That would just make the Ben Arfa chants louder, and that's the last thing Pardew wants.
pardew's been starting to admit some blame for the second half of the season, so just thought that with this new-found humility he may have brought hatem back in just to curry favour with fans.
could have said that hatem had responded positively to being dropped and gotten himself back into first team contention after a lot of hard work, etc.
but no, the cunt is not for turning.