Match Day Bournemouth v Brighton, Saturday 22 December 15:00

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Match chat.

 

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Roll up roll up ladies and gentlemen

It's the Mike Dean Show, coming live from Dean Court this weekend

That's right - the Premier League's very own random drama generator should ensure the outcome of this could be absolutely anything.

Another tough defeat to get over last night against Chelsea. Despite being pretty short on players, with several playing through knocks, we gave it everything only to lose late on, with several of the side out on their feet or hobbling at full time.

That's likely to have a knock-on impact for us on Saturday. Hopefully we'll get Mings and Francis back into contention after sitting out for a couple games, just to add a couple of fresh bodies. Unsure if Wilson will be up to another game in a few days, and unsure if Ake and Brooks will get over their knocks from last night in time.

We'll cobble something together, and if they can give it half as much effort as they did against Chelsea, we'll be in with a shout. Although it wasn't sustainable for 90 or even 45 minutes, for periods of the game we looked back to near our best moving the ball around.

 

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Slightly ropey first half, much better second. Fairly regulation home win all in all, and its rare I say that.