One thing annoys me more than anything on here at present is the amount of people that keep repeating the Ben Arfa 'loses us possession' mantra. Someone, an eternal age ago, noted it in passing, he lost the ball, and now it is endlessly repeated as though it's a near criminal failing in his game.
I just watched a match where everyone gave the fucking ball away from time to time. Krul with almost every launched long ball, Tiote in a very dangerous position in our own half, Simpson with every abortion of a cross or mindless clearance, Wilkinson.. well, need I go on?
Look, we just can't risk playing Ben Arfa, he loses the ball too much.