Dango Ouattara scored twice as Bournemouth made light of their striker crisis with a thumping 5-1 FA Cup third round victory over West Brom.
Cherries boss Andoni Iraola said this week he would have to enter the January transfer market after strikers Evanilson and Enes Unal suffered serious injuries.
But on this evidence that may not have been necessary after Ouattara hit a double, with Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and Daniel Jebbison also on target.
The Premier League side briefly fell behind after the managerless Baggies, sixth in the Championship, scored an early goal.
Chris Brunt, still temporarily in charge as the club continues its search for Carlos Corberan's successor, made seven changes to his starting line-up (Iraola made six) and saw his side draw first blood in the 14th minute after Darnell Furlong won a free throw. kick out 30 meters.
John Swift whipped in the cross, Grady Diangana's header bounced off the crossbar and Caleb Taylor reacted quickest by nodding in the rebound.
It was the defender's first start for Albion since the third round of last season, and his first goal for the club, having only been recalled from a loan spell at League One Wycombe last week.
The Baggies, five-time FA Cup winners, moved the ball confidently and looked good value for their lead.
That was until the 27th minute when an inswinging cross from David Brooks missed everyone in the area and visiting 'keeper Joe Wildsmith got a fingertip.
Kluivert lurked at the far post and smashed the loose ball into the roof of the net, creating the equalizer.
Seven minutes later, Kluivert's clever reverse pass put Ouattara behind as the Burkina Faso international slotted a neat finish under Wildsmith from a tight angle.
A minute before half-time, Brooks led a Bournemouth counter-attack with a surging run through the middle.
His pass perfectly suited Ouattara, who relished the central striking role, to calmly slot his second past Wildsmith.
Bournemouth have never won the FA Cup and have only progressed past the fifth round once in their history.
But they clinched their place in round four, two minutes into the second half, when Semenyo, coming on as a half-time substitute, played a short corner against Ouattara.
The Baggies were cut open far too easily when Ouattara found Brooks, who slid the ball back in for Semenyo to smash high into the net.
Then in stoppage time, substitute Jebbison, just recalled from a loan spell at Watford, was played in by Semenyo to complete a comprehensive victory with his first Cherries goal.
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