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Pards in charge of Robson's 01-02 side. Line up probably a 442 with Given, Bernard, O'Brien, Dabizas, Griffin, Speed, Acuna, Lee, Solano, Bellamy, Shearer. Bench would be Dyer, Robert, Cort, Distin, Hughes or some shit like that.

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Turns out he's unsuited to looking for flick ons from the big, s*** lad upfront, who'd have guessed.

 

difficult to know as the lump upfront kept getting outjumped by 2 shit defenders almost a combined foot shorter than him.

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He wan't the worst player on the pitch yesterday, but he must work on his fitness and loose weight. He was literally glued on the pitch sometimes, too fat to intercept a few pass not directly on his feet…

He still found Shola in good positions a couple of times, and globally I thought he tried to play the simple pass and quickly, excepting for their…third goal :-(

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Quite a fair analysis of his performance today on sky sports:

 

http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/287522/analysis

 

His point seems to be that Ben Arfa isn't as good as Cabaye in the central role? And that his range of passing isn't as good? Well no shit, Benny's threat comes from picking up the ball in wide positions and running at defenders, not from his killer range of passing. Not that he can't pick out a pass but to compare him to Cabaye is apples and oranges

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Quite a fair analysis of his performance today on sky sports:

 

http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/287522/analysis

 

His point seems to be that Ben Arfa isn't as good as Cabaye in the central role? And that his range of passing isn't as good? Well no s***, Benny's threat comes from picking up the ball in wide positions and running at defenders, not from his killer range of passing. Not that he can't pick out a pass but to compare him to Cabaye is apples and oranges

It was this quote which I particularly agreed with:

Newcastle did not seem to know what they wanted to do with Ben Arfa, who was frequently shifted across the pitch throughout the game from left to right. It resulted in an average position in a central area similar to that in which Cabaye operated in his final game for the club against West Ham United but both Ben Arfa and his team-mates looked confused and lost.
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He wan't the worst player on the pitch yesterday, but he must work on his fitness and loose weight. He was literally glued on the pitch sometimes, too fat to intercept a few pass not directly on his feet…

He still found Shola in good positions a couple of times, and globally I thought he tried to play the simple pass and quickly, excepting for their…third goal :-(

 

Needs to spend less time in all you can eat Buffet's in The Gate then.

 

How much time is he spending there? I know he's been seen out and about these places, but is there reason to think he's overdoing it?

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What's this about him out last night having pictures taken with Mackems?

 

Firstly would ANYONE go out on a night out in Sunderland*, secondly how the fuck would he know they were mackems? :lol:

 

 

 

 

*I assume this is the only way anyone would know they were mackems.

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Aye lets flog all of our players instead of investing in a proper squad and sacking the utter divvy in the dugout.

 

:thup: :lol:

 

Think that was one of the worst ideas I've read in here for a while. Flog him? Fucking hell.

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Where do people get this "out of shape" s*** from?

 

He cant hack 90 mins

 

then that fucking idiot pardew should have had him in abu dhabi with the rest of the squad, rather than letting him go to Tunisia to see his mates.

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What's this about him out last night having pictures taken with Mackems?

 

Firstly would ANYONE go out on a night out in Sunderland*, secondly how the fuck would he know they were mackems? :lol:

 

 

 

 

*I assume this is the only way anyone would know they were mackems.

 

I was just told he was pictured smiling with 2 lads holding '3-0' up with their hands. I've no idea as to the validity of it.

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Where do people get this "out of shape" s*** from?

 

He cant hack 90 mins

 

He's obviously got little to no self discipline or motivation, like. Obviously Pardew deserves a lot of criticism but I don't see why the player gets away with it just because he's got lots of talent.

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People are criticising him for his lack of motivation and desire yesterday, and I can see why. I'm a massive lover of the guy, so will naturally take his side- but it was very obvious that our gameplan from the off was not a last minute decision Pardew whipped up the night before; this would have been the order all week in training (if we did anything at all), which in that case you can completely see why HBA would be so lethargic and unmotivated. I bloody would be! The kid knew from kick off that his ability would be completely overlooked because Shola was in the team. Shola fucking Ameobi, man.

 

Shocked he hasn't quit, tbh.

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