Bournemouth manager Jonathan Woodgate was full of praise for his Bournemouth side after they brushed aside the Swans at the Vitality Stadium last night to very much keep their play off hopes alive.
Woodgate saw his side score three unanswered goals to put a big dent in the Swans automatic promotion hopes and get the perfect response after watching his side give up a lead to lose to Barnsley on the same ground last Saturday.
The hosts were rarely tested by the visiting Swans on a night where our recent indifferent form was clear for everyone to see and we cannot have any groans about the end result as it proved to be a fair reflection of the game and the overall play on the night.
“It was a good performance and full credit to the players,” said Woodgate.
“Theyโve had it tough recently with leading both games at half-time against Preston and against Barnsley. To see this one out with the icing on the cake with a third goal and a clean sheet was good.
“Theyโre a really good team, Swansea. Theyโre up there for a reason.ย Theyโve got a top manager (Steve Cooper) who has won the World Cup with England at under-17 level, so it was always going to be a test for us, but I thought we turned up and I thought we were brilliant.”
Bournemouth were given an early boost with a good finish from an unmarked Philip Billing and added a second just before the break when Latibeaudiere deflected in a Solanke header before Danjuma completed the scoring late on to complete the scoring.
Despite the defeat – and Watford’s comprehensive win at Rotherham – the Swans still have promotion in our hands largely due to the fact that we are due to play Watford on the last day of the season but on the evidence of last night that game will be nothing more than a formality!
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Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.
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