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Wow, I'm a bigger supporter of Obertan being demoted to the bench but chirst some of the posts on the last few pages have been extreme. I guess this is an internet forum though. I feel we need to try it the other way around and bring Obertan on as the impact player and see how that works out instead.

A compilation of his goals this season is going to be jizz-worthy

Quite annoying that he is in such scintillating form while the rest of the team is struggling Earlier in the season we would have won games that he scored twice in.

Excellent post Parky. It seems at the moment we are beating ourselves by giving the opposition a helping hand. Against Norwich's big b****** strikers we deliberately ignored the only central defensive option we had in Kadar and played two lightweight right backs instead...and got pulverised by their big b****** strikers. Against Swansea who defended deep, we refused to bring on a player who might have had the imagination to open up a stubborn back line and persisted with players who are good lads but s*** themselves at the thought of actually threatening the opposition for real. Today we went with a high line against a team who are only dangerous on the break and gifted them goals as a result. Don't blame the players, blame the inept management. Pardew for England? Agree with all of this. He seems reluctant to branch out from the 442 when we have the players to change. Demba is Boss at the moment so put him upfront on his own with a midfield of tiote cabaye and vuckic/ben arfa. Just to give us more possession and more control of the midfield. Shola has been useless in recent cameos and i keep seeing Pardew instructing krul and others to hoof it to him. Don't get me started on Obertan. Keep hoping he is guna pull some magic out his arse but it's becoming obvious with each passing game that it is unlikely to happen

I haven't read any of this thread but his performance was likely down to being out for ages and then playing 2 games in the space of a few days

All those things he says on the NUTV interview are really frustrating. He says things like " we couldn't find that pocket of space or pick that pass today" etc. All the things he has previously said that hatem can give us. Then he says that Ben Arfa will be frustrated today and that might fuel him for wednesday. Well that doesn't really help us get any more points out of this game does it?

I just want to know what his issue is with Ben Arfa. Does he just not rate him? I don't care where it comes from, an inside source or anything I just want to know because it's getting annoying

Played well. Was always going to be the easier of the 2 games but what he needed to do he did well today. If i slag him off when he's crap then it's only fair to praise him when he does ok.

Absolutely incorrect there. At Liverpool and Arsenal we played more possessive and attacking football. The reason we were defensive this game was simply we were pushed back and had to be. You forced us further back and pressed us up high whenever we had the ball, this forced us into more passing mistakes than the usual games we play. The best substitution for Swansea was when Best went off. or to put it another way.....Shola coming on

shola is the most classic english battering ram , just like perch is the quintessential commanding centre half. ( yes i know you were being sarcastic.) i dont know what shola is, sometimes he has moments of brilliance. then other times (most of the time) he is just a turd. I can tolerate Shola more than most at times but i just didn't get the decision today. We didn't need to lump it forward we just needed a key to unlock their defence and bringing Ben Arfa on and linking play with Cabaye and Ba would have given us something new. I just simply don't understand why he has been completely left out since Chelsea. He didnt even have a terrible game against Chelsea it was just there was no space in that game and chelsea are incredibly strong in the center of midfield so nulified his threat. Something must have kicked off between them it's the only reason i can think he has been frozen out of late.

This is what worries me as well. Worried he's just going to piss him off, flog him and then he will turn in some class performances elsewhere. With all the comments Pardew has made, you're right there are barely any games he will be involved in and perhaps his best chance is when Ba goes off to ACN but I want to see him in the same line up as Cabaye,Tiote and Ba not our weakened team like it was when he has started.

Was classic Shola today. Came on, made one run then barely moved for the rest of the game and proceeded to foul and lose possession. Was the perfect game for Ben Arfa , not to throw on your classic English battering ram. I don't think Shola won a single header when he came on.

Probably wrong to be too critical but i think he has got it wrong the last two games in preferring sammy to hatem. Unless Ben Arfa has done something behind the scenes but then he should'nt be on the bench if he has.

If Swansea continue to sit then it could defiantly be the sort of game for him to play the "No.10" and try to unlock the defence. Question is who would come off. Perhaps Best for fitness reasons but no one has played terribly

Hasn't been as awful as usual today. The few times he has beat his man and got the ball across he has done well just needs to have more confidence and composure

COME ON!!! one of the best half's of football from us this year and we have'nt even scored. Im worried about the sucker punch. It's got abit of the "blackpool at home from last season" about it. Early goal in the 2nd will calm the nerves but it's been a pleasure watching us pass it around and try and break them down. Demba Ba

This ref has had a shocker

Wasn't even gunna book him until he saw who it was. I hate that in refs. Realise someone has already been booked so sent them off when they werent going to book them anyway

Im sorry but that is a cast iron dive. The player never makes contact

The Parker bumming is beyond ridiculous to be honest even if he is a good player

man this isn't even close to being the full strength Blackburn team and they're winning!

Yep. Great slide tackle before in the box. Lovely shuffle to set up the goal as well Didn't see the goal. Care to explain it? Nice side step by samba skins the defender shot gets deflected then saved and then Zorro nicks in to head home

Yep. Great slide tackle before in the box. Lovely shuffle to set up the goal as well

Missed this. What's up with him?

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