Time to start downing the bleach. Watching my Bournemouth side completely bottle it at Goodison Park against Everton this Saturday has made me start looking into which affordable household cleansers can most effectively cause short term memory loss.

I don’t want to even remember this weekend’s game to be honest, let alone jot down my thoughts about it. But here I go anyway.

Eddie Howe do we do it?

Throwing away games shouldn’t be a new and exciting thrill to me of course. We did it enough last season, especially away from from home. But how can the same thing keep on happening? It’s like Groundhog Day, but without the jokes. Or Bill Murray.

Eddie Howe has come in for criticism from our fan-base because of his strange selection choices this season, and he – yet again – has to take a long hard look at himself this weekend.

With less than fifteen minutes to go we were cruising to a huge three points to lift us out of the bottom three. Everton looked listless, and the Merseyside crowd were getting on their side’s backs.

Five minutes later we’re behind and on course for five league defeats out of six.

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Subs see us take a nosedive

Now mentality is obviously a factor in this collapse, as the same thing keeps happening. As is our seeming inability to defend nearly any decent ball flung into our box.

But on Saturday another factor was thrown into the mix – illogical substitutions. Howe’s changes helped Everton gain momentum at a vital point in the match, and played a huge part in the match swinging so wildly against us.

Taking Josh King off was needed as the Norwegian picked up a knock, but putting Steve Cook on for him was foolish in the extreme.

Nathan Aké then moved into defensive midfield, a position he is not experienced in. Such uncertainty was obviously what we needed just after Everton had equalised and we needed to keep things tight.

Oh wait. No it wasn’t.

Starting eleven still not right

I don’t think our starting eleven made much sense either. This makes the fact we were so comfortable for much of the game even more frustrating. Imagine how well we would have done if we’d played a more sensible formation. Like, say, 4-5-1 with King as the lone striker.

Jermain Defoe continues to be completely ineffective as a partner to King. King looked at his best on Saturday when he was leading the line in the game and driving forward, which he can do without Defoe.

Dan Gosling also looks outclassed against most opposition at this level, especially in a midfield two. It is becoming a mystery of epic proportions as to why Lewis Cook isn’t given a chance in the team.

After all, if Eddie Howe played those who performed well in the midweek cup game then Cook would get the nod over Gosling every time – but no. It is bizarre thinking from Eddie, and his snubbing of the young talent is becoming hugely frustrating.

I believe we have enough to get ourselves out of the trouble we’re currently in. But Eddie Howe needs to stop making the same selection errors over and over again.