Gary O’Neil
INTERIM boss Gary O’Neil revealed how Cherries put in the work on how best to utilise Kieffer Moore’s strengths against Tottenham. Despite the away side eventually coming away with three points from the south coast, O’Neil hailed the performance of former Dorchester Town man Moore – as well as those playing to his strengths.
Gary O Neil said: “Sometimes when you put him on as sub you are relying on the lads to understand the difference in the game plan from that point. Whereas we knew we were going to play him for a few days, so we managed to do some work on how best to utilise him. We thought he would cause Spurs problems in their box. We thought he would help his defence in key situations. I thought he was excellent and the lads used him really well with our forward play.”
Moore has scored seven times in 17 appearances for Cherries since arriving on transfer deadline day from Cardiff City last January. He was sidelined with a broken foot for the majority of the second half of last season, before firing the winning goal to send Cherries to the top flight against Nottingham Forest back in May.
Gary O Neil said: “He’s something we can use. He does have a real strength. You can drop a ball into him, you can arrive in good areas like we did and cross the ball. There are a lot of strengths that he brings. As I’ve said before, we need to find a way to utilise the whole squad and get the best out of everybody at the times we feel are right.”
Moore will hope to feature once again when Cherries make the trip to face Leeds United in the Premier League on Saturday (3pm).
