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OMFG man, I hadn't seen that vid. Football can be such a simple, yet awesome game when great fans inspire great players to express themselves on the pitch in their honour. We are a million miles removed from any of that and have been for the best part of a decade. As a non-born Geordie it does make me question my sanity why I keep going back to this shithole of a club and have lost the love for the game so much that I can't really bring myself to any more than "strictly necessary" i.e. our games. There are actually fans and players out there having a blast :yikes:

 

ones of color and varied ethnicity, like Hatem too

 

 

 

you're a legend, just have to fuck with you today for some reason

 

 

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Taylor and Besty ‏@TaylorandBesty  2m2 minutes ago

So Ben Arfa did that at 1-0 up w/ 10 men and his team have just lost 7-6 on pens after the game finished 2-2. I love him, but that's stupid.

 

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:lol: what they even trying to get at?

 

Probably that if he passed it would have been 2-0 and maybe game over. Pretty obvious

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So when you're 1-0 and down to 10 you shouldn't try to score more goals or something? Even when on the ball in the final 3rd. I'm baffled. Maybe they think he should have picked the ball up and ran out into the car park with it.

Err nah they wanted him to pass the ball across to his teammates in the middle, ridiculous comment from them anyway though considering how close it was to being over the line and he was probably too tired after running through everyone to realise the other players were there, and also one of the other team's defenders had done well to get back and probably would have intercepted it if he passed it

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I don't even agree that at any time a layoff was a more sensible option than to go it alone, and that's not even taking into account the adrenaline factor. It's completely nonsense to suggest that clip shows anything other than Ben Arfa being a sublime footballer at the height of his game.

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That right there is exactly what's wrong with a lot of football these days. It's all about the final result, too little value is placed in the joy of getting there, or nearly getting there with something outrageous but failing right at the very end.

 

Everyone remembers that Pele miss where he dummied the goalkeeper by not even touching the ball. Why? Because it was fucking brilliant, even though he missed.

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Looking at it again i have no idea what they are on about tbh, as far as passing it. To who exactly? the closest one to him was probably like 3 yards back and it probably would have been blocked on the line.

 

But anyway fuck that nonsense, Hatem is mint and they aren't.

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Looking at it again i have no idea what they are on about tbh, as far as passing it. To who exactly? the closest one to him was probably like 3 yards back and it probably would have been blocked on the line.

 

But anyway fuck that nonsense, Hatem is mint and they aren't.

Player making a run at the far post. It wasn't a simple pass like, he'd need a decent cross from the byline and then hope the lad doesn't De Jong it.
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Looking at it again i have no idea what they are on about tbh, as far as passing it. To who exactly? the closest one to him was probably like 3 yards back and it probably would have been blocked on the line.

 

But anyway fuck that nonsense, Hatem is mint and they aren't.

 

http://i.imgur.com/L0gejXD.png

 

Simple pass for someone of his ability and the guy was sprinting and would have definitely got it for the tap in

 

I disagree with that tweet pinning the defeat on him for that, but he should have passed like. Any 3 of Barca's front 3 would have got the assist in that situation

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Looking at it again i have no idea what they are on about tbh, as far as passing it. To who exactly? the closest one to him was probably like 3 yards back and it probably would have been blocked on the line.

 

But anyway fuck that nonsense, Hatem is mint and they aren't.

 

http://i.imgur.com/L0gejXD.png

 

Simple pass for someone of his ability and the guy was sprinting and would have definitely got it for the tap in

 

I disagree with that tweet pinning the defeat on him for that, but he should have passed like. Any 3 of Barca's front 3 would have got the assist in that situation

 

Easy clearance for the keeper and/or defender there. No way should he pass.

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