More from Eddie Howe on his players returning from international break and who is fit:

The only player we haven’t seen as of yet is Miguel Almiron. He was flying yesterday so we anticipate we’ll see him this morning. Everyone else is good and they’ve come back in good fettle.

Alexander [Isak] has trained and trained well. He trained from the start of this week and has looked good. So, at this moment in time he would be in contention [to face Brighton.

If you are not coming from Holland it might be a surprise but if you are coming from Holland then you know it is all about criticism. That is what the Dutch media is all about. No, I exaggerate a bit but if there is a chance to criticse someone, Dutch people will find a way. I don’t think he deserves this because he’s played some good games for the Dutch national team. If you are under this schedule, it is completely normal that you have a few days off. How on earth can you criticise a player that has played every game for us and the Euros?

It is a young team, the first thing I see is a lot of them have long-term contracts. There is a lot of quality, they have had a lot of criticism in recent years, but where they are now, they are a big threat for top three or four positions and they will be in the upcoming years if they can keep bringing in quality players.

If you only judge your team after a week, that isn’t fair, so it is only fair for you to judge us after this spell of games, not three of them, but seven or eight of them.

“The only ones who showed they can do Champions League and Premier League in last two seasons is City and Arsenal. Best way to judge us is in four weeks.

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