Rotherham United 1 Bournemouth 5: Millers vow to bring in new faces after exit

Rotherham assistant Paul Raynor, left with boss Steve Evans.

He said: “Some of the defending was absolutely awful and (goalkeeper) Adam Collin got no protection at all.

“You have to take defeats from time to time, but the manner of the performance in the second half was not something we’re used to seeing. It was a particularly bad day at the office.

“I think Bournemouth are up there with the best teams we’ve faced this season. They are playing well and with confidence.

“That’s not been like we’ve been in the last five or six games. We’ve lost some good players in Tom Lawrence, Emmanuel Ledesma and Scott Wootton and we will learn from this.

“We have had to take bad defeats on the chin and bounce back.

“We will make changes. We will be better. We will improve. The calls are already in and we are hoping for positive feedback.

“We have identified the type of player we want to bring into the football club. They are young and hungry.”

Visiting manager Eddie Howe praised the strength of his squad as his much-changed Bournemouth side ran out easy winners.

Bournemouth, who made eight changes, put in a dominant display after the break to coast home.

Two second-half goals from Yann Kermorgant and strikes from Junior Stanislas, Ryan Fraser and Shaun MacDonald rendered Richard Brindley’s opener after 10 minutes as pitiful consolation for Rotherham.

Rotherham United: Collin, Brindley, Morgan, Arnason, James, Green, Smallwood; Frecklington, Pringle (Skarz 63), Bowery; Clarke-Harris (Derbyshire 62). Unused substitutes: Wood, Richardson, Newton, Yates, Loach.

Bournemouth: Camp, Smith, Cook, Cargill, Harte; Stanislas (Cornick 71), Gosling, MacDonald (Pitman 82), O’Kane; Fraser (Ritchie 88), Kermorgant. Unused substitutes: Francis, Surman, Wilson, Flahavan.

Referee: N Swarbrick (Lancashire).

Man of the match: Yann Kermorgant.