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Completely accurate though. You've not seen much of him, then.

Pardew's done everything he can to keep Ba. That's perfectly understandable when you take in account the impossible situation the owner put him in and the sale of Carroll 2 years back.

Harsh on Higuain.

Aye. Demba's the real victim in all of this.

Are we even getting one?

He's not the right player to partner Colo, like.

Precisely, The Championship: Shola 2.

He's no Lampard in the air, like.

We need another forward in, no question whatsoever. One step forward, one step back if Ba goes without replacement - and we all know where that leaves us.

He's better than the starting forwards at Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs imo. Depends on who you're on about. I'd rather have Torres and Walcott any day of the week.

I don't think half a season is enough time to be talking about stagnation. The owner failed, in one transfer window, to bring in a defender Since 2008 we've spent less than £2m on the central defence, man. That's not failing in one transfer window; it's perpetual madness across several.

His defending was like that of a school kid. He's not a defensive player, to be fair to him. Wonder what Tiote's excuse will be.

The regression is mainly due to stagnation which is the fault, primarily, of the owner. The same owner you defend, mate.

Not enough goals there.

He's had enough. We all have.

2 completely different players.

Course he is. We're the only club stupid enough to pay his wages.

To be fair, where was he for the last 3 goals? Standing watching like the rest of the defenders. I'm not defending him, he was abhorrant but so were others. I'd say replace him but they're equally as bad if not worse. He's awful every game, though. The fact he literally can't do anything with the ball at his feet constantly means it's going to other players in tight situations. Other managers know it too and target him. The other defenders don't blame others for their own failings, either. Stop defending him.

Looks like our best midfielder based on the last 2 games.

Before that we looked toothless in attack but ok defensively. Need a balance between the 2. Which you can't achieve when at least half of the defence consists of Championship rubbish.

Those last 10 minutes are a f***ing massive shame, man. Aye. We'd only conceded 4 poor goals before that.

Who else could he put on? The bench tonight was the worst in our PL history. Don't change it then. The players were dead on their feet compared to their lot.

Like him but he should be fined for that performance tonight.

Who else could he put on? The bench tonight was the worst in our PL history.

That's why he persisted with 2 banks of 4 for so long.