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Not making any case for anybody, just stating the facts. Ryan Taylor is a better all round player than Enrique that's for sure. Errrr, nice

Aye, I can live with two weeks as well. Still think he has an outside chance for the Swansea game though. If not, the West Brom game is probably the game Colo should aim for. You never know, we may even see Williamson and Colo playing together against West Brom.

The lack of Santon is more than likely down to Pardew wanting some continuity in defence. Now that that's been broken due to injuries, I fully expect Santon to be starting games soon.

Smiths kids maybe ? I have a Smith shirt from the Championship season. I do not know why. Pretty much just ashamed and hide it in the closet. That kid does not f*** around. Tut tut.

Jonas could get the captaincy actually. Well liked and doesn't give up/always gives 100% so could lead by example.

yeah you've gotta think if he's walking around today that it's nothing serious Aye, it's encouraging signs. But I'm sure we'll know more later in the week.....

Martin Atkinson? Uh oh

What happened? Nothing major, just the cap he was wearing. Ha, fair enough.

I'd go with this actually.

My feelings exactly

What happened?

I still have a bit of confidence in Obertan. Just needs to man up basically. He does have talent but he needs to stop being afraid, he has tons of potential and thus far, he's holding himself back.

That's brilliant to see :clap:

His post-match interviews are always thrilling - his face and his voice. Urgh.

Aye, in the number 10 role, there's a lot of pressure on the player to create something out of nothing and to string the perfect pass. As it stands, it is probably too much pressure for someone like Ben Arfa who hasn't played regular football until recently. Play him on the wing and build his confidence up more than anything, then you can think about easing him into the number 10 role imo.

Would be our most handsome footballer if he joined! Class player. Great in the air, terrific finishing, decent speed for his height. Scores loads, but also very capable of assisting goals. Got three assists last game. Depends how much they will demand I guess. Seems to rate us personally, so in that respect he's realistic. Sounds good! But I'm not sure a striker should be top of our list come January (plus I'm still expecting Maiga to join at some point next month too).

Aye

33 points this week. *Drops further down the table*

He did have a decent game on Saturday like. His hold up play was good, had great strength and yeah, he was unlucky not to score at least one of his chances. The main thing for me is that he is pretty much what you want in a striker

He was big mates with Ranger I think and there has been talk that he definitely enjoys his nights out (maybe a bit too much for a professional footballer).

Apparently, the management don't particularly rate Kadar Has to be in contention for the first team/starting lineup now like!

This month is going to be a massive test for Pardew like. A test which I'm sure he'll thrive on. Pretty confident that we'll be okay (just though). Hopefully come the West Brom game (at the earliest anyway), Williamson and Colo will be our starting CBs.

The last time Simpson started at CB (well I think it was the last time anyway), we lost 2-1 to Scunthorpe.

Okay, so it's confirmed that he'll miss the trip to Norwich but I reckon he has maybe an outside chance of making the Swansea game at St. James'. In any case, until we know the full extent of Colo's injury, I won't rule him out for the rest of the year just yet.