Blackburn, my thoughts.

[Blue & Maroon]

We played badly but won.

Jizz etc etc.

[beardface]

Perch had a good game, deserves some plaudits. 2 good games in a row for him now!

Krul & Colo also played well. Nobody else did really.

[Badgers Assemble]

Sign of a good team, 3 massive points after last week

[Blue & Maroon]

Colo was a colossus

And Perch proved again he has a use

[Lidl]

Perch is a solid CM, much better than Gosling (or should i say, more proven than Gosling). I don't know who bid for him but they were clearly seeing some potential for greatness (or just continued averageness).

[Donkey Toon]

Perch impressive again and looking good in the dm role.

Who'd have thunk it!

[Smudger]

Perch and Obertan the match winners! Who'd have thought it?

[Smudger]

We still havent told tash about here yet have we? I cant be arsed reading about jizz and stuff.

[skalpel]

As far as I know, Tash isn't here yet.

[Blue & Maroon]

Perch impressive again and looking good in the dm role.

Who'd have thunk it!

He is actually a decent tackler, just caught out of position too many times playing at RB. DM is a different kettle of fish, doesn't require much positional sense, just for him to put his body on the line in the middle of the park and break up opposition attacks.

[Amnesiac]

Perch has really good vision on the ball, didn't even notice until today!

[Smudger]

Aye he's a canny DM, might he even have a future here beyond summer?

[Amnesiac]

The fact he's used as backup to Tiote on the bench suggests Pardew rates him there.

[Donkey Toon]

Perch impressive again and looking good in the dm role.

Who'd have thunk it!

He is actually a decent tackler, just caught out of position too many times playing at RB. DM is a different kettle of fish, doesn't require much positional sense, just for him to put his body on the line in the middle of the park (<laugh>) and break up opposition attacks.

I found myself watching him for the last twenty minutes or so of the game (pretty much ignoring the actual action if it wasn't on him) just to see what his positioning was like. I was really impressed. Seems to read the game very well and was moving early to get into potential covering positions and very quick to spot a pass recipient and close them down.

Really starting to think he is going to grow into a useful member of our squad.

[Whitchester Mag]

Just buzzing now to see Cisse and Ba tear up Villa on Sunday.

Poor tonight but bloody fantastic result. Shout out to the superb away following aswell.

[Albert's Chip Shop]

Im getting a semi on thinking about Sunday....

[Crouching Shola Hidden Talent]

Im getting a semi on thinking about Sunday....

Have you had the same discussion with my wife that I have?

Anyhow, we were awful tonight. Friend of mine who is a Spurs fan (don't judge me) claimed after they ragged through against Watford that good teams know how to win when playing poorly, yet called us jammy tonight. I argued.

[Smudger]

Ben Arfa going off was the right decision by the way, there's too much hysteria surrounding every little thing that happens to him. We were getting slaughtered down the right and him not defending wasnt helping, needed a more defensive winger and a change of formation.

[skalpel]

I have to be honest, I was surprised that it was Ben Arfa coming off and not Raylor. Raylor looked like he was hot headed after that yellow card and I figured it would be a straight swap with Perch. Made sense bringing off HBA though, he did give the ball away a hell of a lot.

[Crouching Shola Hidden Talent]

Ben Arfa going off was the right decision by the way, there's too much hysteria surrounding every little thing that happens to him. We were getting slaughtered down the right and him not defending wasnt helping, needed a more defensive winger and a change of formation.

I pointed this out on another forum, but everyone just seemed to ignore my point...