I hope you're right. Pardew would go up massively in my estimation if that's true. Despite the result yesterday I still feel this lad has a big part to play for us this season.
I think this must be the case, genuinely can't believe that Pardew doesn't realise how good Ben Arfa is. Fair play against Man Utd, he had a clear plan that worked, but in general HBA must play a massive part in the team when Ba is away.