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Except Hatem isn't playing like a winger? What are people on about, Ben Arfa provides more of a threat than Obertan. End of story.

3-0 to 3-4 for Milan. Italian football

Looking lively doesn't make you a good footballer, or mean you performed well. A chef can cook 50 meals in an hour but it doesn't mean they're tasty. No it certainly doesn't, but an absolute crap performance does make you the scapegoat sometimes. Ben Arfa has been out for a 1 year and a bit more, and has the intelligence at least to when he's not performing well help the ball movement on the field. In 45mins he was closer to scoring than Obertan has in 7-8 games.

(directed at Heza09)

heza09. People might be exaggerating but Ben Arfa came in and looked lively. Remember he's been out for over a year and he has tried to do stuff, getting caught many times but his movement and everything is intelligent. Not been up to the standard I think we'll see him at, but much better than what Obertan has produced thus far. Obertan seems like a player with bags of potential but with absolutely nothing inside of the big head. His dribbling is very awkward, shot weak. However he does help the team in the way we get some width, but he is so frustrating and is absolutely no threat, I guess you could double mark Jonas and leave him alone on a side because he seems to be so scared. Shows attitude at times by tracking back, but he is along with Simpson (and Raylors first matches) the players who need to sit on the bench.

Not a very good performance, but 3 points are 3 points. However, that Alienhead Obertan has to be on the bench, I don't think I've ever witnessed such a frustrating player. Obviously has the potential, but doesn't seem to have the intelligence do to anything. And Ben Arfa still seems a bit out of shape, but think he deserve a start even if he only plays 45, 50minutes.

Knew you'd probably say that since that's the only comeback you could use since you clearly don't know shit. People mentioned Ramires, I DIDN'T, why is that? Because I' Brazilian. Get the fuck off me, thats tiresome at time especially when you clearly have no idea.

Your crazy. Not saying Anderson is a much better footballer than Cabaye, but he's been the central midfielder dictating tempo for the best team in the league while Cabaye has been doing it for the 4th best team. Anderson has done it better this year and not because of the player has around him. He's been very good. He has great vision, great athlete and loves to get stuck in. Don't think there's been anyone better than him in that position this season. Him and Cleverley were completely dominating other 3-man-midfields.

Some people are crazy on this board so shouldn't take them seriously. On the other hand completely forgot about Jones and Mata. Probably deserve it more than Bosingwa and Nani.

Krul Bosingwa - Kompany - Colo - Assou/Cole Silva - Anderson - Young - Nani Aguero - Rooney Anderson because he's been a very good player this far, especially the 4 games he played with Cleverley. I'm torn between many midfielders such as Tiote, Cabaye, Raul Meireles, Ramires, Cleverley, but chose Young to fit in Nani who I feel brings so much productivity to that Man U side. Rest was easy really. Many players who are good enough to be there, especially Dzeko, Nasri, Vidic, Evra. But

I' confident but at the same time I remember this is Newcastle and by all means that should result in us losing to the most unlikely team of them all.

We'll take 3 points off Stoke, trust me. And three of this shite Wigan team.

Thanks.

His backing off is really fucking annoying. Until he learns to decide when to back off and when not to he should just warm the bench, possibly eating an apple on a bicycle

There's no way he's better as a CB, doesn't win enough headers and his positioning isn't that great. Perfect player to play if you want someone to just sit infront of your CBs and win the ball and play it to whoever. Defensively he's great in that area as he can win tackles and cover a lot of ground without having to really mark a specific player or so. And anyone next to Lucas will look shit except when he has his 1 in 50 good game. Masch with Alonso was a perfect match in a way as Masch won the ball and Alonso distributed it. A bit like Tiote and Cabaye, except Tiote looking to get forward a bit more than Masch has ever done.

Bendtner is their most creative player. 3 assists in 4 games. Well, stats doesn't mean everything. Of course not, you could also watch their games. He's been their best player by a mile from what I've seen (particularly the Norwich game where it was like he was playing alongside blind children) Not disagreeing, just saying stats doesn't tell the whole story. And I try to stay away from the TV when the Mackems play, watched two or three games and its depressing to watch.

I'll be honest like, I'm not sure if he's done enough in his cameos to warrant a start yet. We still need to make sure we put our strongest possible team out on Saturday, and it's not really up to us to decide whether that includes Ben Arfa yet. Certainly he needs a bigger role this weekend (maybe 30 mins), but I'm not sure about starting him. Done enough? How can you require someone to do anything in 10-15 minutes of play? If you see it like that than Shola has to start on Saturday since his cameo on Sunday was better than what both our strikers did. Ben Arfa has to start, he has the most talent of the lot in our squad and there ain't a better match than against Wigan at home to build up his confidence. You could always take him off if he has a really bad game or gets really tired. But he HAS to start.

Bendtner is their most creative player. 3 assists in 4 games. Well, stats doesn't mean everything.

Not really tbh. Masch might be a disgusting cunt but he is a very good player.

Krul Raylor Colo Saylor Santon Obert Cabaye Tiote Marveaux BenArfa Ameobi Best, Ba, Jonas will need rest as they'll probably start on Saturday. Raylor has been better than Simpson for the last couple of matches so deserves his place.

He is a cunt though. Like the guy for being open, but sometimes its enough and he does have anger problem. If he gets angry there's no going back, can't keep himself calm. He's a loser, but I still like him because its entertaining.

Embarrassing stuff to read.

Told my friend Cabaye has to look towards Shola and send the ball there. However, no doubt his vision is extraordinary.