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I heard it was pretty much impossible to sign enough players to keep Williamson and Shola out of the picture, so Ashley probably couldn't even do that if he wanted to.

I wouldn't be comfortable making him captain given his fitness record, he doesn't come into the equation for me. Captain needs to be in the side far more often than not IMO.

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Have you changed your mind about Cabaye not being captain material like?

There's an old copy of The Mag knocking about on my bedroom floor and it's caught my eye increasingly in recent days. It's the first one of this season, says "Going For Gold", with 5 Olympic rings and pictures of Ba, Colo, Cisse, Cabaye and Krul within the rings. Every time I see it I kick it further across the room. Fuck 2012/13.

Not necessarily having a dig at Pardew but would really like to know what the craic was the other week now.

OK, now I'm fucking worried.

You're right, it appears to be more Taylor saying it than Pardew. Erm yeah, but the fact he's laying into youngsters who should probably be out on loan to aid their development is a fucking joke in itself.

Absolutely. Those quotes are fucking desperate man, really worrying.

You suffer him away from here? You have my sympathy, you really do. Can you take him back to Facebook and leave him? We don't know each other that well and have never spoken football in real life as far as I can recall. He's been a good lad every time I've met him like.

What the fuck is Bong?

Why don't you use your real name on here, Derek. He's not Derek Llambias, I know him in real life. These arguments have relocated from my Facebook page to N-O.

How many games has he played in the middle of a front 3 after it worked so well last season? 1 half I make it.

Agree entirely, which makes it all the more baffling that we pandered to his demands to play centrally. That was only ever done to put himself in the shop window so he could engineer a move under his release clause. If we'd have stuck him wide and played Cisse through the middle then not only would the team have looked better but Chelsea would probably never have wanted Ba either. We shot ourselves in BOTH feet with that one. For the final time, he played centrally because he scored goals. Started the season 4-4-2 he scored some goals but results where poorish. Went to Everton, he got dropped, came off the bench and scored twice. He earned the role and never looked back. We shouldn't have been playing 442 in the first place, and we played it for a long time. The God-awful football we played in that formation seemed to suit Ba more than Cisse, who knows? The point is we shouldn't have abandoned a system that was working well for us.

Yep, done us loads of good, pre-move and post-move for Ba. That's why we're 2 points off relegation, we've lost Ba and we have to hope Cisse can get back to some good goalscoring form off the back of a disjointed half season where he's either had the ball hoofed over him or been stuck out on the wing. I feel quite strongly that we shouldn't have pandered to it and it's played a big part in our predicament up to now and could also affect us badly going forward.

Agree entirely, which makes it all the more baffling that we pandered to his demands to play centrally. That was only ever done to put himself in the shop window so he could engineer a move under his release clause. If we'd have stuck him wide and played Cisse through the middle then not only would the team have looked better but Chelsea would probably never have wanted Ba either. We shot ourselves in BOTH feet with that one.

Barton.

It wouldn't surprise me if they're holding off on bidding for a forward so that fans don't then start pushing for a centre half. Not that they'd listen or anything, it just seems to be all about appearances and spin at times. A forward in the last week of the window and people will be 'happy'.

People on here have heard David Sullivan talk before, yeah? He's a fucking gobshite, man.

BABA's back With a bang.

Sounds like nobody's got a fucking clue to me like.

And then he smugly points to his hand in celebration.

Just seen Suarez's goal and celebration, what an absolute prick.

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