Tag: AFC Bournemouth

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Bournemouth appeal red card against Arsenal

Bournemouth are appealing Sam Francis's red card, picked up for a terrible tackle on Aaron Ramsey on Tuesday night.

5 things Arsenal learned v Bournemouth

What did Arsenal learn from their rather embarrassing loss way to Bournemouth?
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Olivier Giroud has most shots on goal v Bournemouth

Olivier Giroud once again made a pretty solid case for a new contact during Arsenal's 3-3 draw against Bournemouth.

What’s going on with Arsenal players’ mentality?

Coming off of a brilliant performance against Crystal Palace, the Arsenal players managed to play like zombies for most of the game; why is this happening?
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Player ratings: Giroud saves Arsenal point on crazy night in Bournemouth

Eddie Howe basically passed his job interview as Wenger's successor after dropping 3-0 lead at home.

Aaron Ramsey completes more passes than any player v Bournemouth

Despite getting off to a shaky start out wide, Aaron Ramsey managed the most successful passes out of any other player during Arsenal's 3-3 draw against Bournemouth.

Bournemouth blow 3-0 lead to abject Arsenal

Arsenal dropped points in yet another winnable game, allowing the Premier League title to slip further from their grasp... but at least we got a point.
Benik Afobe

Afobe pulls out of Africa Cup of Nations ahead of Arsenal clash

Ex-Arsenal striker, Benik Afobe, has pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations ahead of Bournemouth's clash against his former team.

Infograph: Opposition preview – Bournemouth (away)

Despite beating Swansea on New Year's Eve 3-0, Bournemouth will have their work cut out against Arsenal on Tuesday night.
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AFC Bournemouth vs Arsenal – Match preview

Having prevailed with a comfortable 2-0 home victory over Crystal Palace on New Year's Day, Arsenal will be looking to secure their third successive Premier League win when they travel to the Vitality Stadium with Bournemouth up next.

Loan watch: Wilshere sparkles as Bournemouth bully Swansea

Jack Wilshere continued to impress in AFC Bournemouth colours during his last outing on New Year's Eve against managerless Swansea.
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Loan watch: Wilshere and Chambers impress despite Boxing Day defeats

With the majority of Europe's top leagues on a winter break at the moment, only players in England featured over Boxing Day.
Jack Wilshere

Jack Wilshere – I want to help Arsenal

Bournemouth travel to Stamford Bridge on Boxing Day and Arsenal loanee, Jack Wilshere, hopes his team can put an end to Chelsea's winning streak.

Loan watch: Wilshere impresses despite Bournemouth defeat

After 901 minutes of Premier League football under Eddie Howe, Jack Wilshere created his first assist in Bournemouth colours.
Eddie Howe

Wenger’s former player backs Bournemouth boss to take Arsenal job

Claude Puel believes that Bournemouth manager, Eddie Howe, is a 'good choice' for the Arsenal job once Arsene Wenger leaves.
Jack Wilshere

Watch: Jack Wilshere v Leicester City

Jack Wilshere has now racked up more minutes for Bournemouth while on loan than for Arsenal during the last couple of seasons.
Jack Wilshere

Loan watch: Wilshere continues to impress v Leicester City

Jack Wilshere made the headlines on Tuesday evening for all the right reasons: starting against Leicester meant he had played more Premier League minutes on loan on the south Coast this season than the previous two injury-ravaged campaigns at Arsenal, just reiterating how beneficial his loan spell away from the Emirates has been thus far.
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Loan watch: Nwakali scores while others fail to feature

There were a few rare starts for some of Arsenal's players out on-loan in the Netherlands, with Kelechi Nwakali impressing once more but the majority of players either were unused substitutes or didn't feature in matchday squads at all on Saturday.
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Wilshere wins Bournemouth PotM with 71% of votes

Jack Wilshere has won Bournemouth's Player of the Month award by a landslide: 71% of the votes.
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Bournemouth fans decide Liverpool captain is just a rubbish version of Jack Wilshere

Bournemouth fans declared Liverpool captain, Jordan Henderson, as just a s**t Jack Wilshere – and that was before the Cherries completed the most unlikely of comebacks.

Carragher advises Wilshere against an Arsenal return

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has publicly stated his belief that Jack Wilshere should opt against signing a new contract with Arsenal, where his progress as a player could be hindered by competition for midfield places in north London.
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Loan watch: Analysing Jack Wilshere’s performance against Liverpool

It was a mixed afternoon for the creative midfielder, who was heavily involved defensively for large periods but adapted accordingly when Bournemouth had momentum on their side with a two-goal deficit to overturn.
Daily Cannon Arsenal podcast

Episode 72: One step forward, one step backwards

In this latest edition of the Daily Cannon Arsenal podcast, Matthew is joined by Helen to discuss the games against PSG and Bournemouth. They also try to figure out what Arsenal's best midfield looks like at the moment.

Bournemouth bounce-back limits November disappointment.

For most of Arsene Wenger's time in charge (and actually a fair bit of Gorgeous George's before him), the eleventh month has been a bete noire for Gooners.
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Player ratings – Alexis and Xhaka star in win v Bournemouth

Arsenal recorded their first Premier League win of November with a hard fought win against AFC Bournemouth. So how did the players do individually?

Referee penalty shocker makes Arsenal work for the points v Bournemouth

Arsenal had to overcome a determined Bournemouth side and an idiotic Mike Jones to claim all three points at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon.

Opposition preview infograph – All Arsenal need to know about Bournemouth

Arsenal welcome Bournemouth to the Emirates this weekend and will be hoping to get back to winning ways against the League's tenth best-placed team. Here's all you need to know about Bournemouth
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Preview: Arsenal v Bournemouth

After an ultimately underwhelming draw against PSG in midweek, Arsenal return to Premier League action aiming to finish the doomed month of November off in memorable fashion at the Emirates.
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Granit Xhaka to start – Arsenal predicted XI v Bournemouth

This is it, this is going to be the weekend when Granit Xhaka finally gets a start for Arsenal.
Jack Wilshere

View from Bournemouth: How Jack Wilshere is really doing on loan

Ahead of Arsenal's game against Bournemouth this weekend, we spoke with Cherry Chimes blogger, Peter Bell, to get the lowdown on how Jack Wilshere has really been doing.

Watch: Wenger’s pre-Bournemouth press conference in full

Arsene Wenger explained how Arsenal intend to continue dealing with Santi Cazorla's injury, as well as Bournemouth and offering Jack Wilshere a new contract.
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Bournemouth boss laments Wilshere loss

Bournemouth manager, Eddie Howe, has admitted that not having Jack Wilshere available against Arsenal on Sunday will be a 'miss'.

Wenger – I haven’t spoken to Wilshere since he left

Arsene Wenger has admitted that although he hasn't spoken to Jack Wilshere since he went out on loan, he hears he's doing well and doesn't think leaving was an easy decision for the midfielder to make.

Wenger confirms Arsenal will offer Wilshere new contract

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Arsenal will indeed be offering Jack Wilshere a new contract.
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Jordon Ibe to replace Wilshere v Arsenal

20-year-old Jordon Ibe is thought to be the player to replace Jack Wilshere as Bournemouth line up against Arsenal on Sunday.

“We’re going to Arsenal looking for a result” says Afobe

Former Arsenal striker, Benik Afobe, seems pretty convinced that his current club, Bournemouth, can travel to Arsenal and get a result.
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Harry Arter lays out Bournemouth’s plan to beat Arsenal

Bournemouth’s Harry Arter believes there are a number of things that his side can do to take the points at the Emirates this weekend, including playing on any pressure the crowd might put on the home side.
Jack Wilshere

Cook: Wilshere can lead Bournemouth into Europe

Bournemouth defender Steve Cook has publicly stated his belief that on-loan midfielder Jack Wilshere can help the side qualify for European football next season
Jack Wilshere Stoke v Bournemouth

Player focus: Analysing Wilshere’s fantastic Bournemouth performance at Stoke

Following his impressive display against Sunderland last time out, Jack Wilshere continued where he left off with another standout playmaking performance as Bournemouth narrowly prevailed away against Stoke on Saturday.
Jack Wilshere for Bournjemouth v Sunderland

Is this another reason for Arsenal fans to suspect Wilshere’s leaving?

Jack Wilshere has already kitted his little girl, Delilah, out with a Bournemouth kit and if the comments section on his Instagram is anything to go by, this hasn't done anything to calm Arsenal fans' nerves regarding his departure.