AFC Bournemouth v Barnsley

Really fancy us to win this without much trouble..... Barnsley are nowhere near the team that made the playoffs last season.... they've been poor so far.... they're only win coming against Coventry and that was daylight robbery tbf..... only a lack of quality upfront stopped Barnsley getting a pasting...Coventry battered them for 90 mins ....even managed to miss a 94th minute penalty.
I'm going for a solid if not exciting 2-0 win.
 
I'll be honest, except in very specific games I'm not a fan of Lerma and Pearson as two of the midfielders in a three. I'm not saying it can't work but my preferred combination would be:

1 from Kilkenny / L Cook in a deep lying playmaker role
1 from Pearson / Lerma in a shielding/energetic/in the opposition's face role
1 from Billing / Marcondes / Christie in the box to box or advanced midfielder role

Just my take on it mind.
 
After seeing that line up, I really am not sure now what our strongest XI is.
In Parker we trust.
In Eddie we trust.
In Quinn we trust.
In Benson, we just drank.
 
Press us high and with energy and we'll lose it time and again. Need to be calmer and more accurate in our passing through the press.
 

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