Rich Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Totally closes him out of the game putting him on the left. Baffling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spiria Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Don't think he played really bad but he is so alone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Worst game for us in ages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Fergie brought Valencia on in the second half just to stop the supply to Ben Arfa, it worked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Poor today and poor at Reading. He'll bounce back though, would love to see a performance from him at the mackems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Ronaldo suggested Best start over Ben Arfa for a substantial part of last season. He doesn't have much credibility. Ben Arfa, from when he returned from injury in October last season, was a better player than Best, even when Hatem wasn't as quick as he is now, which was noted by many on here. No I did not. I always wanted Ben Arfa in the team (and stated so) - just not off Demba Ba. I wanted him out wide and stand by that opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Needs to either play on the right or in the middle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 He looked like he tried a bit more today but he is only one man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spiria Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Needs to either play on the right or in the middle. This ! Why Pardew don't give him the entire key of the attacks : he is in superb form, I'm sure he can be a real number 10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiemonster Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Man of the match for me today (albeit with very little other options). Couple of times I thought he was going to wriggle through, only to be denied by a last gasp tackle. If he can keep this up then the mackems will shit themselves in a couple of weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Don't like him on the left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 That Villa goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 That Norwich pass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 That Villa goal. That Norwich assist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hatem garrincha Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Good first half. Didn't see the ball second half Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMTW Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Don't like him on the left. I was relishing the thought of him and Santon linking up. Got to see it for all of fifteen minutes in a spell where we never touched the ball... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Poor today and poor at Reading. He'll bounce back though, would love to see a performance from him at the mackems. Up against either of the mackems two make shift FBs in Gardner and/or Rose you'd have to fancy him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Thought he was poor yesterday, awful on the left side and rather than making the simple pass he attempted to beat 2-3 players every time, and failing... every time. Doesn't have the consistency to be considered anything more than mercurial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 i dont see why after from 10 mins onwards ben arfa was stuck on the left? I don't think we were gettin battered purely because of Ben Arfa. He would have been far more effective second half on the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 i dont see why after from 10 mins onwards ben arfa was stuck on the left? I don't think we were gettin battered purely because of Ben Arfa. He would have been far more effective second half on the right. Was due to their narrow 4 in midfield IMO, while it was narrow it wasn't completely centralized sure Carrick, Cleverly and Rooney was but Kagawa was slightly off to the right. The midfield 3 was brought to match Carrick, Cleverly and Rooney and it did and Ben Arfa to the left was to stop Kagawa from being free. It worked from a defensive stand point and we started to control the game a lot more but we didn't really create a great deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Yeah but I mean later on when it was Ben Arfa----Ba-----Cisse. Could easily have switched cisse and ben arfa as cisse made no impression on the right wing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Cisse started on the right on Thursday night, so it was obviously something that AP has been considering in order to avoid sticking Ba out on the left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Would just do what we did last year but switch Cisse left and put Ba central. They can alternate during the match but the man who's in form should start in the middle. Either that or move HBA to CAM and keep the 2 Dembas up top but I think that would leave us very vulnerable at the other end even with our best defenders out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spiria Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 http://www.beinsport.fr/news/article/mph4z3ahf0dv1p6f3e915mqwi/title/le-club---ben-arfa--faire-un-truc-avec-lequipe-de-france Good video in French. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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