Geordie Ahmed

A s I said before lies, damn lies and statistics which can be twisted and presented in many ways - I know he didn't create 77 goal scoring chances last season that's for sure. Well, you don't. Nor do I. If you actually looked at that list, you'd see that it showed more than just '77 created chances' as in the 6 assists that he had. So it's 83 now lol - I totally give up - you keep believing that and see this season when all those chances take us to the Champions League cos with stats like that he should be playing for a team in the Champions League. ....What? The assist are part of the 77 chances man. Do you know how stats work? You said more than just 77 chances as in the 6 assists he had - so if you mention he had more and then quoted 6 assists then that makes 83 - maybe if you said included within those 77 chances were 6 assists I would of understood you better. As I said lies, damn lies and statistics, I know what I saw on the pitch last season. Pointless arguing lets just see how many goal chances and goals he scores this season. He is not a rubbish player but he certainly is'nt anything great either like some on here think. I think you need to read the post again, it's not suggesting 77 + 6 assists, rather it's saying there were 6 assists within the 77 chances so they were not just chances BUT resulted in goals hence the "more than just"

Stats can be misleading BUT look at the players in that top 10 list, it's no joke

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Toure is more than about technique, if Sissoko had technique he still wouldn't be anywhere near the level of Toure. As for driving the team forward... to what purpose? That's like saying Shola was a physical presence up front. It means f*** all unless something comes of it and for us Sissoko driving forward often results in sweet FA just as Shola putting his weight about often did. Honestly he's a nothing player. No its not man, Shola was awful with no redeeming qualities Sissoko does drive the team forward, to the extent it puts the opposition on the back foot and he creates a gap between midfield and defence, something that nobody else in the team offers We just need to surround him with players that are more creative and have movement

Which is odd because I thought he learnt that we like to win matches

I like him, if he had raker technique then he would be Yaya Toure BUT he doesn't nor can we afford a Yaya His pace and power drives the team forward, would certainly keep him in the middle and think with an extended run there he will be class

Aye, quality that. Has very quick feet, gonna be class if he can avoid getting Pardewed

Really like him, going to be quality for us if Pardew gives him freedom otherwise it will be another Ben Arfa

Small cameos for the next 2 years, then disappear down the leagues is what will happen Our record of developing young players is awful, moreso under Pardew where they are suddenly cast aside (Bigirimana) or stick around the squad without getting decent game time (Campbell) Aarons should be playing regular football rather than a few minutes for our team, especially since more often than not he will be brought on when we are losing

He won't be dropping Colback, his comments about him show he is clearly a Pardew favourite. It's Anita that will be dropped when Tiote is back

Wow, just wow. I always think I can't hate him more than I do BUT credit to the prick, he manages to make me reach new levels of hate

We got relegated just 3 years before this, what more do you want? ? It was a dig at some Pardew apologist saying we have done well with our league finishes because we got relegated 5 years ago

We got relegated just 3 years before this, what more do you want?

Because that's not all it takes as evidenced by Marveaux who was in shape BUT was cast aside The problem is Ben Arfa plays a style of football Pardew is not comfortable or capable of playing, it requires Pardew to change his philosophy/attitude not Ben Arfa Credit to Ben Arfa he even played as a secondary right back BUT he was still kicked out of the team and in a way blamed for our awful defending, which was just a way for Pardew to mask his own clear coaching inadequacies

Just watching the 5-1 Halloween Massacre on Premier League Years Will never see anything like that under this prick

Entertaining football? Aye, right The moment he tries something a little different, if it fails he drops his arse and goes back to the turgid, negative football he knows best (though he fails at that cos we still get our arses handed to us)

In stark contrast to Pardew, will defend and big up the players that lick his hoop BUT those that go against his turgid, direct football get blasted in public and blamed for his own failures, which makes him the lowest of the low

I think it's because people want to see Ben Arfa in the team BUT that goes against the cowardice philosophy Pardew has I have no issues seeing Ben Arfa get tackled 5 times because you know on the 6th attempt he will score a Bolton like goal or destroy some left back The alternative is watching the likes of Gouffran, who don't lose the ball BUT that's because they run towards the opposition players, stop and then pass it back or sideways. That is not football for me, that's turgid and is not what we remember growing up, I won't remember the safe play of Gouffran BUT I certainly will never forget Ben Arfa taking players on and scoring goals f*** Pardew and f*** negative football

Not bad

Lovely goal from Ramsey

Ouch, Huddersfield getting hammered 4-0 at home

Huddersfield losing 2-0 at home, which is a surprise considering they have good players

Thread title has nowt to do with his playing style (or lack of)

Colback is better?

He is going to start every game, which is going to be mega fun