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Those Bruno compilations really stress the need for pace and movement - if Ekitike can play wide I hope we use him over Fraser, especially so in the absence of Wilson. Fraser-Wood-ASM isn't a particularly dynamic front three.

I mean it did look a bit too good to be true. Can't really be surprising that it's falling apart already can it?

Dan Burn is honestly p good. I can't believe he plays as a wing back tho that's surreal to me

Thought Hodgson had retired. Don't know why he'd take a job at that basket case of a club other than obviously he must just miss managing and wants a localish job. Bad news for us tbh.

Trippier will be off in the summer too if we go down. Don't think it makes much difference, at least Lingard is being up front about it.

Trippier's positioning, wtf

Longstaff's dawdling against their press will be pretty catastrophic. I think starting him is getting close to the same level as starting Ritchie in terms of almost guaranteeing we don't win.

Reckon this will be a Leicester away esque total non performance. 3-0 Leeds.

If Simeone loved Trippier then I'm sure Rafa would. In terms of ASM, as exciting as he is going forward he is undeniably a massive problem in every other area. If Rafa returned and got rid of him I wouldn't be too upset tbh.

Has there been any financial analysis on this?

Watford and Burnley's game in hands lol, omg the table is grim. It's finished.

Rafa wants a long term project near his home. If he's sacked I could definitely imagine him accepting the job with an eye on the Championship rebuild next season. Interesting to see what happens

There's a really good chance he'll be in the dugout come August in the Championship imo. Not sure the Saudis will have much patience with Howe if he takes us down after having from November to change things.

It was a pretty even game imo, two shit teams who will both go down.

10. It's over. One win all season fgs, it's a formality.

Two evenly shit teams.

El Ghazi is a Kia Joorabchian signing apparently.

Barnes looks finished

I thought it would be more like £7m £20m is a lot but who cares, think the Saudis can afford to overpay a bit

Happy with this, as good as it's gonna get at this point in time. Competent cover/partner for Wilson who has proven he can score goals at this level, also let's face it he's a good signing for next season if we do indeed go down.

You didn't exactly need to be Nostradamus to predict the new owners were going to sack Bruce sometime after the Tottenham game.

Mateta has only started 2 games this season, 3 sub appearances, one of which being 4 minutes against us. He only started 2 games last season as well, 1 goal. He's really a nothing player.

He's really bad

Really wouldn't fancy that team to even beat Watford

In our current predicament I think Woods is as good as we're likely gonna get in terms of a striker to come in and rival/cover for Wilson's hamstrings. Always going to have to overpay with Saudi ownership, January window and being 19th. Both him and Cantwell could also be seen as signings with half an eye on the Championship as well