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• 1 toonking // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:16 PM

  1st krul

• 2 tarie4 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:16 PM

  did you see that goal from ben arfa???? hahaha goal of the season.. crouch sit down son!!!

• 3 tarie4 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:16 PM

  santon for me…was solid..

• 4 Baro // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:17 PM

  Oh my god Ben Arfa!!!!!!!

  Did u guys c that????

  WowwaaaWoooWaaaa

  Genius……

  I don’t know what to say he is just….

  BRILLIANT!!!!!!

• 5 toonking // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:19 PM

  tarie4
  that goal by benny was an excellent one i bet if it were messi who scored that goal SSN would be dominated with that goal.
  do you know if ba did get a bit angry when he came off which was what my commentators said?

• 6 tarie4 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:19 PM

  from twitter hahaha

  “Ben Arfa goal is two parts brilliance/three parts terrible Bolton defending. Ream actually runs away.”

• 7 purpleboots // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:20 PM

  ream scared of the magic in front of him.

• 8 MUTINYbyLEMONS // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:21 PM

  How are we level on points with Tottenham? Look at their players and how they were playing earlier in the season and when they thrashed us 5 nil, I just can’t believe it. Whoo.

• 9 tarie4 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:21 PM

  toonking
  yeh…he refused to shake pards hands..sat down and started to sulk…but to be fair…all players do that…i think hatem had a few of those…but i believe pards will keep it inhouse, protect his player from the media..and sort it out…we need Ba here!! esp if we make europe!!!

• 10 Oleg G // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:21 PM

  First 65 mins, Krul.

  last 25, Hatem.

• 11 Szarka // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:22 PM

  Krul – Ben Arfa combined

• 12 roblee7 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:22 PM

  Anyone interested in a Ben Arfa long sleeved orange away shirt I have one for sale, thought it was a good time to let yer know !!!!

  http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/roblee7/m.html?hash=item2ebd0da741&item=200740284225&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&_trksid=p4340.l2562

• 13 Hatem's better than Messi // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:22 PM

  Go Benni !!!
  Toon Legend already.

  Demba Ba do not disrepect the b&w shirt!

  Time for Pardew to reflect on playing 442 and on Demba Ba.

  Spurs may look to have an easier run in.
  But we play more mid-table teams.

• 14 tarie4 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:22 PM

  purpleboots

  who wudnt??? hahaha

• 15 tarie4 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:24 PM

  Newcastle boss Alan Pardew after the 2-0 win over Bolton:
  “It was a special, special goal from Ben Arfa and we needed that today. He can make the difference in tight games and not many players are blessed with the talent he has. It was a fantastic goal. He did it in the FA Cup against Blackburn this year. He will probably get the coverage he deserves for that goal. His goal, his performance and his workrate were magnificent.”

• 16 tarie4 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:24 PM

  Bolton boss Owen Coyle:
  “We were terrific for 75 minutes and it was a wonderful first goal by Ben Arfa. We had one or two great chances but we were denied the opportunity to get back in the game because their second goal was clearly offside.”

• 17 bosamuelson // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:24 PM

  Santon from me. Thought he played well. HBA and the rest of the team only woke up when Shola came on.

  The old lady next door came and knocked on my door to ask if I was alright, 30 seconds later she was sitting on my coach watching HBA replay!

  WOW was all she said…

• 18 Londtoon // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:25 PM

  Sunderland can’t catch Newcastle and Liverfool’s can only afford to drop two points in their remaining games to finish above us. If we get just one more win in our final 5 we will have proved Enrique wrong and a schmuck!

• 19 toonking // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:26 PM

  taries
  thanks for that i guess he seems to be head down the same road as guthrie and so europe will help both alot

• 20 Oleg G // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:27 PM

  BY THE WAY LADS!

  Everton are looking very good. Liverpool are looking really bad.
  Not good for us, but maybe if we will continue like this, it won’t matter?

• 21 GHOSD (The poster formerly known as Ruddy Marveaux-lous) // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:27 PM

  There can be absolutely no doubt as to who the best player on the pitch was. He totally changed the game with his deft touches, explosion of pace and great vision.

  All I have to say is, Shola Ameobi, take a bow son

  (HBA wasn’t bad either )

• 22 Mark // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:27 PM

  For me Krul, But Ferguson made a differnece for us too

• 23 Thump // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:28 PM

  Has to be Santon for me like. Arfa did well once he decided he could get a sniff of goal but Santon ran his little heart out!

• 24 Thump // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:28 PM

  Haha Ruddy, you owe me a new keyboard mate

• 25 gaz 44 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:28 PM

  what happened when ba was taken off… missed it cos of my stream .. hope we don’t lose him in summer get will take some replacing

• 26 Nufc-83 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:28 PM

  Imagine this next season

  Hoilett cisse Ben Afra

  ? Tiote Cabaye

  Would need an addition of another top class cm and we could compete with most sides in europe.

• 27 PIBID (the poster formerly known as hattambenarfa) // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:29 PM

  just used score predictor, completed honestly

  table reads

  Man U 94pts
  city 84
  arsenal 75
  TOON 71
  Chelsea 69
  tottenham 68

  Also has QPR staying up on just 32 pts on goal difference

• 28 MagpiesFlyHigh // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:29 PM

  Pardiola is a good enough man manager to keep Ba sweet and build his confidence… He’s done a great job with Benny !

  Spuds have lost confidence and we haven’t – the run in teams are irrelevant if they’re losing at home to Norwich. It’s almost too late in the season to pick up a run of form. They were 10 pts ahead of Gooners four weeks ago… See how Chelski perform tonight

• 29 corktoon88 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:29 PM

  Put shola back on the banner on the website! he’s toon through and through find space maybe instead of Best or between ben arfa and cabaye!

• 30 Barras // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:30 PM

  I think people should try and remember that we would not be in this wonderful position if it wasn’t for Demba Ba.

• 31 PIBID (the poster formerly known as hattambenarfa) // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:30 PM

  that chelsea game is our cup final

• 32 GHOSD (The poster formerly known as Ruddy Marveaux-lous) // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:31 PM

  Thump why? What did I do? ha ha

• 33 Nufc-83 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:33 PM

  Barras everyone knows that BA is a quality player on his day and been excellent this season however he simply does not fit into the system that gets the most out of our team in a 433. BA on the lft is totally ineffective imo

• 34 tarie4 // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:34 PM

  “Modric’s last Premier League goal or assist came nearly 3 months ago. A £40m world-class midfielder?”

• 35 BringBackTav // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:41 PM

  Has to be Krul for me. Before HBA made the breakthrough Tim kept us in the game. After the breakthrough HBA all the way and Cisse just finished it off. Something has to be said for Ferguson too. The lad came on and was a game-changer. So
  Krul
  HBA
  Ferguson

• 36 catchy in norway // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:42 PM

  3 players stud out for different reasons

  1st HBA, what a goal, outstanding

  2nd krul, kept us in the game for HBA to do his stuff

  3rd young fergy, from when he came on was all action, i think we have got our left winger already at the club, give him a chance and i recon he will only shine

• 37 only magpie of nepal // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:44 PM

  SANTON 100%

• 38 Spreadthetoon // Apr 9, 2012 at 5:56 PM

  Again, play Ba central, he can hold the ball and play off our other attacking 2 players. Best use of all 3.

• 39 JP...from The Rock // Apr 9, 2012 at 6:39 PM

  For people to say Ba should be sold are mad. If Ba isn’t performing at his best or is unhappy at playing in the left then he should put up with it or at least be sub for when Cisse is tired/injured-NOT SOLD! Ba has got us into the great league position we find ourselves in now so show sum appreciation and respect.

  Until we strengthen in the summer I am afraid 4-3-3 is our best formation and Ba is our only player than can play there for now. I hope he understands that any manager with half a brain knows you can’t leave a striker in red-hot form like Cisse out of the team, or change it around for his sake. I am sure Ba acknowledges this and Pardew will set him straight quietly.

  What a season we’re having and we’re so close to Champions League that I can faintly hear that famous music.

• 40 Sav // Apr 10, 2012 at 4:27 AM

  Ba is off form. His touch, his enegy and his confidence. he hasn’t become a bad player. In fact he is still worth his starting place. But its up to Pards and Carver to help the lad find his goal boots again. Although perhaps a mini-drought will deter some of his would-be suitors.