MARCO Rose had planned to give Alex Scott some minutes off the bench against Ipswich as the midfielder returned from injury, but he opted to make different changes with the context of the game in mind.
Scott returned to the Bournemouth matchday squad for the first time since the defeat to Liverpool on September 20, after he picked up an injury while on England duty.
Rose said in the build-up to the trip to Ipswich that Scott was in a good place but they would assess whether he was fit enough to feature, and he revealed that Scott was ready to contribute for a not insignificant period at Portman Road.
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Now, though, the Cherries have a good opportunity to get Scott back up to speed during the international break, and that will help the likes of Junior Kroupi build fitness too, as he returned from injury in October.
Rose told the Daily Echo: "To be honest, the plan was today to give Alex some minutes because he was ready for 20 minutes but, yeah, if the game is running and you have to manage a game, then sometimes you need to make different decisions.
"But you're right, we going to have some days off but we going to have some days of really hard work because Junior [Kroupi] needs training and Alex needs training that we are ready if the other guys coming back from the national break."
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