Bournemouth manager O'Neil hails analysis team with Prem survival within reach

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3 May 2023 • 12:52 PM MYT
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Bournemouth manager Gary O'Neil has highlighted the work of his analysis team in helping the club stay in the Premier League.

While the Cherries are not mathematically safe, they appear to be near certain to avoid the drop at present.

As O'Neil and his group of players are the ones earning praise, he pointed in another direction as well.

O'Neil told the Daily Echo: I don't think it gets overlooked on purpose, or I don't expect people not to overlook it because it's just part and parcel of what we do.

If you're not in it, you wouldn't know.

There's an awful lot of work that goes into prepping a team for a Premier League game, because the game has moved to a point where there are huge tactical changes all the time.

You need to be extremely well-prepped. The guys that I work with are dedicating their lives to trying to keep the club in the Premier League at this moment, every single one of them.

There's an incredible amount of work that goes in from so many members of staff."

He added: The amount of work that goes into prepping for an opposition - I think Southampton changed shape four times in the first 30 minutes.

We'd prepped for every single one and we managed to move people around in every single scenario to help the lads cope with that.

So the amount of prep that went into that Southampton game in such a short time to cover all the tactical aspects was huge.

To have to repeat that again, for the coaching staff and the analysts and the boys that work on it to make sure we're as well prepared for Leeds as we were for Southampton, obviously takes a lot of effort."