Pata Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I thought he made one poor decision and was perfectly fine otherwise. He came on for twenty minutes and created two or three dangerous situations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I thought he made one poor decision and was perfectly fine otherwise. He came on for twenty minutes and created two or three dangerous situations. I don't think some on here watch the same game as most people with common sense do: in essence, there is a fracture in how they distill reality. You're bang on. Some on here... not so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Some moments hes class, others he tries to hard due to it. Just has to know when he has better options than running past 5 men. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 inefective show poney. time for him to DO what he can or move on. Unbelievable. This is what Pardew's done to our fans I predict he will continue to lose possesion, miss vital passes, try to beat too many men, and take apalling corners. while people will continue to post about what he CAN do.- well lets see him do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 His decision making drives me mad. He always has to be the hero and never seems to make a pass to someone who's in acres of space. Can't remember the last time I fancied him in a shooting position either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 he can be brilliant but he doesn't do it often enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I would have brought him on before Cisse and he showed glimpses of what he is best at, also showed some wasteful, selfish stuff but I can live with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JS Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 he can be brilliant but he doesn't do it often enough. Has been the reoccurring theme throughout his career, sadly :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 People's standards seem to be incredibly strict when it comes to a player like Ben Arfa. They ignore the good stuff he does but then slaughter him if he makes a bad decision or takes a bad corner. If it was a lesser player I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid at his "mistakes" today. They were hardly that bad, and having so little time to impress of course one mistake is magnified. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 People's standards seem to be incredibly strict when it comes to a player like Ben Arfa. They ignore the good stuff he does but then slaughter him if he makes a bad decision or takes a bad corner. If it was a lesser player I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid at his "mistakes" today. They were hardly that bad, and having so little time to impress of course one mistake is magnified. It's been the case with HBA on here forever. People seem to only love him or hate him, don't seem to treat him as any other player, who needs a good manager who cn work with him and improve the sides of his game that need work, while encouraging him to do what he does best. Instead they expect this Franco Baresi-type defensive skills and Maradona-esque attacking force. Seems like nobody wants a player who is in between. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 People's standards seem to be incredibly strict when it comes to a player like Ben Arfa. They ignore the good stuff he does but then slaughter him if he makes a bad decision or takes a bad corner. If it was a lesser player I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid at his "mistakes" today. They were hardly that bad, and having so little time to impress of course one mistake is magnified. I would love him to produce his best more often. Accept he cant if hes not on the pitch- but its up to him to earn his place. If only he were at his best for 70% of the time he is on the ball. sadly I think hes more like 70% of his worse when hes on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 As I said in the match thread, there's a tendency to take extreme opinions with Ben Arfa because of his hype, and almost everything he does (good or bad) is over-analysed, but the truth is he lies somewhere in between on average. Even at his worst he's relatively tidy and he's effective purely due to his presence pushing back the opposition - he wasn't great today, for instance, but when he came on there was still a very visible swing in territory and he didn't lose possession too many times... Of course, you always have the chance of him doing something magic but you have to accept that he isn't Messi and it isn't going to happen every week, and sometimes he'll make poor decisions in trying to create that magic - he can often be infuriating but it's usually as a result of expectation... Rough with the smooth. If it was all smooth with him, he wouldn't be playing for us. As it is, at the moment, he's a very good option to have on the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Sounded like a boyband just got on stage at a teenage girl concert hall every time he received the ball Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 People's standards seem to be incredibly strict when it comes to a player like Ben Arfa. They ignore the good stuff he does but then slaughter him if he makes a bad decision or takes a bad corner. If it was a lesser player I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid at his "mistakes" today. They were hardly that bad, and having so little time to impress of course one mistake is magnified. It's been the case with HBA on here forever. People seem to only love him or hate him, don't seem to treat him as any other player, who needs a good manager who cn work with him and improve the sides of his game that need work, while encouraging him to do what he does best. Instead they expect this Franco Baresi-type defensive skills and Maradona-esque attacking force. Seems like nobody wants a player who is in between. I love Ben Arfa but the fact is he needs to be more of a team player and pass the ball more often instead of trying to do every thing himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 He made 2 poor decisions when he held onto the ball for too long, other than that he played well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 He had them scared with his great start but he really should have passed it down the left Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 He made 2 poor decisions when he held onto the ball for too long, other than that he played well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 He was decent, but, if he really wants to progress as a player, he needs to improve his decision-making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 He's not a good impact sub because he's that desperate to be back in the team, he always wants to show what he can do a bit too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes1986 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 He's not a good impact sub because he's that desperate to be back in the team, he always wants to show what he can do a bit too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 A decent cameo but tried too hard to pull the rabbit out the hat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Usual mix of the sublime and ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 His skills are superb, we need to just use this lad instead of Shola. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I thought he scared the shit out of them and only made one poor decision in not passing to Remy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 The first short corner between him and Anita was brilliant, ripped the fullback apart, his change of direction is sublime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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