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His crossing of the ball is pretty damn good, like.

:lol: What are you laughing at? You quoted me and failed to address my point. Then just some vague and irrelevant ramble that Cabaye should play a role similar to Xavi Well then, I suggest you read my post again

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It's a tough one. I would say that at the risk of loosing stability, I would prefer them to stay. Edit: sorry doesn't answer your question... I reckon the fact that he is investing in the future and youth, coming to the games, and generally looks happy enough (visually ) with the current situation and future prospects....he is here to stay for a number of years! He's walking into a stadium named after his brand, plastered with adverts for his brand, and thinking about all the earpits and eyeballs drinking in that sweet advertising. You'd be smiling too. :lol: Very true

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Exactly. Things are, for the most part, going well lately.

It's a tough one. I would say that at the risk of loosing stability, I would prefer them to stay. Edit: sorry doesn't answer your question... I reckon the fact that he is investing in the future and youth, coming to the games, and generally looks happy enough (visually ) with the current situation and future prospects....he is here to stay for a number of years!

Shhh, don't tell the other clubs....

Same thing for me when i watched the wolves match 2nd time round - thought he was very poor on the initial showing but 2nd time round i appreciated that he did have quite a good game. suppose it's that he's doing a lot of work without fuss rather than being full of eye-catching moments. Im a huge Cabaye fan but this is a bit pointless. You cannot give much credit to a play-maker doing some simple play-making against ten men under no pressure. It's the least you should expect. You cannot expect him to magically open locks....he is not that sort of player! That is HBA Cabaye should perform a role akin to Xavi of Barcelona, creating space, supporting team possession, and moving the ball around (and, at the correct time forward) quickly. Cabaye is far more a central midfielder than an attacking one...

That's what I would have, but cannot see Pardew dropping Jonas

Nah, I'd prefer not to see Perch anywhere in defence. He's fine as an anchorman in midfield but he should only cover RB/CB as an absolute last resort. Agree. Simpson is not great, but he is far more dependable than Perch at right full back.

You want to play Jonas in a free central role? No, not especially - as hinted in bold. Though I think a more flexible midfield in general would be useful provided we try to play using it and not playing it long. Sorry, that was directed at that guy who quoted you. Clearly I agree with Han Colo Also, 'guy'? What part of the states are you from?

Just finished watching that second half again....emotion removed from the analysis! Cabaye did very well. He looked to receive the ball, played good early balls into the frontmen, spread the play well (particularly to Arfa before he skinned Richardson and shot at the near post) and regularly kept things ticking over in the centre of the pitch... Second half performance was definitely a solid 7 like. It should also be stated that he has put in an unreal shift physically this season......his first season can be considered his conditioning to the EPL,...next season....

it's what I believe Pardew might do, ..based on what he has done before

well it's Pardew's previous attempt of getting HBA into the team....this time with Ba on the left of a front three (where he has played for WHU before, iirc) instead of Best

FTFY

Yep! First time he looked back to his old self re: sharpness and acceleration! Clearly the atmosphere had him proper up for it to, a turning point in the whole saga hopefully!

...Just got sent this on Facebook... wtf http://soundcloud.com/dj-skyn/demba-ba-skyn-ball-dong