Unbelievable

I doubt anyone really means it, they will miss two games now, FA Cup & Blackburn away.. may miss Villa game depending on whether or not they win it. Party hard I am sure, so 3 games max. Maybe not, I just want them both to do well and come back to us on a high. Aye, would be especially good if they spent some time on the pitch together, to get an understanding going before they come back here, because we're going to need them to hit the ground running..

I'm comfortable with him being 4th choice at the club. He has proved he can be useful coming of the bench (like vs Chelsea) and in the occasional match where he can get himself fired up (Mackems mainly). He should be nowhere near starting games however, mainly because he doesn't have the energy to be effective for more than 30 minutes. Even in the absence of numbers 1 and 2, I would expect Pardew to recognise this, and opt for a Best/HBA combination up top, a 451 with only Best up top (which wouldn't have been a bad choice away from home) or maybe even giving somebody like Vuckic some match experience.

FT. Thanks Bolton!

Just tell them he's an acquired taste..

The less said the better.

isn't there some rule about the foul continuing and the fk/pen given at the last point or something? seem to remember that being talked about last season. Correct

3-1? Fuck yes!

Shit, so close to 3-1..

fuck

Good play from Bolton..

2-0 YES!!!

Liverpool look nothing special at all despite all the investment that's gone in. I think we're in a great position to overtake them, if not this year than surely next..

Gerrard

ooooh. Nearly got a second.. Eagles all over Enrique..

YES!

Oh f*** off man. This result is 100% about the defence man. Yeah our defence has been bad but two of their goals were after Shola rather hopelessly lost the ball. Attack is the best form of defence. of course Shola is to blame in part. it's not about separating the side into defence/attack and saying because we conceded x amount of goals but scored y amount that the attackers get off scot free and it's defenders to blame. it's a f***ing team game and poor performances in any part of the pitch can cause problems elsewhere. you have to defend from the front, help us keep the ball upfield and offer creativity and goal threat - if your main target man cannot do any of those four things then you are on the back foot before you even begin. rancid performance from him. he's spent his entire career putting in these awful performances, then he gets in everyone's good books with a couple of decent games, and with that credit built up he then eases down into shitness, starting off the whole process again. he's a con man, basically. Spot on.

There's a lesson to be learned here Pardew. Same as vs WBA we are very easily picked apart by some pace up front. Something that needs to be worked on.

What a shit afternoon...

5-2 FFS

Raylor for Best..? WTF!

Should at least ensure he plays again next match..

Ben Arfa scores!

Harsh..

What the fuck Mason!!!

Perch coming on to save the day!