We only get the posh papers here in Purley but The Sunday Times player ratings for yesterday's game and the additional comments made for fascinating reading this morning :

6 - Hennessey, Ward & Benteke
7 - Van Aanholt, Milvojevic & Puncheon
8 - Tomkins, Sakho, Townsend & Cabaye
9 - Zaha

These are the best player ratings I have seen for many months.

In addition the paper pointed out :

Cabaye has made assists in consecutive games for the first time since April 2012. This come after 47 Premier League games without an assist.
Zaha has been directly involved in more goals this campaign than his past three league seasons combined (five goals and six assists).

For me it is the Cabaye figures that really damn the previous regime. We weren't getting the best out of Cabaye under the free flowing football of Pardew. Its been pragmatic Sam who has been able to do that.

agree on the basis of a few games. yesterday was the best game I've seen cabaye play for us.

however. I gotta seem him do that at least half a dozen more times this season to say Sam has worked out best how to use him.

for all we know..it may have all been down to parishes rollickin and will return to normality soon

The fact we had no recognised defensive midfielder in the squad let alone in the first XI is unforgivable, Flamini barely counted as he was never brought in to feature much and he'd barely played for 2 seasons previous. Milivojevic has freed up Puncheon and Cabaye to push up with and without the ball.

Milivojevic only a 7? Whenever West Brom tried to come forward through the midlle he appeared like the shopkeeper in Mr Benn, went "I'll have thst thank you", took the ball off them and sent it up to Cabaye or Puncheon or Zaha or Townsend. Often those players didn't quite connect but basically Milivojevic saw to it the West Brom created f*** all.

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What interest's me is what it had to say about Townsend's goal. I see it started further back in play than the Giggs' goal v Arsenal in 1999.

I saw on MOTD they didn't talk about it that long. Perhaps he needed to take his shirt off to get the recognition he deserved for it!?

The pyramid to beat all pyramids!!

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Find out what team is in which division, eg which division is Coppull United in?

The highlights on Sky are much better, really highlighting on Sakho. Shame that you couldn't hear the Pulis chant at the end though

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