David Icke - Son of God Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 tl;dr - I'm an absolute nugget A fair summation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 He is an incredible talent, who is still trying to settle into the team and league.. Not to mention he is getting a run in a mix and max starting 11, once he has Tiote, Cabaye, Ba and Cisse all playing he will be much better surrounded by better players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'm looking forward to a fully fit, fully adapted Ben Arfa being part of a settled squad and a settled system. I wouldn't say any of that exists at the moment and he's still got three goals and a bunch of assists. Next season's attack is gonna be sweeeet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'm looking forward to a fully fit, fully adapted Ben Arfa being part of a settled squad and a settled system. I wouldn't say any of that exists at the moment and he's still got three goals and a bunch of assists. Next season's attack is gonna be sweeeet. I wouldn't like to tempt fate by looking that far ahead, but I do think that Ben Arfa looks like he needs a good solid pre-season playing where the manager wants him and free from injury. He wasn't afforded that this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 We need Cabaye and Tiote in midfield, plus strikers that actually move to get the best out of him. I don't think he gets any help whatsoever from Simpson either, Colo was the only fucker trying to link with him. Don't get me wrong, he was bloody terrible, but I would have moved him behind Best when Perch come on. He showed the odd flash of brilliance and did track back and work hard, something that can't be said about the sloth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 This guy will fit better into our team when we have our top players back. Not sure he can handle things when we're up against it. I really want him to do well and play regularly for us though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toondra Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 hope pardew will go on with him and let him a starter for 3 or 4 more games no matter how he plays... best, ameobi, obertan had that right, why ben arfa couldn't? because he is too talented?? just 3 or 4 more games, and some footballers around him... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toondra Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 but he lprobably be on the bench next saturday... does he really deserve it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 He took the ball down from the air in the first half, which, if meant (I'm sure it weren't) was fucking amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 He needs to get the ball out of his feet in less advanced positions- he has the pace the beat players with speed rather than keeping the ball close to him to pull of a jink or a turn. When he's taking the ball from the deep he keeps the ball close and its much easier for players to just poke it away from him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 He makes you post more. For me that's his biggest fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Must be thick as fuck, tbh. He knows why he's not being played regularly yet tries to beat his man 5 times in the first few minutes of the game and kicks the ball out of play for a goal kick. Like going to a job interview wearing a suit made of horse crap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Must be thick as f***, tbh. He knows why he's not being played regularly yet tries to beat his man 5 times in the first few minutes of the game and kicks the ball out of play for a goal kick. Like going to a job interview wearing a suit made of horse crap. At least he had enough about him to beat a man 5 times, I don't think Best and Shola beat anybody 5 times combined throughout the whole game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Needs to be in the hole to really flourish. fnarr fnarr Tiote Cabaye Jonas Ben Arfa Cisse Ba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 HBA seemed to have Sholaitis today, he couldn't control the ball....terrible performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 That's too narrow, thing is though he needs close support, if he's alone he'll just waste possession, he scored goals and made assists in the last few games, always a mercurial one who will have bad games too though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Must be thick as f***, tbh. He knows why he's not being played regularly yet tries to beat his man 5 times in the first few minutes of the game and kicks the ball out of play for a goal kick. Like going to a job interview wearing a suit made of horse crap. At least he had enough about him to beat a man 5 times, I don't think Best and Shola beat anybody 5 times combined throughout the whole game. End result's the same. And Shola will get a game regardless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Thought he did alright for 45 minutes. Certainly no worse than the others.....that substitution baffled me. It worked though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 End result's the same. And Shola will get a game regardless. The end result isn't always the same, see the FA Cup game for a reminder. Nothing is going to come off all of the time and what happened tonight could easily have happened when he got his wonder goal. It's like the lottery, you have to buy a ticket if you are going to win. He does things which will sometimes work and sometimes fail and we have to accept that. We got no more out of Ryan Taylor in the 2nd half than we got out of Ben Arfa in the first, we probably got less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 That moment in the first half when he was in the box and he tried to take a defender on 4 times and eventually took it out for a goal kick, but no-one was in the box showing, sums up our strikers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 The difference though is that in the Cup he was (from what I head) very dangerous even before the goal. Today his touch let him down massively a few times and he was clearly frustrated with himself. I still think he should have been given another 10-15 minutes after the break like (we've seen many times the differance half time can make to a players performance). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 He took the ball down from the air in the first half, which, if meant (I'm sure it weren't) was fucking amazing. Near our box? Surely he never meant that like, if he did though it was class! Excellent flick on with his head for Jonas too (who played an excellent ball to Best who fucked up). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 He's a textbook flair player, you'll get good days and bad days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 He's a textbook flair player, you'll get good days and bad days. Like Robert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 He's a textbook flair player, you'll get good days and bad days. Like Robert. yes and yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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