HawK

yesh

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Break left ankle.. Check! Twist right knee.. Check!

Saw that flying in tbh.

Lol http://i45.tinypic.com/11sh7x0.png

YES

Have always liked him in the middle, we just have a mass of talent there now and he's useless out wide.

Jona-Troll

Literally our best players in Defence, Midfield and Attack. Oh and our Keeper.

He is charismatic and handsome tbf. yep, I don't like the guy but would rather see his face on my tv than Martin Keown's.

Reading/Southampton/Villa for me.

Going by this thread Pardew influences 90% of s*** results(Willo/Shola/Simpson 10%) and the players influence 100% of good results About right tbh.

Gouffran is doing the same job Ba did last season ( in regards to 4-3-3), some could argue more effectively because he's more suited to the role and has much more pace. Ben Arfa isn't there at the moment so its hard to compare but once he does i think you will see something similar to last season. Not to mention we have two attacking fullbacks now and both are beginning to show what they can offer as an attacking outlet to improve the team. ( ok Santon needs to improve defensively but offensively he's becoming effective) We have a lot of offensive ability when everyone is fit, the problem is that if Cisse or Ben Arfa get injured we don't have the necessary quality to replace them i hope that is something that can be improved in the summer. I don't think the system or style of play is a problem anymore though more so a lack of depth and talent in some positions. Yeah I agree, when we have HBA+Gouffran/Marveaux available I'm hoping we go back to doing what we used to do very well at the back end of last season. In the interim(lol) period we just seem to revert to something that really doesn't suit our attacking players and is very reminiscent of the hit+hope tactics we had for the first few games when we had Cisse+Ba together. Bit off the topic, but if Haidara gets the nod again tonight, then what's to stop Pardew considering Santon as an attacking midfielder on the right hand side for when HBA is out? I'd like to see him started further up the pitch now we seem to have some genuine quality in both full back positions for the first time since Pearce/Barton. Bale came from being a fullback remember

Perhaps Tiesias, to me it appeared we got the best out of Cisse last season when we had a clear 3 up front rather than what appears to be 2 now. Ba and HBA running all over the place made so much space for Cisse to do what he does best. I think Cisse's suffering from Sissoko pushing too far up the pitch off the ball rather than our wide players. Sissoko doesn't create the space like the other 2 did as that's not his job from what I can see. That's not to say we're not getting him chances now, but they seem to be in different areas and where he's leading the line.

Perhaps we just disagree, but from my point of view of the matches I see, it's Cisse and Sissoko up front pressing, with our wide players forming a line with our central midfield. When we get the ball, we break in this shape.

It's less to do with the literal 4-4-2, more like the roles. Sissoko is basically a second striker.

We haven't played 442 for months Could have fooled me.

We need to be 4-3-3 to get the best out of this world-class finisher, with HBA right and Gouffran left, Marveaux subbing in where necessary. Midfield 3 of Sissoko/Tiote/Cabaye and the regular flat back 4. No idea what's holding Pardew to 4-4-2.

Runs like Tino

Why would you want to put it on the frame? Disregarding the butchering of the English language, why would we want Jonas involved at all.

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8942/capture22e.png But he won the passing.

If we don't finish top 8 with the squad he has and where we are now, it'd be his fault now. Before the window it was hard to suggest anything, he had his hands tied at best. Last season his Plan A was long ball to Cisse+Ba and telling his midfield to sit so deep they couldn't even contest the second ball, game after game after game. Give the ball to the opposition and see what happens. Took a player in the form of his life for people not to see this.