Watford travel to Leicester in the FA Cup on Saturday, but who will make it into Claudio Ranieri's starting XI?
You'll be able to pick - and share on social media - your own line-up for every Hornets game throughout the campaign.
It's up to you how to approach it - you could go for the team you WANT the boss to pick or the one you THINK he will.
Either way, it's time to choose your Hornets team to face Leicester
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The transfer window opened on Saturday and will remain open for business until 31 January at 23:00 GMT.
But who do you want to see Watford boss Claudio Ranieri bring in to the club this month? Where does the squad need strengthening?
And are there any players who need to move on?
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Matt Rowson, BhAPPY blog, external
To get to this stage with only 13 points is disappointing, even with the caveat that we somehow remain outside a relegation zone that we’ve not visited all season.
Reviewing the 17 games so far, there haven’t been many where you could argue we’ve been particularly unlucky either.
Saturday, perhaps, was one – a change in style to a stubborn rearguard action achieved enough to justify feeling hard done by after Spurs’ late winner.
It's always the risk, though, when you reduce a game to fine margins by limiting the number of goalscoring opportunities at each end of the pitch.
And goalscoring opportunities at OUR end has kinda been the issue all season, as revealed by the lack of a clean sheet to date and only one draw. We’re not very difficult to score against and we’re not grinding things out.
Having said that, the manifest threat at the other end, despite the ongoing and expensive injury to Ismaila Sarr, offers grounds for optimism, as does the apparent recruitment of a new defence over the coming weeks.
Impatient criticism of the club’s owners and the head coach has greeted the latest defeats, but those owners have once again quietly lined up transfers to forensically address the shortcomings, and Claudio Ranieri's change in approach against Tottenham confirmed he has the flexibility to match his experience.
Watch this space.
Geoff Doyle, BBC Three Counties Radio
Watford head coach Claudio Ranieri will be relieved the new year is upon us. His side need a drastic makeover if they are to remain in the top flight.
His board will be relieved too. They need to act and it looks like they will do so promptly.
Left-back Hassane Kamara from Nice, defensive midfielder Edo Kayembe from KAS Eupen and Besiktas centre back Domagoj Vida are all rumoured to be announced soon, according to The Athletic., external
All these positions are priorities. Watford have been hit by a triple whammy of injuries, Covid and the Africa Cup of Nations. And that’s on top of a squad that, barring the attackers, lacks the necessary quality at this level.
At left-back Adam Masina is at Afcon and Danny Rose is injured (he hasn’t been properly match fit all season) so the early signing of Kamara would be ideal.
The right hand side is also a concern. Kiko Femenia is currently injured and his understudy Jeremy Ngakia inexperienced for this level. Craig Cathcart can fill in. It’s not ideal but they may have to live with it.
In central defence Watford have numbers but lack top quality. They have never been all available due to injury and still aren’t. The Vida signing looks a very promising short-term solution if the experienced Croatia international still has the desire. A pertnership with Nicolas Nkoulou or Francisco Sierralta would be a huge improvement.
In midfield, Watford needed strengthening even before Imran Louza’s departure to Afcon with a nippy ball-winner required and Kayembe seems that type.
With the new arrivals there will have to be a cull of the current 25-man squad. Candidates to be chopped are Dan Gosling, Ashley Fletcher, Ozan Tufan and Rose.
