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O'Kelly settles in
Richard O'Kelly has settled in at Bournemouth and spoken to their official site on his plans.
New assistant manager Richard O'Kelly has vowed to bring a unique brand of attacking football to Bournemouth's play next season. He said, "Football to me is being entertained and scoring goals is entertainment."
O'Kelly coached at Hereford last season and the Edgar Street faithful saw their team rack up 103 Conference goals during the season. O'Kelly said, "I've this thing about football that as a player and as a spectator I've got to be entertained because if I'm not entertained then why do it? You may as well do a job you don't enjoy but I love football and have done for years. Football to me is being entertained and scoring goals is entertainment.
"A lot of my sessions will be based on forward movement although I think it is important that players know how to defend. Your first attacking moves start from a good defence so I am an attacking coach but it is important you have a good defence to turn into attack. Historically Bournemouth have always been a good footballing side with a reputation for playing football that is entertaining to watch."
O'Kelly was announced as the new assistant manager on Monday and he added, "My first impressions are it is a friendly club, very well run and a wonderful facility. I'd played down here a long time ago at the old ground and I had a "secret" visit a few months back just to spend the weekend with Sean and have a chat about things but that was the only time I'd seen the new stadium.
"Straightaway everybody's been very welcoming and the whole place seems like a nice place to work. My ambitions for the next twelve months are to be successful and I see success in exactly the same way as Sean.
"What we can control is the way the team plays, the way they prepare for games, the way the players look after themselves etc. What we can't control is the bounce of the ball, referees decisions and freaks of nature. Success is managing the things we can control and preparing ourselves for the bombshells and freaks of nature and coping with those."