So the solution is using several other team members to cover for one s*** one? Thats like cutting off your leg because you have a sore toe.
As opposed to what?
We don't have an option, daft lad. It's called teamwork.
It's called cowardice. Especially when you're doing it at home to Wolves and Sunderland.
Wanting Ben Arfa to occasionally track back when there's a total non-entity behind him is called cowardice?
OK.
No, focussing so much time and energy behind closed doors into making sure our gifted attacker knows how to chase, defend, track back, keep shape blah blah etc instead of encouraging him to play his natural game and attack against complete non-entity opposition on our own turf. Maybe it's not cowardice, but it seems obsessive and poor management to me.
But I wasn't referring to that - and there was no suggestion of it. You're chomping at the bit to unleash this criticism of Pardew in every thread. Relax, bro.