""You see the starting team that they put out," he said. "As soon as we exchanged the teamsheets and we saw Bruno [Guimaraes] bring out the teamsheet, I thought, 'Right, OK, they're taking it properly. Real serious'.""
""The lads are very aware of the strength in depth," said Howe. "So everyone in their position will be looking over their shoulder going, 'If I don't play well today, there's someone else waiting to take my shirt'.""
""Nothing changes whether we're playing Bradford or Barcelona," he wrote in his programme notes. "It's the exact same preparation and the same mentality. "Top teams can rotate without too much changing and we've invested quite heavily in the squad now to hopefully enable us to do the same.whether that's the Carabao Cup, the FA Cup - whatever competition we're playing in, we're here to win.""
Newcastle United beat Bradford City 4-1 in the Carabao Cup third round. Bradford are the League One leaders. Graham Alexander reacted with a smile after seeing Newcastle's starting selection and Bruno Guimaraes on the teamsheet, noting the seriousness of the opponents. Eddie Howe stressed the squad's strength in depth and the competition for places created by rotation. Defender Dan Burn insisted preparation and mentality remain identical regardless of the opponent and highlighted heavy investment to enable rotation across competitions. Howe made seven changes from the previous Premier League match, and only Guimaraes and Joelinton also started the Wembley final.
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