Relegation zone: What Aston Villa, Watford and Bournemouth need to do
Adam Smith (left) and Andrew Surman during a training session on Wednesday. Photograph: Robin Jones/AFC Bournemouth/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/24/premier-league-relegation-zone-aston-villa-watford-bournemouth-championship Bournemouth: Pts 31, goal difference -27 Sunday’s fixture: Everton (a) What they need: A win and Watford and Villa to lose Climbing out of the relegation zone seems an extremely tall order for Bournemouth given the permutations but Eddie Howe says his players can be inspired by the crazy Championship climax on Wednesday, when Barnsley survived despite spending the previous 310 days in the bottom three. It is not quite the same story at Bournemouth, who were as high as seventh in November but have struggled to keep their heads above water since, winning one of their past 12 matches and keeping the same number of clean sheets. Howe took his sons to play crazy golf instead of watching Watford’s de...