Bournemouth meantime supervisor Gary O’Neil does now not know whether or not the spectacular comeback win at Nottingham Forest will make him a candidate for the everlasting process.
O’Neil is in brief fee after Scott Parker’s sacking on Tuesday and a roller-coaster week used to be finished via his aspect coming from 2-0 down at half-time to win 3-2 on the City Ground.
First-half objectives from Cheikhou Kouyaté and Brennan Johnson gave the look of striking Forest on the right track for the 3 issues, however seven days on from their humiliating 9-0 loss at Liverpool the Cherries dug deep.
Philip Billing were given them again in it together with his first purpose for the reason that opening day of the season. Dominic Solanke then leveled simply after the hour and Jaidon Anthony sealed the win past due on.
O’Neil, the previous Portsmouth and Middlesbrough midfielder, who additionally guided Bournemouth to a draw in opposition to Wolves in midweek, does now not know the way this outcome adjustments the recruitment procedure.
“It’s still ‘until further notice’. I haven’t spoken to anybody about it, I have been told to take the team today and until further notice,” he stated.
“As far as I know that is still the situation. I honestly haven’t considered whether I want it permanently. I feel like my job at the minute is to get Bournemouth as many points as I can. I am fully focused on that.
“The minute we came off the pitch, I just thought that we need to get ready for Brighton. Whether that is me or someone else, we just need to get some rest into them and go again.”
Plenty has happened since that record-equalling loss last weekend and O’Neil hailed his players’ resilience.
“Just delighted for the boys, really. We asked them at half-time to believe and go again,” he said. “To respond at that point after the week they have had says everything about what this group is about.
“They are an incredible group, they are so committed, so relentless, they never know when they are done. Two games on the trot they have literally emptied the tank for me. Everyone at the club deserves it, everyone who has supported me over the last few days.
“They are delighted, they need a rest, as do I, they have been on a roller-coaster of a journey since this time last Saturday.”
It used to be an afternoon to omit for Forest, who would have noticed this as a really perfect alternative for 3 issues after defeats via Tottenham and Manchester City within the final week.
Kouyaté’s header and Johnson’s penalty, after referee Michael Oliver made the uncommon name to uphold a choice after checking it at the pitchside observe, put them on the right track, however Steve Cooper used to be surprised via what came about after the damage.
“I didn’t see the second half coming. I thought we were very good in the first half, and good for the two-goal lead,” said Cooper, whose side slip into the bottom three after six games.
“The first goal, we didn’t defend well enough before the ball went in the net. That has then set the tone for the second half, and we’ve not managed that very well.
“The second goal was from a set piece. We should do better. Then there was a mistake from Scott [McKenna] for the third goal. That’s the first time he’s put a foot wrong since I’ve been here.
“But let’s not hide away from the fact that we’ve thrown away a win. We’ve not done it in a very good way. We’ve conceded three goals at home, and there’s nothing good about that.”
