A PENNY for Eddie Howe's thoughts. Watching from a private box in his home stadium, the Bournemouth manager saw Demarai Gray, the player he tried to sign this summer, in full cry. Jinking one way then twisting another, Gray had the bit between his teeth to entertain the locals. He even joined them at one point, when his momentum from a surging run carried him into the stand. For Howe, though, this was a tantalising glimpse of what could have been. Gray, the Leicester winger, was the subject of a failed £25million bid from Bournemouth on transfer deadline day and the speculation about his future had affected his preparations with England's Under 21s. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]