The Cherries are again within the prime flight following a two-year absence having gained promotion final time period as Championship runners-up.
Head coach Parker final week warned the south-coast membership are “means wanting the place we must be” following a quiet summer season within the switch market and a number of exits.
Scott Parker says Bournemouth should embrace the problem of the Premier League after confirming summer season signings Ryan Fredericks and Joe Rothwell will miss Saturday’s opener towards Aston Villa.
But the previous England midfielder, who’s working arduous on recruitment however doesn’t anticipate any arrivals in time for the weekend, adopted a extra upbeat tone forward of Villa’s go to to Vitality Stadium.
“My head and the staff’s head is solely on Saturday,” he advised a press convention.
“We’re going into the most important league on the planet and we labored tirelessly final 12 months to be on this place.
“We have to convey a combating spirit and an actual dedication on the weekend if we wish to get one thing out of the sport.
“As I stated, us as a gaggle of gamers, together with the followers, the employees, the proprietor and everybody else, it’s one thing all of us needed final 12 months and we have to embrace that.”
Parker this week bolstered his ranks with the arrival of midfielder Marcus Tavernier from Middlesbrough, whereas he was additional boosted by star striker Dominic Solanke signing a contract extension on Wednesday.
Though these two are set to function towards Steven Gerrard’s aspect, former West Ham defender Fredericks and ex-Blackburn midfielder Rothwell must await debuts as a consequence of calf and quad accidents respectively.
“The newest on Ryan is that he’s on the grass,” stated Parker.
“He picked up a calf damage once we had been in Portugal (coaching camp) and the weekend shall be too quickly for him, sadly.
“The identical goes for Joe Rothwell, which is disappointing. They’re two gamers that we’ve introduced in and so they’ve each picked up knocks.
“Joe will in all probability be barely longer than Ryan by way of the place he’s.
“Ryan is shifting slowly, progressing in the correct means and hopefully we will get him in and across the squad over the approaching weeks.”
