Ayatollah Hermione 13869 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I reckon Shola will start after his shifts against Chelsea and Norwich. Three good games in a row for him will be a big ask though. In Shola we trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nortoon 0 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44dMqpKO3oA Really hope Ben Arfa plays tomorrow. Fuck the system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Please Ben Arfa, let yourself play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Back to winning ways. Would like to see Best get back on. Why? I just think he fitted in well during the first 10 games or so when we got to 3rd / 4th. I know he's not a world beater but he grafts and holds the ball up well bringing others in. If we are without Tiote I would be extremely excited to see Abeid play. As someone has said though, it will probably be Smith. Also hoping Fergie makes the bench. He's so average its not true so I fail to see why anyone would want to see him play and after his little spell of scoring (well the Fulham game) he got worse and worse and we've anything but suffered from him not being in the team. Our problem is clearly in midfield and defense at the moment so I see absolutely no need to bring Best in. Ba's hat-trick against Stoke, his hat-trick against Blackburn, his goal against Wolves and the one against Spurs all came with Best on the pitch. Thats 8 of his 10 from open play. I'm not disagreeing with you on the whole but i do think Best's style of play is suited to Ba's. Thats the way football is sometimes though, combinations just work for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2979 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 We should win this provided Perch doesn't play. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Back to winning ways. Would like to see Best get back on. Why? I just think he fitted in well during the first 10 games or so when we got to 3rd / 4th. I know he's not a world beater but he grafts and holds the ball up well bringing others in. If we are without Tiote I would be extremely excited to see Abeid play. As someone has said though, it will probably be Smith. Also hoping Fergie makes the bench. He's so average its not true so I fail to see why anyone would want to see him play and after his little spell of scoring (well the Fulham game) he got worse and worse and we've anything but suffered from him not being in the team. Our problem is clearly in midfield and defense at the moment so I see absolutely no need to bring Best in. Ba's hat-trick against Stoke, his hat-trick against Blackburn, his goal against Wolves and the one against Spurs all came with Best on the pitch. Thats 8 of his 10 from open play. I'm not disagreeing with you on the whole but i do think Best's style of play is suited to Ba's. He also got the two last week playing alongside Shola and the games that he's played alongside Ben Arfa have been against the best teams in the league so obviously it's more difficult to score against them. You may have a point about them linking well but I don't think it necessarily follows. Personally I think we need to get Ben Arfa playing and performing and against a team like Swansea I would say that it's the perfect opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2979 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 They played well together against City and it nearly lead to two goals. Ba's chance in the first half from Ben Arfa's reverse pass and Ben Arfa's chance which Ba made a nice dummy run for to draw away the defenders in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nortoon 0 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 We should win this provided Perch doesn't play. Simple as that. Think this is a very solid point. He is that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I honestly think I could beat him to a few headers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULSTER MAG 0 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Colo plays we win, Perch plays we dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7029 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Abeid said he's starting on his facebook page apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I'd want to play Best to be honest. I think his hardwork will relieve some of the pressure that the defence will be under. Ben Arfa Cabaye Abeid Jonas Best Ba It'll be Smith with Ben Arfa up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2979 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I don't mind that. I can't see why Pardew refuses to play Ben Arfa out wide. More space for him to run at people and you can be guaranteed he'd have a go too unlike Oberfan-ny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Abeid said he's starting on his facebook page apparently In which case he should face a fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Abeid said he's starting on his facebook page apparently In which case he should face a fine. the way you carry on you'd think you fucking hate our players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Really? Would you care to expand on that? Lets give our weaknesses away before the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2979 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Abeid said he's starting on his facebook page apparently In which case he should face a fine. Yeh someone might want to have a word with him. He's young he might not know what the rules are. No need for a fine though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Really? Would you care to expand on that? Lets give our weaknesses away before the game Every time Ranger tweets you basically call him a cunt, you have a dig at Danny Simpson more often than not and you want a to fine a kid for putting on his facebook that he might be starting. I hardly think Brendan Rogers is going to be looking at the centre of the park and thinking "Oh now I know it's Abeid, I shall change all of my plans!" I'm guessing he will have had a plan to deal with any of the three likely options we were going to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 They arent meant to do it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Fucking hell Fish, get some rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I doubt he'll do it again. I just hope Pardew doesn't see it and go "Mehdi, you've been a naughty boy. I'm going to punish you by playing Smithy in your place". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2979 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 To be fair though most of Danny Simpson's and Nile Ranger's tweets are utter shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2979 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I doubt he'll do it again. I just hope Pardew doesn't see it and go "Mehdi, you've been a naughty boy. I'm going to punish you by playing Smithy in your place". Think I might start a facebook account as Alan Smith claiming I'm playing every week. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 To be fair though most of Danny Simpson's and Nile Ranger's tweets are utter shit. For the record I've never abused Danny Simpson on twitter - certainly not using his twitter handle anyway - and when I did it was in greards to the contract talks, i.e he needs to appreciate his position at a club like Newcastle because he isn't good enough to get a better one - true fact. In regards to Ranger the lad is a massive tosser so I don't really care. Also people should probably remember the stick Enrique got after revealing he was missing a match on twitter before getting all sanctimonious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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