loki679 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Best ask the schools who he's friends with then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Isn;t he a Muslim? And therefore wouldn't be drinking/going on nights out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Isn;t he a Muslim? And therefore wouldn't be drinking/going on nights out Not the strictest of Muslims mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Saw him in Baby Lynch when he first arrived, he looked terrified. That was a fair while ago now mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 difficult to manage? like romario and bellamy? there's a skill to man management which pardew lacks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 difficult to manage? like romario and bellamy? there's a skill to man management which pardew lacks. Aye but there's no doubt these are difficult players and great managers have had issues. Romario and Bellamy are full-on loons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 HBA is good mates with Ba, he always mentioned him on twitter when he was here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hatem garrincha Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He was good mate with Simpson. His best mate in the squad is Sissoko. Tiote always respected him. Colo seems to appreciate him too. I don't buy that story of HBA boycott in the dressing room. And if true, Pardew is a f***er when he speaks about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He was good mate with Simpson. His best mate in the squad is Sissoko. Tiote always respected him. Colo seems to appreciate him too. I don't buy that story of HBA boycott in the dressing room. And if true, Pardew is a f***er. when he speaks about it. I did some minor editing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He was good mate with Simpson. His best mate in the squad is Sissoko. Tiote always respected him. Colo seems to appreciate him too. I don't buy that story of HBA boycott in the dressing room. And if true, Pardew is a f***er when he speaks about it. It was quite evident when they were blanking him and refusing to pass to him on Saturday mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That never happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That never happened. This needs to be cleared up because everyone i've spoke too said it never happened apart from that one time when Tiote lumped it into the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That never happened. We all want him to have the ball the most, but they were definitely not ignoring him just because every pass didn't go to the right side. He made a nice little cameo, has to start tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I thought there were a few occasions when Ben Arfa was in loads of space and they passed to a more congested area of the pitch. Doesn't mean to say they were deliberately not passing to him though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 difficult to manage? like romario and bellamy? there's a skill to man management which pardew lacks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I thought there were a few occasions when Ben Arfa was in loads of space and they passed to a more congested area of the pitch. Doesn't mean to say they were deliberately not passing to him though. I think that's more down to having terrible ball-spreaders on the pitch. Our best player in the sense is Anita and we've all seen he's not great at opening the game up that way. He like to play it safer with short passes and changing sides easily. I like Anita, but he's no creative midfielder and if a creative midfielder, striker and CB aren't bought for next season we're absolutely screwed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That never happened. We all want him to have the ball the most, but they were definitely not ignoring him just because every pass didn't go to the right side. He made a nice little cameo, has to start tonight. He's not fit enough to start; that's the crux of most if this. He should be. If he does start he'll be far less effective than coming on with 20 to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I thought there were a few occasions when Ben Arfa was in loads of space and they passed to a more congested area of the pitch. Doesn't mean to say they were deliberately not passing to him though. I would agree with that - whether it was a deliberate shunning is not entirely clear. I thought they seemed slightly more reluctant to pass to him on occasions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That never happened. We all want him to have the ball the most, but they were definitely not ignoring him just because every pass didn't go to the right side. He made a nice little cameo, has to start tonight. He's not fit enough to start; that's the crux of most if this. He should be. If he does start he'll be far less effective than coming on with 20 to go. Bringing him on with 20 minutes or less left is part of the problem though, it leads to him forcing the game too much, rather than having time to work his way into the game. If he doesn't start he should be brought on with 30 minutes or more remaining like he was against Palace, even better just do it at half time.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That never happened. It did as I commented on it straight away to the kid next to me who agreed they'd blanked him as well. he then complained to carver about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That never happened. We all want him to have the ball the most, but they were definitely not ignoring him just because every pass didn't go to the right side. He made a nice little cameo, has to start tonight. He's not fit enough to start; that's the crux of most if this. He should be. If he does start he'll be far less effective than coming on with 20 to go. Bringing him on with 20 minutes or less left is part of the problem though, it leads to him forcing the game too much, rather than having time to work his way into the game. If he doesn't start he should be brought on with 30 minutes or more remaining like he was against Palace, even better just do it at half time.. Or just start him and don't force him to play RB counter-produce what they'll be doing. If we play Ben Arfa further up on the right, Baines will be forced to stay back a bit. Unfortunately our coward of a manager doesn't look it that way, he'll be playing Sissoko to defend Baines at home... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 My worry about him starting when not really anywhere near 100% fit is him getting injured again and being out for another month. better to ease him in as a sub. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He tried that tactic with Marv at Goodison and it just failed epically, Baines didn't stay back, he just bombed past him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He tried that tactic with Marv at Goodison and it just failed epically, Baines didn't stay back, he just bombed past him Different players though, I'd HBA skins Baines he'll know his role, like Think Ben Arfa will have to be fully fit like, as he's going to be up and down that touchline all night. Can't afford to be breathing out of his arse up against Baines. He can't personally pin him back, Everton will still have their spells in the game and Baines won't care if Ben Arfa is standing on the half way line waiting for a counter, he will just bomb forward still and think he can use that to his advantage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That never happened. We all want him to have the ball the most, but they were definitely not ignoring him just because every pass didn't go to the right side. He made a nice little cameo, has to start tonight. He's not fit enough to start; that's the crux of most if this. He should be. If he does start he'll be far less effective than coming on with 20 to go. Bringing him on with 20 minutes or less left is part of the problem though, it leads to him forcing the game too much, rather than having time to work his way into the game. If he doesn't start he should be brought on with 30 minutes or more remaining like he was against Palace, even better just do it at half time.. Or just start him and don't force him to play RB counter-produce what they'll be doing. If we play Ben Arfa further up on the right, Baines will be forced to stay back a bit. Unfortunately our coward of a manager doesn't look it that way, he'll be playing Sissoko to defend Baines at home... Yeah basically the best way to combat Baines is pin him back. We won't do that though, like Baines won't stay back. That's why they play 4-2-3-1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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