Bond on Huddersfield defeat

AFC Bournemouth manager Kevin Bond spoke to the press after the Cherries went down to their tenth defeat in sixteenth league games under his command.

Speaking to afcb.co.uk Bond said

'...We have to keep working away. We've had a long chat with the players, not anything heavy, just spelling out to the players the situation we find ourselves in. We've pointed out to the players they can't afford to switch off. I shouldn't be telling people to run, especially the younger ones; they ought to be running non-stop for the ninety minutes. We need to see that desire and will to not be beaten.

'Players need to have that desire. I didn't see anybody wanting to come off because they were knackered and couldn't run any more so it certainly isn't a fitness issue. If we're going to win games we need to do that little bit extra and be hungrier than the opposition.

'It's all very well having a sterling performance from any individual. But if you make one mistake or switch off for one second or decide not to run with someone and it costs you a goal I'm afraid in my book it undoes any good work a player has done in the ninety minutes. The sooner we get eleven players who aren't going to lie down and take the 'not over my dead body' attitude, the sooner we'll get out of trouble.'

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