AFC Bournemouth manager Lee Bradbury believes the squad will cope with the changes as the Cherries head into back to back Cup games.
On Tuesday the Cherries travel to Brentford for the only all League One tie in the Southern section of the Football League Trophy. If the Cherries can progress past the Southern section Quarter-Final, they will be the only League One side left in that part of the draw.
Then on Saturday, the Cherries host League Two side Gillingham in the First Round proper of the FA Cup.
Bradbury told afcb.co.uk…
‘Wes Thomas can’t play on Tuesday (cup-tied) and we have Wes Fogden (cup-tied), Charlie Sheringham (cup-tied), Jaime Peters and Steve Cook (not given permission to play from parent clubs) unavailable for Saturday, but we have a good squad here who can cope with the changes.
‘It will be a time when players come in, and I have a squad now where I can rotate players if need be, and the players here can come in and do a good job.
‘Tuesday is the hardest draw we could have got because Brentford are always a hard team to play against, but we are all confident and looking forward to the tie. We are getting to the business end of the JPT now and whereas in early round teams would make wholesale changes, that won’t happen now because teams realise how close they are to progressing to a final at Wembley. That’s massive for every club in Leagues 1 and 2, its massive for the players, the supporters and myself and all teams will be taking it really seriously now. It will be a tough game, they are in good form and got a great point at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. Both ourselves and Brentford will be looking at this tie and knowing that whoever wins, they will take on League 2 opposition after that…’
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