Pilko

As if Gouffran gets dropped ffs.

I bet the crowd will be sedate as fuck. Not even Ronnie the Corrie could lift them.

Really enjoying RTG right now. They're all slating John O'Shea and saying he's old, shit and past it... surely his CL winners medal makes him good enough?

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How was Haidara today then? Genuine question, I thankfully worked through the match and also MoTD so I've seen nothing of this latest omnishambles.

Can't wait to see another 0-3 or 0-4 humping next week and hear another batch of rhetoric from the silver shitehawk.

Tell him target the fuck out.

Pardew definitely reckons he's a chilled out entertainer.

A little bit of a winning mentality. Well, can't argue with him there for once.

I chose a double shift just to avoid watching this. I will be working almost 12 hours on Saturday and it's so fucking worth it.

Pardew probably used to send himself Christmas cards in the school postbox, cos all the other kids wouldn't waste a bit of recycled paper on the miserable negative prick.

1-0 or 2-0 defeat, but an absolute bumming over the course of 90 soulless minutes.

Elliot was injured a wee while ago, but he was on the bench on Tuesday so you assume he's fit again.

Inclined to agree. Pardew is averse to playing anyone that won't graft or put in a defensive shift. If you remember Harry Redknapp's teams that often did well before he bankrupted everywhere he went; it was essentially always an outfield composition of eight big hulking monsters, a flair player and a nippy striker. Pardew wants ten big hulking monsters.

Dummett was our best performer at City, he stopped the supply from Navas time and time again. As for him "never looking comfortable", that's also untrue. He's had a few shaky games but has coped reasonably well in most. Yesterday was a bad night for him, but he was no worse than the other three defenders on the pitch. MYM in particular was absolutely awful on the ball; and yet the rookie is being dug out for it.

Aye, and I suppose Armstrong is the next Chopra already too?

So, suppose we put Haidara in. Will you all be so fast to write him off if he's not set the world alight in 7 or 8 games in this woeful side? EDIT: I know, I already don't rate Haidara... but a lot in this thread seem to think he's the answer to everything.

As long as I've got a hole in my arse he'll not be good enough for Premier League football. Absolutely ridiculous that he his playing in this league really and I've said it for a long time. Scored a goal against Liverpool, got a contract and hasn't put in a good performance since. I'll never forgive him for Sunderland away this year, and all this "but he's a local lad" is a load of shite. you're a fucking moron, sorry like. You'll never forgive a young full-back making his third or fourth PL appearance for being pressed into service out of position in a derby game? Christ. Do you batter your missus if she forgets to pair your socks up?

Considering the love you have for Ligue 1 among other leagues, you must have seen a lot of Haidara even before he joined us. Care to elaborate why he is cheap crap? What? Was a genuine question. Haidara for me has looked the better of all three LBs we have. When? Seriously. Everyone says this, but aside from a nice stroll against 9-man Stoke, he's done absolutely nowt for me. Well I still think Santon is the better player but he's had an abysmal season while Dummett is absolute garbage. Haidara looked good in the Stoke game and has had other decent cameos for the side tbf. Name them please. His 10 minutes in the Arsenal game was laughably bad, FYI. Totally killed any attacking momentum with his dodgy touch, time and again.

Considering the love you have for Ligue 1 among other leagues, you must have seen a lot of Haidara even before he joined us. Care to elaborate why he is cheap crap? What? Was a genuine question. Haidara for me has looked the better of all three LBs we have. When? Seriously. Everyone says this, but aside from a nice stroll against 9-man Stoke, he's done absolutely nowt for me.

Absolutely laughable how Ben Arfa and Marveaux are supposed to pull us out the clarts despite being left in no uncertain doubt that they have no future at the club whatsoever.

Agree with this. Everyone keeps talking about Haidara like he's being really hard done by and some sort of answer.

so appropriate. I'm not starting Ben Arfa, Lynn. But, if you do, you can keep the... Lynn, I'll just talk over you. Try finish your sentence and see WhY I do. If you do you can... I'm not starting Ben Arfa, I'm not starting Ben Arfa, I'm not starting Ben Arfa, I'm not starting Ben Arfa.

He's shit.

Yanga-Mbiwa managed to have a worse overall touch than Sissoko tonight, no mean feat that.