First point, that's not on him, Pardew or Parish. They clearly didn't buy him to play as an attacking midfielder, and when he played for PSG it was as one of the deeper two. You can't blame him for people getting the wrong end of the stick.

Second point, you say 'some interceptions' and no tackles. Last season Cabaye had the fourth highest average interceptions per game, and the seventh highest average tackles per game. That's in the whole league, not just at Palace.

Just because he's not the player some people wrongly assumed he was, it doesn't mean he's not a good player.

Employee of the month is a good example of how someone can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.

If that's the case why does Pardew keep throwing him on in the second half?

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Admittedly United and Chelsea were probably not the best games to chuck him in at. But the likes of Burnley,Swansea and Hull etc.

I really feel having two left footed players down that side will speed up the play. At the moment it's only the right we have any threat on and we've never had anything through the middle for a long time!

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I think Jedinak did something similar.
The stats can only tell you some of the story , it's about where the tackles/ interceptions / passes are and what impact they have on the game.
Cabaye actually did make a couple of important interceptions against Man U and Chelsea , then you see him falling over behind Pogba leading to Man U goal , then against Hazard he has a little dig and again is brushed off easily , then escorts him across the pitch without getting near him or hassling once to allow him to think and pass easily to the gut who sets up Chelsea's goal.
Is it a coincidence that Pogba allegedly had his best game for Man U and Hazard had his best game for ages (Pundits) against us with him playing in midfield.
As I asked with his win record in the last year , we win more without him than with , what positive impact is he having ?
I don't think he is a bad player just a very average one , especially compared to his former self.
I see other players judged harshly who are giving their all , and he is supposed to be the 'star' who all the other players have to aspire to according to our manager, so therefore is judged accordingly.

If pickle hadn't previously been banned I wouldn't have said what I did. I am perfectly fine to read comments supporting AP. It is so easy to have a downer on the manager for many well known reasons but history is littered with great managers who went right to the brink of failing before becoming greats of the game. More than happy to hear why our own silver fox could be next. But for me, pickle pushed it.

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