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Was stood on the stretford end with my dad when Mira scored the two at OT for the 22 draw. In truth he was one footed and very greedy but he was an improvement on what we had. I commented earlier on Nattrass who was an all together classier player.

Claims he thought Cabaye would last the 90 which is optimistic for a first game back. Even if Perch or Bigi were needed to strengthen midfield then surely moving Marveaux to the wing instead of Jonas or Shola was the call. He's obsessed with defending a lead rather than getting the second.

Krul Taylor. Colo. MVM Debuchy. Anita. Cabaye. Santon HBA. Cisse. Marv

He's going nowhere short term. The club have clearly decided to back him in the transfer market, and they owe him after last summer. If we sign MYM and a striker plus two squad players and are fourth bottom at Easter then they might have to make a decision to make. Personally I think we'll be OK in the end but I'm worried that Pards is so slow to learn.

Santon could play the wide left position better than Jonas right now but what is worrying is why Marveaux isn't tried there when the subs round begins on 70 mins if we need to bolster midfield. I guess we just need a bench who are first team standard so we can rotate a bit.

Was at fault for the first goal but Krul hardly covered himself in glory ( or mud)

Ferguson. Final challenge in his career. A chance to put Pards in his place. You know it makes sense.

Back tracking cos he knows you can't survive long if you criticise the fans

Arsenal have been watching him for a while now. Only hope is that they ave three high profile CB already.

After the Remy fiasco lets just hope this goes smoothly. Just what is needed. A striker who can play from the wing next.

His lack of form is a major issue. I think he is one of the players struggling to adapt to 433 as he doesn't have the passing to play in the three midfielders and he isn't enough of a goal threat to plat wide left. His confidence is clearly low and if our squad was stronger would be due a rotation.

Wish he'd been on the bench to have a chance of the record. Can only think he plays to defend set pieces CSS he doesn't contribute anything up top.

I've been willing to give him time - and maybe we should stick with him a little longer but the thing that hacked me off today was how dominant we were with a midfield three who can pass and then how bad we were at the end. We lost today because of the substitutions and Pards knows this. He's willing to talk about Cabaye afterwards and he has a fair defence. Injury or not Cabaye was not going to play 95 mins. But he ignores that the game changed when he took off Marv and the crowd to a person knew it was the wrong move. The second half wasn't going well, so bringing on Perch, or better still Bigi, into midfield might make sense but it had to be Shola or Jonas to go. My second gripe is Shola who clearly is an impact player at most nowadays. I feel the wind taken from the crowd when he is a starter. I'm not sure there is any question left where Shola is the answer. Finally, I'm 'annoyed' with our inability to chase a game. We lose all shape and create even less chances. I'm thinking Pards is a one trick manager, score first then shut up shop. However I did like the first half performance and if you remove Williamson, Jonas ( present form) and Shola there is a decent team there. Dubuchy was a plus, he was better in the air than I figured, but in a good side his pace and runs will be an asset.

Mattress and Kennedy were the best pair of full backs in my 40 years of watching NUFC. For the younger readers the only pairing close were Beresford and Watson in 1996/7. As others have said what stood Natrass apart was his time on the ball and effortless running style. Kennedy on the other side was pure power and so a contrast. Had a good spell in midfield before injury took its toll and he moved onwards ad downwards.

Looks like the French have won and Argies are off.

Learning french

3-0 and we go up a place!

Hope we buy M'Vila from under Harry's noses

Tiote's form site reason we need to sign m'Vila. Protection for the back 4 but class on the ball.

It's not a good time to be a high earner in France with the new income tax rates, plus the challenge of the PL, plus the frenchies, plus the clubs positive publicity for rehabilitating players all means we'd be attractive to Remy (and M'Vila please)

Going for 1-1 with a goal from Cisse.

Cabaye is already Head of Recruitment so may as well be captain as well.

Blatant tapping up of our player. Sue them and get TheSun to sponsor our legal team.

Of course if he had pulled up some trees the fans might of had unreal expectations and the Board might think we don't need another defender. Best he had a quiet first week.

He's been seen in a bar called 'Morocco' on the Quayside