Bournemouth getting back to their best, says Howe

LONDON: Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe says his side have shown clear signs of improvement and that while they continue to sit in the English Premier League relegation zone they are now approaching something close to top form.

The club dropped to 19th in the table after losing their opening four league fixtures and have stayed in the bottom three after registering just a single win and a draw in the next four.

“The first two games (defeats to West Bromwich Albion and Watford) were a real disappointment and we are probably getting punished for those games now in terms of the league position and how everyone’s feeling,” Howe told the Daily Echo.

“But I think in the past month, we have returned to somewhere near our best levels.”

Howe said they should won against Leicester last month instead of being held to a 0-0 draw.

“We could have won the Leicester game by a big number and everyone would feel different about the team,” he added.

“The challenge is to not get lost in the hype and the feeling of losing, where you can suddenly think, ‘we have got to change everything’ and come away from things we have trusted and used so well down the years,” Howe added.

“You also have to see the games you are playing in context. We’ve played Arsenal and Tottenham away and City at home. Last year we found those games incredibly difficult and it was no different to this year.” — Reuters