Mr Logic

Graham! Should have shot. This game far better than the one we just played.

The 3-2, I was grinning for so long I forgot to post a comment.

Swansea have played a variation on possession football for a few years. was more direct and fun under Martinez, very dour Italian style keep-ball under Sousa and now more of a perfect balance under Rodgers. it just gives an insight of pardews football philosophy. a swansea team that cost a fraction of nufc yet we resort to launching the ball up to two beanpoles every game. I'm in agreement with you fwiw.

I just broke out in a Welsh anthem, scared the fuck out of the cat.

That's my gut feeling as well, rather than clsoing it down if we'd have brought on Obertan for Shola it would have been a more comfortable ending.

Quite like Swansea's Dyer, always in the mix.

Your fridge?

1/10th of the way to another 1,000 pages.

Don't know about bias, unless you're suggesting they wouldn't have spent so much time on the replays had it been the other way round. I appreciate, at times like that, just how difficult it is for a ref to make decisions, let alone correct ones.

Not moreso than Beardsley, man. I realise it's too soon to judge when you consider how often Beardsley played for us, I was projecting forward in time.

Bit puzzled by why he seemed to try and shut up shop myself.

Most technically gifted player since Beardsley, maybe ever?

Always been impressed with his footwork, better with the ball on the deck despite his prowess in the air. Hate hoofball and from what I've seen it doesn't suit Best either.

I've said this before, but the amount of times he's showing for the ball and doesn't receive it boils my piss because I know how good he can be at making defenders look like mugs. It's one of his strong points (he has a fair few tbf). Even one of our own defenders said (in training) you have to stay back from him because if you get too close he'll just embarass you.

Shola is often good at receiving the ball and keeping possession in a deep position. In todays game that's all he was useful for. Someone like Bellamy would have been 10 times more effective as an outlet. edit: Sorry, should be in the Shola thread.

Sinclair should have taken a shot there, v. poor decision to cross (to the stand roof)

Pretty sure they'd never let a ref with personal preferences do a game, so why do it with presenters/commentaters. Someone should write to Sky and complain. Get James on the case.

Some of these handball decisions are ridiculous like, chin to hand ffs.

And there's an equaliser. /game on

Like a machine, RvP.

For every good post you do you make 50 bad ones.

They just got beat by Blackburn, convincing scoreline too. WTF is there to worry about. 0-3

Time and time again I see Ben Arfa spreading the ball wide, or into acres of space. Also from close situations he often sharply plays an incisive pass through tight spaces. Vision. He sees what others can't (or haven't yet). Am I blinded by love, making this up? I can't recall the last time I saw a Newcastle player seeing some of the passes he makes. ---- Also, getting fed up with the 'losing possession' comments. Seems people are focussing on that with disregard to all other players performances. Everyone loses the ball. Just when he sometimes does it he's trying to create something.

Great play from Jonas there.