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He will want to be playing as much as he can, France in The World Cup and he will be desperate to be part of it.

It will have been made very clear to him that he must improve his play when we don't have the ball, not tracking back once or twice but every time, Gouff is a shinning example pf work rate and commitment if Benny can add that to his game along with his flare and be consistent then no reason why he cannot be a starting 11 player again.

 

Ben Arfa shouldn't have to keep tracking back, he should do his stuff at the other end where he can win us games, he's unlikely to win us games in our half.  We don't need to play with 11 men behind the ball, that just invited teams onto us.  We need an outlet, something we didn't have on Wednesday and look what happened.

 

Disagree look at Aguero's work rate in the man city team. Must be a dream to play alongside similar to Bellamy but obviously a lot better player.

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However much he works, he's never going to be more hard working than Gouffran or Sissoko. They're just naturally more solid players. Therefore IMO it's down to the manager deciding which option he wants to go for. Hatem will never be more solid than the alternatives, if solidity is the criteria that's used.

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Disagree look at Aguero's work rate in the man city team. Must be a dream to play alongside similar to Bellamy but obviously a lot better player.

 

I didn't say that he shouldn't work hard, he should.  What I want to see from him though is him playing his football in the opponents half.  I do realise that today might not be the best game for him to do that as Man U as home can kill you if they get it right.

 

I'm sick of seeing us sitting back so often and the 2 players we have who can hurt the opposition are Remy and Ben Arfa.  Optimistic Nut mentioned how Ben Arfa didn't track back against Hull and he's right to a point.  What I don't agree with is that we had to play the way we did against them.  We destroyed them for 15 to 20 minutes then like a Tortoise, we retreated into our shell and we allowed Hull to get at us. 

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However much he works, he's never going to be more hard working than Gouffran or Sissoko. They're just naturally more solid players. Therefore IMO it's down to the manager deciding which option he wants to go for. Hatem will never be more solid than the alternatives, if solidity is the criteria that's used.

 

Ben Arfa probably doesn't work as hard as Sissoko or Goufran and he doesn't have to.  Sissoko and Goufran have to work harder because they don't have the quality of Ben Arfa who can at times walk around players as if they weren't even on the pitch.  I'm still convinced that if we are to get the best out of him we need to work on our movement as a team and give him options when he can't do everything on his own.  He'll still make the wrong decision at times just like every other footballer, when he get's it right it is spectacular and massively effective.  How many times have you or others shouted for him to do something and he hasn't and it's worked?  He has scored some brilliant goals for us and I bet people were screaming at him to do something different.

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I'd like to see him given a go just off Remy through the middle.

 

Seems Pardew is most comfortable when he's got two solid banks of four, and Ben Arfa doesn't really fit into that. He's wasted doing so much defensive work in any case.

 

Pardew needs to go to him and tell him he's getting a free role just off the striker with fuck all defensive responsibility, tell him this is his opportunity to make the team his. See if that lights a fire under HBA.

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I'd like to see him given a go just off Remy through the middle.

 

Seems Pardew is most comfortable when he's got two solid banks of four, and Ben Arfa doesn't really fit into that. He's wasted doing so much defensive work in any case.

 

Pardew needs to go to him and tell him he's getting a free role just off the striker with f*** all defensive responsibility, tell him this is his opportunity to make the team his. See if that lights a fire under HBA.

 

I agree but he's looked lost there before, he needs to have a free role and always drift wide to collect the ball

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I'd like to see him given a go just off Remy through the middle.

 

Seems Pardew is most comfortable when he's got two solid banks of four, and Ben Arfa doesn't really fit into that. He's wasted doing so much defensive work in any case.

 

Pardew needs to go to him and tell him he's getting a free role just off the striker with fuck all defensive responsibility, tell him this is his opportunity to make the team his. See if that lights a fire under HBA.

 

That seems the only real option for him in the current system, would like to see it given a go today, if only because I usually enjoy our games much more when he's playing.

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