EDDIE Howe is planning to rethink Cherries' set-piece strategy after watching his side give away "cheap" goals from corners in the 2-2 draw with Watford.

Howe's troops fell behind midway through the first half when Steve Cook's near-post touch was headed back across by Miguel Britos and Christian Kabasele nodded home from close range.

Although Joshua King levelled shortly after the break following a fine solo run and pass from Adam Smith, the hosts again went a goal down in the 64th minute.

From Tom Cleverley's corner, the muscular Troy Deeney kept Adam Smith at bay and nodded beyond goalkeeper Artur Boruc, who had charged off his line in an effort to clear the danger.

Thankfully for Cherries, substitute Benik Afobe salvaged a point with eight minutes remaining when he spun centre-half Younes Kaboul and lashed emphatically beyond Heurelho Gomes.

While moderately pleased Cherries had emerged with something to show for their efforts, Howe admitted his side should have defended Watford's crucial corners better.

Howe said: "It should be quite simple to defend a corner but it's not because of the good deliveries of Premier League players and the height and size of the Watford team.

"But still, I felt we should have done better on both goals. When you give cheap ones away like that, it makes it all the more frustrating given how hard we had to work for ours.

"Our goals I felt were of real quality, so it's tough to take.

"It's not just the defenders. When you are defending a set-piece your strikers and midfielders are coming back, so without analysing the goals too much, it's a team effort to defend a corner and we didn't do it well enough as a team.

"You can imagine with the type of drills we do in training, of course we focus on set-pieces and consider ourselves a really well organised team, so we will have to rethink our strategy on that."

Howe made the surprise decision to leave midfielder Harry Arter out of the starting line-up at Vitality Stadium, making it the first Premier League game this season which the Republic of Ireland star had not started.

Asked if Arter had been frustrated not to get on the pitch, Howe, who selected a four-man midfield, said: "Of course, every player is disappointed to miss out. Dan Gosling is disappointed to miss out. In his last game here against Arsenal he was absolutely magnificent.

"That's the quality of the squad I have. The pool of players I have in that position is of a really high level and, unfortunately, I have to pick two from four."

Quizzed further on whether he expected to be busy in the final week of the transfer window, Howe added: "We don't want to lose too many players, that's for sure. In terms of incomings, we are looking in a market of incredibly small players, so we will wait and see.

"Anyone we bring in has to fit the culture of the club. I think it's very important to buy people who will fit into the team and the squad.

"That's a challenge because you are looking for quality players at cheap prices, so we will wait and see what we can find."