Incredibly gutted about this game, deserved a point and would have got it if it wasn't for the utter cunt in charge. Just so gutted about Ben Arfa, genuinely felt like crying when it happened.
Fuck off City, cunts. Hope you fucking crash and burn.
That clearly shows the difference in intelligence on the field between the two, Ben Arfa's anticipation off the ball is ridiculously better. 19 fouls conceded ffs.
Has Ben Arfa really won 23 tackles in 2 ish games though?
Thought he was decent enough, just not much going on ahead of him and he's not Messi so can't dribble through about 5 players. Would help if Perch wasn't awful going forward too.
Picked the right team but piss poor subs and obviously not a very inspiring HT talk. Like someone said, his loyalty to Nolan could cost us and him badly.
Disappointed in Hughton today, not bringing Nolan off when he was contributing nothing and bringing the new two lads off when Tiote looked more likely to create something than anyone else. Ben Arfa a bit poor but should never have been brought off. It's so frustrating. We've seen that sort of thing happen so many times, go one nil up and just completely bottle it.
Stoke probably worth a draw but I think they were lucky to win.
Home games = Dropped
Away games = Automatic starter
Teams will come and defend like Stoke did today at home, we need Ben Arfa off Carroll allowed to roam and drop into wherever he wants to go to try and unlock a defence. Jonas to come back in on the left, we keep the ball so much better with him in the side, he might not create too much but he's invaluable at home.
Away from home he should come back in as he does drop off quite well and is neat and tidy on the ball, just what we need in away games.