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No chance, unless you think they can score 4 in the second half? Nope, not what I meant either... but we'd be even with points, which makes 5th place a possibility if we can keep a good run of wins. My mistake, thought you meant we had that possibility today (which we do, if a miracle happens).

No chance, unless you think they can score 4 in the second half?

Impressed by him, more than adequate replacement for Taylor.

Interesting fact: 36 points would have kept us up the season we got relegated.

Ben Arfa 8? He wasn't very good, a few moments aside. Colo 9? He hardly had to do anything! Can't see how any of our lot deserve a 9/10. QPR were that poor, like said above we probably could have gone up another level.

Why does Noelie type in all bold? Is he compensating for something?

A nice 4-0 Swansea win would do me - would put us in fifth. Easy.

Title-winning sort of form that.

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Yeh. Not much difference between those two. Fucks sake. Stick with a winning team and all that jazz... Not saying I don't want Ben Arfa starting, but I can see things from the other side too.

Different opposition but this team with Best in for Ba beat Man Utd 3-0.

If that makes you happy, guy.

a) Couldn't care less if it gets us results Even when we play more direct we still manage to play plenty of football on the ground. A mix of the two.

Also might be a case of Pardew worrying about where the goals are going to come from. You'd assume having 2 strikers on the pitch might bring you more goals than 1 who doesn't score enough and Ben Arfa. Yes I know Ben Arfa has 2 in his last 4 appearances.

Well you've argued your point expertly there.

Glad we've brought in the über worker Shola Ameobi to replace him then. Pardew has a formation today that Ben Arfa doesn't fit into. Simple, really.

Oh and Ferguson is back. CALM DOWN CT

Fine by me. Ben Arfa isn't putting the effort in in training apparently, so I can understand why he's dropped.

Handsome dude, no denying that.

It's still 2 hours till kick-off. Don't really think we want to be giving Hughes any help.

Team news at 11.30am?

Don't want him according to this. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7429621/Magpies-cool-on-Cissokho If that's the case I can only assume they're happy with what they've got at LB and are more interested in a central defender (I don't think Cissokho has ever played centrally).

Could go fifth if results (really) go our way.