Howe was left unhappy with his side’s defeat to Preston in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night.
Eddie Howe decided to give fringe players minutes against Preston North End in the second round of the EFL Cup on Tuesday night. However, his decision backfired as the visitors won 3-2 in extra time.
Simon Makienok grabbed his first of the night on 11 minutes with a thunderous strike to put Simon Grayson’s men ahead.
Bournemouth fringe players Lewis Grabban and Dan Gosling both were on the scoresheet to turn the game around in the second half to set Howe’s side on an apparent course to the fourth round.
However, Makienok got his second, levelling with a header to take the tie into extra time, and the Palermo loanee then tucked away the winner with nine minutes left.
Howe made 11 changes to his team with the likes of Jack Wilshere, Callum Wilson, Jordan Ibe and Simon Francis nowhere to be seen in the Bournemouth squad – but it is a sign of the changing times at the club that the starting XI named here still cost in excess of £40 million.
Howe, who saw his side defeated to the Championship outfit, bemoaned by the performance his players produced in the defeat.
He said, via talkSPORT: “I don’t give these opportunities lightly. I give them because I believe in the players and think they deserve that by how they train and their attitude day to day.
“But very early in the game I think it was evident that there was something not right with us tonight. It disappointed me immensely. We have let them (the fans) down.
“It was very disappointing from start to finish. It was unlike us. I felt we were lethargic. We didn’t play with our usual energy and enthusiasm. We got what we deserved.”
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