Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil has fired a ruthless warning at his fringe players.
Ahead of tonight's clash with Brighton, O'Neil discussed leaving five senior regulars out for Saturday's win against Fulham.
He told the Bournemouth Echo, It's down to the players as well as me.
You have a choice as a footballer - whether you stay with the group or whether you decide that your own agenda and what you want to do is more important.
Me of course, the way I deal with them. Hopefully everybody respects how honest and open I am with them. But you have a choice as a footballer of course, for how you want to handle things.
We have a huge squad, full of senior players at this moment. Everyone is fit basically. So we're going to have to disappoint some.
I'm pretty sure it won't be the same ones all the time.
Just because you're not sub today, doesn't mean that you can't even start the next game. That's just the way it is at the moment. The squad fully understands the situation."