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#nufc definitely looking at strikers as well as centre halves this window. Agents briefed to that effect last week. Under 26 w/ potential 7 minutes ago from Twitter for iPhone Mark Douglas MsiDouglas

He tracks back with a bucket of popcorn and a beverage to see whats going on, hence he will be preferred.

Look at the company he is in: Ryan Taylor, Gabriel Obertan, Leon Best, Peter Lovenkrants, Shola Ameobi, Hatem Ben Arfa. They are all donkeys and he still struggles to get games. Wasting his time with pards I`m afraid, go find a team where the manager hands you a shirt and tells you to go have fun, lad.

Just enjoy Demba while he is here. He is off in the summer no matter what.

Wait a minute, I thought you wanted to play 4-3-3? Or have you finally realised that it's not going to work? Pardew plays a game where the wingers protect the fullbacks. A winger who doesnt do that obviously doesnt fit into that, regardless of his contributions offensively. I`d love a 4-3-3 and we are a fullback away from being able to play that game, but a quick glance at Pardews track record tells me that is never going to happen, so why bother debating that. Having two toothless wingers dropping deep and weak fullbacks ( santon excluded) makes our right and left flanks very open to the opposing teams fullbacks though, allowing them to play a high line. Maybe someone has a few reflections around that? Pardew Said........ Yes but is that as a winger or as a number 10? Or regardless of position? Either way it sounds great.

Wait a minute, I thought you wanted to play 4-3-3? Or have you finally realised that it's not going to work? Pardew plays a game where the wingers protect the fullbacks. A winger who doesnt do that obviously doesnt fit into that, regardless of his contributions offensively. I`d love a 4-3-3 and we are a fullback away from being able to play that game, but a quick glance at Pardews track record tells me that is never going to happen, so why bother debating that. Having two toothless wingers dropping deep and weak fullbacks ( santon excluded) makes our right and left flanks very open to the opposing teams fullbacks though, allowing them to play a high line. Maybe someone has a few reflections around that?

I do understand we are a unit, but there is a balance to be struck between operating as a team as well as given those with extra talent a bit of room to roam. I am of the opinion Pardew is tipping a scale a little bit too much towards the unit and defensive side of the spectrum, but you cant argue with his results and league position. The argument about our wingers protecting our fullbacks is valid and correct and if we are to play that way we need grafters on both sides. That being said, it is a very defensive approach. For all of Ben Arfas flaws, he is competing with Ryan Taylor, Obertan, Best and Shola. You would think what he has shown should warrant games.

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LBT, I want you to really consider this; Do you honestly think we'd be higher in the league of further in the cups if we'd been playing HBA alongside Ba? If you do, you are less a "football fan" and more a footballer fan in my opinion. Im not that bothered where on the pitch he plays tbh, as Im not qualified to make that decision. All I want is for him to be handed a shirt and told to go out there and play fotball. I do believe that had he been played more, preferable at the expense of Obertan but more in any case - we would be higher in the league. Yes.

In that one run, he beat more men that Obertan does in how many games?

A few players actually wanting the ball in this team wouldnt be the worst scenario tbh, as opposed to simpson who looks like he has been handed riot loot in the middle of the street whenever he gets the ball. Quite often we find ourselves at 40 yards out and running out of creativity, thats where ben arfa comes in.

He got 90 minutes on Saturday. This is what's so perplexing about the HBA fanboy. Still complaining he doesn't get 90 minutes after he got 90 minutes. Only happy when it rains tbh 90 minutes for the first time in 1,5 years, yes. And whos complaining? I cant see anyone. He is starved and hungry and it shows.

I think its due to trying too hard which it turn is because he is not given playing time. Vicious circle sort of. Im sure whenever he gets 90 minutes he will be less greedy on the ball. Ronaldo was a bit like this when he first arrived at Old Toilet wasnt he?

I see him getting way more room on the wing than in the middle. Thats why I want him there. Gives him an extra second or five to wager his options and then the magic happends !

You ought to revisit Hatems background a bit, prior to him coming here, to say the least. Happy to be corrected as my knowledge of French football is worse than CT, but from what I've read he's only ever played on the outside of a 3 man midfield/attack, never 4 or 5 as an out and out winger. Have you seen him do that? No I havent. Everywhere I have read about him he has been quoted as a winger though. If what you are saying is true, does that make him more of a number 10 or more of a winger though? Saying he has never been one and will never be one is a bit of a stretch in either case.

Interesting news Gemmill! Could be that 4.5 mill fella whos offer was rejected, or that twiba fella..

You ought to revisit Hatems background a bit, prior to him coming here, to say the least.

I know, my reply was more of a "as opposed to what" really. Its Shola or Best. He started Shola and he did well, we play with what we have got. A stroke of brilliance? Sure, I guess.. J69 seems to think the fact that Ba and Shola linked up well means there is no room for him. You could make a case for that if Hatem was exclusively a striker/number 10, but he has shown he can be played out wide as well ref. blackburn.

Shola deserves credit for that knockdown to Ba, and grafting. But otherwise, its easy to be a hindsight pundit and say it was a stroke of brilliance starting shola. Most of the time it isnt. Starting two big lads up front in that game was definitely essential. Even Ferguson admitted Shola and Ba bullied Rio and Jones. Made them nervous and gave us the edge right from the start. Yes but that doesnt necessarily have to have anything to do with Ben Arfa. He could have been started on the wing instead of Ryan Taylor. Additionally, take Ba out of that equation and whether Shola bullies a defender or not is not always gonna make a difference. 80% of the time he couldnt buy a goal.

I just think he needs to be handed a shirt and told to go out and play fotball. Our obsession with wingers tracking back has a flip side, namely that their fullbacks come rushing forward since our ones are so deep, providing immediate pressure. A winger such as Hatem you would never see that as they would keep minimum one back to contain him, and as we all know he will have absolutely no problems taking that guy to the cleaners 1v1.

Shola deserves credit for that knockdown to Ba, and grafting. But otherwise, its easy to be a hindsight pundit and say it was a stroke of brilliance starting shola. Most of the time it isnt.

too much gold there. Bryan ruiz undergoing medical as we speak, aye.

From Ladbrokes: Their authoritative victory over Manchester United will leave some fans optimistic that their current four-point deficit on fourth spot can be closed and 40/1 may be a massive price in the Premier League odds that they qualify for the Champions League. This task will not be made any easier by Demba Ba heading off to the African Cup of Nations to represent Senegal as his impact has been instant, with 15 Premier League goals already this season. He will rightly be considered to have made the greatest impact, but the success of French duo Yohan Cabaye and Manchester United reject Gabriel Obertan should not be underestimated.

That would be funny if my second cousin didnt die in the explosion, you cunt.

What a flawed argument You can make that fit ANYONE in the starting line-up. If HBA were started on the right wing instead of Ryan Taylor, would we have lost the game then also? The thing with Shola is that you dont know if Messi or Kuqi turns up that day, 6 days a week it will be Kuqi.