Bournemouth interim-boss Gary O'Neil claims prior results are irrelevant heading into this weekend's clash with Leeds United. The Cherries have lost three games on the bounce after a bright start under the interim coach, with Jesse Marsch's side buoyant after a surprising win at Liverpool.
O'Neil took over from Scott Parker and guided Bournemouth to a six-game unbeaten streak, the perfect remedy following a 9-0 defeat to Liverpool. The Premier League new boys are still yet to make a decision on their new head coach with O'Neil now into the third month of temporary care of the first-team.
“Three losses on the trot doesn’t mean anything to me at all," he told the Bournemouth Daily Echo. “I think the order in which the results come is irrelevant.
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“We’ve had nine Premier League matches and we’ve lost three, so that is the realism of the situation. I think the nature of the Premier League is that if you lose the game against Southampton with a moment – you’re pushing and don’t manage to get an equaliser, the next two games are West Ham away and Spurs at home.
"You are staring down the barrel of losing three on the trot. That is what it is. It won’t affect how the boys prepare or mentally how they are ready for the next one.
“We know we fully commit every week to the game plan, we fully commit like they did on Saturday, everybody saw. Then wherever the chips land at the end, we accept it.
"We analyse it and we get ourselves ready for the next one. We will be ready, no problem.”
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