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You're so bent, Dropout. Agree Cisse has his shortcomings but to blame him for our defensive corners. He'll probably be blamed for being a poor tackler next.

Agree that Cisse has a poor season so far but why bring him into this particular argument. The front post is a vital position when defending a corner. We should know, we always hit the oppositions. Didier Drogba was excellent at it, a real wall. Heck, even Robin Van Persie is very good at it. It can make a big difference to the number of goals conceded from corners imo. You normally want an attacker there because they are used to attacking the ball and not good at marking. Cisse is rather crap at it. Carroll is superb at it. Why should he defend the near post in the first place? That is usually a job for one of the fullbacks. Cisse should be up front providing an outlet in the event of a counter-attack. If we have everyone staying back for corners, every ball we ping out will just come back in again inviting more pressure.

Interviewer knows.

Would have hit 10 yellows and a resultant suspension if he got it last game. 'Amnesty' was right after that so the only way he'll miss our game is if he gets a red today.

Did he only win once every 6 attempts? FYP. Russian roulette. Cisse only goes for the spectacular. Simple balls won't do.

Reckon Cisse has plenty of chips on him.

Costed us points! (Not really for me. Had it down for a draw. )

Everton match last season. That whole sequence leading to Ben Arfa breaking away on a counter, riding a Pienaar tackle and getting called back, advantage not given. So much from the initial FK, Everton's non-goal to the call for the foul on Ben Arfa.

125th PL sub appearance btw. Watch that reach 200 under this clown.

Just went thru the pages and there are even more gems in there. Alan 'difficult pitch' Pardew ffs.

Somebody put one of the excuses into the thread title please. Alan '50th game took its toll on us' Pardew.

Just sack this coward!

Gosling. Sub in the last min of injury time.

Sissoko fed up of this shit.

The players have totally lost their confidence yet again.

Ashley spent 20m in January for us to watch this shower of crap.

Ameobi 125th PL sub appearance. Crowd cheering for HBA to come on as the sub is made.

They've got another good chance and we still haven't responded with subs on 70 mins?

Typical.

Hope Cisse's FM14 data isn't too affected.

Pardew's half-time team talks must be those wank FM ones where everyone comes out demoralised in the 2nd half.

Crossbar now.

WBA getting back into this...