Howe nuggets of wisdom are pure gold for Parker

IT WAS notable that when the Fulham bus was being loaded with players and kit on Saturday evening, Scott Parker was in no rush to get aboard. Instead he was chasing down Eddie Howe for a quick chat about how a young English manager might best survive. ‘I want to see him to get those little nuggets of information,’ he said. ‘As a young player you look up to people and it is the same now I am starting out as a manager — Eddie is a guy I look at.’ Not a bad call, that, to pick the mind of a 41-year-old who had just managed his 500th game. Time will tell where Parker, now 38, stands in three years, and how many games he has to his name. Indeed there is no guarantee yet that his management career will even extend beyond his tenure as Fulham’s caretaker. But at least on that latter front it is looking promising. Howe ranks as a fan. Speaking after Aleksandar

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Mitrovic’s penalty gave Fulham a 1-0 win, the Bournemouth manager said: ‘Scott will do a great job. They had an incredibly tough fixture list when he came in and it seems he has really good ideas and the players are playing for him, so he has a bright future.’ BOURNEMOUTH (4-4-2): Boruc 7; Stanislas 6 (Simpson 23min, 5), Mepham 6 (Mousset 76), S Cook 7.5, Ake 6.5; Brooks 6.5, Gosling 6, Lerma 6.5, Fraser 7; King 5.5 (Solanke 61, 6), Wilson 5.5. Subs not used: Ofoborh, Begovic, Surridge, Hyndman. Booked: Cook. Manager: Eddie Howe 6. FULHAM: RICO 8; Odoi 6.5, Le Marchand 6.5, Ream 6, Bryan 6; Chambers 6.5, Anguissa 6; Sessegnon 7, Seri 6 (Christie 79), Babel 6.5 (Ayite 85); Mitrovic 7. Subs not used: Kebano, Schurrle, Nordtveit, Ramirez, Elliott. Scorer: Mitrovic 53 (pen). Booked: Chambers, Mitrovic, Rico. Manager: Scott Parker 7. Referee: David Coote 6. Attendance: 10,511.