Bournemouth have played well, but I don't think we can read too much into it. Norwich might have been up for it with 11 men, but after the sending off they're not interested in busting a gut to make up for being 1 man down - they don't need to. We're watching 10 men giving 90% against 11 who are battling to make sure they stay in the play-offs.
Bornmuff have looked pretty decent of late. Certainly got some momentum going into the playoffs. They would be the toughest test out of the teams in the mix for sure. But we should fear no-one Our resilience, teamwork, output, desire etc etc is unquestionable. Yes, we have our own direct style of play, but we can play some lovely stuff if we get it down on the deck.
They’ve played against 10 men for most of the game and their 3rd was well offside, yet some folk are making out Bournemouth are akin to Di Stefano’s Real Madrid* *yes I used exaggeration to illustrate my point.
Bournemouth will finish in the top 6, and probably be favourites going into the play offs. Not particularly bothered by their results now, we might actually want them to win when they play Brentford.
I hope the 6 fingered animal-nonces put the same effort in against us on the final day as they did tonight.
Norwich were well up for it and in control up to the sending off. For me they went too defensive straight after the sending off and handed the impetus to Bournemouth. This, and a bit of fortune with offside decisions cost them the game. However, their certainly didn’t seem to be a lack of effort from Norwich, just a lack of nouse on how to play with 10 men
Unfortunately I think Bournemouth will ease through the play offs now, they have picked up form at the perfect time & on paper they just can’t be matched. As long as we give it a good go (if we get there) then we can’t complain.
Let's face it if we make the play offs we are 4th favourites. Given how well Bournemouth are playing I would fancy taking them on over 2 legs. That being said I'm sure the other sides aren't relishing the prospect of taking us on over 2 legs.