summerof69 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Lille's stadium is smaller than Pompey's man, they may be in the Champions League, and (until the end of this transfer window anyway) have a great little squad, but there not a 'big club' by any means, there going through a honey moon period and will probably be off the map within a year of 2. They havn't got the tools to keep this up imo, and this is probably what the players who are jumping ship see aswel. Lille's stadium is small but they are moving in to a 50,000 seater in the upcoming season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Lille's stadium is smaller than Pompey's man, they may be in the Champions League, and (until the end of this transfer window anyway) have a great little squad, but there not a 'big club' by any means, there going through a honey moon period and will probably be off the map within a year of 2. They havn't got the tools to keep this up imo, and this is probably what the players who are jumping ship see aswel. Lille's stadium is small but they are moving in to a 50,000 seater in the upcoming season. Are they? Fair enough then i'm talking shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zero Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Lille's stadium is smaller than Pompey's man, they may be in the Champions League, and (until the end of this transfer window anyway) have a great little squad, but there not a 'big club' by any means, there going through a honey moon period and will probably be off the map within a year of 2. They havn't got the tools to keep this up imo, and this is probably what the players who are jumping ship see aswel. Lille's stadium is small but they are moving in to a 50,000 seater in the upcoming season. Are they? Fair enough then i'm talking s*** Yup, according to wiki. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Lille's stadium is smaller than Pompey's man, they may be in the Champions League, and (until the end of this transfer window anyway) have a great little squad, but there not a 'big club' by any means, there going through a honey moon period and will probably be off the map within a year of 2. They havn't got the tools to keep this up imo, and this is probably what the players who are jumping ship see aswel. Lille's stadium is small but they are moving in to a 50,000 seater in the upcoming season. Are they? Fair enough then i'm talking s*** Yup, according to wiki. They still haven't won much in their history - so they are not a giant club by any stretch. Spent quite a few seasons in Ligue 2 I think before this 'boom' period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Actually the reaction is more about his international team status. He is just very new to the team and by playing outside France for a team that has no Europe competition is quite risky to be honest. Even though we are a bigger club, Blanc would not care about it. I know there are various kind of reasons behind, but Ginola, Robert and Ben Arfa all lose their international team status during their time at Newcastle. Therefore I kinda understand why there's such a response. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Actually the reaction is more about his international team status. He is just very new to the team and by playing outside France for a team that has no Europe competition is quite risky to be honest. Even though we are a bigger club, Blanc would not care about it. I know there are various kind of reasons behind, but Ginola, Robert and Ben Arfa all lose their international team status during their time at Newcastle. Therefore I kinda understand why there's such a response. Strange that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Actually the reaction is more about his international team status. He is just very new to the team and by playing outside France for a team that has no Europe competition is quite risky to be honest. Even though we are a bigger club, Blanc would not care about it. I know there are various kind of reasons behind, but Ginola, Robert and Ben Arfa all lose their international team status during their time at Newcastle. Therefore I kinda understand why there's such a response. Strange that. I concur , Ben Arfa was going to be selected for France's Euro 2012 qualifiers back in September/October until that c*** De Jong snapped his leg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Didn't Blanc want Ben Arfa to come to us? I'm sure I remember some quotes from him or from a source close to him, saying he was going to monitor HBA closely and was very interested to see how he'd cope in the PL. Don't see why it'd be any different for Cabaye tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 He did get dropped from the squad, but that was more down to him running round his mothers back garden to keep his fitness up instead of training with a squad because he ran away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/future_stadiums/lille_stade.shtml Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridman Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 http://scovandeli.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mariage-yohan-cabaye-Copie.jpg What a cool guy. I want that jacket, love the color Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Actually the reaction is more about his international team status. He is just very new to the team and by playing outside France for a team that has no Europe competition is quite risky to be honest. Even though we are a bigger club, Blanc would not care about it. I know there are various kind of reasons behind, but Ginola, Robert and Ben Arfa all lose their international team status during their time at Newcastle. Therefore I kinda understand why there's such a response. Strange that. I concur , Ben Arfa was going to be selected for France's Euro 2012 qualifiers back in September/October until that c*** De Jong snapped his leg. He did get dropped BEFORE that incident. I forgot the reason though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Actually the reaction is more about his international team status. He is just very new to the team and by playing outside France for a team that has no Europe competition is quite risky to be honest. Even though we are a bigger club, Blanc would not care about it. I know there are various kind of reasons behind, but Ginola, Robert and Ben Arfa all lose their international team status during their time at Newcastle. Therefore I kinda understand why there's such a response. Strange that. I concur , Ben Arfa was going to be selected for France's Euro 2012 qualifiers back in September/October until that c*** De Jong snapped his leg. He did get dropped BEFORE that incident. I forgot the reason though. He played against Norway in August. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Didn't Blanc want Ben Arfa to come to us? I'm sure I remember some quotes from him or from a source close to him, saying he was going to monitor HBA closely and was very interested to see how he'd cope in the PL. Don't see why it'd be any different for Cabaye tbh. Yeah, I remember Blanc saying something along those lines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridman Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Love how the Frenchies are p*ssed off that he chose us Dno, it´s a bith of both really. Reading their forum a lot of people understand him wanting a new challange and to play in the Premier league. Even tough we aren´t in the Champ league he´d be guaranteed to play in a very competitive league with some top top clubs and that´s something he needs to do in order to improve as a player. They are mainly pissed at the price, 4.3m for a player that has been instrumental to their success chipping in with 20 goals and 20 assists over the past 2 seasons and now a member of the French setup, it´s an absolute steal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Right, having read a couple of articles, it seems that Ben Arfa's fitness was the main reason for being dropped. Hardly NUFC's fault that: He did get dropped from the squad, but that was more down to him running round his mothers back garden to keep his fitness up instead of training with a squad because he ran away. ^this basically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 50k per week and four year contract Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 sauce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 mercato365 which is some French website. Probably rubbish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 50k per week and four year contract I did think 50k would be our max wage cap tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 http://www.nufc.com/2010-11images/ben-arfa-cabaye.jpg Cabaye ''This shit just got real'' Ben Arfa ''oui'' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 €57k a week is what's being reported in most articles. I'd imagine he's the highest paid since the "new structure" along with the likes of Ben Arfa & Tiote, and probably what's on the table for Enrique. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 http://www.nufc.com/2010-11images/ben-arfa-cabaye.jpg Cabaye ''This s*** just got real'' Ben Arfa ''oui'' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Encouraging that we are prepared to pay good money to attract the right players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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