JUNIOR HAS GRADUATED TO BE NEIL’S SENIOR STAR

one of the very good offensive players that they have and in very good form. He has everything to be dangerous in front of goal – hopefully he takes a break now.”

Wagner is wary of Bournemouth, even though they have lost their past four matches – three of them against Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester CARDIFF boss

Neil Warnock is hoping the man he rescued from the “leper colony” can keep delivering for him this season.

Junior Hoilett’s brilliant matchwinner against Wolves on Friday night not only proved the perfect 70th birthday present for his manager, but also took the Bluebirds out of the relegation zone ahead of tonight’s game at West Ham.

“Junior was in the ‘leper colony’ at QPR when I first met him in 2015. Nobody wanted to know him,” said Warnock. “I think he’d fallen out with Chris Ramsey, but when I came in, I City. He said: “For me they are better than they were last season.

“When you judge their recent results, you have to remember that they played three of the traditional top-six teams.”

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe admitted: “Four defeats does not sit well with any of us at the club but throughout the season in the wiped the slate clean. He was training with kids. I remember asking him why he was there. “I told him he was playing Saturday, and he was a bit surprised, and he’s never let me down. He’s not a complex character, but he needs a certain type of manager to get the best out of him.

“He has seen Kadeem Harris come through this season and he’s not had a look in. I’d been disappointed in him and I had to get my faith in him Premier League you are going to have these moments.

“We have not defended well enough or been clinical enough in key moments.

“It is very easy in this league to find a way to lose by the odd goal. It is a bad habit to get into.”

Howe has also called on the Bournemouth fans to roar their

restored. He’s been superb in training and he came up with the goods on Friday night. That’s the way to answer the fans and it’s a goal I’ll remember for the rest of my life.” Warnock used Hoilett (below) and Victor Camarasa as wing-backs against Wolves and his experiment worked with a 2-1 win. Now he wants to build on it against the Hammers tonight and bossless Southampton in the Welsh capital at the weekend. He added: “We’ll go to Stratford as underdogs, but also top of the league in coming from behind in matches. “That shows we don’t know when to give in.” team back to winning ways. Skipper Simon Francis was critical of the atmosphere at the Vitality Stadium last season and Howe said: “It is important everyone here unites behind the team.

“The big games take care of themselves in terms of atmosphere but in these games we need the supporters even more.” BOURNEMOUTH: HUDDERSFIELD: REFEREE: HEAD2HEAD:

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