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I don't know what they'd do if we actually ever bettered the 9-1. They would be like Christians if giant flaming letters appeared in the skies proclaiming "The Muslims got it right"

You got me Didn't know the shortcut and couldn't be bothered to navigate the menu on my phone

Seeing that it was Keegan's birthday reminded me that it was valentines day

How epic would it be if Brewcie got the job before the 25th.

Babayaro Bramble Boumssong. The dreaded 3B... ah, scary memories.

Alternatively, we could just beat them 3-0, or draw 1-1 or 0-0.

Apparently the Mirror ran some sort of shit speculative story about how he could be sold in the summer? Not sure which one I'd prefer, Liverpool losing their best player or him staying there forever to progressively drag their reputation deeper and deeper into the mud.

Why is he not? Most talented player in his squad just like Carlitos was at West Ham. Not saying Pardew doesnt like good players, he jusv doesnt know how to get the best out of them. Hes a classic english manager who knows and loves his graft and committed players. (which amazes me since he gives Obertan playing time). He clearly believes Ben Arfa has no part to play this season or will get his chances as soon as tiote and cabaye are back. Like I Said, Tevez/Mascherano and Ben Arfa have absolutely nothing in common style-wise other than the fact that they're good players. If you're going to claim that Pardew is biased against Ben Arfa because he doesn't like certain kinds of players, there has to be some sort of criteria. Like I said "good player" obviously isn't it, given that he's perfectly fine with playing other good players. You offer two potential answers to this question; a. He doesn't like foreign players. Given that Krul gets in ahead of Forster and Tiote/Cabaye gets in ahead of Guthrie, and Ba/Cisse gets in ahead of Shola, this doesn't seem to be the case. Why is Ben Arfa the only foreign player being discriminated against? b. He doesn't like players who don't graft. This explanation can't really apply to Tevez, given that he grafts the fuck out of every game when he's bothered and Mascherano who also tends to run around like a rabid greyhound. So if your argument is that Pardew has some sort of preconceived bias against a certain type of player that is leading him to treat all of Tevez, Mascherano, and Ben Arfa unfairly, again, you're going to have to tell me what this criteria is because I can't really figure it out. In the absence of that sort of distinction, maybe the question we should be asking is not "what's wrong with Pardew?" but "what's wrong with Ben Arfa?" At the end of the day, I don't really care about this whole song and dance. The desired end state is "win games" not "play Hatem Ben Arfa." I'm sure he has the potential to be good, probably even great, but so do a lot of players. It would be nice if he could make it work here, but If we're achieving the former a reasonable amount of times I'm not really bothered about how we're doing with the latter.

Don't see how Ben Arfa is in any way comparable to Tevez and Mascherano to be honest. Unless you're trying to make the point that Pardew doesn't like good players, which clearly isn't true.

Stats are always meaningless unless they confirm your opinion.

All signs point to a complete and other obliteration of wolves and I refuse to believe otherwise

Checking the scores before I left for my exam was such a terrible idea

They're an embarrassment to the game. If any of their players had the slightest bit of sense they'd be asking serious questions about why they have to stand up for this cunt.

Two weeks in a row I'm cheering for Man United. This is madness.

Go on Louis, be angry, keep whining. What a cunt.

This is boring.

Lovely rendition of "we know what you are" there

What just happened here?

Any excuse to have a go at the blacks. Blackedia

He doesn't though.

Honestly I wouldn't play Ben Arfa unless he was being played as a second striker. If we lose the ball while defenders are out of position against spurs, we WILL be punished.

I'm scared at how high my expectations would start getting if we actually won this.

If it's any consolation, this exact sort of thing happens with other national teams too.

I remember all of this so vividly now. Paul Huntington scored a goal for us

Hopefully Perch and Gosling I think he was on about Besty & Raylor.. seems like Best is out for the season. He was kind of hinting at not starting Both Ba & Cissse together, got the impression he could be looking at a 4-5-1 If he does this and we lose, HTT's ensuing post would probably be long enough to break the internet.