the substitutes as he continues his recovery from a knee injury, while new signing Ivo Pinto could also be involved.
“It is early days, but all three of our new players are really good characters”, Howe said at a press conference.
“The year that we were embargoed we had 13 or 14 players to choose from, and to think in a few years’ time you would have been spending millions of pounds on players would not have seemed possible”. We’re trying to ensure we have enough strength in depth.
Howe said: “It goes without saying we like Lewis a lot, from his previous spell here, he knows what we want and we know him, that is really important when you have a short period of the season left”. We’re pleased we’re out of the bottom three, that’s where we have to stay.
“We know the importance of the games in this month, all we can do is give our best to achieve what we want to”.
“I’d say Matt Ritchie is 50/50 at this stage”, Howe told reporters.
However, as is football, we have no time to dwell on the defeat and must look forward to a proverbial six-pointer at Bournemouth tomorrow.
– Bournemouth have claimed just one point when trailing in the Premier League this season, a league low.
In this context odds of 16/5 on a road win might be seen to take on value; however, it is notable that Alex Neil’s side were beaten 3-1 at Stoke on Wednesday and have now lost seven of 11 EPL road games this season, drawing and winning two.
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Benik Afobe is eager to recover from a disappointing debut in front of goal when AFC Bournemouth play host to Norwich City.
