Wednesday 29 October 2014 08:35, UK
West Brom manager Alan Irvine was disappointed with the attitude of some of his players as they were knocked out of the Capital One Cup at Bournemouth.
Irvine defended the decision to make 10 changes to his starting line-up, insisting Albion should have had enough quality.
But Bournemouth secured a place in the quarter-final of the competition for the first time with a 2-1 victory at Dean Court.
"It was a team full of first-team players, who train as a first-team group every day," said Irvine.
"They need to grab those opportunities and get the benefit of a game like that as well.
"We have a squad of players who are all Premier League players, they are players who are all at a high level.
"It wasn't a team of kids put out there: it was a team that if played to the best of their ability, they should have got a result.
"It was an opportunity for a number of our players who have been desperate for a game to go out and play well and show me they should be in contention for the Premier League games.
"Some of them did but not enough of them.
"I'm fully aware of Bournemouth's quality. I said prior to this that this would be an extremely difficult game, and that's how it turned out.
"But I'm not hanging any players out to dry: not enough played well and there are a number capable of better.
"Some players did themselves a favour, some didn't."