Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil is delighted with the form of Lloyd Kelly.

O'Neil withdrew the captaincy from Kelly and handed it to Neto earlier this season.

Ahead of today's clash with West Ham, the manager told the Daily Echo: “He's still the same. Still very vocal, still trains really well. His performances have been excellent as well, since his return this time.

“So really pleased with where Lloyd is. Nothing to do with the captaincy, really. I think he's just had a stop-start season and he's managed to put some real good work in back-to-back weeks recently, and you can see the benefits of that in his performances.

“Lloyd, he's always been really important to us and last few weeks has sort of just been confirmation of that.

“He's an impressive defender. I thought he was very impressive last season in a group that were chasing promotion.

“He's had a tricky season, sort of stop-start a little bit, injury-wise. But whenever he's injured, you're keen to get him back very quickly, which shows how important he is to the group and the team."