Away Toon

Unbelievable we've decided to attack, and we don't look too bad.

We actually deserve to get relegated. Maybe we will.

We could at least try to keep the ball and do something constructive. The Gouf looks a luxury player like Marveaux is this kind of game.

It's not so much that they are a better team with better players that's depressing, it's the way Pardew sets us up so negatively that pisses me off.

I thought Jallet looked pretty good, he got forward well a couple of times

Can see why MU wanted to keep Pogba. As I type this he just got a Red card, Sod's law really.

No but Evra has to take some of the blame. I've never really rated him somehow.

Cabs doing what he does best, getting stuck in!! He's a bit of a dirty bastard really or maybe he can't tackle like Scholes

Valbueno is playing very well

Cabaye working his bollocks off with the rest of the French midfield

He'll be knackered at the weekend after running around with the rest of the french midfield trying to get the ball off the spanish. Think France might win it though, especially if the Spanish play like they did against Finland, 1000 passes, nothing happens, start again, 1000 passes etc

Well Col is being very disingenuous about the way he wants to leave the club. When it comes down to it, very few of them are honest. I think BAE at Spurs once said he only played for the money and didn't really like football, I admire him for that.

Cabaye might not want to sod off to a small team in Argentina, but if he gets the chance he'll be off to one of the top 6 as will all our decent players. They'll get paid more money and are more likely to realistically challenge for something.

Out of the French squad for the two upcoming matches. Hope Cabaye is as well.

I suspect next year Pardew will be Manager and Andy Carroll will be back at CF. We will probably play some kind of 442, though who the wingers will be I've no idea. It won't be pretty and won't work against the good sides, but even an outdated old fashioned 442 would be more exciting than watching this shite.

We wont get relegated but yes we are shit, and awful team to watch; Elliot 6 Good commanding presence in the penalty area, good on crosses, great distribution. Should keep his place Debuchy N/A We missed him badly after he went off. Santon 6 Can't defend on either side and shouldn't be picked at full back. Maybe an option in front of Debuchy. Scored hence the 6 MYM 5 Looked young and inexperienced at times Taylor 7 By far the best defender we have Haidara N/A Looks good going forward, poor on the first goal though he'd only been on for a minute. Long term our best option at LB Tiote 5 If you want to play Tiote you can only play one way and it doesn't help a lot of our players Jonas 6 Good performance. Shouldn't start, but a good squad player Marveaux 5 Good player but not in this Pardew team. Gouffran 5 Same as Marveaux, technically gifted but completely wasted the way we play Sissoko 6 Brute force, powerful, quick, terrible passing, brainless Cisse 5 Wasted the way we play, no service, poor finishing Perch 5 Limited player (see Tiote) should have stayed on the bench. Shola 4 Lumbering

Santon as a right winger looks a possibility

Anybody who wouldn't prefer Martinez to the charlatan Pardew needs to open their eyes and just watch the difference in approach between the way the two teams play. Wigan pass the ball around, they are creative and technical , we are all just brute force and ignorance.

Making Wigan look like Barcelona again, lousy team, lousy manager, great fans, we deserve so much more than this. Santon needs shooting with shit, dropping and sold back to Italy this summer. Defensively clueless and usual.

Well he's crocked, out for the season (Pardew said year) and we have no idea when he might be back. He's hardly played since we signed him.

Jesus stop making excuses for the club. He flew 5 hours to Russia (how do you feel after 5 hours on a plane), played on a plastic pitch, it was freezing and he was played out of position, so all he did was run around for absolutely no purpose, hardly touched the ball, and now he's crocked with the same injury that he had before. Pardew could have played Sissoko as his false #9 or what ever you want to call it. It was a shit decision by everyone involved, but at the end of the day it was Pardew's decision to play him and it backfired completely.

Any way anybody wants to look at it, flying to Russia and back and playing on a plastic pitch in the freezing cold was just dumb. Pardew can make all the excuses he wants but stupid is stupid. At least with him being injured it's less likely that somebody will come ion and try and buy him. As for his theoretical value, he doesn't play enough to be really worth a lot. Probably what we paid for him.

Lucky we aren't behind, they look much better than they did in the first leg and fitter as well.

Santon's positional play is just as bad on the right as on the left, good job Taylor's having a blinder and covering for him

This game is far too open, and with the away goal being near on fatal, we need to stay solid and wear them down slowly rather than risk it all going quickly pear shaped