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And if he's not doing his thing in the first couple of games, just keep playing him out of blind faith? *cough* Obertan *cough*

Ben Arfa is left footed aye

Not bad for someone halfway to 33. He's 16?

We played with Laurent Robert for a few years look where that got us. considering how much money we spent on him and the amount of debt we collected after spending that much on the rest of the team, not that far really. I'll just ignore you cause you are either being ignorant or just a WUM. yeh because laurent robert was solely responsible for getting us where we were lol lol

There is literally no excuse for bringing Sammy on ahead of him like, and 2 weeks in a row is just mental. I'm scratching my brain to see what benefit the team has by leaving him on the bench, especially today, but I cannot think of anything. Absolutely nothing. I think I've said before that I think Pardew sees Sammy/Obertan as less of a risk defensively but tbh I think I was talking shit. /Ben Arfa fanboy lol

Other than one pretty woeful pass I thought he looked decent tbh. Certainly didn't deserve to be singled out.

I'm sure he'd rather play on the wing than sit on his arse mind.

Tbh I doubt the credibility of a guy who wrote: "Tiote looked off the pace"

Ryan Taylor may have bent in one of the 6 dozen free kicks we had from around the box

What? Jonas is right footed and plays on the left. yeh exactly, we had enough whingers on here today saying "oh we got two right footed players on the left flank" lol lol

We didn't need a winger tracking back today, we needed somebody who could split the defence. Exactly. This isn't some sort of "OOOO WHY WILL YOU NOT PLAY OUR BELOVED BENNY BOO HOO" either, it's just fucking idiotic that he's been left on the bench. He's not a winger though apparently, he just played on the wing for 2 French league winners but he's not a winger.

Loved his little nod on down the wing. Unlucky that his ball was just a little quick for Ba too.

Showed better ability today I thought, still as fucking mentally deficient as ever though in possession.

Who would he have came on for? There was only really Ba and Jonas he could have replaced and I doubt that would have happened. In which case, send Vuckic on instead of Sammy. Simple. How does that in any way solve this particular conundrum? Obertan comes off for HBA instead of Sammy? Read Preston's post again.

Who would he have came on for? There was only really Ba and Jonas he could have replaced and I doubt that would have happened. In which case, send Vuckic on instead of Sammy. Simple. How does that in any way solve this particular conundrum?

Not a match winner that's for sure. Good kid though by all accounts and under different circumstances I would be thrilled to see him getting minutes on the pitch.

Who would he have came on for? There was only really Ba and Jonas he could have replaced and I doubt that would have happened.

He has to be fit by now tbh. And he can be no less 'match fit' than Sammy.

Nothing is a dead cert but Ben Arfa is quite clearly a far greater footballer than Sammy Ameobi. IMO he should have been on the pitch when they threw in Nathan Dyer, we'd lost all of our momentum by that point.

FWIW I understood Vuckic coming on, Tiote had a bit of cramp and he can play central midfield. Sammy is very raw though, and it's pretty farcical that Ben Arfa is been overlooked because of him. There must be something going on, but then why is he even on the bench if there is?

In the first half I agree. 2nd half was pretty flat tbh

His substitutions and the timing of them is just getting fucking daft now like

Southend is full of cunts. Proper cunts as well, genuine cunts. Hate the place.

Like there wouldn't be far greater legal ramifications for lying about a players medical status than just canceling the deal man

If he plays Smith i'll go in a propper huff like