Bouncebackability is a made-up phrase — — usually credited to Shakespeare Iain Dowie, who used it some twenty years in the past when he was the supervisor at Crystal Palace. In fact, he invent it; he solely made it in style.
In any case, bouncebackability is the … capacity to … nicely, … to bounce again, after setbacks or defeats. Not all good groups have this capacity, however it’s inherent to all nice groups. On Thursday, the NFL’s Detroit Lions beat the Dallas Cowboys, making it the fifteenth (fifteenth!) straight time that they’ve adopted up a loss with a win. That’s most wonderful bouncebackability, matching the league document, and unsurprisingly, the Lions have been top-of-the-line groups within the NFL over the course of that run (the final three seasons).
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So now it’s Chelsea’s flip. Can we bounce again from the horror present of Elland Highway on Wednesday evening?
Date / Time: Saturday, December 6, 2025, 15.00 GMT; 10am EST; 8:30pm ISTVenue: Dean Court docket, BournemouthReferee: Michael Oliver (on pitch); Craig Pawson (VAR)Forecast: Gusty winds, rain in your face, great
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AFC Bournemouth crew information: The Cherries began the season like gangbusters, however after an eight-match unbeaten run took them into the higher reaches of the desk, they’ve now gone winless in 5, shedding 4. They’ve conceded 15 targets in these 5 video games, so it’s fairly clear what’s gone flawed. It actually hasn’t helped that our previous pal, Đorđe Petrović has not been protecting himself in glory — he’s the worst goalkeeper within the league at — although he retains his beginning spot for now.
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Nonetheless, Bournemouth’s sustained success from final season is kind of spectacular, particularly contemplating that they misplaced £200m price of gamers over the summer time. Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, and Illia Zabarnyi had been poached by the likes of Actual Madrid, Liverpool, and PSG, respectively, whereas Dango Ouattara joined Brentford in the direction of the tip of the window. Those that arrived haven’t fairly been in a position to substitute those that left, however main scorer Antoine Semenyo is threatening to have a profession yr and teenager Junior Krupi has made on the spot affect (three targets in his first two Premier League begins) after coming back from his mortgage within the French second division final yr, the place he scored 22 instances in 30 appearances.
Fellow new arrivals Ben Doak and Veljko Milosavljević have been dominated out, whereas Ryan Christie is coping with a knee problem. Two massive absences for the house aspect will probably be defender Lewis Prepare dinner, who, like Moisés Caicedo, is serving the second match of a three-match purple card ban, and Tyler Adams, who’s suspended for yellow card accumulation. He would’ve match proper in!
Chelsea crew information: No new accidents for the Blues (so Levi Colwill, Dário Essugo, and Roméo Lavia the one ones out), although as talked about above, Caicedo remains to be suspended and Cole Palmer remains to be simply coming again into health.
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Enzo Maresca has proven some robust love for (a few of) the gamers within the media, so hopefully that pays off with the right response from the entire squad: bouncebackability!
“Many of the rotation we do is as a result of the opposite one they can’t play. However […] in soccer, in life, in any job, there’s a degree. Andrey [Santos] sadly is just not Moi [Caicedo]. Tosin is just not Wes. They’ve completely different expertise. They’re completely different.
“If I say to you that Andrey is like Moi, you possibly can perceive for your self that I’m a liar. There’s a degree in any respect jobs. Like me. Loads of managers are higher than me. Some not. However there’s a degree in any respect jobs. So, for me, [this] is the fact.”
“We’re in a course of the place we try to grasp and to study why, for example, at Leeds we weren’t ok. I don’t know if the answer is to have 12 or 14 gamers and the remaining simply play some minutes. However we try to grasp. If right this moment you play each three days, two days like now with the identical 11, I don’t know [if it’s possible].
“I want to play Reece [James] each sport. He’s a lot better. He’s already enjoying two video games every week, he must purpose three video games every week. So he’s already enhancing in that. However I additionally would really like Moi not suspended or Wes each sport.”
-Enzo Maresca; supply:
So, those that get picked for this sport higher ship, and people don’t, higher step up their sport.
Beforehand: Bournemouth had been a little bit of a bogey crew for us for some time, however we’ve not misplaced within the final seven in opposition to them, successful 4. This fixture final yr was determined by a late purpose from Christopher Nkunku, of all folks, after Robert Sánchez saved Evanilson’s penalty within the first half.