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Someone else's fault he can't control a ball.

Looked pretty precautionary to me.

He never lost possession when he first joined. What's changed? Read the post, mate. He's been figured out and teams target him in possession.

Perch is every bit as bad to be fair. An honest player who I hate seeing in the team. Harsh perhaps but there it is.

Relying on defenders to stop a ST from getting starved of service says it all. I see where you're coming from mate but we're just missing what we need and have for a long time.

That certainly won't do it. We need wide players who can knock it past a man a put the odd ball in. Instead we spent £7m on a player we didn't need who'll never make it in this league.

That's the thing. Our only 2 creators are best off playing centrally. There's 2 big gaps where we need creators next to Cisse.

Thing is, with Hatem permanently knackered we don't have the personnel to isolate Cisse. Marveaux as a no.10 won't remedy that.

Nobody will pay that. Think they've all figured him out now, sadly.

I just think he's been figured out. In possession he's awful, and it's a huge double standard to criticse Pardew for poor football and simulataneously expect it with the likes of him in the team. All things weighed up he's just very average.

I've always defended him on here but his defending recently has been dreadful. Hope this goal gives him a lift.

Done well but we don't concede either goal with Krul in. Needs to be coming out and dealing with both balls and doesn't.

He's not a right back. He's making the same mistakes at LB. God awful from him for their goal. His defending and attacking have been very poor for some time and there are no mitigating reasons for it.

He's not a right back. He's making the same mistakes at LB.

Santon's becoming a joke, man.

Hasley giving them absolutely everything.

Welcome back, Danny.

Same as Swansea. Santon and Elliott.

COME ON! MUV.

As long as he's sitting centrally with Tiote, I'm okay with that. Not like Anita's shone very brightly recently. I'd keep Marveaux in midfield as a direct replacement for Cabs and put Campbell off Cisse. Same here and how Obertan gets on the bench ahead of Campbell is ridiculous. Gosling tbh. We have Perch and Anita capable of playing central midfield on the bench. Do you not think Gosling's better than Anita and Perch?

I like it. He looks suave like the Baldessarani cologne model.

As long as he's sitting centrally with Tiote, I'm okay with that. Not like Anita's shone very brightly recently. I'd keep Marveaux in midfield as a direct replacement for Cabs and put Campbell off Cisse.

They won't. 3rd best team in the league by a little distance as long as they keep Bale fit. Nah. They're more consistent than Chelsea and Arsenal this season though. So far. They're much better than Arsenal, man.

Without Colo or Cabaye i think we need a leader in there. Pards seems to see him as one. I'd rather see Taylor have it, but you'd either get a 12/10 performance or he'll be sent off within 15 mins. I'd give it to him, like. I think he's just about mature enough to deal with it for one game.

Having a captain who can't communicate with the majority of the team, nor lead by any sort of example is silly.