SURVIVAL expert Junior Stanislas insists Cherries' unshakeable team bond will prevent them turning up to Premier League grounds "already beaten".

The 25-year-old winger was part of the West Ham side that narrowly escaped the drop from the top flight in 2009-10, securing their status with two games to spare.

Stanislas featured in 26 league games that campaign and he admitted that a steely mental strength had helped keep the Hammers up – a quality the wide man believes Cherries have by the bucketload.

And the ex-Burnley man feels the togetherness of the Dean Court camp will prove a vital ingredient in Cherries' forthcoming Premier League campaign.

Asked about the secret to top-flight survival, Stanislas said: "I think that team spirit is probably the most important thing when you are down at the bottom in a dogfight.

"You have got to have a massive team spirit because if you don't, you just fall apart and turn up to games already beaten.

"In that season at West Ham, individually I did well but the team only just stayed up. At the time I was young and it was a big learning experience but I loved every minute of it.

"It's going to be a difficult season next year and it will be harder than this year. But one thing this group of boys have got, more than any other club I've been at, is team spirit.

"All the boys are very much together. When training is finished, we go for a coffee or do some sort of team bonding.

"If we have got one thing on our side next season, it's definitely team spirit, and the way we play as a team will help us as well."

Stanislas is one of a select band of players to have won promotion from the Championship twice in as many seasons and while proud of the achievement at Burnley and Cherries, the wide man admits his emotions are tinged with frustration.

He made just 13 league appearances in 2014-15 due to fierce competition among the wing ranks and only played twice from February onwards.

Stanislas continued: "There is part of me that is buzzing to have won two promotions. To do it twice in a career and in back-to-back seasons is fantastic but it does take a little bit of shine off it because I didn't play as big a part as I had wanted.

"Of course I would have liked to have played a lot more but it was hard to get in the team. The boys that play in my position had really good seasons so it was hard for the manager to change things.

"I've got mixed emotions because from a team point of view it was an unbelievable season.

"For me it will be a working summer. I will try to come back for pre-season in good shape to give myself the best possible chance of doing well next season."