- Sean on Oldham win
Posted on: Mon 14 Feb 2005
Cherries kept a first clean sheet for over two months and Sean O'Driscoll gave his views on the match.
"It never ceases to amaze you this football lark. We've conceded more chances this game than the past five and you end up winning 4-0. Credit to Oldham, I thought they were a good side when we played them at their place and their on the right lines.
I thought we were apprehensive, a little bit nervous. In patches I thought we did really well. Everybody put bodies in the way and we had a little bit of luck, which you need whether you are Chelsea or Bournemouth. We're always capable at any one moment in the game to do something special.
Anybody who can score nine goals from midfield is a bonus. He's [Garreth O'Connor] played extremely well in a lot of games. It's about time he started scoring. He scores a lot in training, but in games he's tended to take another touch or beat another man. He's got a cracking shot in both feet and we encourage him to try and shoot a little more. He's been one of the unsung heroes this season.
I think we've entertained people whenever we've been at home this season. We haven't played poorly that many times this season. We've lost games, we always will do. I watch games all over the country and sometimes all I hear is negative comments.
Sometimes I think why do people even bother going to watch instead of looking at the positives like the lad has tried to do the right thing there or that he's had the confidence to try something. We've tried to ban that from the football side of the club. We've said this is what we're trying to do and we're going to continue doing that."
"It never ceases to amaze you this football lark. We've conceded more chances this game than the past five and you end up winning 4-0. Credit to Oldham, I thought they were a good side when we played them at their place and their on the right lines.
I thought we were apprehensive, a little bit nervous. In patches I thought we did really well. Everybody put bodies in the way and we had a little bit of luck, which you need whether you are Chelsea or Bournemouth. We're always capable at any one moment in the game to do something special.
Anybody who can score nine goals from midfield is a bonus. He's [Garreth O'Connor] played extremely well in a lot of games. It's about time he started scoring. He scores a lot in training, but in games he's tended to take another touch or beat another man. He's got a cracking shot in both feet and we encourage him to try and shoot a little more. He's been one of the unsung heroes this season.
I think we've entertained people whenever we've been at home this season. We haven't played poorly that many times this season. We've lost games, we always will do. I watch games all over the country and sometimes all I hear is negative comments.
Sometimes I think why do people even bother going to watch instead of looking at the positives like the lad has tried to do the right thing there or that he's had the confidence to try something. We've tried to ban that from the football side of the club. We've said this is what we're trying to do and we're going to continue doing that."
