Cherries: Fraser faces spell on sidelines (updated) (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Cherries: Fraser faces spell on sidelines (updated)
6:40pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013 in Sport
By Neil Perrett
INJURY WOE: Ryan Fraser
NEW recruit Ryan Fraser is facing a delayed start to his career with Cherries after picking up an injury as the ink was still drying on his signing documents.
Teenager Fraser, who penned a three-and-a-half year deal with Cherries on Friday, pulled out of the warm-up ahead of the 3-1 defeat at Walsall on Saturday.
Although the 18-year-old had not been set to feature at the Banks’s Stadium due a hold up with his international clearance, he joined Eddie Howe’s squad on the pitch ahead of kick-off.
However, Fraser, who joined Cherries for an initial fee of £300,000 from Aberdeen, felt some discomfort to his gluteal muscle and could be sidelined for two to three weeks.
Boss Howe was keen to kept news of Fraser’s absence under wraps until after the Cherries team had been revealed for tonight’s clash at Hartlepool.
Josh McQuoid's 28th-minute header handed Cherries a deserved lead at Victoria Park, but Jack Baldwin nodded past keeper Shwan Jalal from close range to restore parity six minutes after the break.
Lewis Grabban's penalty just after the hour put Cherries back in front, though, after Eunan O'Kane had been scythed down inside the box, and the visitors held on to register their first win of 2013 and move back into the play-off places.
Howe, meanwhile, confirmed striker Wes Thomas had been left out of the squad due to a potential move away from Dean Court.
He said: "We will wait and see what happens with Wes. There is interest in him and I think he has a desire to go. If he doesn't then we will review the situation."
The Cherries boss also confirmed keeper David James had been dropped, adding: "David has done very well for us and been a big part of our unbeaten run. But we had to make a decision based more on distribution than goalkeeping. Shwan is an excellent footballer as well as an excellent goalkeeper so that is why we have come to the decision we have.
"I thought Shwan was excellent. His distribution was good and he made a couple of great saves in the first half. We didn’t have it all our own way. I was very pleased with him on his return to the side.
"David is still very much part of our squad and will be going forward. He took it like a man. He was disappointed. He is very much a team player and very much wants us to achieve our goal of promotion. There is certainly no animosity. He is a real gentleman. Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions but it has been done with the best intentions."
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pehf1rules
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7:00pm Tue 22 Jan 13
bigfatsteve
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7:04pm Tue 22 Jan 13
The Renegade Master
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7:07pm Tue 22 Jan 13
nonnogeppetto
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7:21pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Bosskom
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7:45pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Cherryfan
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gameon
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10:07pm Tue 22 Jan 13
AFCBade
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11:12pm Tue 22 Jan 13
AFCBade
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canfordcherry
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10:24am Wed 23 Jan 13
BH1 loyal
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11:17am Wed 23 Jan 13
gameon wrote:Do youre research lots of clubs knew about him.
All this talk of Ryan the wonder kid lets look at it realisticly are we to assume that we AFCB were the only club that knew of Ryan and that none of the big boys had heard of him ??? i doubt it. Personally i think the Kid has ability for Eddie (that is HOWE) to have signed him which is fine but i dont think this paper is doing the kid any favours by bigging him up to be a wonder kid no doubt some of you will remember a young scottish Player who was hailed as the next George Best by the press sadly he wasnt and he lives in our area today PETER MARINELLO i hope that Eddie lets Ryan just play to his ability without added expectation from the Media.
longtimefanlongwayaway
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1:21pm Wed 23 Jan 13
STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road
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3:56pm Wed 23 Jan 13
longtimefanlongwayawCant see Aldershot stumping up a reported 6k per week wages for Demouge. It would be nice to see what he can do in a Bournemouth shirt before we start loaning him out and subsidising his wages.
ay wrote:
Talking of new superstar signings, what's the latest with Demouge. Is he staying, going to Aldershot on loan, or a perpetual benchwarmer?
Square Old Codger
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3:59pm Wed 23 Jan 13
longtimefanlongwayawIt was reported earlier in the week that he turned down a move to Aldershot, you can't blame him for that, after paying most of his career at a higher level. he wouldn't want to drop down. But I wonder what happened to the interest that was reported re an approach from a Dutch Club for both Demouge and Davids. Both big earners it seems and if Eddie can see no advantage in playing them, then they should be helped to find another Club.
ay wrote:
Talking of new superstar signings, what's the latest with Demouge. Is he staying, going to Aldershot on loan, or a perpetual benchwarmer?
Exiled Red says...
6:54pm Tue 22 Jan 13