Author Profile - Graham Porter ( 9596 Posts )

A rubbish match with two quite superb goals, no doubt preferable to a decent performance with no end product. Pull out all the stops to see these goals asap, Ben Arfa’s was quite simply stunning and Jonas’ wasn’t arf bad!

Bring on the draw.

Decent performance against a team nervous at home, a soft goal doing Newcastle in as Simpson’s poor defending gifts the game.

Alan Pardew must be desperate for a striking option as Best, Lovenkrands and the Ameobis aren’t up to the job, time for Ashley to help Pardew out.

Our match preview urged the manager to start with Ben Arfa but felt even with Best alongside Ba we’d be ok, wrong!

Let’s hope Ben Arfa’s introduction to the action is not a fleeting glimpse, he and the team should take confidence into the likes of Liverpool and Man.U.

The West Brom match saw plaudits for Vuckic but a few knocks for Tiote.

Vuckic ok as a stand-in but Cheick ran around like a madman to look after his partner, just like he did every week for the immobile Kevin Nolan.

A decent first half but both posts came to Swansea’s rescue, energy and inspiration levels dropping as the second half wore on.

Little inspiration came off the bench and no doubt many will wonder why Ben Arfa wasn’t thrown on to try and break the deadlock.

A disappointing result but surely the most important thing for any football fan to learn is the difference between a poor result and a poor performance. All credit to Alan Pardew and his team, they kept their shape and deserved something from the match. I wonder if the non-sending off will make the headines…