Having Jedi Back could be a fantastic psychological boost.

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People talk about his help at defending set pieces, but that's very risky to assume he'll be as effective as he was.

He defends in the Damien Delaney mould. He gave away a penalty last season (Watford at home) for being too hands on and referees are far quicker to award those this season.

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

To me that highlights the issue with the way some look at him.

You're only happy if he's done something special, and you only notice mistakes. He's had a number of games, including a few in the last couple of months where his work rate, passing and reading of the game have been very good.

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

Fair point Sherlock . Still of the 4 games we have won this season he only played in one.

The second bold point is interesting , this is what I keep asking and no one can seem to answer clearly, what position / job is he supposed to be doing out there ? When we bought him , I thought and I think many others did that the team would function and revolve around his talents. It may have done in small spells or patches, but just hasn't happened or produced for a long while. Is it down to Pardew ?
Anyway we have to all hope , as you say , that Sam finds a way to get the best out of him for the team, because we are going to need him playing at his best to get out of this.

I'd rather rely on the mathematical analysis than opinion. Jedi, who I love as a player, wasn't particularly influential in the last half of the previous season (and barely featured in the first half that saw us reach the dizzying heights of 5th at Christmas).

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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I totally disagree with you...I could not disagree with you more!

Murray - He is good enough to play for a prem team but he doesn't want to be a bench player. He is an honest bloke who wants to play a key role for a club and so he would rather play for Brighton regularly...but that doesnt mean he isn't good enough.

Jedinak - exactly the same thing...he wants first team football and Pardew said he couldn't ask him to sit on the bench for us week in week out (but Ledley and Mutch are ok for bench roles). It says a lot about his ability that he was more sought after than either Ledley or Mutch don't you think?

To say Gayle isn't good enough for the prem just shows what a plonka you are...top scorer for us 3 years running or something like that??? After barely starting a game? On fire in the Champ??? He is prem quality all day long but he didn't suit our system...in some respects we were not good enough for him because we couldn't play with a front two.