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I will get shot for this, but I just don´t see him progressing that much, a stable lower table prem. league holding midfielder. Yes, he is "tidy" on the ball but most of his passing is sideways or backwards, he doesn´t seem to be able to create danger as he is not pacy and is far too conscious of not losing possession. He didn´t push forward on sunday either, he sort of "hangs back" to find holes instead of running into space in front of him. Just not my cuppa tea tbh...

Read somewhere over the weekend that Southampton might go for Targett (he started his career there), could be a good way to help with negotiations for Dibler??

If Rice is still out we will have a better chance, he really is their Tonali and what makes them tick. Looking forward to see Tino against Saka!! Think he will take care of him nicely.

Two purples to ease out the current RW & RCB; Mbuemo & Guehi/Huijsen (=100M) Looks like Howe is set on Trafford from Burnley also. (30M) We need two or three up and coming youngsters to fill out the rest. (20M) Could well be a 150M outlay with perhaps 20-40M recovered in player sales... Sell Longstaff (12M), Willock (20M?), Targett (10M) & two goalies vlach and Ruds (10M)

Jackson Will miss last two games for a straight red... Get in! They are toothless without him Up front

The return to a 3-4-3 worked perfectly! Thought botman was outstanding in the middle. Both Murphy and libra didn't let anything pass them until very late in the Game. Really sólid performance

Quite confident with this formation. Botman has enough pace to keep their forward stuhm

Deffo 3-4-3 Our wingbacksnhave enough pace to keep neto and madueke under wraps. Burn might be tasked with following palmer

Would rather Spurs wont the final than Manu. Think Manu would benefit much more if they won It and got CL and would be more of a danger to us in the future.

Big Joe is HUGE if he plays on Sunday! I am now a lot more confident. 60 mins and then Miley on to keep things stable

Back training after a knee injection in Barcelona. If he plays against Chelsea it's a huge physcological advantage! Let's roast these blue wazzacks!

Saw the Australia coach saying Kuol has to get games under his belt next season if he wants to play for the national side. Shola needs to pull his finger out and sort him a loan to a side where he will actually play and somewhere that suits his style

WILLOCK, LONGSTAFF OR MILEY???

Been on a couple of their forums, they are not that confident. they see SJP as a bogey trip and that the early game will upset them. They seem to think that Caicedo tucking into the middle (from righ back) is a disadvantage and will give us a free channel to attack them down with gordon or barnes... Good point!

Based on if they qualify for european competition, but coupled to the way they are playing at the moment and the remaining games they have (not easy ones), so it is not a definite...

Watched Mcatee for city and he doesn´t stand out in any way. Typical technical footballer who prefers the pass backward than to take on his man, just doesn´t seem like an Eddie Howe player...

Lavia in the middle and Caicedo on the right (tucks into the middle when they have ball) has made a huge difference to them and they seem much more solid at the moment. They also have a pacy attack and Palmer´s creativty. We will miss Big Joe a lot in this game. Question is, who will step up in the middle? I don´t think Willock is the one for this game as it will be a difficult battle in there, I would almost prefer gordon or Miley just for their battling qualities...

I would have Botman in for Schar for this one, Fabs gets turned more easily when up against pacy strikers... We need as much pace as possible at the back, Livra and Botman would improve that. Would also have Gordon on for Murph, his aggression and pressing is much better and as we haven´t been giving Isak service of late, a change may be due??

Watched Forest last night and came away thinking that Anderson doesn´t have the necessary level to improve our midfield. Yes, he would have been a better option than longstaff but the level is not anything near our other three...

If we sell Longstaff and perhaps get Gomes in on a free?? Good creative midfielder and provides next level cover

If we make the champs league it will significantly effect what we do in the transfer market, both attracting players to the club and paying larger fees for better ones. With champs league we could buy: -Mbuemo (RW and cover for ST) -Guehi or Huijsen (RCB) -Gomes Free (creative midifeld, cover for Bruno) -Trafford (Nº1 GK)

I would bring botman back today, they have pace on the wings and welbeck isn't slow, just think schar wont give us the cover needed. In midfield I would prefer willock, he is due a good Game and has a bit more match fitness...

How bad were Bilbao tonight... Manu played much better than their recent results. All english final with the two "worst" Big six mánagers... JHC!!

They are going to Get mullered by Athletic on thursday...