Cajun Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Ba doesn't look the smartest here: http://mrshelimuddin.tumblr.com/post/31520782967/met-demba-ba-at-my-local-mosque-nufc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Ba doesn't look the smartest here: http://mrshelimuddin.tumblr.com/post/31520782967/met-demba-ba-at-my-local-mosque-nufc Would love to see what the camera looked like. Both Ba and Ben-Ben look really confused by it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 No insurance on his car It's not like he can't afford it! Brilliant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMTW Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Rumoured to have been in a car accident. Tried to do a hit and run. http://i.imgur.com/wcRxV.jpg More like...his car was towed away due to no insurance. We can confirm a vehicle was uplifted for having no insurance. The driver will be reported for summons. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/271028 Accident Hit and Run I'd better not be wrong Actually from Facebook. I'm not pretending to be ITK, just had some tenuous associate post on someone else's wall. Basically it was sister in law, he was angry. Yadda yadda. No reason to be any truth in it, but don't know him enough to know his incentive to lie either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/sep/15/newcastle-alan-pardew-hatem-ben-arfa Newcastle manager Alan Pardew hails his French maverick Hatem Ben Arfa • 'Hatem is our best player at the moment,' says Pardew • Gamble on player who broke his leg has paid off Louise Taylor guardian.co.uk, Saturday 15 September 2012 22.00 BST Alan Pardew's demand that certain players "get their arses into gear,'' reflects a slightly stodgy start to the season on Tyneside but Newcastle United's manager knows things could have been much worse without Hatem Ben Arfa's game-changing presence. "Hatem is our best player at the moment," said Pardew before Monday's trip to Everton. By coincidence it was a spectacular 25-yard goal that the France international scored at Goodison Park in September 2010 that alerted him to Ben Arfa's potential. "One of the first things I did when I came here was to end Hatem's loan from Marseille by signing him," said Pardew, who succeeded Chris Hughton in December 2010. "One of the reasons I did so was because of that goal against Everton. It was special and I was keen to work with Hatem." He was forced to wait the best part of a year to do so. Two weeks after his goal at Goodison, a tackle from Manchester City's Nigel de Jong left Ben Arfa with a badly broken leg. Pardew, though, gambled happily on a forward or attacking midfielder who some said would never be quite the same again. "People underestimate what footballers do in terms of putting their limbs on the line," he said. "Big joint operations and things like knee replacements are the penalties players face in later life and that injury Hatem suffered will probably affect him in some way in the future but he stills goes out there fearlessly and takes people on. "You have to take into account that he's liable for those type of bad injuries because people lunge at him. But Hatem's very focused about being a professional footballer. A lot of players could learn from him in terms of that – although he's still a maverick. You never know quite what he's going to do. He gives the team an X-factor, which is important." At Marseille and within the France camp Ben Arfa gained a reputation as something of a troublemaker known for rarely smiling and brooding about a difficult relationship with his father, a former Tunisia international. Pardew though has got the 25-year-old laughing and joking. "You have to manage every player slightly differently and the experience of having worked with people like Carlos Tevez [at West Ham] helps me with Hatem," Pardew said. "I'm not sure I'd have coped with him quite so well when I first came into management. But I don't think there are many players like Hatem. When things are going against us he can get us out of trouble." At a time when Papiss Cissé, Demba Ba and Yohan Cabaye are underachieving and Tim Krul, Fabricio Coloccini and Cheik Tioté are injured, Pardew and Newcastle are increasingly dependent on the maverick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Decent read Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 He's on course to be my favourite Newcastle player ever. I was incredibly lucky to have Ginola and Beardsley when I was growing up, but imagine watching Ben Arfa as a kid, he belongs in a comic book tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Without putting a downer on things though, I reckon if he keeps playing the way he has so far this season sooner or later a Man U or a Chelsea will come in and snatch him, I expect we'll make a mint on the deal but I can't see him wanting to stay if the big boys come in, seems an ambitious kind of player and probably sees us as a stepping stone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Without putting a downer on things though, I reckon if he keeps playing the way he has so far this season sooner or later a Man U or a Chelsea will come in and snatch him, I expect we'll make a mint on the deal but I can't see him wanting to stay if the big boys come in, seems an ambitious kind of player and probably sees us as a stepping stone. Same goes with most clubs and most players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Without putting a downer on things though, I reckon if he keeps playing the way he has so far this season sooner or later a Man U or a Chelsea will come in and snatch him, I expect we'll make a mint on the deal but I can't see him wanting to stay if the big boys come in, seems an ambitious kind of player and probably sees us as a stepping stone. Same goes with most clubs and most players. Yeah absolutely, what'll be most annoying will be all the press licking ferguson's arse praising him in spotting Ben Arfa, and how he's matured into a great player when he got to a big club etc etc Fingers crossed we cling on to him for dear life for years to come Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Without putting a downer on things though, I want to put a downer on things for no reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Without putting a downer on things though, I want to put a downer on things for no reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 No point in worrying about shit like that, all clubs are at risk of that. Just enjoy him and the other players we have and if something happens we deal with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Just enjoy him. He's what it's all about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 When he wasn't playing last season, I was getting frustrated because I felt that we were being denied some potential special memories of him as an NUFC player. If he goes so be it but at least we are getting to see what he is capable of now and will have some special moments to cherish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 We knew this when we first got him and the general opinion was enjoy him while he's here. That's exactly what I'm doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 He's still got a way to go before he becomes my all-time favourite NUFC player (Beardsley holds that title) but he will definitely be in second if he keeps up this form all season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherealnorthernTOON Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 how many years left on his contract? isn´t it just 2 years or so? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 how many years left on his contract? isn´t it just 2 years or so? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 His feet write poems to the stars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 His feet write poems to the stars. Following oakie doke's lead on this one. Reported Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Ran off the pitch there like he was going to kick off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Ran off the pitch there like he was going to kick off dont blame him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Ran off the pitch there like he was going to kick off dont blame him. Hes been rather shit along with the rest of his team mates. Cabaye looks even slower than last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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