Hatem Ben Arfa (now retired?)

[Mattoon]

Irony of ironies if Bruce was to come here and we were unable to recall HBA! Although on te upside it might away him to sign a new contract at the end of the season.

Seriously thinking of taking time out to watch the match tomorrow if hes playing, masochistic I know.

[watty 1892]

No, but he'd be undroppable, even by the standards of this idiot.

 

The standards of this particular idiot should never be underestimated.

[BlueStar]

No, but he'd be undroppable, even by the standards of this idiot.

 

The standards of this particular idiot should never be underestimated.

 

There were a vocal minority even with Robert who played into the old 'lazy, doesn't put a shift in' shite.  Some woman in the Milburn in particular never shut up about him

 

"ROBEARRRR, IT'S YOUR FAULT, ROBEARRRR, IT'S YOU AGAIN, YOU'VE LOST IT AGAIN ROBEARR, GET BACK MAN ROBEARRR, WHAT YOU DOING SHOOTING FROM THERE ROBEARRR YOU GREEDY SOD, ROBEARRR, GET BACK ROBEEARR, YER LAZY ROBEARRRR"

 

 

In fact maybe it was just her.

[Mr. Snrub]

Funny seeing how obvious it was Shearer loved playing with Robert despite the countless bollockings he gave him.

[Guest chopey]

I'd love to see Ben arfa put in a quality performance against west ham tonight for various different reasons

[Jack Flash]

Steve Bruce has vowed to get the best out of Hatem Ben Arfa – by showing him the affection he was starved of at Newcastle.

 

Ben Arfa has been booted out of Toon and banished to Hull on loan, with under-fire Magpies boss Alan Pardew insisting he got rid because the French winger lacked “a love and a passion for the club.”

 

Ben Arfa disputes his manager’s claims, and Pardew has come under heavy fire from fans who are furious with him for dumping their favourite.

 

But Tigers chief Bruce, who has been linked with the St James’ Park job if Pardew gets the bullet, piled the pressure on his Toon counterpart by insisting Ben Arfa has been “ostracised” on Tyneside.

 

Ben Arfa, 27, will kick off his stint at the Yorkshire club with a place on the bench at home to West Ham on Monday night with Bruce revealing: ”I’ll assess him, but I don’t think he’s fit enough to go straight in at the start because he hasn’t played 90 minutes for I don’t know how long.

 

“But that’s what you get when you’ve been ostracised, having to work with the under-21’s. You are going to miss the intensity of playing and training, that’s pretty normal. So he’s still got a bit to do fitness-wise.

 

“What I do know, though, is that there is no doubt about Hatem’s ability. Absolutely not. I also think he might just have something to prove and, when someone has got a fire burning inside them to show people they are wrong, then maybe Hull City can benefit from that. Let’s hope so.

 

“There might be a bit of a maverick in him, but there are a few mavericks around here so he’s in good company! All I want him to do is go out there and enjoy playing again, feel wanted, be part of the club and be appreciated for what he’s got.

 

"A year ago I remember when we beat Newcastle up at their place, our thoughts wer,e ‘How do we stop Ben Arfa?’ because he is such a talent and was their big player at the time. So he’s always been there on our radar, and I thought ‘why hasn’t anybody gone in for him?’

 

“They wanted £6million probably at the start of the summer, so I kept monitoring it and, on deadline day, I thought ‘okay, let’s go for it.’

 

“What Hatem has to do now is knuckle down and get himself physically in the right condition, because you can’t play in the Premier League if you’re not 100 per cent right. I won’t take any risks with him, but he’s going to have a big part to play here because he gives us the flexibility to play whatever formation we like.”

 

[Yorkie]

Bruce knows what he's fucking doing.

[mrmojorisin75]

"A year ago I remember when we beat Newcastle up at their place, our thoughts were ‘How do we stop Ben Arfa?’

 

  fucks sake, alan would have had him covering the fullback all week in training and all

 

in fact wasn't that the game where ben arfa didn't track the full back and they scored?

[Paully]

Guardian

 

 

This season the fans’ disgruntlement has been exacerbated by Pardew’s controversial decision to loan Hatem Ben Arfa– a France international with whom he had fallen out – to Hull. Under the terms of that deal Ben Arfa cannot play on Saturday but Bruce is thought to be contemplating putting the Frenchman in Hull dugout.

[TaylorJ_01]

Agent Bruce

 

We're his dream job. He can make our hell end. Stick Ben Arfa there, batter us 3-0, I reckon Pardew is dead. If he does that I'd happily welcome him here if he was this shit he would have walked away ages ago, at least.

[Mr Logic]

And will a single member of the media question Pardew's decision when Ben Arfa performs on a regular basis for Hull?

[TaylorJ_01]

"we all know what he's capable of, just needed a fresh start"

 

I predict that. It's meaningless enough.

[LFEE]

Who fancies taking the banners to greet the Hull Team coach on Saturday?...

[TaylorJ_01]

mint idea

[mickthemagpie]

Good idea.

[GoranBadlund]

It's a shame he can't play against us on saturday. Imagine him having a blinder and score a stunning goal or two and being the one who finally puts Pardew away...

[Tachikoma]

Steve Bruce has vowed to get the best out of Hatem Ben Arfa – by showing him the affection he was starved of at Newcastle.

 

Ben Arfa has been booted out of Toon and banished to Hull on loan, with under-fire Magpies boss Alan Pardew insisting he got rid because the French winger lacked “a love and a passion for the club.”

 

Ben Arfa disputes his manager’s claims, and Pardew has come under heavy fire from fans who are furious with him for dumping their favourite.

 

But Tigers chief Bruce, who has been linked with the St James’ Park job if Pardew gets the bullet, piled the pressure on his Toon counterpart by insisting Ben Arfa has been “ostracised” on Tyneside.

 

Ben Arfa, 27, will kick off his stint at the Yorkshire club with a place on the bench at home to West Ham on Monday night with Bruce revealing: ”I’ll assess him, but I don’t think he’s fit enough to go straight in at the start because he hasn’t played 90 minutes for I don’t know how long.

 

“But that’s what you get when you’ve been ostracised, having to work with the under-21’s. You are going to miss the intensity of playing and training, that’s pretty normal. So he’s still got a bit to do fitness-wise.

 

“What I do know, though, is that there is no doubt about Hatem’s ability. Absolutely not. I also think he might just have something to prove and, when someone has got a fire burning inside them to show people they are wrong, then maybe Hull City can benefit from that. Let’s hope so.

 

“There might be a bit of a maverick in him, but there are a few mavericks around here so he’s in good company! All I want him to do is go out there and enjoy playing again, feel wanted, be part of the club and be appreciated for what he’s got.

 

"A year ago I remember when we beat Newcastle up at their place, our thoughts wer,e ‘How do we stop Ben Arfa?’ because he is such a talent and was their big player at the time. So he’s always been there on our radar, and I thought ‘why hasn’t anybody gone in for him?’

 

“They wanted £6million probably at the start of the summer, so I kept monitoring it and, on deadline day, I thought ‘okay, let’s go for it.’

 

“What Hatem has to do now is knuckle down and get himself physically in the right condition, because you can’t play in the Premier League if you’re not 100 per cent right. I won’t take any risks with him, but he’s going to have a big part to play here because he gives us the flexibility to play whatever formation we like.”

 

 

Dammit <_<

 

There's more common sense in that statement alone than everything we've seen from NUFC in the last year.

[George Bailey]

Who fancies taking the banners to greet the Hull Team coach on Saturday?...

:clap2:

That would get some media attention too undoubtedly, excellent idea.

[Guest tunisia]

http://www.hat-trick.fr/ben-arfa-lautre-facette/

 

a nice article

[Jack Flash]

When he went to see the neighbor Gateshead (D5) play a Tuesday night in mid-winter to support a hope of Pies was loaned there

 

 

Never Ben Arfa will be a lamb or easy to navigate player. However, if he keeps this infinite love he has the ball, he has already found the most important sense of the life of a man: joy.

 

[Jack Flash]

The capture of Newcastle United’s Ben Arfa is a real coup and if Bruce can bring the best out of the enigmatic Frenchman, he will fire the imagination of fans at the KC Stadium. Although inconsistent, the 27-year-old is capable of producing performances that take the breath away, destroying rival teams single-handed.

 

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/features/talking-tactics-attacking-enforcements-set-to-excite-hull-city-fans.html

[TaylorJ_01]

But he's disruptive, he might cause us to give away 4 goals.

[NEEJ]

How on earth will Hull manage to prepare for the game against us with only 4 days to prepare?

[Guest]

And with that bad influence poisoning the atmosphere in the squad leading up to it.

[TRon]

Guardian

 

 

This season the fans’ disgruntlement has been exacerbated by Pardew’s controversial decision to loan Hatem Ben Arfa– a France international with whom he had fallen out – to Hull. Under the terms of that deal Ben Arfa cannot play on Saturday but Bruce is thought to be contemplating putting the Frenchman in Hull dugout.

 

Get in there Brucie!