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He's out of contract too right?

Was a threat against us. Get Ashworth on him.

Leeds are always good viewing.

Was almost like they scored too early. They have sat back ever since.

Leeds are actually a decent side. You just feel that they need one finisher and one decent centre back. I can't see them going down like.

12 months left on his contract? If we hoy 50m they will.

Neves Bruno Joelinton Is an astonishing midfield 3.

Would be absolutely perfect. He's an absolute shithouse.

If Dan Burn says Trossard is a good lad then we should definitely think about swooping.

There was plenty critical of Moyes for playing Zouma. It's the sort of heat Howe often avoids. I have no issues with him starting but I'd be surprised if he does.

Howe will take criticism if he starts Joelinton, therefore he won't IMO. As for Isak/Maxi, if Isak starts wide left before Maxi it is a slap in the face for the latter. Even though Joelinton is a big player for us, him starting from the bench shouldn't cause us too much weakness. Besides, it's high time Maxi gave us a good game. We can't afford Joelinton to not be in the squad. We simply don't have the midfielders to sit on the bench.

We can laugh at Chelseas crisis but if Potter doesn't sort it out, another top coach will step into the void and sort them out and like it or not, they have bundles of talent. Their biggest problem is how much money they continue to spend and whether there is an end to it.

Yeah this is a window to be reactive. Things will spice up towards the end, let's see how things play and then we can make our move. Tifo's suggestion of Conner Gallagher makes sense to me. The thought of what Eddie Howe could do with a talented young player is mouth watering. I don't have much knowledge of the European market but I'm sure there will be European players with similar profiles who we can target but if Chelsea are still throwing money around they may be willing to sell.

Think you have to show some sort of internal discipline on the outside. Fine, plus perhaps dropping him. Howe will offer him support internally though. Slap his wrist, make a show of it and move on.

He will be dropped for Fulham. Maxi will come in and then Joe will be back for Palace.

Not it's not. That's what you do.

Had on lads, there's a spectrum here though right? Being over the limit is stupid. Being pissed swerving down the road etc is reprehensible.

Was my first thought too. I hope there is a somewhat reasonable explanation.

Bloody idiot. Still love him though. He could probably murder a child and I'd still love him, mind.

This ends now. I'm wholly uncomfortable defending Maguire any further.

Either you overrate Lascelles or under rate Maguire. Either way, I'm not going to advocate us signing Maguire because I don't want him either but he's a markedly better than Lascelles.

Howe would get the best out of Maguire and Maguires best is a top 6 player at least IMO. That said, he's severely damaged goods, on hefty wages and no spring chicken. So it's a no go. We were linked with Shaw weren't we? Did he ever sign a new contract?

Reckon we might go back in for someone like Harrison. If Leeds are still signing players, we might get the green light from them and while some might think we have "moved past" signing someone like Harrison, if our recruitment team like him, their opinion won't have changed overnight. I'm honestly not sure they are targeting a specific position, I think if someone on their list becomes available, they will make the move happen.

Got 6 days between this and Palace. You have to assume that Howe will go full strength, which means the same side as against Leicester. I can see any arguments for changing it, unless Howe sees something tactically. An early goal on this would be nice. Always get nervous at 0-0 at half time. How spoilt am I?

All the talk of striking while the iron is hot regarding our push for top 4.... well surely the same could be said for the LC final (should we make it?) Would be rather nice to have some non cup tied reinforcements in place for a potential trip to Wembley.