Source: Bournemouth_Echo
Cherries: Howe wants more of the same
BOSS Eddie Howe is targeting a repeat performance as Cherries bid to heap more misery on faltering Dagenham & Redbridge.[LNB] Howe described Cherries' first-half showing against Notts County in midweek as some of the best football we had played all season.[LNB] Victory over the Magpies helped Cherries consolidate second place in League Two while Daggers' reverse at Rotherham on Tuesday saw their spectacular decline continue.[LNB] In the space of 24 days, the east Londoners have plummeted from third to 12th following four successive defeats and have also failed to score for fast approaching six hours.[LNB] However, despite the Daggers' current predicament, Howe knows Cherries must maintain their high standards if they are to avoid another slip-up.[LNB] He told the Daily Echo: We are under no illusions and it's going to be a tough game, regardless of what form they are in. They have their own style and are a difficult team to play.[LNB] As we know only too well ourselves, if performances dip ever so slightly, you can get punished and can end up going on a run of games without a win.[LNB] It can also change very quickly the other way, as we have found recently, so we just have to make sure we match the levels we showed against Notts County.[LNB] Defender Jason Pearce will be hoping to skipper Cherries to a third successive away victory after breaking his home duck as captain in midweek.[LNB] Pearce said: I was as delighted as all the other lads. We knew we owed the supporters a performance at home and felt we gave them one. The league is so tight and it was a huge result.[LNB] Now we need to build on it at Dagenham. We can go there with confidence having taken 10 points from our past four games.[LNB] They have slipped a bit recently and we don't want that to change. We want to try to keep our run going.[LNB] In Paul Benson, they have a good goalscorer so we will need to keep tabs on him.[LNB] Cherries have no fresh injury concerns ahead of their trip to the capital, while boss Howe is also unlikely to welcome back any of his walking wounded.[LNB] Cherries: (from) Jalal, Bradbury, Pearce, Garry, Wiggins, Feeney, Robinson, Bartley, Hollands, Pitman, Fletcher, Goulding, Connell, Cummings, McQuoid, D Thomas.[LNB] Daggers: (from) Roberts, Doe, Arber, McCrory, Green, Ogogo, Pack, Gain, Nurse, Scott, Benson, Walsh, Montgomery, Vindelot, Currie, Spiller, W Thomas, Lewington.[LNB] ¢ Don't forget to join the Daily Echo reporting team for our up-to-the-minute matchday blog as Cherries continue their bid for promotion. Log on to bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport just before kick-off and either join in the fun by posting your comments or sit back and watch events unfold.[LNB]
