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Tiote, Cisse and Jonas have suffered because of what we've gone through as a team this season. They are all still key figures for us imo, though Jonas does seem to be getting on a bit.

I thought Perch did alright to be honest but I agree Tiote is by far the better option in the long term. Great news about Gouffran because has certainly added a new dimension to our attack, a much needed one too.

Encouraging nonetheless.

I wonder what category Messi falls in, sometimes it seems as if he's using lightening pace to beat people. Sometimes it seems more like control and dribbling. Probably both to be honest

Yes, Ben Arfa doesnt really use pace does he? Its pure dribbling, drop of the shoulder, a feint here and there, dont even know how to describe it really. Most enjoyable player to watch in a long time. That style of play of Bales' is probably why he is compared to Ronaldo, its much the same with him. Doesnt mean he's anywhere near as good as him though.

The ability to run like that with the ball is priceless, as soon as you get a player who can do that he will immediately be compared with the world's best. Same reason we value Ben Arfa for.

Sums up my feelings for the weekend.

Get his car keys before he tries to drive away to QPR

Yup, hope Marveaux will try to work a bit harder for the European games then he did yesterday.

Along with a bit of excitement in Europe hopefully!

God I dont know what people are expecting Cisse to do when he barely has one decent chance setup for him in the whole game. In the circumstances he did pretty much everything you could ask an abondoned lone striker to do. Sissoko's not going to score two goals every week, thought he was still better than our other attacking players in that al least he was able to make a pass in the final third where the others just lost it today. Keep the faith. Ben Arfa will provide that X factor which was what we lacked today and Spurs had in Bale.

Yup had very little support and zero delivery into him today. Still managed to hold up the ball with around 4 spurs players on him everytime he had possesion and worked his socks off chasing people down when they had the ball. I think once HBA comes back in and we have some sort of an understanding developed amongst our new look attack he'll be getting a lot more chances and he'll put most of them away too.

Thought Tiote did alright although he made a couple of very wild challenges. Agree about Shola too he had once chance and he got it on target. What the hell are you in about Marveaux though? He did shite all in almost 40 minutes he was on the pitch, compare that to Gouffran's performance in the first half.

Two defensive errors for their goals although take nothing away from Bale who was the difference between the two sides. Dont think our attack linked up at all, passing in the final third was abysmal apart from a few instances Sissoko who at least was able to setup people for having a go at goal. Jonas really really has to do something about his passing, its shocking. Feel a bit sorry for Cisse who worked his socks off but barely had a decent chance at goal. Hope Gouffran is okay, his work rate is excellent to go along with the clever forward play and when he went off we werent the same side. Marveaux did absolutely nothing. Back down to earth then but it was always going to be a tough game and we were able to match them for long periods without providing too much threat on goal. Could have easily gotten a draw if we had dealt with the long ball for their second goal or Perch decided to jump in the wall for their first.

Looking forward to this. I'll be happy as long as we dont get drubbed down there again and give them a good game

He's been alright but hasnt had the kind of impact I though he would looking at the way he used to play at Fulham. I think he's been asked to play that box to box midfielder role rather than the floating type of role he seemed to enjoy more. Perhaps a Jonas like situation, asked to play for the team.

They are pretty dependent on him at the moment. I thought someone like Dembele would be more of a threat than he has been for them, although he does seem to be playing in a more defensive position than he was at Fulham.

A true black and white fan, as they are known down where I live!

Did most of the work for our equaliser. Not many people can run with the ball at that pace and manager to get a decent shot away. Speaks loads about his technical ability. Not the type of player who's going to dominate a game but one of those clever operators who will link up nicely with the others and once in a while setup a good chance by himself. The comparisons with Bellamy seem appropriate. Also seems to be willing to work hard and help out the guy behind him if needed.

Ah, thanks.

The only way I'd want us to offer him a new contract is if it meant we could get a couple of million quid selling him off to some poor sods in the summer.

I thought Ben Arfa was still a couple of weeks from a return to the side?

God I hope he takes them down.

Going to be a very interesting battle in midfield! The key of course will again be Bale, if we can keep tabs on him we could get something from this. Cant say Im not happy Defoe wont play, always seems to do well against us.