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Well if you're expecting him to be as good as Henry then yes, I'd say your expectations are too high

Yeah I still think there is no way we will commit to signing him permanently (provided he agrees to join ofcourse) until he is cleared of the rape charge. Same with any other teams.

maybe he's just shit with his right foot.

I'll praise him if he drops Taylor.

I think dropping him to the bench again after starting the Stoke game was beyond harsh. Sure it was against 9 men but he torn them apart at times and did more than enough to earn another start and yet he was right back on the the bench for the next game.

Yeah those hoping that Ben Arfa will come into the team and it will soften the blow if Cabaye leaves are forgetting who the manager is We all know in reality it will be back to 4-4-2 with Shola back in the starting line-up.

We're not getting into the CL. Unless we brought a load of amazing players all of a sudden and went on an epic run. But it's just not going to happen.

Can't help but feel we have an even better player than this guy sat on our bench every week.

If we can get good money for him I would really like us to sell Cisse now. Just feels like his time is done here as an effective striker now.

Also that hamstring injury he got 2 games in destroyed him allegedly. One of the worst ever or something and he never seemed to have any pace whatsoever after which is what his game seemed to used to be based on.

mad respect for Messi for wearing that suit

Not in Pardews opinion unfortunately. My Dad watched the game with me and he was saying to me "how the hell is a player that talented just sat on your bench till the last 10 minutes" He doesn't know my pain

Has anyone got the "nah no way nah" video? No idea what to search for on YouTube.

That's just it. If Pardew was being fair then Gouffran should be dropped for his last few appearances. But he probably won't be because that's typical Pardew.

If u watch in slow motion, Joe's head drops in disappointment that he's conceded. But then he suddenly see's Gouffran and starts complaining. We got royally fucked over.

Some more just now for Liverpool

Sorry but I'm sick to death of this guy's negativity. Just waits and waits as the game drifts by. Cisse for Anita was absolutely retarded.

Was surprised to read at the start of this thread how so many were saying "fucking disgrace" that he'd been sacked. To my memory I thought he was hated by the majority by the end.

Probably West Ham.

I think he will probably get put left wing against Zabaletta for Man City. Not get much joy and be back on the bench for the next game.

What's your obsession with naming an English manager? There are basically hardly any good english managers. The Scottish massively out number the English managers in the premier league the last however many years. Just because we couldn't get a good Englist manager doesn't mean we just have to stick with Pardew Also you mention Hughton. He actually got us a 6:0 win and a 5:1 win with a newly promoted team in his first 3 or so months in the top flight.

Wouldn't have guessed Maiga was 6ft 2. Looks quite small compared to others.

This is somewhat of a Pardew Hater/Ben Arfa Fanboy post so ignore if you hate this kind of thing. Wasn't at the game yesterday but just thought i'd say I found Pardew's comments on Ben Arfa pre-game absolutely astounding. How he can single out Ben Arfa and say things like "oh he's only been ok" and suggesting he still has to do alot to earn a start etc. He seems to talk about him like he really dislikes him personally. Why is it only Ben Arfa who is ever singled out like this. I hate to go on about it but his freakish obsession with Shola is bizarre. He plays him all the time and is constantly telling the fans how he's amazing and all this. Ok great if you like him as a bloke then go hang out outside of work. Ben Arfa for me is 10x the player Ameobi is and it's ridiculous double standards to give Ben Arfa a hard time for not being perfect in everything he does, whilst Shola can just stroll around doing fuck all or worse losing the ball/giving away needless fouls. We had the exact same thing 2 years ago. For half a season Obertan was the first choice right winger despite contributing fuck all. But Pardew would never criticise him in an interview or anything but if Ben Arfa came on and didn't score a wonder goal, he'd get slagged off for not "doing enough". Then Ryan Taylor was getting in ahead of Hatem aswell to compound the problem. Many of our players, lose the ball, make wrong decisions etc. Also many of them play it safe too, which doesn't make them look bad but creates fuck all as well. Nearly every player this season has had a few bad games. Hatem had 1-2 games you could say were poor and he was dropped immediately and we're now in January and he's yet been allowed back to being a regular starter. Plus this weird thing Pardew has about not trusting him to play right wing anymore.

I would say Spurs and Man U have massively underachieved rather than us overachieving. When you take everything into account we should be around top 8 every season at the very least. It is only because of the complete abomination of a season last year that it appears we're having a great year this year. Who can honestly tell me any of the teams currently below us should be ahead of us? Our squad is far stronger than those below. If we want to realistically challenge those above us then we need two things. 1) a better manager who get more out of the talent we have and not revert to defensive 442 systems with Shola playing the majority of games. 2) A bit of investment for once and some sign of ambition from the owner.

Martin Allen wore that cardigan last night no? He's got a proper belly on him an all