Unbelievable

Tiote's passing looking better already than in the last couple of weeks..

Obertan FFS

Playing the high line again against Bellamy..?

Howay the lads. Let's have these!

That's probably your least intelligent comment since you suggested Obertan had spent too much time with Cristiano Ronaldo. I'll take that as a compliment coming from the forum's top mong.. No need for that. This mong at least knows his facts. Facts? Like when you knew how Carroll would never become a Premiership striker a few years back, or you knew Krul wasn't ready to be our number one this season? Give over. There's another lie. Keep them coming. Which one? I see your memory is failing you either way..

That's probably your least intelligent comment since you suggested Obertan had spent too much time with Cristiano Ronaldo. I'll take that as a compliment coming from the forum's top mong.. No need for that. This mong at least knows his facts. Facts? Like when you knew how Carroll would never become a Premiership striker a few years back, or you knew Krul wasn't ready to be our number one this season? Give over.

That's probably your least intelligent comment since you suggested Obertan had spent too much time with Cristiano Ronaldo. I'll take that as a compliment coming from the forum's top mong..

What's a one man team without the one man?

Unlucky? He's barely had an effort on goal since his return in the first team.

Without a doubt. I don't see this Ben Arfa "individual", I think he does a fair bit of work actually. City, United, Everton- and that's purely from a defensive perspective never mind the ways he'll open up space for others going forward and release pressure on the full backs.

I don't understand why he would need to be hard working defensively if he was to be paired to one striker (Ba). We have Cabaye and Tiote in midfield to protect the back 4. If it was for a central midfield position, I'd understand. Even to be played on the wing you would say some defensive work could be considered important for the team (although Obertan doesn't offer much either in that respect), but as a forward??? What does Best offer the team defensively that HBA can not? There's much more to this than meets the eye, because none of this can be explained by tactical decision making or pointing to player fitness (is Best at 100% match fitness? God forbid if so because he's certainly not looked it on the pitch, where it matters).

For fuck's sake Alan... Take the blinkers off!

Club owner..

One new defender would not be enough realistically. We have two centre backs available for the second half of the season and we've seen what happens when we need to rely on the likes of James Perch to come in that position. We have Kadar, but apparently he is not an option even in the case of an emergency. At full back we have been forced to play Raylor out of position for nearly the complete first half of the season, and Santon seems very injury prone. We absolutely need upgrades in both positions.

Not the end of the world. I'm fairly happy with our centre forward options. Centre back and full back absolutely need to be strengthened though, and another winger would be good too. Here's hoping we go all out for somebody to partner Ba next summer.

He reliable?

"I think I'm just coming near to 100 per cent after my injury. I feel sharp and I feel good."

Played a great ball through which led to Ba having a shot (absent) dont remember that. anyway my point was that given that against liverpool we are unlikely to see much possession the presence of someone who can win balls in the air (which neither ba or ben arfa are brilliant at) may be more useful. How does that work? Do you get 2 minutes possession for every header you strikers win? Alternatively, we could also try and play some proper football on the deck and keep possession that way. Who knows, it may even lead to some attacking football.. no, but when the ball is cleared upfield away from our box, which happens a gazillion times when ever we play a top 6 side, it means we aren't just automatically giving the ball back to the opposition centrebacks while we stay camped in our own half. personally once shola came on against chelsea i thought we were much better, because we had someone who could win headers and hold up possession, which is important when you are not as technically good as the other side. Maybe Hatem will start on friday and maybe it will be the right decision, however if he doesn't we shouldn't go ballistic, because unless we have the ability to keep the ball for a significant time at anfield, which our last 6 games suggest we dont, Ben Arfa's contributions will be limited. I don't see why we couldn't have the ball for a significant time at Anfield. Their midfield is not much better than ours, hell their entire team is not much better than ours.. We need to just be positive and play to our own strengths. They're not Barcelona ffs.. However, saying that, we seem to have adopted our "tactics" to much poorer opposition recently, so I'm afraid Pardew is going to go along with your line of thinking.. I just can't see Best or Shola getting much joy against their centre backs however, and even if they do win the occasional header, there is no telling where it will go..

Played a great ball through which led to Ba having a shot (absent) dont remember that. anyway my point was that given that against liverpool we are unlikely to see much possession the presence of someone who can win balls in the air (which neither ba or ben arfa are brilliant at) may be more useful. How does that work? Do you get 2 minutes possession for every header you strikers win? Alternatively, we could also try and play some proper football on the deck and keep possession that way. Who knows, it may even lead to some attacking football..

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=657671

Sunderlol

Catterlol..

What a lucky goal from the ginger mackem..

Aye, bit of a mystery why Pardew has done this twice in the space of a week. He has not one attribute needed to be effective on the wing..

And a bargain too..