Source: Bournemouth_Echo
Cherries: Bradbury tells Taylor to take his chance
Cherries boss Lee Bradbury assessed his depleted attacking resources and then told Lyle Taylor: This is your chance.[LNB] Bradbury urged the rookie frontman to take his first-team opportunity after seeing his options further reduced by the the departure of Danny Ings.[LNB] Ings yesterday linked up with former manager Eddie Howe at Burnley, signing a four-year deal at Turf Moor.[LNB] The deal is understood to be worth a Cherries club record transfer fee, rising to around £1million.[LNB] The striker's exit comes at a time when Bradbury has seen his two other first-choice forwards struck down by injury, with Michael Symes (groin) |sidelined for around four weeks and Steve Lovell (thigh) ruled |out of tonight's home League |One clash against Stevenage (7.45pm).[LNB] Taylor had begun the campaign behind that trio in the pecking order but has so far taken the chance to make an impression in their absence.[LNB] Having netted six goals in a productive pre-season campaign, he opened his competitive Cherries account with a double in the 5-0 hammering of Dagenham and Redbridge last week.[LNB] He kept his place for Saturday's victory over Sheffield Wednesday and could start again tonight.[LNB] Bradbury said: Lyle scored goals in pre-season and his next challenge was to score goals in the first team when he came in.[LNB] He got in the team and scored a couple of good goals last Tuesday and he did very well again on Saturday.[LNB] This is his chance to grab a shirt and keep it.[LNB] After making the leap into the professional ranks following a switch from non-league Concord Rangers last summer, Taylor was loaned out to further his development.[LNB] Bradbury believes he is benefiting from a more mature approach this term.[LNB] The Cherries manager added: He is quicker than people give him credit for and is one of the quickest in the squad.[LNB] He is strong with his back to goal and holds up the ball very well.[LNB] He is also bright and links up play well around the edge of the box and can cause big centre-halves problems.[LNB] You couldn't have expected him to come from Concord Rangers to League One and be on fire straight away.[LNB] It was going to take a little bit of time to adapt to the pace of training, the league and what was expected of him.[LNB] But now he has grown up quite a lot in a year, on and off the pitch. He has taken responsibility more and it is showing.[LNB]
