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BOURNEMOUTH

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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