Tbf though, I'd bring on Shola before the two reds to get more bodies in the box. Anita though looked the only one capable of stringing a pass through their defence
Have you actually watched us under pardew , we wouldn't score 7 against 5 men let alone 9
That's why I said "even", it was meant to emphasize my point that I wouldn't read much into it
Probably the reason he's taking it.
Get a goal, regain confidence and all that.
I hate that practice of ours. We've tried that with Cisse last season as well, which he blazed over iirc.
I hate Stoke, but they're mightily unlucky and we deserve to be one down really. No goal threat at all, even if we do win 7-1 or something I wouldn't read much into it.