So it’s early steps, but the signs look good.”They are now 21 games into the season, and the signs no longer look good. | Barry Glendenning Read moreOn Sunday Bournemouth come up against a Watford team who have had an almost exactly opposing experience. Bottom of the league in early November with five points from 11 games, they have the division’s seventh-best record since. “We’re making an assumption that everybody’s this or everybody’s that, and when you play a team sport there’s going to be a mixture,” he says. But Bournemouth’s decline may not prove terminal, and Watford’s improvement may not be extended; further momentum swings are likely.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2020 22:30 UTC