That article makes it look like Coloccini is responsible for Ben Arfa getting the boot. I think it's more damning if true because it means the captain is managing, not the manager. Pardew should have told Coloccini to get back to working on his own game. John Beresford used to moan at Keegan that he didn't get any help from Ginola and Keegan rightly told Beresford where to go.