Because Crumpy loves Pardew and has clearly fallen for his bullshit
Anyone that is happy for Gouffran to start games for us whilst Ben Arfa is God knows where needs serious help. Going forward Gouffran offers nothing, not even flashes of brilliance with no end product (which the Pardew lovers falsely claim Ben Arfa does) and defensively as we have seen he is no great help either
Ben Arfa has his flaws as a footballer BUT as a football fan I love watching him play, for those moments when he beats a couple of players with ease either by sprinting past them or the drop of a shoulder, why on earth would you not want to watch that? How is Gouffran running 10 yards then passing it to Colback more exciting than that?