With the Summer Series over and just one pre-season friendly left for AFC Bournemouth, attention quickly turns to the Premier League, with the curtain-raiser against Liverpool just 11 days away.

The frustrating 2-0 defeat against West Ham in Atlanta saw Cherries dominate the game, yet go down to two clinical moments from the Iron, so with one win and two defeats across the pond, what will Andoni Iraola have taken from our three Stateside games?

Sam and Tom take a candid focus at the state of our current squad, and ponder that whilst there may be a perceived lack of activity on the transfer front, there may be a series of mind games going on - which may or may not work in AFC Bournemouth's favour...

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