Aye, now that we've failed to land another striker we should be going towards a 4-3-3 more often.
I'm not sure what Ba's situation is or what Pardew has promised him, but he really needs to be a team player and play out left when asked to. He should still get games centrally when we go 4-4-2, and if he can dislodge Cisse as the starting central striker in a 4-3-3 then more power to him.
Tiote Anita
Cabaye
Ben Arfa Marveaux
Cisse
Is something I really want to see at some point.
Rotate those 6 along with Ba and Jonas and we should really be able to play some good football. Lot of flexibility there with Ba, Jonas and Marveaux being so versatile.
Dat team and rotation options.