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Pardew's made such a pig's ear of this situation.

Don't see him going anywhere due to the length of his contract. Still think giving a manager a five and a half year contract was crazy.

Awful post, neesy.

It's mystifying that Ryan Taylor's never been able to hold down a first team place in the whole time he's been with us, yet we're in the position at the minute where he's first choice when we arguably have better options in his position(s) than we ever have.

"I'm not overly disappointed, it was a marked improvement on Spurs". I was at Spurs, it was fucking humiliating and like everyone else I've been dying for us to put it right for 2 weeks, today wasn't exactly what I had in mind.

We don't have a very good manager, we have an average (at best) manager who I think is getting the best results from the team but not the best performances and I base that on our season so far, not on today. Even now though I think we're close to not getting the points expected because our poor performances are now affecting our points haul in a way that performances were being over shadowed before the New Year. I would go as far as saying we've done nothing of note since the first week in January and even then the performances were far too erratic. So what do you propose we do, re-appoint Kinnear or Shearer? Do you honestly think any manager worth his salt would come and work here for buttons and under the financial restrictions? Regardless of Pardew's shortcomings, we are well and truly punching above our weight this season, and he should be given a lot of credit imho. I'm not sure if we are, my mate asked me the other day how many players I'd take from the Arsenal squad for our first team and the answer was not many.

Erm.

Fucking pointless addition to the end of your post, like.

Because there was no one in the box? You want him to be a moron like Simpson and lob it aimlessly into a group of defenders? I'd rather he try and dribble around the whole team if it forces the other players in our team to move up and support him out of sheer frustration. Nah, there were a few occasions when there was at least one person in the box when I'd liked him to have crossed it in, simple as that really.

Would be amazed if Ben Arfa gets a start like.

Starting to wonder why he won't whip a ball over now and then.

Watch out Newcastle.

Guthrie's been fucking shit since he came on.

It's a worry.

Eh?

Not sure how that works when there ain't a hope in hell Wolves deserve to be winning it.

Oh OK, I guess it was an extension of what I was saying then. Well yeah in that case I agree. As if we shouldn't be playing him today, there seems to be no game suitable for him. Has a bad half against Blackburn and that's him dropped for the foreseeable.

Who's said that like?

Nah, we'd be 6-2 down if HBA had started.

Love having Cheik back.

Commentator persisting with calling it the First Direct Arena.

How come Jonas scores every time we play Wolves? That's the last 3 times now.

Howay the sodding lads.

Thread title needs to be Hatem Bench Arfa again.

I think he's a lost cause now, doesn't matter which position. Really disappointing turn of events with Arshavin, have zero respect for him.