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That was brainless.

Need Sissoko back deeper in the middle.

One of the worst tackles I've ever seen, absolutely fucking disgraceful. Good luck Massadio.

That team's more than good enough to get a result here.

Sissoko should not be out wide here, no way. Put him no. 10, their midfield isn't strong enough to handle him and their defence is begging to be run at.

The only creator we have now.

Absolute incompetence from a medical perspective. It's been a farce since Fulham, didn't they not scan him before that game or something?

Was asked about that in his interview lol not sure he understood, went on about being hungry He was trying to say angry At first, I thought he was saying 'I was hungry for chicky with the gaffer', turns out he was saying he was annoyed at Cheik and Pards for blaming him for a loose pass He's class man, love his nickname for Cheik.

If we'd have 'gone' for them, they'd definitely have caught us on the break, far too risky with the away goals rule. We played it perfectly in the second half, we were the better team in terms of possession, even before the sending off, but had to be patient, their game plan was evident.

Elliot Debuchy Taylor MYM Santon Cabaye Tiote Marveaux Sissoko Gouffran Cisse That should do the trick. I wouldn't be averse to seeing Jonas on the left and Gouffran on the right however, I'm not sure if this is the game for Marveaux but he's a match winner in his current form, he'll have to work hard though.

His NUFCTV interview is class, what a man. Chuffed for him.

Think he will if we match his ambition, no reason why we can't with the players we have, especially if we keep up this level of recruitment. Can't believe he plays for us, seemed a pipe dream when we were first linked (admittedly I didn't know much of him then but reading reviews etc and the teams he was linked with had me sure we would never get him) It will be difficult. He's got the ability to be the main centre back in a title-challenging/winning side, I'm not sure that's an ambition we can match in the next 5 years, even with our excellent recruitment.

Me Aye, that's right, I couldn't believe the reactions. He does everything Colo does, in terms of reading the game, distribution and intercepting, but actually adds a good degree of physicality and athleticism too. Suits Taylor down to the ground as well, one cool as you like character, one absolute mentalist.

He's absolutely fantastic, someone got laughed at on here for saying he was already better than Colo, I think he is. The fact he's only 23 is frightening, he's so good at so many aspects of defending, and is excellent on the ball too. The sky's the limit with him, I hope he achieves that potential with us.

I fancy us to win this one, in theory, this is the type of game that should suit our current set up most. I think this will be an end-to-end match, they like to get forward but we've got tremendous pace and ball carrying on the counter. Sissoko should be in his element. 1-3 - Sissoko, Gouffran and Cisse to score.

Says we went 4-4-2 in the second?

The 'abuse' he's received this season has been deserved, to an extent. He's a great character but he's put in some awful showings, that's not been completely his fault mind, he's clearly not a winger. Great tonight however, he's always looked useful in that midfield role, hopefully Pardew sees him as just that.

Not really a surprise he's not hitting the heights of Christmas, he's not exactly been treated well since the new players came in. There's a quality player in there though.

Winning ugly is simply a necessity in games like this, we'd have been foolish to not be wary of their pace on the break and they did a good job of stifling us too. Cracking result, Cisse continues his renaissance

Cisse Gouffran HBA Marv Cabaye Sissoko Would be a very interesting experiment, I reckon it would work for those Stoke-type home games.

Too right. Christ, the first half of the season was such a shambles from management

Just confirmed what we saw the other day, some games he suits being no. 10, in others he'd be better off deeper.

Goalscorer, just needs service. Fantastic run.

He'll get plenty with another supply line in HBA, his movement coming from outside is brilliant.

Mapou doing a Cruyff turn in the box I also recall him wriggling between 3 players and spreading the ball out to Debuchy. Outrageous player.