Pardew even says HBA is in good form yet he's starting Ameobi and Best. It's clear what sort of style we're going for, but it doesn't really excuse why Raylor is starting instead of HBA
Why?
Just had a look at the table, turns out Fulham aren't doing as well as I thought they were. They do normally finish the season strong though, so they could be potential contenders for 7th
I hope we don't play that bollocks high line shite like we did vs WBA. Wouldn't be surprised if we did mind, as this is a team Pardew will say we should be 'controlling' the match against
Not many.
Made pretty big fuck ups with Piqué and Rossi though, didn't he? They even clearly had ability before they left. Who's to say this isn't one of those examples (rather than the likes of Gibson who's never shown any ability)
He's not better than Guthrie is currently. But he doesn't play in the same position at all, so that doesn't even matter
Certainly wouldn't be worse on the right than Obertan though. Might as well get him in, I think. Even if he is part of a gang
Losing Abidal would be quite a blow for Barcelona considering his talents of being able to play as a third centre back when Alves is asked to go further forward. Not many top quality players around like him, really. Should probably just teach one of the academy kids to do it