Pardew played him thinking he was fit so no blame can be put on him or anybody in this instance, it just seems like a good idea to check an injury out before giving a player the all clear.
He did and he want's pants, we drew 1-1 and Suarez got the goal when Egrique had a long punt out of defence, he also played in that position and scored in the Europa League against Brugge.
We need 2 before Ba goes so if he goes we need 3 and if we were looking to do really well we could do with a couple of forwards, not just a Ba replacement.