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Anything close to £20m is a pretty good deal really. Another season in a Pardew team and he would have been worth less than £10m. We should thank our lucky stars PSG have suddenly come into money because no English club would have spent anywhere close to that because he's not really built for English football. Which says more about our club than the others, considering he is frequently the best player on the pitch for us.

Cabaye started our French Revolution, did he not?

Right after I hit no on the poll. Sorry guys. :'(

With Cabaye gone and if this dude comes in who starts in the midfield? I wonder if this helps open up the selection for Hatem. Two proper wingers with either two or three of Tiote/Anita/Sissoko in the middle.

They did here. Said the ref had been conned.

Jesus all that was missing were some roses.

What the fuck was Rose doing there?

The commentators made mention of us not having won the last fixture of a year for a really long time (I don't remember the exact number).

Thought they were protesting at 40 minutes?!

Wasn't a red but definitely a penalty.

Our relative walk in the park today bodes well for us on Sunday. Our players will (hopefully) be more rested than the Arsenal players. Could be in for a good result this weekend.

Glad to see Pardew putting a couple out of favor strikers on to try and break their ducks.

Love this.

Loved that, like. Great match.

Three points off fourth. http://newsimg.ngfiles.com/228000/228909_Is_this_real_life.jpg

eieiooo up the premier league we go!

Ben Arfa is awesome to have on the pitch when you're already up 2-0 because he still goes for it even if no one else is trying to.

Not complaining, but that penalty was soft as fuck on wor Shola.

More matches they very much don't need. This is a bonus.

Beckham's salary was pretty small compared to how it was subsidized with other add-ons.

Definitely feels like two points dropped to me. We had the measure of them the first half and were very comfortable and then, as usual, we sat back in the second half and paid the price for it. Their goal was soft as hell too, should've been mopped up well before it was in a dangerous area.