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Since Menez started against Estonia i assume it's likely that he'll start against England? :(

Menez did not start.

 

Malouda? I assumed that he (Menez) started as Benny was on the bench.

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Menez did the stereotype friendly-substitute-with-point-to-prove performance. As is usually the case the game became completely disjointed with the players who have come on desperate to make an impression once they got the ball.

 

Even Hatem did at one stage.

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Since Menez started against Estonia i assume it's likely that he'll start against England? :(

Menez did not start.

 

Malouda? I assumed that he (Menez) started as Benny was on the bench.

Yes, him and Nasri seemed to switch between playing central and on the wing. Malouda will start against England.

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Since Menez started against Estonia i assume it's likely that he'll start against England? :(

 

Doubt it after his performance last night.

 

Aah, he was that poor! Good, at least i got the info before i died. cheers.

 

He was excellent. :thup:

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Ben Arfa to stay at Newcastle... unless a 'big club' comes knocking in the summer

By LAURE JAMES

PUBLISHED: 10:20, 8 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:23, 8 June 2012

 

Hatem Ben Arfa has hinted he is likely to stay at Newcastle next season, unless a 'big club' which afforded him '100 per cent confidence' came knocking.

'If I do not have a really, really serious offer, I’ll stay,' he told French newspaper L’Equipe.

'If a big club comes, but does not offer anything interesting – that is to say, the coach really wants me – I’ll stay.

 

'Newcastle is a big club, even if there are bigger. I still have three years on my contract, but I know that time will pass quickly.'

The midfielder, who is currently on international duty with France, has arguably discovered his best form, after suffering a double leg fracture which was operated on in October 2010.

His career has been chequered in terms of success, however. Reported disagreements between him and starlet Karim Benzema shadowed his achievements at Lyon and he had little in the way of a break at Olympique Marseille.

 

 

During the first half of the 2010/11 campaign, despite making 15 appearances in Marseille’s first 20 games, he only played the full 90 minutes on two occasions.

Now however, the 25-year old believes he has found a home in football.

Speaking candidly about his difficult times in Ligue 1, he added: 'I’ve never felt as settled at a club as I do at Newcastle. I feel like I’m somebody important there, it’s a magnificent feeling.

'I haven’t forgotten the coach made me sign, even though I was only on loan from Marseille and I was injured.

'There were bad vibes around me [at Marseille]. I am much calmer now and I’ve addressed any problems I had myself, whereas before it was always the fault of others.

'I mostly felt a change in myself after I left Marseille. I began to realise I needed to grow up and I had been harming myself, rather than others.'

 

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2156336/Hatem-Ben-Arfa-hints-Newcastle-stay.html#ixzz1xC4SfKuC

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According to Carr Ashley's already sat down with him and said he isn't looking to sell so it would take a retarded bid to prise him from our clutches.  Way I look at it is if none of these bigger clubs can be arsed to do their own scouting and be savvy regarding players' contracts etc might as well make them pay the price for it.

 

Every player has his price tag.

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Can understand what he's saying - if Jose Mourinho was desperate to get him alongside Benzema, for example, you'd understand completely if he left - but I'd rather he didn't say it. :undecided: I'd also like to think a club affording "100% confidence" in him wasn't a financial reference but I'm not so sure.

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How long before this is interpreted as a come and get me plea?

 

Long been obvious Ben Arfa doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut, I reckon he'll stay, management if they want to sell will wait till he's had a full season which will increase his value a fair amount from what we've seen. I hope we don't though, hard to replace.

 

I don't think he's quite achieved enough this season for a big enough club to come in with a big offer and promise him first team footy, we know he's good enough but I think there'd have been more rumours by now.

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I'd also like to think a club affording "100% confidence" in him wasn't a financial reference but I'm not so sure.

 

Think that's been lost in translation tbh because in the same interview there he waxes lyrical about how happy he is and how loved he feels here.

 

I'm not worrying too much about it, what isn't in there is that the interviewer will have aggressively solicited that response.

 

 

How long before this is interpreted as a come and get me plea?

 

RTG, half an hour.

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