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What two of the worst players in the PL? This is the sort of mediocrity MA has got idiots buying into. Ameobi with an assist yesterday. Can't remember one from Ben Arfa this season. with our lack of height yesterday it would be daft to start a 5 footer ahead of a 6 footer.

Again too simplistic, making the situation fit your argument. You have your two first choice CB's and your first reserve who would fill in for either in the case of injury, then if your unlucky enough to lose all 3 you are into 4th and 5th choice, they are NOT going to be as good as your 1-3. Simple common sense would see that. PLUS how do you balance your squad. Yeah let's have 5 good CB's, then what happens if your midfield gets wiped out, you play a CB in midfield and the cry goes up "our squad is paper thin" we should have more midfielders. It's nonsense. As for the "not particularly bad luck with injuries" haven't looked at the stats anywhere but if you are right, I would suggest even if we have not had a significant number of injuries in the squad (compared to others) we have had an very unusual concentration of injuries in a particularly key area of the squad. If you don't see that, and I am completely wrong, what's the answer then ?? you are completely wrong and the answer is more strength in depth. It's not a case of having internationals on the bench, but Taylor should be the back up for an international in our team. You can't go on like this is unprecedented bad luck in one position when many have feared exactly this and warned about it. One in 3 of Stevies posts since the season began have been about Perch being league 1 quality and that inevitably fucking us up.

He was driven to London with his leg fucked? Not flown?

you've been banging on about 3 players in one position all week. It's not. It's 2 positions. Colo out Perch in. That's the quality we have next in line, good enough? Taylor out, Williamson in. Good enough? With Williamson injured also, we have 1 position stretched to fill with a reserve or a utility player. Happens to teams up and down the league all season. We've not been having any particularly bad luck with injuries at all.

Ben arfa has to justify a start ahead of ameobi/best. That's his way in.

Seems mad to me the 2 players people are raging about (Obertan and Raylor) are the two that we have no alternative for. If you're gonna play Barfa on a wing it has to be the left, which means guti going on the right. Again, people are suggesting overhauling the entire team. He ain't gonna do it....and rightly so.

Far too simplistic. It's 3 first team regulars PLUS their first choice replacements all concentrated in the most critical area of the team. plural? Who, in addition to Williamson?

The basic problem was they scored 4 goals from crosses. We have no defenders to cope with those headed goals, whichever position they play in.

So with 3 players out already, you want to move another 3 players out of position and start with only 5 first choices where they're supposed to be?

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Pardew conceded. "Our squad has been stretched to the limit. Just 3 first team regulars not available. When that's the limit, its clear what the problem is. Sort it in January.

There's little other options for those positions though. Even with a fully fit squad.

I've had a pop at him for changes he hasn't made in the past, but down to 10 men chasing the game he was limited for options. I'd never think Ben arfa was the bloke to do the work of 2 men. cabaye next booking is his 5th right? Gosling banned. Looks like smith will get a game.

I dont question pardoo based on results. I questioned his appointment. I questioned his ability while we were winning and I still think he's very average. I don't expect any more with the injuries, and I expected less over the previous 14 games, But we all knew the blip was coming. The only surprising thing is how quickly bitterness is spreading round the board.

We've not played particularly good football.

Cheers Ant. Useful link. Hopefully a Canny Xmas bonus and I'll be to push the spending.

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LM wouldn't be to say "told you so" for 11th. His view is Ashley will never improve on 12th.

Not sure what you mean by that. If we win, then it shows we have depth but if we lose, we lack depth? Yet the depth of a squad is not affected by a result. I think you mean its a test of the quality we have in depth. In which case i agree. We could be playing our 4th and 5th Choices at CH, with the added likely disruption to the full back position(s), plus our 3rd choice holding midfielder. When you get down in that area of a squad it would be a challenge for anyone. It's a test of the squad to a depth you would rarely ordinarily get to tbh, you're basically playing your 4th choice "heart of the team" how often does that happen. EVERY season. As most have cautioned about since Sept 1st...even while applauding the first team for performing over and above. Unless you're saying we don't need replacements in January? One might get the impression you're just being contrary.

That'll have contributed to the sparse crowd for Aloe Blacc at the Academy. He was mint though.

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Mind, i forgot about Colin Stetson. inbelievable what he does witha sax.

The caption is bad enough, but more hilarious is that the mock outrage at liberal brainwashing is next to a blunt statement that viewers should "FOLLOW MONEY" Almost as ingenius as harping on for 4 years about keeping government out of healthcare because they're incompetent and oversized....then insisting government should be trusted to kill citizens without charge in complete secrecy.