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I'll wait till this is confirmed by other journos before properly blowing my top I think

Disgusting move to sell him this month if it's true.

Hopefuly they appeal it so he wont miss the game. I think that is right anyway?

Mackems rejoicing.

Wheyyyy. I hope they have a mid-week bounceback mind.

I'm not saying you can't criticise him man, I'm just wondering what people are expecting him to do in 10/15 minutes as the final sub? Gouffran has dropped off recently but people are still reluctant to drop him in favour of our most exciting player and I can't get my head around it. It's the whole mentality of 'hasn't had a blinder' which does my head in, no other players need to have blinders to justify their place in the team.

Not surprised tbh he knows even if he has a blinder he's back on the bench next game.It's pathetic. Also don't agree with people saying he was terrible, not that I think he was good...just think it's unfair to make any judgement till he's given more than 10/15mins. His morale must be rock bottom now and I'm fairly sure he'll follow Cabaye out the door. Mostly down to our managers stupidity/inability to find him a role. Ben Arfa hasn't had a blinder in a while. It's hard to justify giving him any more time on the pitch at the moment. What? He needs to make the most of the time he does get on the pitch. His recent cameos have been poor. He's not done anything to suggest we should rejig the side to accommodate him. Does he need to take on the entire team and score a goal every time he's on the pitch? He won the free kick for our last goal yesterday. How many 'blinders' have Sissoko and Gouffran played recently? He's judged on a completely different scale to the rest of our players. It hardly helps him when he's getting subbed on last so he's coming on in a weakened team too.

Not surprised tbh he knows even if he has a blinder he's back on the bench next game.It's pathetic. Also don't agree with people saying he was terrible, not that I think he was good...just think it's unfair to make any judgement till he's given more than 10/15mins. His morale must be rock bottom now and I'm fairly sure he'll follow Cabaye out the door. Mostly down to our managers stupidity/inability to find him a role. Ben Arfa hasn't had a blinder in a while. It's hard to justify giving him any more time on the pitch at the moment.

Those two on bbc newcastle saying that we should be looking to offload him.

How much somebody is paid should have nothing to do with how they are treated, should it? Especially when they're not even paid that well in relation to how much money they're bringing in. soljers wages

Aye same, I couldn't imagine anyone looking less like they are called Roberto De Fanti Proper fat ginger mess.

He'll have it down to an artform soon.

Should have just called him what he really is, a massive bellend.

that defending at the back post Who is that 25? edit: Fox apparently

It's what we humans call affection, Ronaldo.

A fitting tribute Oakie Watching Sewelley's goals compilation and I'd forgotten about most of them, 5 or 6 of them were solo goals where he took on a bunch of players to score. The free kick off his arse that he claimed was my favourite.

"Maybe next game" I doubt it Cheik, I doubt it.

Haunting.

Jonas gutierrez ‏@elgalgojonas 4h @geordie_anth thanks I appreciate and I enjoy my time in the north east, thanks for make me fell like a Geordie.i wishThe best for the club.

Cleverly narrowly missing out.

Aye i'm not denying it was a poor tackle. Like Santoon said it wasn't too different to tackles you see every game where they try to take players down, but he did kick out harder than you usually see, so I think it could have been a red. There's a massive middle ground between 'typical tackle to stop a breakaway' and 'assault' and it falls somewhere in between the two Either way between this and Pardew being a massive bellend it has taken away from the real issue which was the Tioté goal.