It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain – the margins are brutal | Liam Rosenior


One bad decision can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and lacerate a team’s confidence but lessons can be learned from the scars

Have you ever gone out on a Friday night full of excitement and expectation – relishing everything that’s ahead of you – only to find yourself full of guilt and remorse on Saturday morning? Well, what happened at Bournemouth last week was worse than a night out where I said the wrong thing.

The game at the Vitality Stadium was one we badly wanted to win and we were 1-0 up with 20 minutes to go. We were cruising. The team performance was good and the feeling on the pitch was that we were heading towards our first Premier League away win.

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