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I'd start Ben Arfa against Bolton, most definitely. They're one of the "lesser teams" of the PL (no offence jukeboxromeo) so they should be "perfect" opposition for him to play against. It can't be said enough though, play him on the wing.

It's his hologram

Unfortunately, did nothing of note tonight. Should have come off at half time tbh.

His worst game of this season. Couldn't handle Odemwingie/Long - outpaced. He'll be fine though.

Bad viewing that.

Another poor showing from Pardew. Playing such a high defensive line was never going to go well really especially with Long and Odemwingie running at you. The direct approach with the persistent hoof-balls were annoying as fuck. There was absolutely no need for that. Pardew still has my support like. I'm confident he can turn it around.

phew I echo this. Thank fuck.

Apart from nearly costing us a goal by losing it cheaply on halfway. Ah yeah, well he kept possession well most of the time though.

38 points with Walker and Adebayor to play.

I'm worried about this game. (Mainly because it's on Boxing Day). A hard fought 1-1 draw hopefully.

Oh great. Really hope it's not serious.

Indeed. Poor performance from Cheik tonight. I think it's a case of match fitness, he's still not there yet. Remember, it took him a while to get up to speed at the start of the season too when he had virtually no pre-season under his belt. I guess it's the same case now. I'm sure after a run of games, Tiote will be fine.

This is a massive worry. I was hoping that Best would score tonight because it would have done his confidence a lot of good which in turn could lead to a canny goalscoring run. Simply put, I don't know where our goals will come from when Ba's at the ACoN.

Essentially the complete striker for us at the moment.

Was one of the positives from tonight. Some good attacking play from him. Promising, he's certainly one for the future. If only one of his shots went in......

Covering for Raylor has probably knacked him. Jonas has really been off form recently, worrying signs.

It was a good runout for the lad. Kept possession well and we actually started looking like an attacking threat when he came on. Encouraging.

Very poor performance. Simply put, West Brom were the better team and played better stuff than us. Defensively we were shocking with tonight being Colo's worst game this season. One thing that annoyed me was inexplicably taking Santon off and putting Raylor on. Puzzling. Overall, poor tactics from Pardew, playing such a high defensive line and persisting with the direct approach. The amount of f***ing hoof-balls was f***ing annoying. There was absolutely no need for that. Vuckic was a positive today so it will be a shame to see him out of the team against Bolton but having Cabaye back is a big plus - it would save us from playing hoofball anyway.

Why the fuck is Raylor on

If that had went in........

So yeah, we haven't been that great. We looked energised early on but then went flat when WBA scored. When Ba's free kick went in (has to be said again that it was lovely), we started playing again. WBA's second goal was a poor to concede from our point of view, terrible marking/defending. Hopefully we'll score early in the second half. If we do, then can see us ultimately winning the game.....

Unlucky Haris!