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His left foot is real quality but his right foot is still dangerous. I don't think it's entirely fair to say he has a weaker foot.

 

It's easy to sit on a sofa and give analysis on how to prevent a goal or how to nullify the opposition, but it's totally different when you're down on the pitch and he's running at you and it's almost like the ball is glued to his boot.

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I have a feeling some poor full back's gonna show him far too much outside soon and he'll rattle one in the corner with his right.

 

That Alan Hansen comment on MoTD was impertinent tbh - "just show him outside". His left is obviously his stronger foot, but his turn of pace/explosion is so good that he can still hurt you from the byline tbh - and probably have time to come back on to his left once he's got round you.

 

Shearer was right though, you may know what he's gonna do but stopping him doing it is a completely different thing.

 

Exactly, see Robben.

 

Robben is very easy to stop compared to a fully fit and on form Ben Arfa.

 

Robben has a left foot and only a left foot. You know he's gonna pull inside 99% of the time. 2010 in the CL final Mourinho stopped him with Zanetti so easily.

 

Ben Arfa has more to his game - a right foot for example.

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I have a feeling some poor full back's gonna show him far too much outside soon and he'll rattle one in the corner with his right.

 

That Alan Hansen comment on MoTD was impertinent tbh - "just show him outside". His left is obviously his stronger foot, but his turn of pace/explosion is so good that he can still hurt you from the byline tbh - and probably have time to come back on to his left once he's got round you.

 

Shearer was right though, you may know what he's gonna do but stopping him doing it is a completely different thing.

 

Exactly, see Robben.

 

Robben is very easy to stop compared to a fully fit and on form Ben Arfa.

 

Robben has a left foot and only a left foot. You know he's gonna pull inside 99% of the time. 2010 in the CL final Mourinho stopped him with Zanetti so easily.

 

Ben Arfa has more to his game - a right foot for example.

 

Calm down :lol: Robben has done everything and beaten the best, there isn't a comparison.

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I have a feeling some poor full back's gonna show him far too much outside soon and he'll rattle one in the corner with his right.

 

That Alan Hansen comment on MoTD was impertinent tbh - "just show him outside". His left is obviously his stronger foot, but his turn of pace/explosion is so good that he can still hurt you from the byline tbh - and probably have time to come back on to his left once he's got round you.

 

Shearer was right though, you may know what he's gonna do but stopping him doing it is a completely different thing.

 

Exactly, see Robben.

 

Robben is very easy to stop compared to a fully fit and on form Ben Arfa.

 

Robben has a left foot and only a left foot. You know he's gonna pull inside 99% of the time. 2010 in the CL final Mourinho stopped him with Zanetti so easily.

 

Ben Arfa has more to his game - a right foot for example.

 

Drugs.

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I have a feeling some poor full back's gonna show him far too much outside soon and he'll rattle one in the corner with his right.

 

That Alan Hansen comment on MoTD was impertinent tbh - "just show him outside". His left is obviously his stronger foot, but his turn of pace/explosion is so good that he can still hurt you from the byline tbh - and probably have time to come back on to his left once he's got round you.

 

Shearer was right though, you may know what he's gonna do but stopping him doing it is a completely different thing.

 

Exactly, see Robben.

 

Not entirely the case here though, Ben Arfa still takes players down the outside enough to put the element of doubt in their mind. He beat Luna to the byline a few times yesterday and put crosses in with his right.

 

When he does go outside he sometimes takes it right to the byline before cutting it back. Bit of a nightmare to defend against that.

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I have a feeling some poor full back's gonna show him far too much outside soon and he'll rattle one in the corner with his right.

 

That Alan Hansen comment on MoTD was impertinent tbh - "just show him outside". His left is obviously his stronger foot, but his turn of pace/explosion is so good that he can still hurt you from the byline tbh - and probably have time to come back on to his left once he's got round you.

 

Shearer was right though, you may know what he's gonna do but stopping him doing it is a completely different thing.

 

Exactly, see Robben.

 

Not entirely the case here though, Ben Arfa still takes players down the outside enough to put the element of doubt in their mind. He beat Luna to the byline a few times yesterday and put crosses in with his right.

 

When he does go outside he sometimes takes it right to the byline before cutting it back. Bit of a nightmare to defend against that.

 

Yip, sometimes it comes off, sometimes it looks frustrating when he overruns it rather than pulling it back or crossing sooner.

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We're really quite fortunate with Ben Arfa.

 

He's been at big clubs before and has been messed about, and really not allowed to just go out and play his game, with full support from everyone behind him i.e. manager, team mates, fans etc.

 

It's no surprise he's seemingly so happy here. Just goes out and plays football. Even when he overdoes things his team mates don't moan, the fans still pull for him, and even the manager has accepted his style of play too.

 

I really thinks he appreciates that it's a unique situation.

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