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did he not get injured while being challenged?

 

Aye, he stretched to poke a ball forward, sort of in a challenge, not a heavy one though.

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Hatem Ben Arfa will miss Sunday's trip to Southampton in the Premier League with a hamstring injury, manager Alan Pardew has confirmed.

The French international hobbled off shortly before half-time on Thursday night as Newcastle recorded a 1-1 Europa League draw with Maritimo.

 

Having been one of their brightest sparks this term, the loss of Ben Arfa is a big blow to United's impact in the final third of the pitch.

But while he is ruled out of a trip to the South Coast this weekend, Pardew is confident that the playmaker will not sidelined long-term.

"It's a hamstring problem, so it will definitely keep him out on Sunday, and probably next week. I don't know from then on," explained the boss.

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It's absolutely shit news, obviously. But, just to clutch at straws, in a way a rest might benefit him. He's burned out after some blistering form earlier in the season (though i'd put that down to tactical deployment more than anything).

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Guest hatem garrincha

He was getting better and better in the number 10 role yesterday, 10 minutes before his injury (after a timid start)

It's a shame really.

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It's absolutely shit news, obviously. But, just to clutch at straws, in a way a rest might benefit him. He's burned out after some blistering form earlier in the season (though i'd put that down to tactical deployment more than anything).

 

:thup: it's straws as well but it might see a few of the other so called purple players take a bit more responsibility too while he's out instead of relying on HBA to do everything.

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Minor point, but Gaston Ramirez for Southampton today was playing in the role that we really should be playing Hatem in, bit like a more advanced Cabaye in our version of last season's 4-3-3 (2 DM's, 3 AM's with 1 striker). Of course it helps that the style of play and the system around him suited a creative "number 10".

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Guest malandro

Yesterday really exposed the problem with HBAs schoolyard dribbling. The rest of the team have forgotten how to play. I blame AP for not integrating HBAs talent into a team structure. Just letting him run around in an ill disciplined frenzy of ball hogging is plain lazy

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