Ishmael

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Silva AMAZING

Dzeko :mad:

5

Marking

Very good goal by Fletcher.

Where's Owen?

Glorious again.

Silva just way way way way way too good

Total moron.

Evans

Very good

Mario Composure.

Divey

If you think this then you don't understand the role Ben Arfa is playing. I understand perfectly. It's no excuse though - you play pretty football and run at people in the final third, not the centre of the park - that's where you keep it simple. Depends on the situation really, but I do agree in general. However, your comments seemed to imply that he had to 'keep things simple' all over the pitch, which was why I strongly disagreed.

If you think this then you don't understand the role Ben Arfa is playing.

They're better imo, but the gap has closed a fair bit.

RvP isn't capable of playing a full season. Wenger has to rest him.

I too remember when Soccer AM was funny.

Read similar comments about Cabaye being anonymous on another forum. Said this:

I got it straight away

Basically, situations that aren't particularly 'critical', in which you are looking to weight up the importance of winning the ball v's the safety of the player(s) involved. You can easily conjure up a hypothetical situation or just use Ben Arfa's incident from yesterday. So, say winning 1-0 with 10 minutes to go and the ball is deep in the opponents half. Either way, there are going to be moments where winning the ball back isn't that important and player safety can take priority. Of course, there is the mental side to consider, so Hatem lacked the confidence to make a tackle. But still, if Hatem is still pulling out of such challenges in 6 months time I wont be particularly concerned if he is performing in other areas as you would hope/expect.

Erm, discussion. thread/ I don' think there is much of a discussion to be had here regarding that specific situation involving Hatem. Consequently, it's 100% acceptable to pull out of 50/50s in certain situations.

fwiw, I would rather Hatem pull out of a 50/50 in Wigan's half that wasn't a particularly critical situation than go in risking another injury.

Erm, yes? /thread