Andy

Willock has been absolutely Kennedy'd. Hard to comprehend the difference in his performance level this season. He's declined in every single possible aspect, on both a physical and technical level.

Lascelles aside, the rest of the team is well set up. Happy with the line up. Ritchie on the bench suggest Howe IS learning, contrary to some of the reaction on the previous page.

Poor performance but an expected result. Would have liked to have seen us have more of a crack at it, we were positive against Brenford but went right back into our shells today. We can't defend when we try to, so I'd rather see us just go gung ho in games like this where nothing is expected anyway. Hopefully Howe learns from his team selection mistakes quickly, Ritchie is a liability, the midfield pairing of Shelvey and Willock just offers nothing, and Fraser hasn't shown anything to say he should be a starter, one assist against Brentford doesn't change that. Lascelles should be nowhere near the team either and is only playing because he's captain. In terms of ability and mobility he's one of the worst defenders in the division and his lack of pace pulls the entire team back 10 yards to compensate.

The extremes on here man Was a much improved attacking performance, if we invest well in the defence in January and get some mobility in there with the addition of a dynamic central midfielder, we'll stay up IMO. 5 points isn't insurmountable.

Hasn't been great since Bruce left, but it could just be a coincidental poor run of form. A player of his type will always look lazy if it isn't happening for him or if he's marked out of the game. Let's give him a chance under a proper manager before we turn on him.

Doubt he would've went down if he could have stayed up, like. It was as easy a finish as he could ask for.

Superb ball for the red card tbf.

Absolutely pathetic end to the match, like. Failing to even test Dunk is a disgrace, particularly with that free kick from Shelvey, completely cowardly to just aimlessly float it in. Better second half but the job on Howe's hand with this lot is as big as I can remember seeing a new manager face for us.

Can't remember ever seeing us this slow, lethargic and passive in my entire time supporting the club. Jones is clearly piss poor as a manager, but these players are an absolute disgrace. Cowardly and inept on the ball, gutless and lazy off it.

If Howe can keep this lot up he wants a stand naming after him.

Soft penalty, but ridiculous tackle by Clarke that is probably worthy of a penalty in its stupidity.

Hope so, would rather play against an Everton side without Rafa than one with him, regardless of what their fans currently think of him.

Let's all get right behind this bloke, regardless of where he was in your pecking order. Massive, high pressure challenge ahead of him that others have shied away from. Fully believe he'll have enough about him to keep us up.

Was under the impression it was closer to £250m, which sounds a lot but doesn't go that far when you've been promoted from the pits of English football and had to overhaul an entire squad.

If you stay at a club like Bournemouth too long, with inferior investment and ambition to surrounding clubs, things will eventually go sour (and stale) no matter what the manager does. Would be hesitant to judge Howe on his final season.

Just caching up on all of this. I would he absolutely delighted with Emery personally, fingers crossed it comes off and the deal doesn't fall down at the final few hurdles. Nowhere for the players to hide with a manager of this calibre coming in.

Pretty inevitable that he'll be sacked shortly after we bring someone else in. Don't think the return is meant to be.

I've seen this sentiment repeated a lot, but it's a big ask to just go out and win a world cup or a Euros like, they have some talent but haven't exactly been favourites going into any of the tournaments he's managed. His premier league record would be more concerning, but perhaps if you were giving him the benefit of the doubt, would be far enough into the past to look beyond now.

Don't believe that's the case at all, we may not get a "top" manager in the Conte bracket, but there are plenty of candidates in the next tier down who would undoubtedly give it a crack if offered it.

If he doesn't fancy himself to overturn a 3 point gap in 28 games, he probably isn't the man tbh.

as usual, on here.

Don't have a problem with the patient, methodical approach, but would like to see this sorted early this week. Give the new manager the game against Brighton to get a feel for the work that needs doing during the international break, then have a good crack at Brentford.

he isn't a manager, judging his value to the club on his team selections and tactics as a caretaker is daft. His job is to put the cones out not pick the team. Bruce may have turned to him for advice in that regard in the past, but again that says more about Bruce than Jones. A competent manager will quickly know if he's got anything about him as a coach, and if he hasn't he'll be out the door.

Reasonably decent first half IMO. We've been pretty organised defensively, but obviously have no fret whatsoever at the other end of the pitch. If we can hang on for a point it would be a fantastic result, but I suspect Chelsea will find a way through.

We have to remember that the bloke is a coach, like, and a competent manager will judge him on that in time. If he had influence over Bruce's team selection, tactics and managerial decisions as it appears he did by his own team selections, then that's an indictment on Bruce, not Jones.