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I read somewhere that it is not uncommon for a lot of players who go to the ACon to struggle on their return.  Once they have adjusted to the playing conditions of the tournament, they then find it difficult to adapt back to the intensity of league football.

 

Could be a reason although Cisse's form contradicts the above.

 

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Yeah, Demba was in Paris today for that show. Still.

 

anyone heard any snippets from the show yet?  has he revealed anything interesting like he's moved onto blueberry syrup now?

 

Mimifrench translated the main points in the HBA thread.

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He's just out of form and frustrated.  The moment that stood out for me today was when the ball was played through to him in the middle, he took a bad touch and it bounced up off his knee and out of play.  Before the new year he would have controlled that and rifled it into the bottom corner with his left foot.  He'll get it back and the smiles will return but for now i'd rather have a striker who is pissed off and frustrated that he's playing shit than one who plays shit and doesn't give a crap.

 

Spot on.

 

He's just down in the dumps at the moment. Things aren't coming off for him. It's a striker's cliché but he probably needs one to go in off his arse or something.

 

Exactly. He desperately needs a goal right now, more for his own state of mind than anyone else's and when he gets it all this crap will be over. Pardew has handled it brilliantly so far which is encouraging.

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He's still the main reason we are in this position. Happy to give him as much time as he needs to get back to form. Been an emotional season for him.

 

He really isn't the main reason, like. But a lot of his goals were useful.

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He's still the main reason we are in this position. Happy to give him as much time as he needs to get back to form. Been an emotional season for him.

 

He really isn't the main reason, like. But a lot of his goals were useful.

 

Who else was scoring while he was? At one point wasn't the next top scorer Ryan Taylor?

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He's still the main reason we are in this position. Happy to give him as much time as he needs to get back to form. Been an emotional season for him.

 

Agree with that, but the spoilt kid act he is portraying atm ( not saying is but its what it looks like) is what is annoying me.

 

Just get on with it and help the team win games and the goals will come, i realise hes frustrated atm and probably lacking confidence but i think he could have done more in recent weeks to help the team.

 

Will not ignore what he did for half of the season tho, because without him we would have been mid table and nowhere near where we are now.

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He's still the main reason we are in this position. Happy to give him as much time as he needs to get back to form. Been an emotional season for him.

 

He really isn't the main reason, like. But a lot of his goals were useful.

 

Who else was scoring while he was? At one point wasn't the next top scorer Ryan Taylor?

 

our defence was magnificent in that early part of the season too, equally as important tbh

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He's still the main reason we are in this position. Happy to give him as much time as he needs to get back to form. Been an emotional season for him.

 

He really isn't the main reason, like. But a lot of his goals were useful.

 

Who else was scoring while he was? At one point wasn't the next top scorer Ryan Taylor?

 

our defence was magnificent in that early part of the season too, equally as important tbh

it's a team game, ba received passes for most of his goals which he finished well. what we achieve we achieve as a team.
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Not sure where people are getting the spoilt kid thing from.

 

Everytime a TV camera and microphone has been in his face he's always been honest and said it doesn't matter if he scores or not as long as the he and the team play well. Said it before, but he looks gassed and probably more p*ssed off with himself as he ain't scored in a while. Sounds a little immature but it probably means so much to the guy. If you get taken off you must know either you haven't done well or you just won't last.

 

As a striker it must be canny s*** to go on a barren run like, especially after you smashed 16 in earlier

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Not sure where people are getting the spoilt kid thing from.

 

Everytime a TV camera and microphone has been in his face he's always been honest and said it doesn't matter if he scores or not as long as the he and the team play well. Said it before, but he looks gassed and probably more p*ssed off with himself as he ain't scored in a while. Sounds a little immature but it probably means so much to the guy. If you get taken off you must know either you haven't done well or you just won't last.

 

As a striker it must be canny s*** to go on a barren run like, especially after you smashed 16 in earlier

 

Neither can I. I can only guess that people on here are horrendous fucking drama queens.

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Not sure where people are getting the spoilt kid thing from.

 

Everytime a TV camera and microphone has been in his face he's always been honest and said it doesn't matter if he scores or not as long as the he and the team play well. Said it before, but he looks gassed and probably more p*ssed off with himself as he ain't scored in a while. Sounds a little immature but it probably means so much to the guy. If you get taken off you must know either you haven't done well or you just won't last.

 

As a striker it must be canny s*** to go on a barren run like, especially after you smashed 16 in earlier

 

Neither can I. I can only guess that people on here are horrendous f***ing drama queens.

don't you remember the reading of enriques body language ?  :frantic:
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Isn't it because he refused to shake hands with the manager because he substituted him?

did he, i saw him drinking from a bottle, don't think pardew offered a hand but gave him a pat. far too much being read into some stuff on here.
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Isn't it because he refused to shake hands with the manager because he substituted him?

did he, i saw him drinking from a bottle, don't think pardew offered a hand but gave him a pat. far too much being read into some stuff on here.

 

Nah he snatch his hand away from Pards like a 5-year old. Dont think its a big deal, but wasnt his best moment.

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Not sure where people are getting the spoilt kid thing from.

 

Everytime a TV camera and microphone has been in his face he's always been honest and said it doesn't matter if he scores or not as long as the he and the team play well. Said it before, but he looks gassed and probably more p*ssed off with himself as he ain't scored in a while. Sounds a little immature but it probably means so much to the guy. If you get taken off you must know either you haven't done well or you just won't last.

 

As a striker it must be canny s*** to go on a barren run like, especially after you smashed 16 in earlier

 

Neither can I. I can only guess that people on here are horrendous f***ing drama queens.

don't you remember the reading of enriques body language ?  :frantic:

 

His body language is sometimes still very readable, I think.

 

http://i43.tinypic.com/28jk778.jpg

 

 

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Have confidence that Pardew will be able to calm Ba down and that incident was a storm in a teacup. But if he loves scoring goals and sees himself as a front man in a 442 we might still lose him. If we can't promise him that role regularly then I think there'll be plenty of teams who will. Hope not obviously.

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He's still the main reason we are in this position. Happy to give him as much time as he needs to get back to form. Been an emotional season for him.

 

He really isn't the main reason, like. But a lot of his goals were useful.

 

Who else was scoring while he was? At one point wasn't the next top scorer Ryan Taylor?

 

Leon Best was, tbh.

 

Still, he scored some important goals, but he was never the most important.

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Have confidence that Pardew will be able to calm Ba down and that incident was a storm in a teacup. But if he loves scoring goals and sees himself as a front man in a 442 we might still lose him. If we can't promise him that role regularly then I think there'll be plenty of teams who will. Hope not obviously.

 

I am not being funny but for us to go forward we need to throw 4-4-2 and hoofball to the scrap heap and if Ba wont stay because we wont play 4-4-2 then id seriously consider letting him go ( as stupid as it sounds)

 

No one player is bigger than the team i dont care who it is we need to be using 4-3-3 and have the whole squad built around 4-3-3 heck id even want the youth teams to play 4-3-3.

 

It would be stupid to lose any player over such childish acts but if Ba refuses to play in a 4-3-3 then i cant see any other outcome.

 

4-4-2 can only take us so far and i dont care who it is if one player makes us play that system to suit him and not the rest of the team then he should be moved along.

 

I obviously hope this isnt the case with Ba and we can get him to adapt to 4-3-3 and take us to the next level.

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He's still the main reason we are in this position. Happy to give him as much time as he needs to get back to form. Been an emotional season for him.

 

He really isn't the main reason, like. But a lot of his goals were useful.

 

Who else was scoring while he was? At one point wasn't the next top scorer Ryan Taylor?

 

Leon Best was, tbh.

 

Still, he scored some important goals, but he was never the most important.

 

Best has 4 goals man :lol: I know what you're saying but, imo, Ba was scoring goals he had no right to score and singlehandedly won us games.

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He's still the main reason we are in this position. Happy to give him as much time as he needs to get back to form. Been an emotional season for him.

 

He really isn't the main reason, like. But a lot of his goals were useful.

 

Who else was scoring while he was? At one point wasn't the next top scorer Ryan Taylor?

 

Leon Best was, tbh.

 

Still, he scored some important goals, but he was never the most important.

 

Best has 4 goals man :lol:

 

What the hell has that got to do with it?

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