Stéphane Sessègnon

Nobody has a better first touch than HBA! I think Sessegnon is probably quicker though

 

My opinion mate but Sesses control and first touch are second to none for me

 

He's good, but Ben Arfa is amazing. I reckon he's our only player (and the only player north of Manchester) who has the potential quality to play for a world-class side like Real, Inter or (dare I say it) Barcelona.

 

He's not that good imo. Will leave to go to some random team and be forgotten about.

 

HBA has performed at the top level. Sess hasn't.

 

I think Sessegnon's only advantage over HBA is that he's more mentally composed and probably more mature. He seems to have a better overall idea of what's happening across the entire pitch, and he knows the right moments to pass or dribble forward, which HBA might still be a little uneasy about.

 

Id take him a a squad player

 

I haven't seen enough of HBA to make any real comparisons but if he is such a force why is Pardew not playing him more often? Is he a 30 min type of player? Is he still recovering from injury? Does pardew see a different player to the fans? Is he trying to keep him off the radar of bigger clubs?!! It seems odd to me, if he's all that and more, that he spends so much bench-time.

I'm very happy with Sess and I'm not really interested in a pissing contest over who is better - only history will eventually decide that.

 

The general consensus is that HBA was benched during the first half of the season for two reasons:
1) To bring him back from injury gradually
2) To avoid him being injured so that he can play a starting role now that Ba is at the ACON.

For the record, Sessegnon is a great player and it's probably not a coincidence that O'Neill's appointment and his good form coincide.

 

HBA>Perch>Sess haha not really but id personally have HBA over sess, hes got a hell of a shot on him and he runs past players without even doing skill (hes older then messi so messi probs copied him) he's not 1 of them players you can learn to mark either you just have to hope he doesnt show up cause if he does he can tear new Aholes! all in all two very good players though.

 

This!

 

Okay - but Ba's now in Africa and still Pardew doesn't start him... something doesn't add up.