I'm far from a Pardew lover, but one of things he did do was manage to get Ben Arfa to be brilliant in the second half of the 5th season. He installed a work rate into Hatem which made him a better player, I think the quote he came out with was something like "It's my world when we haven't got the ball, his world when he has". Something like that. Anyway the point is I think Pardew can get the best out of him, he just needs to remind Hatem of his duties.