To be fair to Pardew this has been a textbook way of how to beat a team who are at a numerical disadvantage.
We've got the ball wide, picked our pass well and looked dangerous every time we've gone forward.
let's not change anything.
They have 9 men we need to pass the ball around and exploit the pitch. Lumping it into there 18 yard area and allowing them to defend such a small area of the pitch with their entire team would be stupid.
Yes.
Ben Arfa hasn't done anything wrong.
We aren't closing down and we are defending way too deep. We are basically bending over and asking for anal rape.