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http://www.fyves.co.uk/products/pardew-is-a-tossa-t-shirt Saw this on my facebook stream

I think its more like Ben Arfa is a big enough person to let it go. What could we possibly do to him anyway, dock his wages?

As much as I disliked Souness I don't think I genuinely wanted to harm him at any point. Pardew though, I'd be stab him in a dark alley if I knew I could get away with it.

Winterfell FC, with Ramsay Snow as our manager.

Propaganda has really worked. The analysts on NBC were saying similar.. It's amazing what people will believe. You'd think Hull fans wouldn't trust the guy who tried to headbutt one of their players though.. Repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it. [1] 1: Adolf Hitler, "War Propaganda", vol. 1, chapter 6, Mein Kampf (1925). And here I was thinking, "I'm on an internet forum, I don't need to have references for everything, for a change".

Propaganda has really worked. The analysts on NBC were saying similar.. It's amazing what people will believe. You'd think Hull fans wouldn't trust the guy who tried to headbutt one of their players though.. Repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it.

I like him, he's helping us lose games. Having said that, I don't dislike him as a player tbh.

Can't wait for someone to test how literally bulletproof he is.

Well, at least I get to sign HBA for my fantasy prem team now

Just celebrated that like we scored

Attitude over talent. Dangerous game whichever way you play it. Pardew clearly rates the latter "in his eyes". True gutter Hatem can't get a reprieve. Would be a huge boost having him back with Cabella on the left and Siem in the middle. Pardew didn't seem to mention "Chucky" either for what its worth. But maybe that's either a name I missed Pardew talking about or certainly for another thread. That wouldn't be such a bad thing if the desired attitude wasn't "suck my cock".

How hard would it be to design shirts in a way that shows a certain design when a group of people wearing these shirts are sitting together? Might be one way to circumvent the stadium bans on banners.

He's using the ball very positively and with intelligence, only has been on for about 10 minutes I think?

Decent. Still need to lose 7 on a trot when the season begins mind you.

This is all well and good in theory, but it's based on a very lazy portrayal of Hatem being lazy (which is itself exceptionally ironic). For example, we have all this criticism of Hatem being selfish, lazy, not willing to put a shift in, not a team player, etc etc, yet quite recently when thrown back into the team randomly, Ben Arfa spent the entire first half against Southampton in his own half defending at every opportunity and ensuring Shaw barely got a sniff in the 45 minutes he was on the pitch. Yet he still got taken off at half time because Southampton had ripped us apart with their superior coached football (albeit with a 1-0 scoreline only irrc), and the criticisms of Hatem's "laziness" were still bandied about. He did everything Pardew wanted him to do, everything Ben Arfa supposedly doesn't do (according to his critics), and it still wasn't enough to stop him being the fall guy as Southampton showed exactly how football should be played and coached (something Pardew can't do). Not only that, but Hatem in that Southampton first half was about as extreme a defensive winger as you can get. The point here shouldn't be lost - wingers should not be playing like that. I feel like we're living in an insane world where everything is twisted and we have wingers being scolded for not running all the way to the fullback slots when the team loses the ball. Furthermore, this "lazy, doesn't track back" argument is utter nonsense imo, and based on sheer exaggeration of something all players (especially talented ones) do. David Silva, Juan Mata, Eden Hazard, even Adam Llalana - Ben Arfa tracks back far more than they do (the big difference with them I would argue isn't that they're better players, but that when they don't track back it doesn't frequently result in a goal for the opposition because their teams aren't as utterly s*** at defending as we are). If anything, under Pardew Hatem has spent far too much pitch time defending near his fullback when he should have been further up the pitch trying to cause damage. Maybe the correct criticism should be that Hatem is really weak in the tackle and so he sometimes lets his man go past him whilst he's easily brushed aside, but then that's an obviously harsh criticism to make given that he's an attacking winger. That half-time substitution when we were 1-0 down still makes my head hurt, and somehow Ben Arfa gets blamed for that shitshow when it finishes 3-0. Agreed that he barely ventured out of our half that game, what more can you ask from him defensively?

Obertan has played fairly well.

The next manager is unlikely to be nearly as bulletproof as the spacker we've got now though.

quoted just in case Like 2girl1cup but better. He has put in the gym work and bulked up considerably, which seems to have helped. Wouldn't mind seeing him get a game in the coming season.

I would just like to say that this forum is the only thing that is keeping me interested in watching football.

Wish I could attend these random games just to show support for HBA.

Wonder if all this talk about a 4th place finish is Mike getting sick of Pardew *fingers crossed*

Balanced doesn't really mean better I suppose, agree that Ba is just as effective. What I meant is that Remy can do more with the ball beyond just sticking it into the net, and wouldn't necessarily be out of place in a more supportive role. Ba kind of played that role for Cisse at one point, and while he didn't necessarily thrive on it, the team certainly did, and I think Remy could do the same with Sturridge.

How is Remy anything like those two? He is a much more balanced footballer than either one of them, and the only thing he lacks compared to Ba is a little height.

They approach football the right way, and are just amazing from back to front, fuck knows why I can't stand them either Too German perhaps?

Can't understand why Palacio is anywhere near the team setup, and Aguero looked worse than Papiss.