AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 How close is he to coming back? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 How close is he to coming back? Penciled in for Spurs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Mid to late February apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 How close is he to coming back? Might see him on the bench at Spurs the earliest. Be very surprised if he was involved at all for Chelsea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Still three or four weeks away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 He will be champing at the bit to get back if we make all these signing. Imagine when he plays with Debuchy, instead of Simpson! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Still three or four weeks away. Not confident of collecting points without him, so this is pretty bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Still three or four weeks away. Where did you read this awful news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Pardew quotes in the Chronicle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Still three or four weeks away. Where did you read this awful news He confirmed it himself last week iirc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Pardew quotes in the Chronicle. http://i.imgur.com/OXomD.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 So thats Villa, Chelsea and maybe Spurs before he's back? Could be worse, we'd struggle to beat Chelsea even with him in the team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VanBarduck Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Ive never seen an hamstring injury last so long . I just hope he doesn't turn out to be the new "diaby" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 If we sign all of the players we've been linked to then surely Deschamps will have to come and watch us play? Hopefully means a way for Ben Arfa to get back into the setup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I hope Ben Arfa is the next French player to sign a contract for us, once we've finished lining players up during this window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Still annoys me how we lost this guy in what was basically a pointless game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherealnorthernTOON Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 HBA talks about ambition. Ashley goes out and signs french internationals. HBA for prez! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Think we'll see him back for the Southampton game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Without Ben Arfa we might not have Cabaye, Debuchy, Marveaux or Mbiwa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I hope Ben Arfa is the next French player to sign a contract for us, once we've finished lining players up during this window. Aye, contract expires in 2015. I know it's a year and a half away, but it'd be horrible to go into the 2014/15 season with him out of contract at the end of it. We should be looking at getting him tied down until 2018. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I hope Ben Arfa is the next French player to sign a contract for us, once we've finished lining players up during this window. That's a good point. He obviously mentioned ambition some weeks ago, and then we go out and buy a bunch of quality french players. It must be good to see we're being ambitious in that sense (even though we all know this should've happened in the summer). Once we hopefully get out of this relegation mess, we'll have a team to be reckoned with. We just need a little momentum and our new players to pick up the pace asap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 This season is a write off. Plus given the way Ashley does business, there is just so much uncertainty. We don't seem to have a coherent strategy to move towards fighting for a CL place. How else do you explain ending 5th in one season and completely screwing up the next and it's not like Europe has been a distraction either. My worry is that at the end of the season, he will just look back at all this and says fuck it. With his talent, he should be paying in the CL and is at least as good if not better than most of the attacking players in the top 4 of the league. Then there is of course his love PSG. Not looking good but we all pray and hope. Losing HBA will be an almighty blow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Remember how fucking good this dude was when playing? It's so easy to forget. Absolute game-changer. I am so excited for his return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Think we'll see him back for the Southampton game. Yeah there's a two week break after the Spurs game so that seems the most likely situation. Be great if he made the bench for Spurs though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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