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That never happened.

 

:thup:

 

We all want him to have the ball the most, but they were definitely not ignoring him just because every pass didn't go to the right side. He made a nice little cameo, has to start tonight.

 

He's not fit enough to start; that's the crux of most if this. He should be. If he does start he'll be far less effective than coming on with 20 to go.

 

Bringing him on with 20 minutes or less left is part of the problem though, it leads to him forcing the game too much, rather than having time to work his way into the game.  If he doesn't start he should be brought on with 30 minutes or more remaining like he was against Palace, even better just do it at half time..

 

Or just start him and don't force him to play RB counter-produce what they'll be doing. If we play Ben Arfa further up on the right, Baines will be forced to stay back a bit. Unfortunately our coward of a manager doesn't look it that way, he'll be playing Sissoko to defend Baines at home...

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He tried that tactic with Marv at Goodison and it just failed epically, Baines didn't stay back, he just bombed past him :lol:

 

Different players though, I'd HBA skins Baines he'll know his role, like

 

Think Ben Arfa will have to be fully fit like, as he's going to be up and down that touchline all night. Can't afford to be breathing out of his arse up against Baines. He can't personally pin him back, Everton will still have their spells in the game and Baines won't care if Ben Arfa is standing on the half way line waiting for a counter, he will just bomb forward still and think he can use that to his advantage.

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That never happened.

 

:thup:

 

We all want him to have the ball the most, but they were definitely not ignoring him just because every pass didn't go to the right side. He made a nice little cameo, has to start tonight.

 

He's not fit enough to start; that's the crux of most if this. He should be. If he does start he'll be far less effective than coming on with 20 to go.

 

Bringing him on with 20 minutes or less left is part of the problem though, it leads to him forcing the game too much, rather than having time to work his way into the game.  If he doesn't start he should be brought on with 30 minutes or more remaining like he was against Palace, even better just do it at half time..

 

Or just start him and don't force him to play RB counter-produce what they'll be doing. If we play Ben Arfa further up on the right, Baines will be forced to stay back a bit. Unfortunately our coward of a manager doesn't look it that way, he'll be playing Sissoko to defend Baines at home...

 

Yeah basically the best way to combat Baines is pin him back. We won't do that though, like

 

Baines won't stay back. That's why they play 4-2-3-1.

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If Ben Arfa is fully fit, i would without a doubt start him as at the end of the day, you concentrate on how your players can hurt them rather than how they can hurt you, especially a fullback. However if he isn't fit enough yet it would be silly to ask him for such a difficult shift when Sissoko has put in some fine performances in that place and be better off sticking with him.

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He should still start if he's fit, of course, but he's going to have to work as Baines will be up and down and knows that he's just as much of a threat and will panic wide midfielders. There are times when he simply has to do his job, I think he's better with that responsibility anyway as he doesn't produce enough for a truly free role.

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Well, "Ando" is a mug. Having a slight go at Ben Arfa on Total Sport.

What's he said?

 

Was cheeky about what Ben Arfa brings to the team. Laughed off his contribution. Didn't think he should start.

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I'm exhausted even thinking about it any more. It's utterly ridiculous that he doesn't play every second of every game. There's literally nothing else you can say about the situation.

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The things this guy can do with the ball is pure genius. Sure he may lose the ball occasionally and or run into blind alleys, but fucking hell everytime he gets the ball he's trying to make things happen. No one else in our squad has the creativity he does.

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Disgraceful that he's sat on the bench. I could tolerate the decision at the end of last year when we were winning games without him, but given how dire we've been since then, he should be one of the first names on the team sheet. Gouffran offers absolutely nothing at either end of the pitch and hasn't for months, if Ben Arfa played half as badly as he has lately he'd be absolutely slated.

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