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START HIM NEXT WEEK YOU CUNT

Some ace defending from the ref on Ben Arfa there.

Obertan starting to really shake them up Two shit teams banging their heads against each other

Obertan just had his first shot on target. Ever.

Fucking genocidal from Best and Obertan

Honest question, has Pardew ever dropped a player this season for reasons other than fitness or suspension? (Other than Sammy or Vukic)

We used the third kit. Tomorrow will probably be the first time we will use our away kit in the PL this season. Oh, p*ss off. The third strip is an away kit. Get a life. You knew what i tried to say. Ronaldo will go to hilarious extents to not admit being wrong.

Can't understand posts like this. We played shit tonight and lost, have taken two points from the last eighteen and have an away game next. What exactly are you expecting? Predictions about how we're going to batter them and everything is great? Me too. All this "the football section when we lose " thing. Clearly, I feel the same way. It's just fucking shit to look at when everybody's depression is splayed out and put together.

Our current wingers are completely knackered and one of them is of disputable quality. There's a big gaping hole in that area of the squad that's absolutely screaming out to be filled. This is the kind of situation where you consider re-purposing players even if they're not comfortable on the wing. Given that Ben Arfa has played in that position for most of his life, Pardew's pig-headedness is now bordering on insane.

4:45am here

Replacing our centerback who's good at defending set pieces with a fullback who's bad at everything.

Can't understand posts like this. We played shit tonight and lost, have taken two points from the last eighteen and have an away game next. What exactly are you expecting? Predictions about how we're going to batter them and everything is great? Just because it's natural doesn't mean I have to like it

I really need to stay out of football until we win. This place is like a doomsday cult the day after the world was supposed to end but didn't.

Probably another player who's been rushed back.

Feels like we panicked and rushed him back. Panic probably justified given the position we're in.

Was pretty sure he was moved over to the wing for the last ten minutes or so.

Nobody really instructs their players to exclusively play "long ball" (well, almost nobody. Hi Big Sam!), players just tend to naturally gravitate towards hopeful punts when the team's movement is bad and they're not getting any space to pass into. It's a natural tendency. It's not a coincidence that we're punting it when we're playing badly and passing it short when we're playing well. It's just that the causality is in the opposite direction. It's also not a coincidence that basically all of our managers for the past decade have been criticized for "long ball tactics" when the team is in bad form. Pardew's weakness is his affinity for bad players and pig-headedness on certain issues (Ben Arfa on wing), long ball tactics not so much. That coupled with inopportune injuries (Taylor,) players taking a while to return to fitness (Tiote, Colo), and fatigue (Jonas) is what's wrecking our form.

Given Obertan and Jonas' obvious fatigue today I don't look forward to seeing them start again just five days later.

Feels like we'll never win again

I hate his fetish for shit players, but we're technically still 7th. If this same set of results had come in a different order nobody would be complaining about him.

Pretty accurate ratings those really. Scapegoat. There were worse players than him out there tonight. Having him in the backline destabilizes everything and makes us prone to stupid goals. Happened at Norwich and exact same thing happened today. Two goals should be enough to get you a point at least.

Having calmed down mildly, I think "fatigue" just about sums up why we lost that match. Our wingers are fucked and need a rest. We need more wingers.

James Perch at CB = no points Simple really.

Crumpy back in full force

Same as Norwich really. We huff and puff all day long and can't score, they just get the ball anywhere in the general area of our box and GOAL! Steven Taylor getting injured has derailed this season completely. Oh, and fuck Pardew's fetish for bad players.