BOURNEMOUTH
Aug 01, 2019
4 minutes
LAST SEASON
PREMIER LEAGUE 14th
FA CUP Third Round
LEAGUE CUP Quarter-Finals
TOP SCORER Callum Wilson (15)
ARE THE CHERRIES NOW GOING BACKWARDS?
AMIT KATWALA @AMITKATWALA
After a decade of forward momentum, there are fears that Eddie Howe’s side have hit the limit of their potential. Bournemouth have slid since their second top-tier season, 2016-17, took them to 9th.
Finishing 14th in the Premier League is a remarkable achievement when they faced obliteration as recently as 2009, but last year felt like a missed opportunity.
After a strong start, Bournemouth flagged badly. At the end of October, they weren’t just 6th – they had the most points of any Premier League team to ever be 6th at that stage. But then they
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