Ketsbaia

Not a big fan of Taylor but he's far, far better than Williamson so maybe its him. Ben Arfa's return will have the most impact though.

He makes Boumsong look like Bobby Moore at times.

I think I'd prefer Aubameyang to Remy tbh.

What frustrates me is that his actions are so ridiculous but he'll sprinkle in quotes that show he sees what we see - the subtle jabs at Simpson, intending to play Cisse through the middle, finally changing to 4-3-3 etc. Then he'll start Shola upfront with Cisse on the wing, sub off our attacking threats and tell us to be grateful for his puppet master Ashley. The man is full of contradictions. He's somehow dragged this team into a relegation battle!

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Elliot Tavernier Streete Williamson Ferguson Amalfitano Abeid Perch Sammy Campbell Ranger Don't really care. Time to concentrate on the league, unfortunately.

There's managers available, there's even better ones we can purchase but there's no chance that Ashley will sack his puppet. It's depressing because any other owner would've already sacked him, which is the right decision. It says a lot that the only reason people want Pardew to stay is because we fear Kinnear, not because of any managerial abilities. We laugh at O'Neill not changing his ways and we laugh at how accurate brummie's posts are but the same is happening here. West Ham fans warned us about this and it's happening right in front of us

Beyond awful tonight

I can't even look at him now, I hate him so much. Might be a bit strong but seriously....how did this thing become a professional footballer?

Such a bad manager, it's so painful to see this man in charge of those players. I'm actually disappointed the majority haven't turned on him yet, because the thought won't even enter Ashley's head until it becomes obvious.

Special mentions to Tiote and Williamson, who were both horrific tonight. Sick of the sight of them.

I still think we'll be no lower than midtable but that performance was very concerning. Pardew is dragging us down the league but the sheer quality will keep us up.

Pathetic, toothless display. It was embarassing to watch.

This is an absolute disgrace

Theyve been much better than us, but still disappointed to not be winning. Decent goal by Baines, but we have to stop giving free kicks away. Frustrating.

And he'd be wrong - nobody is better than Tony Hibbert.

Absolutely baffling decision.

Oh and while I'm ranting on every thread, may as well stop by here. Chelsea bench Mata and Cole, what a load of bullshit that is.

Pardew is such a clueless fucking imbecile. AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!111111 I want his head on a pole by full time. What a prick.

Bollocks to that. Come back Demba, please!!!

Welcome back Papiss You know what to do and I have complete faith that you will.

We signed a striker on a free, he scored lots of goals for us, promoted strawberry syrup, got us into Europe and earnt a move to the European champions. Nothing too bad about that tbh, you could call him a moneygrabber but that's the going rate for the elite clubs. The only things that irk me are his agents and that he's going to warm their bench. At least the deal is done early and the circus is over. If you believe we'll replace him, things aren't so bad. Onwards and upwards!

Baines and Pienaar will probably start, knowing our luck. Krul Santon Williamson Coloccini Anita Perch Tiote Bigi Marveaux Cisse Obertan .....Midfield would look better with Anita in there but I don't trust Fergie as a LB.

Oh well, we'll be fine. Papiss, you know what to do

Play Ba, but shove him onto the wing - Cisse is our main striker now (and - keep it quiet - this worked really well last season).