The long awaited first game of the season wasn’t much to look at, but it brought a good steady result to start our season with and stands us in good stead to face Sunderland next weekend.
The 0-0 draw with Arsenal was something that I imagine that most fans would have taken at the beginning of the game, I’m sure I would. Arsenal were just typical Arsenal, they were tidy with no end product and rarely threatened our defence which looked resolute.
The first half was a very drab affair which did nothing to excite the fans, but I believe the second half was huge improvement. In the first half we were outnumbered in midfield by Arsenal’s three man midfield and they passed through us, almost as if Cabaye and Tiote were not there.
Gervinho looked dangerous when attacking down the left hand side, the side which was being defended by Ryan Taylor. Gervinho was pacey and Taylor really struggled, which emphasises the point that we really need to bring in a left back in before Sunderland. I’m glad that we didn’t sign Gervinho as he is a diving little cheat, who spent the whole game trying to buy free kicks, he also lacks end product.
Our only attempt of the first half was an ambition Jonas Gutierrez volley on the run which nearly killed the ball boy near the corner flag. There was one chance where the frustrating Shola Ameobi could have played Demba Ba in infront of goal, but as usual he got the ball trapped under his feet. Arsenal had no attempts of note really, with Koscielny’s effort their only attempt on target.
At half time Pardew changed the formation and brought on Obertan for Demba Ba and turned it into more of the 4-5-1 formation with Obertan, Cabaye and Jonas behind Shola Ameobi which really helped us grab the game by the scruff of the neck and get more possession.
Obertan looked one of the stand out players on the pitch for me, I rated him when I’ve previously seen him play, but I was truly shocked by the amount of pace the lad actually has. He seems to already be on a good wavelength with the rest of our team, and he and Cabaye linked up extremely well creating a couple of opportunities.
The second half also provided very little excitement footballing wise, but once Joey Barton was stamped on by Arsenal’s Alex Song you could tell that there was a more heated feel to the affair. Seen as Song wasn’t cautioned it should be booked at by the FA who may punish him. The game calmed down a little until the mass brawl in the 74th minute.
Gervinho blatantly dived in the box which was ignored by the referee and Joey Barton took it into his own hands to grab the Arsenal striker and pick him up by his shirt, and confront him. Steven Taylor and Danny Simpson tried to get in between the players, but Gervinho reached round them and slapped Joey Barton in the side of the face, which resulted in Joey Barton in a heap on the floor.
The referee and his assistants got together and gave a red card to Gervinho and a yellow to Joey Barton for his part in the brawl. I’m not saying Barton should have kicked off and grabbed him, but his cheating antics deserved some comeuppance. That should have come from the referee, but it didn’t, but the aftermath of the brawl turned out better than expected about as I thought Barton would receive a red as well. But as usual the press and other daft do-gooders believe that Joey Barton should be banned from football for life for being such a naughty man.
The game fizzled out after the sending off as Arsenal aimed to sure up their defence by bringing on Frimpong and Djourou, as we brought Leon Best and Peter Lovenkrands for Shola Ameobi and Yohan Cabaye looking for the win. Chances were few and far between after that with the only notable chance a cross by Coloccini which was nearly met by the head of Steven Taylor.
There were plenty of positives which came from that game and also a few negatives. The main positives were obviously the point against a top four team – at the moment anyway – and Coloccini, Obertan, the defence and Krul all played very well.
The negatives were the lack of a left back, hopefully that can be resolved soon. Also the fact we lacked a pacey striker upfront and Tiote’s performance which looked very lacklustre and rusty, almost as if he’d not trained with the team or something like that…
Player Ratings
Krul – 8 – Solid when called upon, his kicking also looked good.
Simpson – 8 – Didn’t back off as much and dealt with his winger on most occasions, decent going forward.
Coloccini – 9 – Real captains performance, read the game well, as usual.
S Taylor – 7 – Coloccini had to cover for him a couple of times, deceived the ref well.
R Taylor – 7 – Poor first half, improved in the second half, set pieces were shocking like normal.
Barton – 7 – Oozed passion and commitment, passed the ball well, got roughed up and lost his temper a bit, but got away with it.
Cabaye – 7 – Looked a lot better when he was moved forward, and adjusted to the pace better second half.
Tiote – 6 – Rusty and wanted a long time on the ball, understandable though. A weeks training and he’ll be fine for the unwashed.
Gutierrez – 7 – Worked hard, but as usual very frustrating to watch. Lacked end product.
Ba – 6 – Didn’t get much chance, would have left him on and took off Ameobi.
Ameobi – 6 – Touch was poor as ever. Put himself about, caused them a few problems with his size.
Subs
Obertan – 7 – Looked very quick and skilful, excited to see what he can do. I’d start him v Sunderland.
Best and Lovenkrands – 6 – Neither got much time on the pitch to change the game.
Newcastle United (4-4-2): Tim Krul; Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini (c), Ryan Taylor; Joey Barton, Yohan Cabaye (Peter Lovenkrands 80), Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez; Shola Ameobi (Leon Best 73), Demba Ba (Gabriel Obertan 46)
Subs not used: Fraser Forster, Mike Williamson, Dan Gosling, Sammy Ameobi.
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Wojciech Szczesny; Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Thomas Vermaelen, Kieran Gibbs; Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey (Johan Djourou 90); Gervinho, Tomas Rosicky (Emmanuel Frimpong 85), Andrei Arshavin (Theo Walcott 61); Robin van Persie (c)
Subs not used: Lukasz Fabianski, Carl Jenkinson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Marouane Chamakh
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)
Attendance: 46,894 (3,352 Arsenal)
All in all it was a decent result even though the game was a poor one to watch, but I think with a striker and a left back we will be able to compete well this season, and I also think Obertan will surprise a few who had already written him off
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Good article but don’t agree with your rating of simpson, I found that he didn’t get back fast enough when he had been attacking, drifted too far infield at points and could of put a couple tackles in when he didn’t. He did show at times how good he can be but I feel he has to work on a few aspects of his game
Anybody catch post-match comments from Pardew?
I’l settle for that point…
Really wish I could meet Bobby/Troy/Blobb in person So that I could smash his face through his arsehole.
i am here at hospital. so i think u should apologise
Think it was poor form from barton to go down like he was shot after tat slap by gervinho. Gervinho cant raise his hand but it was not a punch or an elbow as barton n taylor suggested. Other than tat thought we played well. Yeah arsenal out played us alot of the game but they r still a very good side. Cabaye impressed in parts n think the more he plays the better he will become. Colo was amazing. Obertan looks dangerous. We add a striker n left back we will be laughing
attendance 46k !!!!!’ 3k arse fans!!!!!
Who said bobby was wrong when he predicted low crowds season on season?
First game always attracts a capacity no matter the opposition.
Playing Arsenal, start., middle or or end always guarantees a capacity.
Everyone who doubted Bobbys prediction please check the records.
Ashley in charge means within 2 years time we will have below 40k crowds like the Mackems.
Bobby Shinton nufcblog.co.uk
2009-2011 RIP
MM went for 3-1 “if” the blend was right,it wasnt imo,seemed to be lacking fitness was never happy with that usa tour,but take a point after that show
@bloBB
What section under the mental health are you detained at St Nicks Hosp?
I’ve just put my superman pants on and cape and I’m gonna get you free you pineapple chunk!
Good thread and pretty well sumed up but the ratings are a bit kind
but not far out, so well done to however it is
Ice as I said yesterday I would be well pleased with a point
Bobby, you need to get a life… Really, having conversations with yourself.
Ice…did you reckon 3-1 to Arsenal ? I’m happy with a draw tbh and a goalless one too isn’t too bad. Didn’t see the game unfortunately, apparently we were outpassed big time by Arsenal, but so what, they do that with everybody…
Howay the lads…bring on the makkems…
Pardew said that he feels that Barton will remain at St James’ Park and see out the final year of his contract.
“I think he’ll stay past September,” Pardew said
Batty what did I say
wat u mean im in the one where ppl where after polar bear attack
DAVE our legs had gone was hopeing we could pinch it when they had man sent off
barton is a disgrace to this club. he doesnt want to be here ,we cant give him away.we are an embarrasment to the game
dave
blobb f uck off
never mind owl-heed says on ssn that we will be makeing more signings
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
nooooo
failed surgery no its got life threatning on. wont be out fir 3 weeks at the mininium
im lukn 4wad to watchn obreryan , fast as feck and a good touch
, ba was a bit slow today
Bobby/troy……we had a lower crowd than that for the first home fixture last year…..a little research avoids embarassment
obertan*
Ice was Owlheed talking
, as for the legs were gone yeah mate but after the preseason we had I didn’t expect much more tbh.
Batty I knew you had faith in me
TOONDOG
August 13, 2011 at 21:33
barton is a disgrace to this club. he doesnt want to be here ,we cant give him away.we are an embarrasment to the game
how can you say that from the passion he just put in the game 4 us?? i think hes class
DAVE kna ssn pinched it oot of match programe
Toondog…..he doesn’t want to be here?….ok jog on
barton is class? says it all really. have a good season sunderland
aye what rich sed and fook off dog head
well done Barton you are credit to British society,
no wonder the youth are rioting with role models like him. team mates
and manager who have no problem with this behaviour
@27….why bother?…..tottenham
Well known throughout England that geordies are as thick as pig-shit – and never more evident than the statement that Gervinho dived for the penalty when every replay proves his leg was taken and it was a definite penalty. Even devout Arsenal hater Robbie Savage said it was a blatant penalty!
But well done, Newcastle & Barton. Once again, his anti-football thuggery gets one of our players sent off and you mugs celebrate a draw as if it was a victory. What a miserable life you must live when that’s what you celebrate!
Anyway, I’m off for a night out in the greatest city on the planet. Guess you’ll be…taking your whippets out for a walk or something…
GM half your team for the past few yrs have been working for 2012 games yous always had some hellish divers got to be a gold medal there somewhere
Toondog this blog isn’t big enough for 2 dogs and we allready have the Top Dog on here so watch the door doesn’t hit you on the way out.
Mmmmmmmm where are they rioting again, just remind me?……
london joe are you gonna riot agen you halfwitted c unt
LondonJoe not out rioting the night in the greatest city you muppet, typical arse fan always fuking crying you’s all take after your sad manager
Joe..watch it again on the tv you nicked you thievin low life cockney scum, if you raise your habds it’s a sending off, but well done for confirming Arsenal as the biggest whingers(again) nice one
londonjoe and ide just like too say what a crackin player ryan shawcross is
aye ill take the dogs out while you lot can loot your stores,watch for that cctv mind,or you will be out on your necks,never mind you can get into bed with wenger
f uckin deluded gooners fans ,no champs leauge for them next season
Londonjoe…you’re a bit of a daft shite aren’t you ?
*hands* sorry, I’m p!ssed so me intelligence is only 80% higher than londonjoes……..I see you put as much effort into your nick as me
Man oh man…I’m starting to detest Arsenal, and everything that these whingeing muppets stand for… I can understand why Nasri and Fabregas want out from this bunch of jokers…
LondonJoe…shall we talk about Song & stamping on an opponent as you conveniently forgot to mention that.
You fcukers have come up here the last two times & tried to wind Barton up & you came off worse each time.
No-ones condoning what Barton did but Gervinho deserved to get sent, as did Song
batty i cant see arsenal finishing top 6 if they carry on finishing like 2day , they were very poor!! im not complaining like!!! 39 points more and we are safe
Batty@ 40 or the year after for Wengers Whingers, I cant wait till the FA ban Song as well for the Stamp on Joey, and to think you get the london gangsters coming on her mouthing of about playing dirty
Richie @ 42 that has to be a
Munich, I said that last season when they did mowt but whinge about the 4-4, instead of appreciating it for the great game it was that had everything for both sides they did nowt but blame everybody but themselves for a game they should have lost in the end. Blamed the ref for everything but conveniently forgot that their players folded as soon as the 1st toon goal went in and that Best’s goal was well onside…..and now they turn on their manager before the season even gets started…classy
Dave..
……..feck all will happen to Song because he doesn’t play for us 
……nasty joey sticking his leg under Songs boot as he was about to stamp his foot on the floor…..c@nts
JOYEY has his say
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/08/13/2618752/what-do-people-want-me-to-do-stand-and-trade-blows-with-gervinho-
Richie @ 49 you have a point there mate Joey could get a 3 game ban for that
JOEY
Dave…at least
Ice….he’s right…though he shouldn’t have gone down like my ex-wife had hit him
where’s Troy? is it cos bobby was wrong earlier?
Ice I think he summed it up well
RICHIE aye heard you could tak a punch,mind think she must have had her fist-ful of pound coins
get ya hard hats oot for next weekend,coz we have fk all up front to turn owa the scum
we need a decent striker ASAP.
lee_ryder Lee Ryder
Hearing there’s nothing doing on Lukas Podolski, reliably told Pieters is “desperate” to come here, now between two clubs to do rest #nufc
Hitman….Shola has 2 good games a year, one of em is next weekend
Ice
HITMAN they say pieters was playing the neet for psv,strange?
fk knows ice..
richie, strolla is a waste of a place,its a fkin disgrace this lad got a new contract..
strolla spent more time sitting on his bottle and glass,than owt else..
HITMAN i agree how anybody thinks shola is a PL player just defeats me
Toondog, Joey is an embarrasment?
He was outstanding today bar his set pieces and showed an incredible amount of commitment. Were you at the match? Because if you were I fail to see how you can disagree.
He will once again be made a scapegoat and branded a “thug” Despite being stamped on and slapped.
Oh and London Joe the sentance above applies to you too.
Hitman I agree Shola is a poor player, however today he played decent and put in a better shift than the rest of our strikers.
Troy, man. Come on, you’re sunning yourself in France and break dancing on whizz. Here it is and listen good boy. We are in deep do-do. All the people who have been on here happy with the new signings should come on and confess. Facts are Cabaye was pedestrian, absolutely pedestrian, with no indication that he has a second gear, never mind a higher one. Why hail great signings when you’ve never seen them, as people have done on here. All I can do is comment on today. Pardew says he wants to quicken up the pace, but Cabaye would have been ten yards behind Kevin Nolan. As for Marveaux – a no show. Says it all. Ba offered next to nothing. Of the new boys only Obertan came out with credit. Barton, the man on the way out, was by far the man of the match. Saylor and Colo aquitted themselves well, but I expected nothing less. Pardew should be thoroughly embarrassed with all his talk of a new style of play and bringing pace to the team. Pah!
EH,were you watching the same game as me,fkin shola played like he always does SHITE.its a fkin joke he got a new contract he should of been shipped out moons ago.all the lad did was sit on his ar$e.
yep I was, and I noticed the same fans giving Shola stick and making him a scapegoat. He wasn’t shite. None of our strikers got service but when they did Shola did the best Imo.
Shola playing decent *equals* Shola not being as crap as usual *does not equal* Shola playing at a good enough standard to be in the team.
It’s ridiculous we renewed his contract.
That said Ba offered nothing so we probably didn’t have much in the way of choice.
Cabaye looks like he will come good, but it isnt going to happen immediately (Surprise, surprise!)
Obertan looks good on the ball but we haven’t seen enough to judge what his end product is like or whether he is consistant (pretty much much what Man U fans have said).
Our ‘best in the league, will score and create chances for fun’ midfield looked like no such thing. We have to hope things improve significantly over time.
Tiote looked off the pace – almost as if he had been part of a shambolic preseason and spent time sorting out things like visas (you know, the stuff the administration department should be making sure run smoothly)
We clearly need a quality left back and quality striker immediately.
If there arent any available for peanuts then Tweedledum and Tweedledee are going to have to pay the going rate.
That said we got a reasonable point from Arsenal due to decent performances from our more established defenders.
We should be thankful though that Arsenal seemed burdened by their own upheavals at the moment, because had they scored, we never looked capable of being threatening.
Glad of a point, but the concerns expressed by many before the match are still concerns now.
Joey7Barton Joseph Barton
Bad shirt, shoes and views from shearer again. Sort it out slaphead……..
9 minutes ago
Barton’s pride and mouth are a bad combination.
Seems to me like he’s about to crack…
How many characters is Bobby up to now on this blog.
Blackley seems like a new one…
to be fair to joey,shearers shoes and shirt were a shocka,did he get them from oxfam..
Barton’s latest tweet could turn alot of fans against him. Have a feeling it could be a jibe in good humour though, I think it was Shearer who said they had shook hands and made up since the incident at Liverpool.
The use of ellipsis at the end of tweet could indicate that it is a simple joke.
Who knows though?!
Pootle – Agree with most of that, tho I do think Obertan looked like he has something to prove. Nice turn of speed and interplay with Cabeye. Think the 2 of them will work well together, but will obviously take a little time to gel.
Only one of our defenders is worth yhr title and that’s Colo. Simpson and RTaylor simply awful most of the time.
Tiote was quite simply not ready after all the visa debacle.
Ba/shola oh dear
Jonas put in a shift as usual. But I dont like to see players trying to get other players booked by waving the invisible yellow card at the ref
I dont like it done to us and dont expect wor lads to do it either.
Occasionally we did pass it out of defence, but generally it was hoof ball.
Pardew has some work to do,
Barton is infuriating most of the time. Perhaps he should practise his free kicks/corners more instead of his tw@tter.
At the end of the day tho more than happy with the point.
Hopefully we see some improvement against the scum
HWTL
I love barton but bluddy hell twitter is gana buga him up!
ICEDOG pieters did play today he givean iterview with the press saying he wanted to too take his mind off the death of his grandmother he also said he was not thinking of a move to us until after the funeral on monday
who cares what shearer has to say,great footballer,total shite pundit..
if the bloke had any stones he would go and manage in the lower leagues like lee clark, his opinion means nowt.
Hitman tottally agree re shearer
Here we go again…writing people off after one game
Not writing them off witters, but want to see some improvement.
Were you satisfied with everyone
Chuffed with a point. Like I said before the game a point will do.
Will watch highlights tomorrow. Will also reveal just who is who as I have a feeling we have a saddo with multiple names in our midst. I feel its always best to oust them so they look like saddo’s
Night night
No I wasn’t but it doesn’t mean I’m gonna dismiss them as being sh1te…
Witters – not writing anybody off, just saying they would have to improve massively on today’s showing and having a go at all those who come on here and other blogs saying what a nailed on signing cabaye is before they have seen him play. he was slower than Nolan by a long way and makes pardew’s comments look ridiculous. what did you make of him?
oh ok well that doesn’t apply to me as I never used the word shite.
Like I said, hope to see some improvement against the scum.
I assume you would too
Happy with the point. Unfortunately couldn’t watch the game today, but it sounds like our “exciting” midfield didnt get to show anything until we finally played the 4-5-1 that we’ve been expecting all summer anyway, regardless of HBA.
We have the midfielders to support it and lack the strikers to play a good 442. Was shocked to see Shola and Ba starting together. Was a bad decision
toonsy,is it stardust,he uses loads of names like,i also think asim is a fake as well,defo another blogger..
Having paid me wedge to watch a poor show, I think I’m entitled to offer a little criticism. Also a little praise where due, ie Colo who was my MOM.
Hitman – All will be revealed. What I will say though is that everyone needs to calm the fuck down.
hitman – spot on about shearer. he got it wrong on barton. no more than a yellow. hasn’t got the bottle to get off the sofa and do it for real like clarkie.
OOOO handbags luv it
By the way, it would be a real treat to see a so called striker actually get a good shot off now and again. Maybe even on target or heaven forbid make the ‘keeper make a save.
Hitman i can only assume Shola is on a very low salary. defies all logic otherwise.
It’s our first game so we’re improving on what exactly….?
I don’t think we looked that much different from the team that ended last season nor am I expecting a massive difference next weekend, it’ll take more games than 2 to gel & to get match fit. We looked reasonably solid defensively which is a reasonable platform to build on.
I’m not 100% Pardew knows his 1st eleven just yet due to injuries & hopefully new signings will be brought in. As I said solid(ish), a good point against Arsenal & hopefully avoid defeat next weekend. I’d take that…
Simpson and Taylor were poor but the whole team looked rusty. I saw enough today think we might have a decent team once they gel and we get another striker and a left back. Ba is a concern for me.
Lace.. whats your concern over Ba
witters – barton looked fit. how can he manage it? why you making excuses for those who didn’t get fit? were they not expecting to be playing football just yet? heard enough. going to bed, goodnight.
We do have some right idiots as fans, don’t we?
Writing off a striker after just one game, and it was against a Champions League club too!
As for Cabaye; I HAVE seen enough of him to know he is a class act, regardless of his performance today, which wasn’t bad anyway.
…Saying that, if you can’t outplay Arsenal’s midfield then you must be s**t. It’s not like they are known for their quality midfield play or anything, is it?
El Toro, if you are referring to Shola, well I wrote him off as useless years ago. Beats me how he got a 2yr extension, or how he has been at the club for so long already
I accept that some peeps love him an all that, but he just drives me nuts.
howay man who ever said Cabeye is shit? Dont recall anyone saying that.
BB
Nah, Ba. People are writing him off already, but they need to check his goalscoring record; It speaks for itself.
I’m also hearing nonsense like, “Ba, Best and Ameobi are all too similar. It will never work.” These people are just highlighting how little they know about the players they are complaining about.
Ba is nothing like Best or Ameobi. He isn’t a back to goal striker and we should NOT be hoofing balls up to him.
BB
Not just from this blog. I have read negative comments about every single one of our new players from a range of different blogs since today’s game. Even about those who didn’t even play! It’s pathetic and makes us seem like complete idiots.
Yes I agree we shouldn’t be hoofing the ball up to Ba, but I thought he looked a tad over weight today, but then again he is a big fella. Maybe just a bit rusty after all its not been the best of pre seasons.
Oh righty then. I’ve given up on the other blogs, and besides it takes all my spare time to catch up with the guff on here lol.
Anyhoo I’m off to me scratcher. tara 4 now
LOL. Ooohhh handbags!!
Well it certainly wasnt me saying “Ba is crap”.
But then I’m not going to say he offered anything in this match, either just to stop someone having a hissy fit, because the plain fact is – he didn’t offer anything.
He doesn’t look sharp at all. I suspect it will be several games before he does.
Shola, however, is crap. Has been for ages. He should never have got an extension. He would suit a mid Championship team
Also I didn’t criticize Cabaye.
However, unlike those who were creaming their duds over our ‘top class, goalscoring, super creative midfield’ I thought all along that it would take time for our new players to gel, adapt and show their actual potential.
Can’t say I’ve seen anything which alters any of the views I had before the match.
I still think Cabaye will be good for us, but not overnight.
I still think Obertan is a gamble. He looks quick and good on the ball, but have no idea yet, based on what I’ve seen, if he will have a decent end product or be consistant which is pretty much exactly what I got from reading the opinions of lots of Man U fans.
message for fat dave. how can a door hit someone
on the way out of a website?
you fat idiot
I agree with whoever said there were some half wits on here. It used to be such a nice place to visit.
I was at the game tonight and i was impressed with the new signings (Cabaye, Ba, Obertan)
Ameobi (and im a bit of a fan, he can be great on form) was awful today, couldn’t believe he was left on and Ba was taken off! We are in desperate need of pace and movement up front Lovenkrands and Best made all the difference when they came on. Cabaye is a class act but that means nothing with no1 to make runs (or in Shola’s case no movement at all!!)
Obertan looks like a class act with a point to prove and should take the place of jonas against the makems!. Jonas was another who in my opinion was awful today
Raylor had a fairly decent game at left back for being out of position. turned once in the first half by Gervinho but other than that looked ok..
I should point out im slightly drunk lol
Haha, thanks oblong
I thought Barton is simply awful. Passing of ball to no man land,set pieces were crap,some passing of ball back to arsenal players.
I will give him just a 5 for performance, 8 for entertainment value.
I must credit Barton for making the game interesting as the game is boring throughout.
Btw,is there any links showing the owlhead saying more to come in?
AOD – It was from the match programme yesterday. I’m writing it up now.
Just watching MOTD. Can Shearer have any less hair?
Suarez penalty
How can you miss a penalty by THAT much
A good post match interview by Pardew om BBC.
I cant do the linky thingy
Pardew comments on Barton.
Reporter: So we saw what looked like a stamp on….”
Pardew: It was
Quality
Toonsy, 1st match of the season, anything can happen.
But I’ll bet he never misses another one
Carroll will be taking them in future.
Reporter: Three players could have seen red, Song, Gervinho and Bar……
Pardew: Why Barton?
Gan on Al give em shyte man
New article up
Barton would not have needed to pick up Gervinho if he hadn’t fallen over.
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