Yorkie Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 He was definitely overweight at the start of 13/14. He was also still definitely the most talented player at the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I think time will be kind to HBA like. Those old enough will know that Ginola and Robert were often criticised, particularly post-Keegan/post-Robson when that pair of dour, no-nonsense ball sacks came in, then he was booed on his return. Yet now it's like none of that happened and he's suddenly rightly seen as one of the best players we had under Keegan. HBA's just as talented as Ginola was, just in a different way, but produced much more in a far inferior team, so you'd think that in time that'll dawn on people/there'll be some rose-tinted reminiscing going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 So infuriating that Ben Arfa was supposedly fat and Rob Elliott was a top pro Some even used to moan that he lost the ball too much. As if the sort of player that he is doesn’t lose the ball more often than a Jack Passback. This guy used to get me out of my seat and take my breath away with his skill yet some thought he wasn’t good enough. Gave me the rage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I'm shocked to hear that there are choosy beggars misdirecting their anger inside St James' Park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I stumbled across the highlights to our home tie with Benfica the other day. He was vital to the goal we pulled back but that's not so much why I bring it up; at 3-2 he cut in from the right, shimmied, made soon room and whacked it just over. Even watching those highlights, knowing full well the final score, several years after the event - that moment engaged a real buzz and anguish as it went over. I actually let out a brief anguished "arghh." He was such an exciting player, and his good moments more than outweighed his frustrating ones. That's just what you get with players like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Fucking released him. Fired him. Alan Pardew and John Carver. Fucking released! Don’t, man... We're obligated to scream into the void every time he completes a dribble until he retires. He should still be here, and it's just fucking outrageous the sequence of events that derailed his time here. It's too dumb to be true but we all saw it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Fucking released him. Fired him. Alan Pardew and John Carver. Fucking released! Don’t, man... We're obligated to scream into the void every time he completes a dribble until he retires. He should still be here, and it's just fucking outrageous the sequence of events that derailed his time here. It's too dumb to be true but we all saw it. Not all Mike, some still blame Ben Arfa, oh well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Fucking released him. Fired him. Alan Pardew and John Carver. Fucking released! Don’t, man... We're obligated to scream into the void every time he completes a dribble until he retires. He should still be here, and it's just fucking outrageous the sequence of events that derailed his time here. It's too dumb to be true but we all saw it. Not all Mike, some still blame Ben Arfa, oh well. You could probably get out of jury duty in Newcastle saying it was HBA's fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Fucking released him. Fired him. Alan Pardew and John Carver. Fucking released! Don’t, man... We're obligated to scream into the void every time he completes a dribble until he retires. He should still be here, and it's just fucking outrageous the sequence of events that derailed his time here. It's too dumb to be true but we all saw it. Not all Mike, some still blame Ben Arfa, oh well. You could probably get out of jury duty in Newcastle saying it was HBA's fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Hatem Ben Arfa v real betis 2019 hd. Don’t act like you don’t know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Ronaldo on here i think it was, (i could be wrong about) iirc said Hatem couldn't play the 10 role When in fact he's perfect for it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 He never once played the #10 role well for us tbf, he was always far more productive on the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Wasn't he playing as a false 9 for Nice, arguably his best body of work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Wasn't he playing as a false 9 for Nice, arguably his best body of work? Nah he played in behind Valère Germain in the 10 role, Germain was brilliant that season as well. Nice played some brilliant stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I'm hoping Almirón gives us a similar threat and level of excitement. I've missed that rush when a genuinely talented dribbler gets on the ball and starts moving forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Wasn't he playing as a false 9 for Nice, arguably his best body of work? Nah he played in behind Valère Germain in the 10 role, Germain was brilliant that season as well. Nice played some brilliant stuff. And there in lies the problem with some football fans- just make things up to suit a story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Wasn't he playing as a false 9 for Nice, arguably his best body of work? Nah he played in behind Valère Germain in the 10 role, Germain was brilliant that season as well. Nice played some brilliant stuff. And there in lies the problem with some football fans- just make things up to suit a story Steady on - asking for clarification of a hazy memory is different from making things up to suit a story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Maybe gets a bit more space in the middle in the French league. As I remember, the few times we tried him at no. 10 he just kept getting crowded out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Wasn't he playing as a false 9 for Nice, arguably his best body of work? Nah he played in behind Valère Germain in the 10 role, Germain was brilliant that season as well. Nice played some brilliant stuff. And there in lies the problem with some football fans- just make things up to suit a story Well i watched them fair few times and that's how they played but OK, gives us your version of how you remember it. Seeing as i just made those memories up apparently Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Just to add, he played in behind Germain, as 10 but in a much more roaming free role, he was given license to do what suited him really. Again, that might be all lies though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Wasn't he playing as a false 9 for Nice, arguably his best body of work? Nah he played in behind Valère Germain in the 10 role, Germain was brilliant that season as well. Nice played some brilliant stuff. And there in lies the problem with some football fans- just make things up to suit a story Well i watched them fair few times and that's how they played but OK, gives us your version of how you remember it. Seeing as i just made those memories up apparently He played behind a striker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Wasn't he playing as a false 9 for Nice, arguably his best body of work? Nah he played in behind Valère Germain in the 10 role, Germain was brilliant that season as well. Nice played some brilliant stuff. And there in lies the problem with some football fans- just make things up to suit a story Well i watched them fair few times and that's how they played but OK, gives us your version of how you remember it. Seeing as i just made those memories up apparently He played behind a striker Which is what i said wasn't it ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Dropped from the game today and the talk is he had a fall out with the manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Surely it’s just because he played in Europe this week? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Rennes-hatem-ben-arfa-ecarte-apres-un-incident-pendant-la-mise-au-vert/992442 google translated- It was the surprise of the Rennes composition. Hatem Ben Arfa was neither in the lineup nor on the substitutes' bench against OM, this Sunday in Ligue 1. According to beIN Sports, he was sanctioned after an incident during the greening of the match. Assuming greening means training Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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