Mick

Sissoko would be a brilliant signing no matter when/if he comes in, hopefully it's this month.

I agree, the fans have a right to boo and the players have a right to moan about it if they think it's a player being boo'd who doesn't deserve it, not that I think any of the players going off or coming on were getting boo'd.

I've got no problem with any formation that works.

so have I at least until ben arfa returns It might work.

I've got a gut feeling we'll go 4-4-2 with Gouffran and Cisse up front.

I disagree, he's replacing Ba and 13 goals.

Without Ben Arfa we might not have Cabaye, Debuchy, Marveaux or Mbiwa.

I hope Ben Arfa is the next French player to sign a contract for us, once we've finished lining players up during this window.

I’m delighted for the lad and everybody connected with Bradford.

Brilliant.

You thought wrong.

Why either or? They could do both, back him then sack him, win/win.

Who watched him v PSG on ESPN a couple of days ago?

And you had nothing to do with that Alan?! It wasn't the fault of Pardew that Cabaye was injured. Its already been forgotten that Marveaux was taken off for Perch at 1-0 and it was 1-1 when Cabaye went off. Does Pardew think we're as thick as he is?

We've had rumours of him playing away and his wife being ill, the only thing we know for certain is that he and Pardew had a falling out.

I would think that if she was terminally ill he'd be gone by now.

Yanga-Mbiwa at a guess, or maybe Mbiwa.

Well that's a positive insult.

Ryder probably thinks it's tomorrow today.

People just need to chill, I'm sure he'll be our player soon enough.

I don't think he is either, I do think he's fairly clusless though.

You've got a higher opinion about Pardew than most.

We were going on about different things then.

I've been going on about the crowd reaction and what they reacted to, you've said yourself that you didn't know why Cabaye went off so how was anybody else at the ground supposed to know? Knowing now that Cabaye asked to go off doesn't change what people were reacting to just after 5pm on Saturday.

It should be obvious that you "don't take off your best player and only remaining creative force unless you really have to" but in reality with Pardew it isn't. Marveaux was probably our 2nd best attacking threat yet he was the first player to go off so how should anything that Pardew does be obvious?