54 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Just play Ben Arfa, he's our best player Simply this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 tbf to Ron he did say "in my book" I couldn't resist it, i love Ron me like, a straighter talker you will not find. I like Gouffran a lot, like, but I look for ability to beat a man and delivery out wide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Before Pardew came in there was never any discussion about how hard this guy worked or tracked back, or trying to do too much etc etc. He was just free to play, and was a threat to the opposition. The only potential issue was his fitness, as he had a few injuries. So cruel that now he is fit enough to play, we have a dimwit in charge that keeps telling us he isn't good enough. To hell with Pardew, and his wannabe Mourinho crap. To hell with him. Deep down I think Pardew is envious of the guy tbh. Hated the adulation Ben Arfa got. He's a loser. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 tbf to Ron he did say "in my book" I couldn't resist it, i love Ron me like, a straighter talker you will not find. I like Gouffran a lot, like, but I look for ability to beat a man and delivery out wide. Correct, we are playing with wide midfielders not wingers. They're meant to tuck in and leave the spaces for our full backs to cross balls in. While Debuchy is not bad at it, Santon is awful and keeps cutting in himself leaving us lopsided as feck. And while Dummett is an improvement delivery wise from the left, i'm not sure he's a long term answer, although i do quite like him tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Before Pardew came in there was never any discussion about how hard this guy worked or tracked back, or trying to do too much etc etc. He was just free to play, and was a threat to the opposition. The only potential issue was his fitness, as he had a few injuries. So cruel that now he is fit enough to play, we have a dimwit in charge that keeps telling us he isn't good enough. To hell with Pardew, and his wannabe Mourinho crap. To hell with him. Deep down I think Pardew is envious of the guy tbh. Hated the adulation Ben Arfa got. He's a loser. Don't you remember all the flack David Silva got for not tracking back? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 tbf to Ron he did say "in my book" I couldn't resist it, i love Ron me like, a straighter talker you will not find. I like Gouffran a lot, like, but I look for ability to beat a man and delivery out wide. Correct, we are playing with wide midfielders not wingers. They're meant to tuck in and leave the spaces for our full backs to cross balls in. While Debuchy is not bad at it, Santon is awful and keeps cutting in himself leaving us lopsided as feck. And while Dummett is an improvement delivery wise from the left, i'm not sure he's a long term answer although i do quite like him tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Agree with Bimpys assessment. Fwiw, I really like Gouffran. He's a good all rounder, chips in with assists and goals. I was fuming with Sissoko after Villa, then he goes and gets a brace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Before Pardew came in there was never any discussion about how hard this guy worked or tracked back, or trying to do too much etc etc. He was just free to play, and was a threat to the opposition. The only potential issue was his fitness, as he had a few injuries. So cruel that now he is fit enough to play, we have a dimwit in charge that keeps telling us he isn't good enough. To hell with Pardew, and his wannabe Mourinho crap. To hell with him. Deep down I think Pardew is envious of the guy tbh. Hated the adulation Ben Arfa got. He's a loser. before Pardew came in he only played about 2.5 games man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 There's no argument for playing Gouffran put wide over Hatem, like. Gouffran is not a good example, he has been one of our better players irrespective of where he has played. He's never performed like a wide player should in my book. You seem to have quite a fairly unique book though in fairness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Do yourselves a favour, don't watch any of his compilation vids from the last couple of seasons, makes your head hurt wondering why he doesn't play. Someone who didn't know Shola could watch his compilation video and wonder why he doesn't play. Those videos are all edited highlights. There's no video compilation of Ben Arfa's lowlights. Unreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Shola's career "best of" compilation is about the same length as one of Ben Arfa's single-match compilations. On an off-day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Shola's best of is when he's on the bench Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I might start making those lowlights videos, kind of like the 'Pele was shite' segment on Fantasy Football years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Yes he doesn't track back, yes he will cost us goals....but we'll win more games with him playing than not. Simple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Do yourselves a favour, don't watch any of his compilation vids from the last couple of seasons, makes your head hurt wondering why he doesn't play. Someone who didn't know Shola could watch his compilation video and wonder why he doesn't play. Those videos are all edited highlights. There's no video compilation of Ben Arfa's lowlights. Which Shola compilation would this be? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Do yourselves a favour, don't watch any of his compilation vids from the last couple of seasons, makes your head hurt wondering why he doesn't play. Someone who didn't know Shola could watch his compilation video and wonder why he doesn't play. Those videos are all edited highlights. There's no video compilation of Ben Arfa's lowlights. Which Shola compilation would this be? The one with all his goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Yes he doesn't track back, yes he will cost us goals....but we'll win more games with him playing than not. Simple. Not this season we haven't. We have won more games without him. I'd love Ben Arfa to be as good as some people on here think he is. He seems massively more popular on here than he is with the fans I sit around in the Gallowgate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 We're all smarter than the average match going fan on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Pardew seems popular with plenty as well, same idiots probably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 We're all smarter than the average match going fan on here. Steady on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 We're all smarter than the average match going fan on here. Steady on. I'm just saying what we're all thinking, Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 We're all smarter than the average match going fan on here. I wanted to post something like that, but I just couldn't think of any way of saying it without sounding like a cunt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 We're all smarter than the average match going fan on here. I wanted to post something like that, but I just couldn't think of any way of saying it without sounding like a cunt Weezer nailed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Not all of us are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Is there any actual news on this injury? What is it meant to be? How long is he out for? He usually heads back to France to rehabilitate doesn't he, has he been doing any sort of training or is he in a cast of any sort? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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