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That really is a horrendous decision :lol:

Who supports Newcastle.

Been to blame for quite s few goals this season. Yep, certainly not the keeper he once was.

And a bargain too..

Carroll should have scored. EDIT: and again.

I nearly fell asleep there. A game that finished 0-0 being on second ffs.

That is not a red card.

Is their a silver lining to Best/Shola getting game-time recently, in that they'll be able to 'do a job' when Ba goes to Africa an HBA is in prime goal-scoring form - to make up for Ba's absence? I seem to remember an article about a week ago that implied that Ben Arfa would be the "man to fill Ba's boots". In fact, here is said article: FWIW, in the long term, I really think it should be Ba upfront on his own with Ben Arfa behind him in the number 10.

What the feck?

Actually didn't realise Tuncay had signed for Bolton tbh. Was a bit confused when he came on

With it being the BBC surely they'd flag it as not there's? Not really, there's quite a few unofficial BBC Twitters atm.

Bloody hell. £20 million man!

Downing's got no assists at all this season??

:lol:

Probably the best way to go really.

Ben Arfa, like Ba at the time, needs games. Simply put. With games comes progress, I'm sure after a run of them, Ben Arfa will be fine. From the article Dave posted above: The player himself feels good so I think it's a matter of time before Ben Arfa will be a regular in the side. I mentioned this before, when Ba goes to the ACoN, that's Ben Arfa's chance to try and shine. i could understand not playing him in every game over a supposedly busy period but he's proved he can handle 90mins so why drop him to the bench for weeks on end. Ben Arfa should start against Liverpool and subsequent games after that, no doubt about that in my mind. It's just that going by Pardew's comments, it just seems to me that Ben Arfa isn't going to get a proper chance until Ba heads off to the ACoN.

Pardew said in his post-match interview that Ben Arfa is well liked in the dressing room.

Another bullet dodged by us. Nah... If he was here, where he wanted to be, in a good side - he'd look a lot more like the player we saw at Wigan. Having McLeish as your manager can only be discouraging really......

Ben Arfa, like Ba at the time, needs games. Simply put. With games comes progress, I'm sure after a run of them, Ben Arfa will be fine. From the article Dave posted above: The player himself feels good so I think it's a matter of time before Ben Arfa will be a regular in the side. I mentioned this before, when Ba goes to the ACoN, that's Ben Arfa's chance to try and shine.

Just seen it myself.

Must have been a short meeting

He isn't at his best, he's still much better than Best. and unless there is some physical problem, which seems unlikely given he played from the start twice in manchester, then it doesn't make sense. Yeah, bizarre comments from Pardew really. Hope to fuck Hatem starts on Friday like.