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A look at Marco Rose's substitution philosophy at previous clubs

AFC Bournemouth are yet to win in the Premier League - despite leading in four of their five games to start the season. As discussion centres on Marco Rose's subs, Cherries On Top have crunched the numbers to look at his changes at previous clubs.

25.09.26, 17:36 5 Minute Read

Marco Rose admitted that his approach to substitutions as AFC Bournemouth manager has to change - but what is it evolving from and turning into?

The German head coach has come underfire for his side’s inability to see out games during the first Premier League games of the new season - before Saturday’s defeat to Liverpool suggested that Cherries struggle to impact second-halves in the same manner of their opponents.

Prior to the game Rose stated that there was no ‘masterplan’ to his subs, before sharing that fans could expect to see earlier subs. That was not the case against Liverpool, with the first changes rung on 74 minutes.

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Jack Tanner

Jack Tanner Starting his journalism career covering local non-league football at the age of 14, Dorset-native Jack Tanner covered Cherries for the Bournemouth Daily Echo for the best part of four years. After a brief stint covering AFC Bournemouth on a freelance basis for national newspapers, Jack went on to cover boxing for The Independent.

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