Mike Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Hatem in the MLS at 27 ffs, what an absolute waste of talent. You may as well ask him to go back and play on the yard at school. Fuck off. As if you don't know that it's absolutely true. I'm not taking the piss, it's totally accurate. This lad was taking the piss out of PL defenders not that long ago, the MLS isn't going to be any better. It's a relatively new league filled mostly with homegrown talent. It isn't the best, but it's tiring to hear negative shit from English about the standard, as if the world tunes in to your league to see English players. It is what it is, for now. Wouldn't want Benny to spend the rest of his career here, but I'm not going to feel bad about being excited at the idea of him playing here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 If he joins Toronto I'm going to have the most epic wanks ever, and will buy a season ticket right away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I wish I gave a s*** about the NY teams, but they are all pretty grim. Even the Cosmos have gone and signed Raúl FFS. HBA going somewhere might solve my problem of not having a yank team I can really support. As long as it isn't Real Salt Lake. Don't go there Hatem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Those Man City uniforms really pissed me off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 If you fancy hanging yourself from the anguish Let's get the obvious joke out of the way. In the final hours of transfer deadline day it emerged that Hatem Ben Arfa was considering retiring from football, which must have prompted a few people to wonder aloud whether any of us would be able to tell. Boom boom. For those who have missed it, the former Newcastle man can’t play for Nice or anyone else until next season because Fifa rules state that no player can represent three clubs in the same campaign. Ben Arfa played for Newcastle Under-21s once, then Hull City for a few forgettable games and this means he is not allowed to play for anyone else. That Ballon D’or will have to wait a while yet. “In the back of his mind there is the possibility to quit,” said a man called Jean-Jacques Bertrand who is apparently the player’s lawyer. “His stay in Nice will end tomorrow (Tuesday). It is out of the question that Hatem will finish his season at Nice.” However, things have changed. He isn’t quitting after all and he might end up in the MLS now. What a fall from grace. It didn’t take long for the HBA fanclub to make their feelings known on social media. The message was simple, if daft. Why not get Hatem back to Newcastle? Alan Pardew isn’t there any more. It’s a new regime. The squad could do with a bit more quality and, after all, he is allowed to play for us. There is one problem. It’s a minor one, but a concern nonetheless. Which is that Hatem Ben Arfa is a waste of space, talent and everyone’s time. I hadn’t totally given up on him until it all went wrong for him at Hull City. Having been given about 10 last chances at Newcastle, he was shipped down the road for yet another last chance to make it in the Premier League. I am told Steve Bruce felt that it was worth a punt. That if he could coach a few good performances out of the Frenchman then it would be worth it. He couldn’t even coax a few good training sessions from the guy. And then Ben Arfa was told he was surplus to requirements by Hull! Who, by the way, have suffered chronic injury problems all season. It’s not as if Bruce didn’t need an extra body. So then Ben Arfa went to Nice and “even if Real Madrid had called at that moment, my mind was made up,” which must have been a real kick in the guys for Carlo Ancelotti. Those who still love this flawed character as a player remember him as a No 10 who could beat two or three players merely by dipping a shoulder. They recall the mazy runs, incredible goals, match-winning performances. They have good memories. Now you may wonder why this seems like a bit of a hatchet job on someone I have met only a few times in a professional capacity and on those occasions he was actually really nice. It is because Ben Arfa had the chance not just to make a living out of professional football, and hundreds are lost to the game in this country every year, but he could have been a brilliant player. He was good enough to become an international and regular in the Champions League. By the end of his time at Newcastle, his role was as unused substitute No 4. Of course, this isn’t Hatem’s fault. It never is. Pardew never got the best out of him. Ditto Bruce. And also Didier Deschamps and Laurent Blanc, who had their own problems with him. Ben Arfa turns 28 next month. He is an adult and should be at the peak of his career, not getting some lawyer to pretend that he’s going to retire, or heading out to grass in America. It is not any coach’s responsibility how his career has gone and will go. It is his own. Ben Arfa messed up his Newcastle career. The club provided him with a superb platform, the supporters gave him incredible backing and he let everyone down. But nobody more than himself. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-should-take-back-8572867 Awful writing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I've never known such irrational hatred for such an obviously talented player before like, it's just weird, especially when he never put a foot wrong for us on the pitch. EDIT: Apart from being at direct fault for Liverpool's 3rd goal in the 6-0, the absolute BASTARD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 My favourite part is he hadn't given up until he went to Hull Aye because Brucey is so adept at getting anything out of anyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I haven't sent anyone any abuse on Twitter for fucking ages. Not even David Cameron. That article got me though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I haven't sent anyone any abuse on Twitter for fucking ages. Not even David Cameron. That article got me though. @NeilCameron5 An absolute disgrace to journalism. Retweeted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Must be a requirement for all NCJ writers to be utterly fucking clueless as well as unable to spell or comprehend the English language. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I haven't sent anyone any abuse on Twitter for fucking ages. Not even David Cameron. That article got me though. @NeilCameron5 An absolute disgrace to journalism. Retweeted To be fair to Neil, he has to write that drivel or how else would he get that exclusive with Charners, "One in a lifetime opportunity" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Neil Cameron @NeilCameron5 6m6 minutes ago @markattias @ChronicleNUFC @MsiDouglas He is 28 in a few weeks. Can't keep blaming miss-management. Ahh. Good old Miss Management. Is that his affectionate term for Pardew? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Today, it is finished with Nice. Maybe not definitively. I want to thank everyone at Nice: the fans, the coach, the players, the president. I was truly very nicely welcomed. I have to thank them. It is a regret that I cannot continue here. I have to accept certain decisions. Last night, I was dejected. Today, the teammates here brought my moral back up during training. I feel better. Yesterday, I was truly depressed. I was telling myself that it was finished for me. I had a bad moment, but things are better for me now. It is a decisions that I have to accept. I need to remain positive for the future. You have the feeling of wanting to throw the towel in, but you tell yourself that you need to continue to fight, that you have time ahead of you.” “I am still in shock, I cannot answer with regards to questions about my future. I know that you want answers quickly, but I cannot tell toy. Of course, I want to continue, I cannot stop after something like this. I am dejected, very sad, but I will not stop. I am even ready to go to the North Pole if it means I can play football. For me, the decision was to stay with Nice right until the end. I need to see other things. We have not yet thought about it. Maybe I need to go abroad. The aim is to be competing again. We shall see I don’t know yet. I have meetings today, we will see.” “I have had an enormous amount of messages, and I want to thank you all. I received a lot of support in France and abroad. Thank you. I had a lot of messages last night, nearly 100. It was really nice. I am happy to be able the benefit from so much support. It is maybe not goodbye (to Nice).” Glad to see he's thought it through and made the correct choice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Hoser Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 If he joins Toronto I'm going to have the most epic wanks ever, and will buy a season ticket right away. It would get me to a game for sure, even if he was with the visiting club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 He was 23 when he signed and a great, great player. He left at 27 after 4 years of being benched for no reason at all and now finds himself in a position where he cannot even play football. Of course it's down to Alan Pardew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 he said he'd never said Cabella was a flop. emy Cabella is starting to look like a mistake He was slightly unfortunate that his goal was taken away from him by a linesman’s flag. But he did nothing. Again. It begs the question: was his signing a huge error? Some fans have demanded he start Why? That game against Manchester City back in August, and a decent 45 minutes at Burnley has been his contribution. Cabella never looked like he was going to do anything. Even when Newcastle won a free-kick late on, it was Haris Vukic that took it. Shouldn’t that be the job of the £12million man? He could still prove us wrong. But when? Same thing Fuck me that logic. Cost 12 Million = Must be a free kick taker. What a fucking Knacker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Imagine getting paid to write stuff like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 What's the difference between HBA and Streete? Both played for our under 21s and a team on loan yet HBA can't play for Nice but Streete can play for Rangers?! Eh?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Love winding Cameron up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Some fans have demanded he start. Why? That just tells you everything you need to know about him and his abysmal attitude towards football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rustin Cohle Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 especially when he never put a foot wrong for us on the pitch. Fuck me sideways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 especially when he never put a foot wrong for us on the pitch. Fuck me sideways. Howay then, what did he do wrong? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Isn't Colback. Didn't spend his entire time 30 yards from his own goal passing it backwards. Work harder. More tackles. More headers. No fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rustin Cohle Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 He was 23 when he signed and a great, great player. He left at 27 after 4 years of being benched for no reason at all and now finds himself in a position where he cannot even play football. Of course it's down to Alan Pardew Kicked out of Marseille Kicked out of Newcastle Kicked out of Hull Pardews fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Literally the worst thing I can remember him doing was running the ball out of play needlessly a couple of times during a game when he wasn't match fit. He was of course taken off at halftime and dropped for the following 3 games after that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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