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Yeah I know what youre saying but dont we need our big players now? And is Botman/Carlos/Raphina/Zapata/Mueller/Lingaard/Bakker/Henderson gonna be happy being out for extended periods?

Someone needs to do a video at the end of the season showing his transformation. Starting with all his missed goals, the kicks into the turf, the misplaced passes then Clarks sending off and his emergence into a ball winning midfielder.

Ive got an awful feeling that Bruno gonna be a bit part player until Howe can rejig the midfield in the next transfer window. Howe cant drop Big Joe as hes the only one who does what he does at the club. Little Joe might be droppable on occasion, but will still play lots of games as he seems to be over his toe injury and is coming into form at the business end of the season. Bruno could start if Little Joe was pushed into that wide forward position on the right hand side but that means no Fraser or those runs from deep arriving late into the box. However, we know that Wood likes to pull defenders out of their zone to create space so maybe Willock could take advantage of this from out wide?? Shelvey again might be droppable but in the event that Schar and Burn play in defense, Shelvey is the senior player and hes captain. Hes also playing really well. The obvious player to replace is Shelvey but that would be unfair on him on current form - plus as captain, if he was dropped then who takes the armband? This wouldnt be a problem if Trippier was fit but hes not available. So Schar? Big Joe? Weve gone from being well stocked at central defense for a few years to being the same in central midfield. Shoehorning Bruno into the team might create as many problems elsewhere as it solves. Leaving him out and restricting him to cameos risks pissing Bruno off. So im not sure what the answer is - maybe deliberate and regular rotation of central midfield?? But Howe likes a settled team...

Can we qualify for Europe?

Wheres rockers pic when we need it?

Nee bother - stick the cheque in the post.

Haha i know you are

Is that @Mike sorting a poll out? Will wonders never cease!

Yeah hes infamous for his excuses - just a never ending stream of them.

Its @Dr Jinx March 2021 Also, @Cronky said In December 2020 that he seen Joe play in central midifled for Hoffenheim but didnt mention wanting him played there for us. @Optimistic Nut also mentioned in October 2019 that Joe had started a move at left back then moved into central midfield saying that Joe had 'shown glimpses' of what he can do. But again, theres no mention of wanting to try him in a CM position. Theres aalso another post by @optimistic nut in October 2019 quoting a tweet about Joes in game stats: Theres also loads of posts and I mean LOADS saying hes not a striker or not suited to attacking midfield or not a target man... Basically all the clues were there and the only person who spotted it was Jinx and Howe (obviously). (Ive tried doing multi quotes to show but can I fuck get it to work properly. Fucking annoying )

Someone did say he should be tried in midfield - cant remember who it was

Ive been hugely impressed with how hes getting his ideas across - really didnt think it was possible with some of the players we have. Its took a while but i think he now knows who he can reply on - who can be trusted and who will be in next seasons squad from the current bunch. I deffo think were safe though Im sure there will be some blips between now and the end of the season. And im fascinated as to how hes gonna fit Bruno into our midfield.

As said above we know that howe doesnt like to disrupt a team doing well. But also, maybe he doesnt want Bruno walking into the team thinking hes billy big bollocks

Howes hidden 'current ability' is MUCH higher than Balls

Have you any idea how big that place is? And by big, I mean fucking enormous.

The gritters have been pretty good so far with any forecast lower temps - at least from what ive seen in NE6.

Dunno if Howe will start him against wet spam but he needs more than a 5 minute cameo.

Funny as when they bandaged his forehead after he got that cut to the side of his eye.

Love the way he starts limping in the 2nd half like hes saying 'what you doubling up on me for - im limping'? Then a little later hes like 'nah mate still limping' Then a little after that - fucking whooooooooosh hes off on a run

Captain Tripps .....

Big Joe could man mark him out of the game like Griffin did with Nedved.

Crowd will see us through. Wood with his 1st and 2nd - 2 Nil.