Parky

Lambert should have made it 2.

S'hampton have started well.

Yeah Santon needs a rest from cutting inside.

I'd get rid even if we won the Europa League.

I hear Mr Moyes is out of contract Not good enough for the kind of voodoo City is.

Leighton Baines jumpin like a startled cat as soon as you go near him.

Mancini will be gone in the summer. Too defensive and scatty most of the time. If I was City I'd make a bid for Wenger who'd be a real threat with their budget.

The boy is worth 12 points a season alone.

ManC look very average game after game now.

Benfica unbeaten all season. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeet!!

I'm just a pissed that he's hurt himself. Common sense says it was a risky, but we have no idea what the discussions were and what the assesment was. As I said earlier it's technically not Pards fault anyway, it's a medical call.

Should we not have known if that was the case? I can understand the player not wanting an operation but you would think that our medical staff might have known better. Probably but I feel it's a bit unfair placing blame on people when I personally don't know how difficult these things are to spot. I mean I have literally no idea what-so-ever. I've got no doubt that bringing a player back on an artificial pitch in freezing cold weather isn't the ideal place to play football either like, but then again if you have a dormant injury there isn't many places that are. Every monkey knows artifical pitches stretch hamstrings as the foot slides when stopping. Again is this factually true? And what exactly is the difference in risk to grass? They counter it by putting sand under the turf. BUT in very cold weather the sand freezes and is useless. I thought the sand was for shock absorption? Anyway I'm not in any position to argue the pros and cons of either as I genuinely don't know, I just think that evidence suggests that Ben Arfa's hamstring was pretty much a ticking time bomb, it sounds like he's needed the operation all along. Sand is to make the impact more natural wether it be impact or purchase. Might as well have just sent him out on an ice rink.

Yeah cause he wasn't ready.

I think Pardew got it wrong and risked him at precisely the wrong time but can sort of understand why he did. Don't agree with it but we don't know what the discussions were to come to the decisions in the first place. Pards: I'm thinking of growing a beard. hatem: Boss this pitch is suicide for me hamstring... pards: Maybe shave the sides a bit to give it some coutours... hatem: Boss? pards: Oh look it will match the snow... hatem: I'll get changed boss. pards: What? yeah yeah...

Should we not have known if that was the case? I can understand the player not wanting an operation but you would think that our medical staff might have known better. Probably but I feel it's a bit unfair placing blame on people when I personally don't know how difficult these things are to spot. I mean I have literally no idea what-so-ever. I've got no doubt that bringing a player back on an artificial pitch in freezing cold weather isn't the ideal place to play football either like, but then again if you have a dormant injury there isn't many places that are. Every monkey knows artifical pitches stretch hamstrings as the foot slides when stopping. Again is this factually true? And what exactly is the difference in risk to grass? They counter it by putting sand under the turf. BUT in very cold weather the sand freezes and is useless.

Should we not have known if that was the case? I can understand the player not wanting an operation but you would think that our medical staff might have known better. Probably but I feel it's a bit unfair placing blame on people when I personally don't know how difficult these things are to spot. I mean I have literally no idea what-so-ever. I've got no doubt that bringing a player back on an artificial pitch in freezing cold weather isn't the ideal place to play football either like, but then again if you have a dormant injury there isn't many places that are. Every monkey knows artifical pitches stretch hamstrings as the foot slides when stopping.

Not suggesting its Pards fault at all. Most of us were desperate to see him play....But it's clear it was a high risk call. -8 wasn't it?

I'm sure it's a 'risk' most of the posters on here were going wild about at the time. Every fucker is wise after the event. Lets give the club the benefit of the doubt. Personally I thought it was daft to start him in that particular match under those particular circumstances. I was delighted to see him involved but throwing him in from the start was pushing it a bit. No point whiniging about it though, it's done. Get the lad fit by hook or by crook. Twitchy hamstrings hate the cold. I mean that's physio 101. Well he might as well fuck off to Spain or somewhere then Players warm uo before every game to prevent muscle injuries and their body temperature is raised throughout the game, that is also physio 101. Think it was a wee bit colder out there than the winter norm here. Plus you can't run naturally on a synthetic pitch. I said in the match thread it was very strange chosing such a freezing game for his first game back.

I'm sure it's a 'risk' most of the posters on here were going wild about at the time. Every fucker is wise after the event. Lets give the club the benefit of the doubt. Personally I thought it was daft to start him in that particular match under those particular circumstances. I was delighted to see him involved but throwing him in from the start was pushing it a bit. No point whiniging about it though, it's done. Get the lad fit by hook or by crook. Twitchy hamstrings hate the cold. I mean that's physio 101.

Hamstring issues - freezing conditions, plastic pitch. FAIL. Stupid to play him.

Anzhi, Chelsea and Spurs needed to be avoided so that's not too bad. I wouldn't write Basel off btw they have a very good record at home in europe. I think we'll have Spurs in the final.