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Hatem Ben Arfa (now retired?)


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Aye, he can get by like that at someone like Nice where he's head and shoulders above his team mates, or probably here with most people other than Pardew as manager, but at a club where they have other top class players in his position you'd think he'd step up.

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Yeah he's probably only going to succeed where he alone is the special talent of the team and gets the special treatment from manager. He should not have gone to PSG, but really as much as people blame the player, do the clubs not do any research? It's like that frog and the scorpion parable.

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I've always maintained he's his own worst enemy, I've also always maintained that he needs the right manager to keep him on the right path. Some players just need that extra special attention and when they are as talented as HBA they are worth it. Stick him in a team and treat him the same as everyone else and you're never going to get the best out of him. The people that say he's a waste of space are the ones that would never see the best of him if they were managers.

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There's not a hope in hell of him coming back here. I doubt he'd want to return and I'd be amazed if Rafa would want him. Rafa is all about systems and discipline, almost military drills so that everyone knows what they should be doing at any given point.

 

HBA simply does not have it in him to confirm to that type of management. He is without doubt the most exciting and talented player we've had for years but he's history for us now. What would happen if we got him back and Rafa got tired of his antics and banished him? That's what would happen, who would you support, you'd have to choose between them.

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I've always maintained he's his own worst enemy, I've also always maintained that he needs the right manager to keep him on the right path. Some players just need that extra special attention and when they are as talented as HBA they are worth it. Stick him in a team and treat him the same as everyone else and you're never going to get the best out of him. The people that say he's a waste of space are the ones that would never see the best of him if they were managers.

 

HBA under Keegan would have been amazing. Especially in the entertainers side

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Rafa would despise him

 

'despise' [emoji38]

 

Or ye nah, just not sign him/not play him?

Well this is in the hypothetical world where he did sign him obviously

 

I know. 'Despise' man. :lol:

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