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At least Manquillo is on the bench.

Agree with this and said the same thing while watching West Hame last week. This isn't the same team as when Bruce was here, we aren't reliant so much on just giving it to ASM and hoping something happens. Obviously he's still a huge player for us and when he isn't playing we are weaker as an attacking threat but he isn't the be all and end all anymore.

Everton will lose today as well so we really need a win today to get ourselves up the table. Huge game today, bigger than anticipated.

3-0 spurs unless it's offside. Leeds are a shambles at the back and they can't finish fuck all at the other end. They are in free fall .

Leeds lose and we win and we're up to 14th. That would make me feel alot more comfortable, especially with two more winnable games coming up in the next two fixtures.

2-0 now! Great goal as well. Strength and determination to get through and keep going

Spurs winning now. Doherty 1-0

Spurs have started well. Need them to win this, so ofcourse they won't.

The day is here! This is a game we should be winning. Been a while since I've been genuinely confident and that worries me.

Spurs are a shit show.

100% would want him. Has an English/Premier Leage tax so wouldn't be cheap. But him and Botman would make an excellent pairing.

All 3 of those tipped to get new contracts won't he playing a huge amount of league football next season I don't think. Next season they will add depth and experience into a squad that will be made up of alot of players from abroad who have never played in the Premier League. They'll get alot of minutes in Cup competitions and if we are in dire need Die to injuries.

Bloody Foreigner, coming over here trying to show us what love is.

At this point perhaps he's just hoping if he stays in management long enough his dog awful antiquated principles and tactics might just come back into fashion.

Yes, but he will be off to somewhere playing Champions League I would think.

He's not going to be starring too many leage games next season you'd hope. Keeping players like him and Schar will give decent squad depth and allow us to compete in Cup competitions.

It does make sense in a roundabout way. If we deny Brentford any points rather than 1 point it drags them into the fight even more. This isn't my argument though, I'd much rather have 4 points than 3 regardless of who they are taken from.

Obviously taking 3 points is never better than taking 4 points but I think what they are saying is taking 3 points away from Brentford is better for us than taking 3 points away from Brighton. Either way, 6 points from the next 2 is what Howe will be targeting and seeing how Brighton did against Burley its entirely possible.

Hopefully Fraser is fully fit by Saturday. He's been a big part of our system and he's one of the few who do look like scoring. Would be a big miss if both him and ASM are out of this.

Didnt we already know all that? More importantly, when does he start?

5 points off 11th with games in hand over those in 13th and 14th. I think anyone from Crystal Palace down are in danger of being dragged into it. Arguably Aston Villa are only a point above them and are on a really bad run so depending how their next few games go they could get dragged in also. Brentford is a huge game because it will scare the life out of all those teams above us if we get a win as suddenly Newcastle who were doomed to relegation only a couple months ago will be above them in the table .

Just seen his Instagram story and I'm slightly confused about why he's in the gym in full kit? Surely thats not a usual occurrence?

It's obvious to all that Shelvey is the worst of the 3 so that's not even up for debate that if Bruno had to replace someone it would be Shelvey. However that's not the situation we are in, Howe wants to keep the team as settled as possible and Shelvery for all his flaws has had a decent run of games and he knows the system, the players he's playing with and the league far better than Bruno does. Team will be the same for this one other than hopefully if Manquillo and ASM are back then obviously they come in.

Norwich were certain for the drop before Dean Smith came in. Watford have been in danger all season and until their 3 nil win yesterday I was sure Burnley were going down. Right now though I'd say Norwich, Watford and Brentford.

If i could choose, I'd rather Manquillo be fit for this one. Krafth was so poor and he saw ALOT of the ball. Manquillo would make so much better use of it and can actually produce a decent cross. I think we can beat Brentford without ASM even though I do believe ASM excels in these games against opposition low on confidence. But I just don't want Krafth to be in the team.