Ketsbaia

he'll be getting Dr Dre headphones soon......

Only doing this to prove Barton wrong [/pessimist] Nah, this is great news. Getting dangerously hopeful for Colo now.

He's from Sunderland, which is a small village near Newcastle. Never go there.

By the way, Sunderland were in their away kit tonight as their yellow/green Brazil tops clashed with Norwich.

I voted to keep Wearside here, on the principle that it is harsh to get rid just because he's voicing his opinions.....no matter how fucking outrageous they are. And boy, they really REALLY are.

5-0, 8-0, 5-0. Barcelona's home matches this season. Not even consolation goals. Its ludicrous, really.

He's the only one who I think an exception could be made for as he's quiet, brilliant and just gets on with his job. This is where Pardew really earns his money though, if he can tempt his puppeteer to do so.

It has been the complete and utter opposite

That is just too good.

Yes, it was... But i must admit i often struggled to understand what he said His accent... my God ! and the drool on his face - did that distract you?

You are amazing! I'm guessing this chat was in English? On reflection, they can barely fathom that, never mind French!

Exactly. Whenever Cabaye is quiet, it'll just create other pathways for us. Also, when teams double-mark Ben Arfa, that'll leave Cabaye and Jonas to kill them softly.

West Brom vs Fulham will save us, I'd think.

Same team, I'd take a draw here. They're tricky.

Only Samba and Hoilett would get in ours. N'Zonzi for the bench.

Thought things couldn't go worse than last week: Bosingwa concedes right at the end, Taylor concedes even though Blackburn were awful, Adam gets no credit for this own goal, Dzeko gets one point and then Captain Rooney isn't playing. FML

Could be better, could be worse. The dream is definitely still on though.

Out-fucking-standing performance. Blackburn were atrocious but we were so, so sexy. Ba will be on a roll now, Colo was a rock and we finally got to see the Tiote-Cabaye-Ben Arfa love triangle. That was seriously impressive.

The mere mention of Ben Arfa shatters the 'tough Geordie' stereotype, doesn't it? He reduces us all to a quivering mess!

Ben Arfa

By Louise Taylor, http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/sep/23/alan-padrew-newcastle-french-influence

Exactly, Cabaye is my favourite of the three but the other two are so cheap and are getting more points. Likely to choose Cabaye over HBA tbh, certainly for the next few weeks.

I'm determined to put HBA in eventually, but already have S Taylor, Cabaye and Best in there. Think it'll probably boil down to him or yocabs

Despite Pardew being sensible, I can't wait a few more weeks! Hopefully he keeps getting run outs and then after the international break he'll be ready to start again.