Dr Venkman Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 The little fake shot and half turn he does with the outside of his foot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) Imagine daring to use TBG as anecdotal evidence at any point for any argument. Edited March 27, 2023 by wormy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Based on this tweet Newcastle fans tv have an interview with him? https://twitter.com/newcastlefanstv/status/1668610265070424065?s=46&t=JsXtnoSrRpo8KokdoIC95w Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Would love to know how he looks back on his career and especially his time at Newcastle. He gave us huge entertainment and joy, would be nice if he felt positively about his time here and about how he was received Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 This cunt homegrown yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Such a fascinating character Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Weirdly he always kept himself pretty fit, despite outwardly not giving a shit. Hopefully someone sits down with him one day and really gets some answers. I can’t imagine being that good at football and doing so little with it, but I do understand not being competitive and not fitting in with football culture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Has he dipped his head in a tub of 99p gel in that pic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 36 isn't that old... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ9 Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Weirdly he always kept himself pretty fit, despite outwardly not giving a shit. Hopefully someone sits down with him one day and really gets some answers. I can’t imagine being that good at football and doing so little with it, but I do understand not being competitive and not fitting in with football culture. Not like he’s won nowt though…he’s won more trophies than most players. Obviously that might have been more, but maybe he just played football to enjoy it. I sort of get that vibe, life maybe wasn’t all about the relentless pursuit of winning but more to do with expressing himself through the joy of football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, Mike said: 36 isn't that old... With the amount of time off he's had he's practically 30 years old and in his prime in footballing years. Could be an extra body for a team competing on multiple fronts.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) A prime HBA with the right mentality consistently would have been THE perfect player for our right hand side. The thought of it makes me drool even though it's just imaginary. Natural talent he had is just second to none. One of my favs ever. Edited November 30, 2023 by Ikon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, wormy said: With the amount of time off he's had he's practically 30 years old and in his prime in footballing years. Could be an extra body for a team competing on multiple fronts.. Right? He's essentially 30 years old, would only need him to play 30 mins a game... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, Ikon said: A prime HBA with the right mentality consistently would have been THE perfect player for our right hand side. The thought of it makes me drool even though it's just imaginary. Natural talent he had is just second to none. One of my favs ever. He would never fit in this team mind , imagine asking him to press like we do , he just wouldn't do it . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Sign him up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Geogaddi said: He would never fit in this team mind , imagine asking him to press like we do , he just wouldn't do it . That's why i said with the right mentality. Even then, if we wanna evolve and become one of europes best we can't just have 11 pressing physical monsters. We will have to change slightly and get top top technical quality in to get to the next level. Obviously there are technical players with decent pressing ability. Imo there will have to be a slight compromise between physicality and technical ability to get to the absolute highest level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 1 hour ago, wormy said: With the amount of time off he's had he's practically 30 years old and in his prime in footballing years. Could be an extra body for a team competing on multiple fronts.. Very surprised he hasn’t ended up in Saudi like. Seems perfect for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Signing for West Allotment Celtic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 1 hour ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Weirdly he always kept himself pretty fit, despite outwardly not giving a shit. Hopefully someone sits down with him one day and really gets some answers. I can’t imagine being that good at football and doing so little with it, but I do understand not being competitive and not fitting in with football culture. He had a good career all things considered. Almost 500 professional appearances at the highest level. Represented France. Won Ligue 1 a number of times with different clubs. As well as a bunch of cups. He didn't go on to become a giant of the European game like Karim Benzema and he definitely had the ability too. But he did have a good career. He gets lumped in with the likes of Taarabt but HBA's career is a level above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) Oh yeah, he did decently well, he just had the ability to be a multiple champions league and ballon d'or winner (probably). He won't go down as one of the best players of all time, which he should have. Edited November 30, 2023 by AyeDubbleYoo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 I know his character doesn’t fit In With the squad, but imagine if Eddie brought him back. Was able to integrate him in to the squad and then coach him…. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Rafalove said: I know his character doesn’t fit In With the squad, but imagine if Eddie brought him back. Was able to integrate him in to the squad and then coach him…. don't think he is/was a Howe player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggy_Keagal Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 HBA was always a player you had to allow free reign and in essence build a side to accommodate him. That doesn't really cut it in modern football when the likes of Messi in his pomp would still work for the side. To be fair to Hatem you did see him in games do a bit of graft but Pardew never seemed to give him a moments credit for it, a cleverer manager may well have been able to build on those moments and hopefully integrate those into his game more. He was far too often treated like our joker. Team in the shit, need to get summat out the match Pardew would send on Ben Arfa, sometimes he'd make something happen, then still be on the bench ,other times he wouldn't, so he'd still be on the bench, and often Obertan would be in ahead of him, incredibly frustrating for a tremendously gifted player. Barring that short period when it was HBA, Cisse and Ba, Pardew didn't have the first clue really on what to do with him. Which lead to Ben Arfa trying to throw a fridge at him I believe. As other said many times such a shame he never got to work with KK or Sir Bobby, you only have to look at his time at NIce to see what he could do to transform a team with a progressive coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 He was born 15 years too late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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