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This, he's computer-generated in terms of what he's capable of doing but there's nothing even slightly robotic or boring about him. An unbelievable talent and I'm desperate to see him live one day

This,we'll just wait until Christmas and see how we're looking then.right now people just aren't using their eyes

Gves you no hope if his own brother can't accept it,what a wanker

Didn't see it,definitely a dive?Ive always really liked Kun as well,thought he was better than that

Wolves... They're nailed on to return to their glory days of making the play offs each year and failing to get promoted when they go down

You're just too sound mate,if you were on the apprentice everyone else would be bitching about everything,yourself included while you'd be saying everyone was quality and thoroughly decent

Pardew prefers people who play by his rules 'percentages, work-rate, defensive element to their game' over footballers who are willing to express their ability. This will never change and while he has shown how unwilling he was to put HBA in the team, it has set a precedent that future footballers with great ability but no traditional 'run about, track, hustle, bustle' will not fit properly into his teams. I honestly think it's a mixture of Hatem being exceptionally good and forcing him to play him. Any other manager would have been doing everything they could to put him in the team, not the opposite. A mixture of that and also luck that Sammy got an injury and that Raylor/Obertan are so awful. If we had a defensive player like Jonas on the right hand side, Hatem would not have got in the side. Pardew doesn't deserve a single person's even contemplating that he's handled this correctly

Let's not forget a few of Pardew's prize moves in dealing with Ben Arfa: "He doesn't have the relish for playing on the wing" - That's pretty evident from how he plays there, he obviously hates it. Playing Sammy/Raylor/Obertan/Shola at one ponit ahead of him. Dropping him after scoring goals and changing matches - the key to building a player's confidence. People make arguments all the time which make me question what I think, and make me feel I could be wrong but no one is going to convince me that Pardew has not only badly managed Hatem in the press, badly managed him in regards to telling him how to play his game and badly managed him in regards to not understanding what roles he can play and how he can play those roles better than others

Swansong for Chelsea.only allows them longer to live in denial.the longer they keep this squad as it is,the further behind they'll end up

Despite my negativity towards Pardew,we were very comfortable first half against them but should have made more of outer chances.the second half...

Shaun doesn't have a working brain,be easy with him Ian

Do one di Matteo,you slimy shit.what a virus he is man Edit: fucking auto correct on phones

This ref is so bent

You're a very fair appraiser nut and have no bias,I feel like I'm being fair a lot of the time but then feel guilty when people say I'm asking for too much.I just have a conviction that Pardew can't get the best out of these players but he'll get more time and that can be his judge ultimately

Mate, you really need some happy pills. I'm probably one of the happiest people alive today. Great lass, baby on the way, business booming, and my team are 6th, SIXTH. f***ing TOP SIX. Lerl, I actually think HTT is an optimist.he believes in better,so should everyone.he's one end of the spectrum but slowly but surely he's going to become PH neutral and then alkaline.

Chelsea are so awful and have been all season.I can't believe how few clear goal scoring opps they make per game

Wish he would just think "f*** it" and take the shackles off altogether. He did a great job to get us so high up earlier this season with a pragmatic, hard-working approach, but he's in severe danger of undermining everything if things keep going as they are. We can certainly go back to the more cautious selections/tactics where necessary, or if it backfires spectacularly, but sometimes you just need to stick your best players on the park in their correct positions and say "have a f***ing go at them lads". Don't abandon the basics altogether, of course, but due to the nature of our support - particularly at home - if we were to go this way I think he'd certainly win back/win over a lot of people who are starting to lose faith in him/have never had faith in him. It's not always about simply working harder than the opposition, you need to get your better players on the ball and involved in the game in the right areas. We keep showing glimpses, but there hasn't been a game for a good while now where we can honestly say we've "controlled it" and looked like the "big team". I might be wrong but I can't remember Demba having a chance from open play in the last two games, for instance. Get the ball down from the 'keeper, spread the centre-halves and push the fullbacks on, move it sharply and get some f***ing options for the man in possession. We are well capable of doing it if the leash is slackened a bit more and the lads are allowed to/able to play without as much fear. That's right, players respond to a feeling of freedom on the pitch, look at tottenham. You can teach players all the discipline you like and it can make the team hard to beat but all it does in the long-term is make them afraid to express themselves and break the rules, do the unexpected. We just look clueless on the ball at times because half the time we're looking backwards not forwards. Hatem breaks the rule and he's only just gotten into the team properly; imagine if Sammy hadn't got an injury - see you later Hatem, we need hard workers

What's frustrating is he managed it last season for 60 mins a few times.has he got worse?no,can he offer something to us,of course he can.I honestly think hes a real player from the limited amount I've seen of him.he has an injury right now but he needs some run outs before the end of the season.under no circumstances should simpson have been given this much game time

I certainly haven't. Actually, going on form, i would think about bringing Shola on for Ba in the last 20 and keep Cisse on (if he's actually playing at all). This, Cisse should be starting. Demba always fades in the last twenty, get him off for Shola

We had that own goal and a rare wonder goal from Raylor. They created more throughout the game with Drenthe literally tearing into us at times. We were not comfortable winners

Personally would go guth instead of cabaye.

I agree with some of that Jayson,some players just don't respond to coaching,obertan being one but when we have played this style of football most of the season against all types of opposition,Brighton included,it makes me conclude that Pardew is setting them up that way,with Keegan we'd be playing dominant,possession based football and pushing the other team about not lumping it and hoping Ba would save our asses because that's what happened a lot early season.watch back some of those early performances and we played like this a lot of the time.the difference was,we could say the team was gelling,we're getting points.thugs have changed andog term success is bred on good football,simple as that

The formation was correct yes but if you think having 30% possession second half and basically being attacked again and again,hoping for arsenal to miss one of their twenty chances is spot on then I disagree.spot on would have been instructing the players to move it around,keep it down,work it about and maintain some kind of presence in the game instead of just giving it away,getting into a defensive position then letting them attack again.we had no attacking game plan in the second half,none whatsoever,we were just inviting their goal all half.that's not spot on man,not at all

Would be sick about drenthe if I was a Tonian

Pardew on the PR wank again,only so many times he can say that stuff without backing it up in style of play