Brett's brace pleases Cherries boss

24 February 2010 07:00
EDDIE Howe watched Brett Pitman spearhead Cherries' biggest home win of the season last night and then vowed to continue to hand his star man more responsibility.[LNB] Howe's charges came back from the disappointing home draw against Macclesfield on Saturday to down Ian Hendon's Londoners 3-0 and regain second place in the League Two standings.[LNB] Steve Fletcher headed home Liam Feeney's cross just before the hour mark, before Pitman took advantage of some comedy goalkeeping from Bees' Jake Cole to double Cherries' advantage minutes later.[LNB] Pitman then slotted home Cherries' third with 15 minutes remaining to leave Howe beaming.[LNB] And it was no less than the home side deserved after a first-half performance that had promised much of what was to come during an absorbing clash.[LNB] Howe said: I thought we had a number of chances in the first half and we were disappointed to come in level at half-time.[LNB] I felt we deserved to be at least two goals in front. In the second half we could have rattled up more, but we were certainly happy with the three.[LNB] I wasn't worried at half-time because we looked like scoring at any time.[LNB] Brett is a livewire and part of his success is that he doesn't get concerned with missing chances. He just says to himself that he will take the next one.[LNB] He won't pass the responsibility on and that is a huge strength to have as a centre forward.[LNB] I hope he continues to take that responsibility because I'm only too pleased to let him have it, added Howe.[LNB]

Source: Bournemouth_Echo