Mick Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Clearly useless with his right boot. Taking too many needless risks with his passing. Looks a tad evil with those eyebrows and that smirky grin, like he's just murdered an entire family before arriving at the stadium without leaving a single bit of evidence behind. Needs to shoot a bit sooner as we know he has the ability to strike a ball well. Should also be more open to playing on the wing, though we don't know if there is any basis behind the notion of him being reluctant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Richards went down for the penalty but HBA had jumped all over him, HBA had moved back to cover for Saylor being off field and so was putting in a defensive shift...shows why he's not asked to do that much. Silly silly cockup, hopefully he'll learn from it Watch the highlights. Ben Arfa falls over him because richards collapses in a heap. The myth that english players don't dive is well and truly gone nowadays Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Richards went down for the penalty but HBA had jumped all over him, HBA had moved back to cover for Saylor being off field and so was putting in a defensive shift...shows why he's not asked to do that much. Silly silly cockup, hopefully he'll learn from it Watch the highlights. Ben Arfa falls over him because richards collapses in a heap. The myth that english players don't dive is well and truly gone nowadays Just had another look. Richards went over after Ben Arfa shoved him in the back with his arm. With the way Richards is built, he could probably have stayed on his feet, but why bother when you've got a stonewall penalty. Ben Arfa was almost directly behind him, with no chance of getting the ball cleanly. It was very naive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 hmm less sure think it was very soft but micah dived because of HBA lightly proding him in the back...very harsh of course but arguably ref has to give it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 HBA seemed to do well. Excited for the future. Pretty daft challenge but shit happens. Not sure why people here want him to do badly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 hmm less sure think it was very soft but micah dived because of HBA lightly proding him in the back...very harsh of course but arguably ref has to give it wat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Contact with arm to Micah Richards back. Ok doesn't absolutely have to but letter of law it;s a foul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Contact with arm to Micah Richards back. Ok doesn't absolutely have to but letter of law it;s a foul It was more the 'arguably has to give it'. If he has to give it, then it isn't arguable. On explanation that came out very pedantic and cuntish apologies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 What M4 meant to post. Uhm, yeah that's right! (daylife stitched me right up). Benny must have just been in a good mood all day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Who gave him 8/10? In fact who said he was excellent or outstanding? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Who gave him 8/10? In fact who said he was excellent or outstanding? 1 person gave him an 8 (and was laughed at). Nobody has said he was excellent or outstanding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Just had a look at the last seven pages of this thread (I'm sad like that). One person said he was 'excellent at times'. Nobody said he was outstanding. Can't be arsed looking at the match thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 People criticised Jonas and Ryan Taylor today because they had really poor games in general. Ben Arfa didn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 when Ben Arfa does something it's high quality enough to get a wankfest, it's a question of how frequently in a game he displays that. Hence wanking over what he does, but overall performance not brilliant. He's getting more influential every time he plays though and earned a 7 from me, though that's maybe kindly ignoring his penalty giveaway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Seems like POOT has created this wankfest from thin air, then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I thought we played the right way in the first half. Collectively we were very effective at both nullifying and getting the ball into the City half and making chances with it. An individual let us down badly. This, perfectly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 My two-penneth, which I am going to give without engaging in the dick swinging that half of this thread do over a player of which we have seen nowt to little of: He was good. That's it. Although that's nothing to do with lack of talent, it's to do with lack of the ball. He lost it on one or two occasions (as you expect from a flair player) but alongside Sammy he was easily our most creative outlet and showed a bit of class by creating two chances out of nothing - one for Ba in the first half and one for himself in the second. He's only going to get better with game time so I'd start him against Man United. At worst he gets minutes under his belt, at best he creates havoc and helps us collect a few points. Now he's coming to fitness he's got to start somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Played well I thunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 My two-penneth, which I am going to give without engaging in the dick swinging that half of this thread do over a player of which we have seen nowt to little of: He was good. That's it. Although that's nothing to do with lack of talent, it's to do with lack of the ball. He lost it on one or two occasions (as you expect from a flair player) but alongside Sammy he was easily our most creative outlet and showed a bit of class by creating two chances out of nothing - one for Ba in the first half and one for himself in the second. He's only going to get better with game time so I'd start him against Man United. At worst he gets minutes under his belt, at best he creates havoc and helps us collect a few points. Now he's coming to fitness he's got to start somewhere. Agree with all that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 My two-penneth, which I am going to give without engaging in the dick swinging that half of this thread do over a player of which we have seen nowt to little of: He was good. That's it. Although that's nothing to do with lack of talent, it's to do with lack of the ball. He lost it on one or two occasions (as you expect from a flair player) but alongside Sammy he was easily our most creative outlet and showed a bit of class by creating two chances out of nothing - one for Ba in the first half and one for himself in the second. He's only going to get better with game time so I'd start him against Man United. At worst he gets minutes under his belt, at best he creates havoc and helps us collect a few points. Now he's coming to fitness he's got to start somewhere. Completely agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benarfanufc10 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 13 MONTHS NOT PLAY IN PL HE WAS GREAT(7/10) VS CITY AND DE JONG YOU ARE CRAZY POOT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 No, he was good. And he has been good when called upon off the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 he looked good to me yesterday like, very encouraging indeed...think by the time we chelsea out of the way i think it'll be time for him to start games as first choice myself wonderful vision and eye for a cheeky pass, love that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I thought we played the right way in the first half. Collectively we were very effective at both nullifying and getting the ball into the City half and making chances with it. An individual let us down badly. This, perfectly. Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better Right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Made Kompany look like a mug on more than one occasion. Easily our most enterprising offensive option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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