When the game gets under way at Bournemouth on Saturday, the strikers will feel familiar boots putting in tackles to hold them up; with Tommy Elphick replacing the injured Elliott Ward and if Steve Cook recovers from his ankle injury they will be the barrier trying to prevent Ashley Barnes and co from getting on the score sheet.
Although Cook never really broke into the first team regularly, he is now being touted as a target for numerous Premier league clubs for a fee of around the million pound mark.
It is however looking quite unlikely that he will be fit enough come Saturday .
Elphick will get his chance as Cook’s usual central partner Elliott Ward is out injured for two weeks. It will be interesting to see whether the talented or mistake ridden Elphick turns up when the game gets under way, hopefully the latter.
The good news is that Bournemouth are obviously struggling with absences and fingers crossed the Seagulls can make the most of it against something of a bogey side in front of the sky cameras.
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