Post match gambits from the gaffer.

Bournemouth did what Blackpool, Swindon and Oldham couldn't do in Brentford's last three league matches, score! Not only that, but score twice and take away all three points from Martin Allen's side. A delighted Sean O'Driscoll said, "The win makes the Port Vale defeat more poignent. It was a game we should have won and we didn't play as well as we should have done in the second half. We've been working on that and it's something we've been trying to put right all week.

"It was a good test for the lads after losing Josh so early and they passed it with flying colours. The squad is flexible, it has to be. The change was something we had a plan for anyway as Josh was diagnosed with tonsilitus on Friday and was a doubt so in a way it was a blessing in disguise.

"We scored goals, could have scored a lot more and shut them out at the other end. We could have had three or four and had the game out of sight. They've only been beaten once at home all season and we came out on top.

"We've plugged away, the lads have a never-say-die attitude and they've worked for each other all week. We've hardly won a header, but if you look at the game we haven't had to. We've controlled the game doing the things we're good at and haven't needed to."