Crew-cified

The Cherries failed to get going against Crewe Alexandra today.

Crewe had the lead at the half way stage after a Luke Varney left footed volley found the back of the net from within 10 minutes of the kick off.

Cherries made an attacking change after 15 minutes of the second half, removing the physical presence that of Steve Fletcher for the pace of Brett Pitman, seemingly to stretch the opposition defence.

Pitman was on the pitch for mere 2 minutes before Crewe double their advantage through a Nicky Maynard right footed strike.

Kevin Bond went back to the drawing board and made another change bringing on Danny Hollands at the expense of the Southend loan signing Lawson, but it did little to improve the Cherries chances and the game ended 2-0.

Bournemouth have now dropped back into the bottom four and face a difficult test against Huddersfield next Saturday who will be looking to build on their win today against Cheltenham.

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