The last ten were a bit of a struggle for Wood, but they'd have been like that in the National League too. Chelsea played Chesterfield with a very strong side, and they got the benefit, a goal after four minutes and three more in the first half. They could rest players safely with that lead. True it didn't work out so well against Plymouth, but a team full of reserves might have gone two down and they might have gone out as well as being knackered for the World Team job.
If you can pick a team you are sure will win - FFS select it - you can lose often enough when you think you'll win, without deliberately sending out the dodgiest eleven on your books.
There were quite long periods of that game in which Bournemouth looked like the non-leaguers.
I can't say I'm with you Snoots on Bournemouth's superiority in the Championship. You could sell the entire Bournemouth squad and have barely enough to put in a worthwhile offer for Mitrovic and Carvalho. West Brom are convinced they needed their new manager, but in fact they just needed their players to do their jobs properly. If they REALLY played like Barnsley last season West Brom could hardly avoid pinching goals as Bournemouth play their ponderous way out of from the back. I think Bournemouth are okay-ish, but if they go up with anything like their current team they will be plumbing the all-time lows for Premiership points. Scott Parker was a very predictable player and his teams, like their manager, seem obsessed with hitting the repeat button. They were still dinking in little crosses for Boreham Wood to head clear in the dying minutes ......
If you can pick a team you are sure will win - FFS select it - you can lose often enough when you think you'll win, without deliberately sending out the dodgiest eleven on your books.
There were quite long periods of that game in which Bournemouth looked like the non-leaguers.
I can't say I'm with you Snoots on Bournemouth's superiority in the Championship. You could sell the entire Bournemouth squad and have barely enough to put in a worthwhile offer for Mitrovic and Carvalho. West Brom are convinced they needed their new manager, but in fact they just needed their players to do their jobs properly. If they REALLY played like Barnsley last season West Brom could hardly avoid pinching goals as Bournemouth play their ponderous way out of from the back. I think Bournemouth are okay-ish, but if they go up with anything like their current team they will be plumbing the all-time lows for Premiership points. Scott Parker was a very predictable player and his teams, like their manager, seem obsessed with hitting the repeat button. They were still dinking in little crosses for Boreham Wood to head clear in the dying minutes ......