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Nah. Pardew treats Ben Arfa differently to the entire squad, and plenty do on here too.

Pardew is a fool. He has this god awful formation with players all over the place. He has Ben Arfa working as hard as Jonas (fucking stupid) and who does he give a free role? Fucking Jonas who has no end product- no creativeness, passing and no off the ball movement. Joke.

I'm more than willing to stick my neck on the line and say Gosling's shit. You don't need to see that much of such a poor player, to work out he is not very good, imo. I think it's clear we got him based on pure opportunism and the media reporting him to be a bit of a prospect. I'm sick of footballers who are scared of the ball, especially central mid-fielders ffs.

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Yep, both are fucking woeful and a player like Ben Arfa will never properly flourish playing up front in this 4-4-2 with the likes of Jonas and Obertan on the wings.

Terrible display from Pardew, he's really starting to piss me off.

Yes, have said this before.

I have no problem with Hatem losing the ball as he is always trying to do something positive, and that is exactly what we needed yesterday. However, I think Pardew is wrong to play him as a 10 as he does have the potential to damage ourselves there. I think he should play wide right of a 3 (with pretty much full freedom to drift) ala Messi a few years ago. I believe Rijkard did something similar with Ronaldinho when he took charge; recognising his extreme talent but also his ability to damage Barcas play by losing the ball in potentially dangerous areas.

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Fulham have got their "european" football to offer him that we don't wow! Europa League crap. Means nothing...... Cabaye sacrificed CL football to be here. I believe he has already played in Europe this season anyway.

"Bryan Ruiz 24 goals champion"

"Bryan Ruiz 24 Goals Champion" I like the look of this guy, heres hoping

Nip down to London and pip Fulham to Ruiz or something!

Can he play up top like? How about on his own in a 4-3-3?

I've definitely seen him play up top before. Don't exactly watch a lot of dutch football though. Just looked at his wiki. Some goalscoring record for someone who's not a forward. Ah, OK. I was just going off reports. If he can play up top, then we should sign him the up!

It seems he is very much a winger/ inside forward. Not a striker. Still, aye, it would be some coup.

He really is a fullback only. Despite his size. He seems reasonably comfortable at right and left midfield from what little I have seen.

I dont think they will meet your apparent 9m asking price. So i can see him going on loan at the last minute to Wigan, and doing very well for them.

Wigan after Gio Dos Santos. I'd take a punt on him, like.

Eh? Could you explain please? If we change to a 4-3-3 (for example) who will play the most advanced midfield role?

Pedro León. Loan.

At this stage I think its time to exploit the loan market and postpone sorting out our problems for the time being ( perhaps, except for a ST) in order to avoid panic buying. PvA, Santon, Pedro Leon, and possibly even Bendtner ( if it drags on) are hopefully possibilities.

It was obvious that Jose would come good IMO. His physical attributes are outstanding.

Agreed on PvA. Santon on loan too