THERE is still work to do for the Cherries with their summer signings, but Andoni Iraola is pleased with how they have understood the club’s ‘collective purpose’.
Bournemouth had a busy summer with a number of high profile departures and incomings.
Many of those who were brought in in the transfer window have played a big part in the campaign so far.
That includes goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, left back Adrien Truffert, centre back Bafode Diakite, right back Alex Jimenez and forwards Ben Gannon-Doak, Amine Adli and Junior Kroupi, the latter joining up with the team after signing in January and returning on loan to Lorient.
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Despite the turnover of players, the Cherries have made a good start to the season and sit third ahead of Sunday’s visit of Nottingham Forest.
Asked about how the new players have integrated so well, Iraola said: “I'm very happy how the new players have understood the collective purpose of everything that we are doing.
“I think, even not just on the pitch, off the pitch, they understood very well how we want to train, how we want to live together.
“There are going to be mistakes from those players, from the other players. There are going to be ups and downs and this is still a work in progress.
“We've just started. We've started well, performance wise and points wise, but still there is no differences in the standings.
“Teams that are now near the bottom, they win two, three games and then they will be in the top half. So now it's about building the team.
“I think we are in this process like everyone else and we still have work to do with these new players.
“I think we have to know them when they don't play so well, when they make some mistakes and it is an adaptation process, a normal one.”
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