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Life under Rose: Allowing players to express their ‘feeling’ within matchplan

AFC Bournemouth comfortably defeated Lincoln City last night, with the game highlighting Cherries' tactical approach to games where they are the favourites. But there was also further insight to Marco Rose's general philosophy as Cherries boss.

09.09.26, 15:21 Updated 09.09.26, 15:42 6 Minute Read

Jack Tanner

Jack Tanner

Cherries started their League Cup campaign with a comfortable 4-0 win over Championship Lincoln City at Dean Court, with a slightly-rotated side producing a confident display.

Ryan Christie will rightfully take the plaudits with his second career hat-trick, while other members of the AFC Bournemouth squad gained valuable minutes.

There was a lot of fear after the transfer window closed that Cherries would struggle with depth, but Tuesday night’s showing suggested that there will not be a huge drop-off in quality when players are swapped out for each other.

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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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