'If you're not looking forward to Sunday's game, give up football'
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Speaking on the Cherries Unpicked podcast, BBC Radio Solent's Kris Temple offers his thoughts on Bournemouth's next match against high-flying Aston Villa: "I'm not changing anything. I don't think you can bring Philip Billing back, not after the way we've played in the last two games with creating 40-odd scoring opportunities.
"Justin Kluivert has been a central part of that. He's been flexible in the number-10 role. Dominic Solanke was brilliant against Newcastle and didn't need to be that against Sheffield United apart from his off-the-ball running. I don't think you can bring Billing back in.
"Having taken two opportunities to get themselves into the right place in terms of the system, the personnel and the attacking nature of the football, now what have you got against these teams?
"Aston Villa have won six in seven, eight in ten [stats accurate before their match against Legia Warsaw]. They've got Manchester City and Arsenal to come after Bournemouth, so I don't know how that factors into Unai Emery's team selection.
"If you're a Bournemouth fan and you're not really looking forward to Sunday's game, give up football. It's as simple as that."
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