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Wish we would tbh!

Were we even interested? Why wouldn't we be?

Eh, did you not see the stick Debuchy got for the sending off, or the stick Shola got for the Southampton and other games. Trying to change the truth wont make Pardew any better, you are deluded by your insistance that Pardew isn't crap. Or the posts commenting on Cabaye, especially Tiote's, bad to awful performances.

He's very attached to the idea of 2 banks of 4. If you haven't got the players to do it, it can be quite frustrating to watch.

Very, very silly. Could have gone in with just one foot and won the ball.

Gouffran looked absolutely shagged. Still looked better than Shola and Remy.

He shouldn't play in the centre right now unless we are missing one of Cabaye, Tiote or Anita. I think him, Tiote and Cabaye is a nice balance of attributes. Let Moussa make the runs and Cabaye make the passes. Cheick covers and gets rid of it quickly!

Very good close control. Passing is not his strong point. Would use his engine and power in the centre.

We went about it wrong today unfortunately. We were pretty toothless in 'attack' - if you can call it that. As the 1st half went on i did think we'd end up losing so only losing 0-1 with 10 men isn't so bad. Could have been worse. Unless Gouf was injured i didn't understand bringing him off. Shola was a non event and Remy wasn't at the races at all. Not sure what the paranoia is about playing HBA on the right, it's not like Santon is a better defender than Debuchey or something. Alex Ferguson, who knows a thing or 2 said 'play your best players in their best positions'. Good advice tbf.

Might have something about it. Least we'd crowd out the middle.

Comparing Mourinho to Pardew :lol:

You can never be confident in him when he's defending a 1 vs 1.

He did better than Santon imo.

Ref had a total homer. Well, you win some you lose some. Yesterday the ref was all ours. Tough titty

I was a bit undecided on him until the cup final. The way Wigan came out, so completely fearless and determined to use the ball like that. Totally tipped it for me, i gave in then and thought he's clearly class! Hope he takes Everton above Liverpool in the log run.

I thought the lineup was good. No idea why we were rubbish for so much of the 1st half but there you go, we were. We might well have turned it around without the sending offs but, for me, this way is better. Players won't be tired, they'll be fresh and confident for Arsenal.

We were pretty flat for most of the 1st half. First 5 mins or so we looked ok then we just disappeared. I can't honestly say that was the manager or just the players being a bit off the boil due to it being xmas. Fact is though that Stoke were in the ascendency until they got stupid. We'll never know if we'd have picked up in the 2nd half, as it was, they made it easy. The ref also had a massive homer. No one in our team or management staff can have any pride in the 1st half performance. After the 2 reds (second one deserved) we were always going to win and we did. Best bit of passing of the game was actually Stoke's 5 or so passes that led to Willo's handball. As i hate Hughes i'm overall delighted

Giroud's not good enough for Arsenal.

They were utterly crap. Really don't belong in this league. We were streets ahead of them. Thought we were largely composed and well organised. Really could have won by a greater margin. Thought Cameron was going to score for them on the turn. He had 2 good chances but he's sh*te so he didn't get anything worthwhile on either of them. We did seem to turn off a bit in the 2nd half but our subs brought the momentum back to us. I thought we could have brought HBA on a little earlier. Think he made a big difference. Our best performers - Cabaye, thought he was really good today, if Remy had been in the mood they'd have carved them open. Colo was top. Our right side in general. HBA. Worst - no one was bad but i thought Santon could have done more to defend a couple of crosses that came in from his side. He also gave the ball away by cutting in and presenting them with an attacking opportunity. Same as against Soton. That was silly. Couple of times Tiote just stood about as they won the ball and let Anita do the defending. He's not normally like that (Tiote). Was good to have a comfortable win. Hope Cabaye's ok....

I think if the TEAM attacked better as a result of him being on the pitch then there would always be a place for him.

Swansea fans didn't lool overly tense in the 90th minute the other week now i think about it. Suppose it can happen to some....

Pardew's career win % is 42.99, Hughton's is 42.45. Pretty much the same, so say the stats tbh tbh.

Agree that that's how we'll line up. Think we'll get a draw. Yeah! Sorry!!! Actually didn't HBA's name! There's no way he's starting this unless there's an injury. Shola a certainty.

Agree that that's how we'll line up. Think we'll get a draw.