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Was that, perhaps ironically, because in his last season with us, he paled in comparison to a fresh new winger named Jonas?

Anyone listen to the Men in Blazers pod?

Yeah I still don't buy the "he's a shit player" nonsense. Quite useful the past few years for Fulham.

bless Hilarious if he had managed to storm the field

Ba and Cisse are both fine strikers in their own way, and most teams in the premier would happily take them off our hands given half a chance. The problem is not the strikers, but other areas of the pitch, ineffective style and poor service resulting from these things. Yep. The squad still basically shakes out like this: ----Tiote-----Jonas------ ---------Anita----------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ---------Ba Cisse------- With HBA expected to provide link-up on his own.

Agreed. But I think we have an even better team when it's one or the other in the line-up. And right now the only one who should be playing is Ba.

He's cut out the pockets in his peacoat so he can wank it for 90 minutes.

Interesting that, I didn't notice it at all. I think he'll work better as part of a deeper two with Cabaye as the most advanced. Bingo. --------Tiote-----Anita---------- ------------Cabaye-------------- Ben Arfa------------Marveaux -----------Ba/Cisse-------------- will we ever see this I wonder.

I suck at this game.

You might be right. There was a time when our LB position was so weak that Jonas was really required to help out, and it might have permanently changed his game for good. A bit like what Fergie did to Alan Smith, God rest his soul.

Is there any way we can keep him on the field while minimizing his negative impact? Where would/could he play?

Is he? I seem to recall part of his proposed move to liverpool being demands that he play centrally and not on the wing In that case, scrap that idea altogether. Yeah get the feeling he'd throw a hissy if he came here and got put on the wing. Not that he'd come here, I'm sure he'd think it'd be beneath him. Also one of the most selfish players in the PL. Just a cunt of a person and actually rather overrated, imo.

I thought you were Belgian Avatar aside. Well my father has belgium blood , in fact a lot of french are belgium related , not the biggest pride of our nation.. Nor the Bretons, Basques, Catalans, Alsatians apparently...

I understand this now and I understand it every week. But it doesn't make him immune from criticism. It's not his fault he's in the line-up, but it is absolutely his fault that he's a poor footballer.

Ben Arfa fanboy , before being a Newcastle Fan , huge mistake around here man... Anyway how many times Pardew yailed at Ben Arfa to play more centrally ? It seems he was always trough the middle during the second half , am I the only one who noticed that ? For instance he never maded that much pass since he's in newcastle ( 42 ) in "only" 70 minutes , something for the future...(at Newcastle , Toondra ) sorry, i answered a little bit in my previous post about the fact i was a ben arfa fan before being a Newcastle fan, i certainly wouldn't be the same if i wasn't born in a country who know nothing about football.....ENGLAND THE MOTHER OF NATIONS lol It take years for Pardew to see what he got to change: ben arfa substitute most of last year, santon, jonas starter no matter what, now marveaux.... To win trophies, you need talent, not hard workers, except grace in the 2004 euro, hardwork has never won against talent. respect this line got me. Went from 0 to 60 in no time at all

He's a good player, don't get me wrong. But he shouldn't be physically overwhelming Colo.

I think Colo's night can be summed up nicely in one play. Schwarzer sent a long ball up to Berbatov. Colo challenged and was completely bossed by Berbatov, who trapped it perfectly. Bossed. By Dimitar Berbatov.

You having a stroke mate? just a ben arfa fan mate, honestly, do you think he shouldn't play with better players? even with nothing around him, he shines, when he was substitute, it was written that we wouldn't win the game there's no threat in this team apart of ben arfa and marveaux, that's my point of view Ah I wasn't having a go at your reasoning, just taking the piss at how disjoined the post was You're pretty much spot on though. Still hardly any movement from anyone else on the pitch when he has the ball. Be a revelation if he and Marv ever see the field at the same time.

That's actually pretty accurate. It may have been a shit performance, but it was still arguably one of the better offensive displays of the year. Which isn't saying much.

You having a stroke mate?

More reason for Marveaux to be on the pitch to help him out on the creative front. Front three of HBA-----------Marv ---------Ba--------- plz. 4 luv uf dog plz.

He shouldn't even be 3rd choice tbh. Just not a PL-quality player, even off the bench. EDIT Yup.

HBA the only offensive weapon. Sub him off. Has someone created a Scumbag Pards meme yet?

Hangeland showing Willo how a tall CB should play the game.

Not a bad effort from Anita