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Why? If no big team goes for him, and they manage to sign one or two good player and show ambition I can see him going there. theyre in a big market in the sense that its better to live in London than near Ewood Park. We should therefore go in there and hijack any deal they do.

Northerngimp. I agree. He may not have any re-sale value in the sense he wont be sold for more than we buy him. But defender peak during his years now and play up until theyre possibly 33-34. Samba would bring so much investment to the club as I see us recouping at least half at the end of the season. He can be the difference between 6th and 10th. He can be the difference between Europe and non-Europe football. Ashley and Derek would prove to be real idiots if he ends up at QPR for 5-6m.

nope

€40m performance. When hes at his best hes unstoppable.

Ba and Cheick MotM for me. Excellent.

Santon, Cheick, Colo and Ba being absolutely great. And Simpson having someone infront of him who will defend is helping a bit.

If we are to even have a slight chance of winning this today, Shola needs a good day, but most importantly our left-flank will need a top performance from Jonas and Davide Santon to keep Valencia quiet and hit them on the counter.

Fuck you PARDUUUUUUUUU

Or we just attack and dont even bother defending the flanks and hope Willy and Colo can win all headers.

gignac? Fucking hell, have people seen him play in the last 24 months? Awful.

tooop dawwwwgs.

Gutierrez has been poor, Obertan has been abysmal. this, anyone suggesting anything else is out of their minds.

I know the feeling oldtype. Hopefully he will come good and people will shut up, just like with me and Ramires last year. But he really is shite

Fair play to Sunderland for winning, but Wullie, I thought City had very good chances throughout the match with the best of the bunch probably being Silvas shot which Richards then headed on crossbar along with Dzekos crossbar shot. So yeah, they won, but they were still lucky, just like weve been for many games this season.

Good post. it's a contradictory post, he starts out by saying he hasnt done much and finishes by saying he's an obvious starter. the reason he hasnt done much is because he doesnt get on the f***ing pitch for long enough. Its not a good one at all, completely agree with you. Weird one.

Exactly, its unbelievable that some dont get it. Even Niel who is a good poster usually. No one is expecting him to come in and win us matches in two seconds hes no messi like, but we do expect him to be given chances especially when others are not doing their jobs and hes been more than capable of doing his at times. to put things into perspective. Obe has played 1000minutes more than Ben Arfa this season has an assist more and a goal less than him. Based on only that Ben Arfa should be getting a chance before him. then you can also argue Obe brings absolutely nothing to this team bar pace which is useless since hes incapable of using it anyways. Anyone not understanding this is clearly clueless, and people going on about defending Ben arfa and Hype should try and read more onto peoples post. What me and many in here expect is for him to get a chance, a chance to prove himself, a chance to show why he is so highly rated in France a chance to show us what he showed us last season against Everton. If he fails he fails, and I doubt many will be defending him if he gets a run like Obe. Everyone wants the club to succeed, if he fails, hes been a failure and we move on. But to give him that verdict before hes even played 500mins of football in a season is fucking ridiculius. Its not hard ffs.

The real shame will be when Pardew inevitably forces Ben Arfa out by refusing to start him over players like Obertan and Vuckic, then Pardew gets the sack and we bring in a manager who might've given him a proper chance. I would agree that we can criticise him for cautious use of him whether it be tactically or with his fitness but to suggest there's an issue between them is just speculation with no basis. Agreed.

Worst post of the year? Having a go at a player with no playing time while defending probably the most effortless-talentless player in the starting XI while also arguing that he doesnt defend while not playing in a defensive position?

Nah on the right. Not instead of Best.

Definitely. And even if Best is not at his Best, he is strong and will win headers up top. Ba didnt win one tonight.

Cheick and Colo were the best of our bunch in my opinion. And Cabaye was lucky, wouldve been off had Spearing not been making a tackle there.

Would have been better but not his fault though. For once I was crying to get best on the field since we were just hoofing it up long anyways. For any plaer like Vukcic, Ben Arfa, Cabaye to shine we need to play it on the deck. Something we clearly are not doing ever since before we played City. Everytime we got the ball it went back to Krul and was then lumped high upfield. No good without a target mn to hold it up. Was discussing that, think Krul had more touches than Ba during the whole 90mins. Need to do something about that. Wouldve loved to see Best up top with Ben Arfa out wide. Its as clear as that, like Ronaldo has been crying out for months now. HBA on the right. Obe has done nothing this season to justify his place in the team.

Listen, Im just saying people criticize him after not having been given a real chance. Playing against top three and then minutes here and there against the rest isnt enough. Im not saying the REAL Ben Arfa fanboys are right but to criticize him without being given a real chance is ridiculous. He aint Messi but here sure is better than Obe and Best. Enough said really. Weird post, first agree with him and then me. Go lick Best arse Clever. I agree that you're incapable of an unbiased opinion of the lad. I also agree that Hatem didn't have a platform to excel tonight. Simple enough? Nah, Ronaldo Im agreeing with you on every single point tonight. You seem incapable to see that. I just dont think you can have a go at Ben Arfa like Foster is doing after tonight. No player in our squad bar best wouldve had a chance. I want this club to succeed as much as you but Fosters post was utter shit.