Other than that it was a pre-season friendly against a decent opposition and very sunny. Oh, and the white shorts made an appearance at last.

Matt Elliott nearly crippled one of their lads when he cleared the ball...right into the poor lad's "bits" at a distance of only 1 metre. Went down like a lead balloon as the whole ground took a sharp breath and cringed for him. But to his credit the kid got back up.

Muzzy Izzet went off after 30 minutes with a thigh strain having not done much. But he doesn't needs to prove himself, we just need him fit.

Howey made the clearance of the night hoofing an up and under that nearly took the floodlight out and came back down with snow on. (Mental note to get out of his way when he's clearing the ball.)

Nalis only flailed around in the penalty area once which was a bit disappointing, and the ref was having none of it. But he played a solid game in midfield, switching the ball well, and able to turn on the ball.

Thatcher managed to put the ball out for a corner when trying a backpass, as well as losing the ball a few times. Hmmm...we'll see how he gets on.

Hignett looked like a breath of fresh air when he came on, and can obviously get forward. Looked good.

The Cherries gave plenty of players a run out by making ten substitutions which was a bit tedious, but despite the chopping and changing, they looked the more likely to score in the second half.

Neil Young grabbed an equaliser on 65 minutes and it was all Bournemouth then. They were the only team that looked like they'd go on and win it.

City fans had had a nice day out in the sun though and have got to see a bit more of the new boys.

Spot the odd one out...

Cherry Bear	Gillespie
Nalis	Thatcher

Answer: Thatcher - all the others could pass a ball to the keeper without putting it out for a corner.