Guest firetotheworks Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 The only player that I've seen categorically, without doubt rape Jose when he played for us was Sturridge when he was at Bolton. He completely out-skilled him. I'd love Jose to still be ours though. There's no denying that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6046/7029346041_0009017a02_c.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 In any case, should be an interesting battle between Ben Arfa and Enrique on Sunday. One thing's for sure, it'll be more interesting than the Obertan-Enrique "battle" we witnessed in December. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Oh man. Giftastic faces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Bibs !!!!! probably wont start ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Jonas doing some kind of kung fu stuff there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Rip Enrique to shreds HBA! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Jonas is in ninja mode queue invisible performance... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Expectations on him will be high on sunday, very high. I try to not expect too much from him, easier said than done knowing what he's capable of. The lad is in some form atm. Come on Arfa! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThievingMagpie Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Enrique would stop all width on the right against anyone, ripe for another 4-3-3 allowing HBA to cut inside. People forget Enrique was easily one of our best players for the previous 2 seasons that he was sold . He's been poor since Christmas though. The scouse boom-bust cycle strikes again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 The only player that I've seen categorically, without doubt rape Jose when he played for us was Sturridge when he was at Bolton. He completely out-skilled him. I'd love Jose to still be ours though. There's no denying that. Wayne Routledge ran him ragged for QPR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I think that's why KI worded it so strongly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tyson Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 One of Enrique's strongest points is being able to push out the winger, and use his strength to be able to control the situation, and calmly play the ball up the wing/pass back to the keeper. I'm sure Pardew will identify this and inform Ben Arfa to cut inside as much as possible. So nervous about this game, similar feeling to when we played the mackems at home. At his best, and most confident, he shows the winger the sideline. It's a gamble, but he has the tools to smother his man or recover. I think Ben Arfa will have to work his way inside alot, off-the-ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 One of Enrique's strongest points is being able to push out the winger, and use his strength to be able to control the situation, and calmly play the ball up the wing/pass back to the keeper. I'm sure Pardew will identify this and inform Ben Arfa to cut inside as much as possible. So nervous about this game, similar feeling to when we played the mackems at home. At his best, and most confident, he shows the winger the sideline. It's a gamble, but he has the tools to smother his man or recover. I think Ben Arfa will have to work his way inside alot, off-the-ball. For sure, when he gets himself in the right position, he's strong and difficult to get round. His problem is that he can lose concentration, get out of position, and then he struggles to recover. His defending has improved, but to me, he's always looked more comfortable going forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Orange match worn shirt on ebay at the minute. Bids at 86 squid already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 One of Enrique's strongest points is being able to push out the winger, and use his strength to be able to control the situation, and calmly play the ball up the wing/pass back to the keeper. I'm sure Pardew will identify this and inform Ben Arfa to cut inside as much as possible. So nervous about this game, similar feeling to when we played the mackems at home. At his best, and most confident, he shows the winger the sideline. It's a gamble, but he has the tools to smother his man or recover. I think Ben Arfa will have to work his way inside alot, off-the-ball. For sure, when he gets himself in the right position, he's strong and difficult to get round. His problem is that he can lose concentration, get out of position, and then he struggles to recover. His defending has improved, but to me, he's always looked more comfortable going forward. He's a very very good defender - but is prone to the odd lapse in concentration. Flatters to deceive going forward for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Enrique went from being a loveable, top quality player to a total and utter c*** with the way he left imo. Months of silence during the height of the rumours about CL clubs being interested in him when previously he couldn't stop giving interviews every other week, typical dip in form as he knew he'd be leaving and no longer gave a s*** (similar to Owen), pathetic Twitter outburst (throwing toys out of the pram and implying that the new signings were s***) to force our hand and accept Liverpool's cheapo bid, smug face once he'd got his "dream" move, and I'm pretty sure he said something along the lines of "it's great to be playing for a big club now". Great player though, and it'll be interesting to see how Ben Arfa fares against one of the best left backs in the Premiership. Turned to a t*** ever since adopting the Jordan Henderson side parting. edit: Enrique that is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Orange match worn shirt on ebay at the minute. Bids at 86 squid already. That's nothing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAMES-PERCH-MATCH-WORN-FOOTBALL-BOOTS-NEWCASTLE-UNITED-ADIDAS-PREDATORS-/130670907179?pt=UK_DVD_Film_TV_Autographs_CV&hash=item1e6c97cf2b#ht_674wt_1396 BOOTS OF A GOD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Orange match worn shirt on ebay at the minute. Bids at 86 squid already. That's nothing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAMES-PERCH-MATCH-WORN-FOOTBALL-BOOTS-NEWCASTLE-UNITED-ADIDAS-PREDATORS-/130670907179?pt=UK_DVD_Film_TV_Autographs_CV&hash=item1e6c97cf2b#ht_674wt_1396 BOOTS OF A GOD Will never understand how people try to sell something on ebay without taking the extra 10 minutes to get some decent pictures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 PERCH HAS BECOME AN EVER PRESENT IN NEWCASTLES MIDFIELD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 PERCH HAS BECOME AN EVER PRESENT IN NEWCASTLES MIDFIELD someone put that in Perchs thread title Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 What an article about him on the Observer http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/31/newcastle-united-hatem-ben-arfa? Newcastle United put Ben Arfa in mood to make up for all the lost time Frenchman with a turbulent past seems changed by new-found happiness. But he warns: 'I'll always be different' It is rare that a 25-year-old who has won a European Championship, five league titles and two domestic cups can be described as an underachiever. Yet such is Hatem Ben Arfa's talent that despite those prizes there is a sense – shared by the player himself – that he has yet to fulfil his potential. Recent performances for Newcastle United – notably his bravura display against West Brom last Sunday – have ignited hopes that he may have finally put his problems behind him and is about to take off on Tyneside. When France won the Under-17 European Championship in 2004, Ben Arfa was widely hailed as the best player in an extraordinary team that featured Samir Nasri and Karim Benzema. But even before then he had been identified as a turbulent character, as two years earlier a documentary team filming French training at Clairefontaine caught, on tape, Ben Arfa, a scholar there since the age of 12, fighting with his team-mate Abou Diaby, now of Arsenal. He made his Ligue 1 debut for Lyon in 2004 and went on to win four titles with the club but never became a stalwart, his inconsistency infuriating a succession of managers, notably Gérard Houllier with whom he regularly argued. He clashed with team-mates, too, and ultimately with the club's owner, Jean-Michel Aulas. Lyon eventually had enough and, in 2008, accepted a bid from bitter rivals Marseille. Ben Arfa could hardly have left Lyon on less amicable terms, with the club and the player publicly trading jibes for weeks afterwards – the most memorable exchange being when Ben Arfa accused Lyon of being "financially disorganised" and Lyon responded by revealing that when they cleared out Ben Arfa's locker at their training ground they found that he had absent-mindedly left behind a cheque for €90,000. After a scorching start to his Marseille career his flame dimmed to the point that Eric Gerets dropped him. Ben Arfa seethed. And his relationship with the manager blew up when Ben Arfa refused to come off the bench in the derby against Paris St-Germain. He later apologised but his dispute with the club went on for weeks, during which he did not train. The following season brought a new manager, Didier Deschamps, but more mishaps, as flashes of brilliance were followed by flashes of, well, flashness: in one match his entrance off the bench was delayed because he struggled to remove his gold chain; in another because he was wearing the wrong jersey. The player said that he was unhappy and searching for his identity. In the second half of the season he found it, on the pitch at least, as he produced his best performance for Marseille and hinted at a new maturity in his game, adding efficient decision-making to his magical dribbling and shooting. Marseille won the league. Still, all was not well in Ben Arfa's world. His father, the former Tunisia international Kamel Ben Arfa, went public to express his concern for his son's lifestyle and the perceived negative influence of his agent. Ben Arfa Jr says that at one point he was on the verge of giving up sport to join a religious cult. His transfer to Newcastle in 2010, initially on loan, represented a shot at a renaissance. He began well and earned a recall to the France senior team, only for a tackle from Manchester City's Nigel de Jong in October 2010 to leave him with a broken leg. His recuperation clearly went well, both physically and mentally. In an interview with France Football last month Ben Arfa said that he has finally found inner peace. "I know I have an image of being arrogant and only shining when I want to, but it's not 'when I want to', it's when I can," he explains. "In the past I wasn't able to because I was unhappy. But I'm still aiming for the same thing that I always have: to be the best. I'll never be like others and that's the way I want it. I've always tried to show what makes me different. I'm not interested in going on to the pitch and making pointless two-metre passes like some players do – so I have to accept that people are going to be more demanding of me." He is demanding on himself, too: "Check me out in three or four years. I can see myself being at the very top then, maybe winning the World Cup in Brazil or the Ballon d'Or. I still have lots of dreams." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 What a man :********) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mimifrench Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 How many assist for him now?? Must be insane considering the amount of time he played... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 What a fucking player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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