Marco Rose on substitution strategy as schedule set to get busy

 <i>(Image: Richard Crease)</i>
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MARCO Rose admitted “there isn’t a master plan” when it comes to making his subs, but he said he will be looking to make changes earlier in matches as fixtures build up.

Rose has often waited until later on in games to make changes so far this season, but the boss said he would be looking to rotate earlier in matches with the team set to have a busy schedule once they return from the international break.

He previously said that the 4-0 win over Lincoln City, in which he made eight changes to the starting XI, gave him confidence to make earlier changes.

Asked ahead of Bournemouth’s first Europa League game about his substitution policy, Rose told the Daily Echo: “There's not a real master plan, so we have to see who we have and what spot the players are.

“So far we just miss Amine Adli, we miss Junior Kroupi, and we miss Veljko Milosavljevic, and have two or three players more at home.

“So we are in a good spot, but of course it's getting very important for me to handle the load and restart tomorrow, because we have on Sunday a big game against Liverpool at home.

“We need to do our job in the Premier League as well.

“So yeah, you can expect that we start to change earlier than we did it so far.

“The first games, there was no reason to do it and we came in the season with the lads we have, and we changed in several games really late, but now it's going to change.”

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