CHERRIES continued their pre-season preparations with a procession at Yeovil Town thanks to Junior Stanislas’s brace and a deft finish from new boy Joshua King.

The League Two Glovers simply had no way of stopping Eddie Howe’s well-oiled machine steaming forward at will in a one-sided 3-0 victory dictated by possession football at Huish Park.

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Manager Howe fielded most of the players that did not feature on Saturday against Nantes with former Blackburn Rovers frontman Joshua King the only player to turn out in both games.

The most notable addition was Poland international goalkeeper Artur Boruc, who returned from a shoulder injury to play 90 minutes in his first match since featuring against Philadelphia Union two weeks previously.

King started up front with Stanislas in a central support role either side of Marc Pugh and Christian Atsu with Steve Cook utilised as a right-sided centre-half alongside veteran Sylvain Distin.

There was one familiar face in the Yeovil line-up with former Cherry Wes Fogden starting for the hosts. 

Livewires Stanislas and King were the star performers for Cherries, while Shaun MacDonald and Eunan O’Kane were neat and efficient in possession throughout the all-too easy triumph.

Cherries looked accomplished on the ball from the outset and quickly created a number of presentable openings. 

Atsu thumped in a low centre which King just failed to control inside the opening two minutes and a patient move down the left involving Tyrone Mings, O’Kane and MacDonald set up Pugh to whack a low shot wide.

Lancastrian winger Pugh went even closer when his goalbound effort was charged down by Stephen Arthurworrey. 

The match was still only six minutes old when Atsu fashioned another opening for Cherries but his cross just evaded King with Yeovil's Jakub Sokolik on hand to flick away at the far post.

The only thing to get between Distin and Cook during the opening 10 minutes was a rogue bird who decided to take a walk on the pitch.

Referee Kevin Johnson called for the stewards to intervene and after a brief interlude and a fair amount of sniggering from the crowd, the feathered friend was gathered and taken to safety. 

Once play resumed, Cherries kept up the incessant pressure. An intricate move on the edge of the box saw Stanislas shimmy away but home keeper Artur Krysiak was equal to his low, angled effort before the ball broke for King, whose follow up ricocheted on to the post via a Yeovil defender. 

But a Cherries goal seemed inevitable and duly arrived from the penalty spot after 17 minutes. Pugh’s trickery in the box proved too much for the bamboozled Sokolik and Stanislas slammed home low to Krysiak’s right from 12 yards.

Cherries continued to press for the rest of the half but most of the play was in front of a retreating home team as the flurry of chances steadily abated.

Atsu made a hasty exit with a back problem after 30 minutes with the Chelsea winger heading straight down the tunnel to be replaced by striker Tokelo Rantie, who took up a central role with King shifting to the right.

The Cherries onslaught continued with the impressive Pugh volleying over from the tightest of angles before Yeovil finally mounted their first meaningful attack.

Five minutes before the break, a high ball caused a moment of confusion in the Cherries backline with onrushing midfielder Matthew Dolan walloping a sweet volley from 20 yards which Boruc did well to smother at the second attempt low to his right.

With no team changes at the break, Cherries continued from where they left off and soon doubled their lead. 

O’Kane skipped through the middle of the park and played a perfectly-weighted ball behind Yeovil left-back Nathan Smith for Stanislas, now operating on the right, to slide under the advancing Krysiak.

On a hat-trick, Stanislas drew a smart stop from Krysiak within minutes and later played King down the left to fire in a low centre which Arthurworrey scuffed narrowly wide of his own upright.

But the effervescent King was not to be denied the goal his sprightly play deserved, scampering down the left to clip past the advancing Krysiak with a cushioned finish from the tightest of angles after 62 minutes.

Italian left-back Filippo Costa, on loan from Chievo, got a 20-minute run out in place of Mings and Cherries maintained their stranglehold on possession. 

Smith and Stanislas combined beautifully down the right but substitute striker Joe Quigley was not on the same wavelength and just failed to latch on to a delicate pass.  

Under-21 prospect Mason Walsh, son of former Tottenham and Liverpool striker Paul Walsh, came on for the last 10 minutes, while Rantie continued to make a nuisance of himself with direct running but a lack of end product.

The South Africa international weaved his way past three defenders but ran out of room on the left and then bustled his way to bear down on Arthurworry with five minutes to go, only to be outmuscled at the last.

A deep free-kick into the box fell kindly for Glovers substitute Jordan Gibbons as the clock struck 90 but the rare foray forward came to nothing with his shot whistling narrowly over the crossbar.

That proved the be the final action as Cherries saw out a comfortable clean sheet ahead of their double-header against Cardiff City and German outfit Hoffenheim on Friday and Saturday respectively. 

Howe confirmed his squad would be split to give "as much game time as possible" to his senior stars.

YEOVIL: Krysiak, Sokolik (Sowunmi, 82), N Smith, Dolan (Laird, 69), Lacey, Arthurworrey, Allen (Gibbons, 30), Fogden, Beck (Bird, 74), Jeffers (Burrows, 55), Dickson (Collins, 55). Subs: Weale (g/k).

CHERRIES: Boruc, A Smith, Cook, Distin, Mings (Costa, 68), Atsu (Rantie, 30), O'Kane, MacDonald (Wakefield, 90), Pugh, Stanislas (Walsh, 80), King (Quigley, 65). Subs: Subs: Holmes (g/k), O'Flaherty (g/k), Butcher, Carmichael.

Referee: Kevin Johnson.

Attendance: 2,422, including 687 visiting supporters.