Ronaldo Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Obviously I wish we’d gotten more out of Ben Arfa and I hated Pardew, but does any former manager have a good word to say about him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 14 minutes ago, Ronaldo said: Obviously I wish we’d gotten more out of Ben Arfa and I hated Pardew, but does any former manager have a good word to say about him? Deschamps - Cunt Bruce - Cunt Pardew - Cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 9 minutes ago, Mike said: Deschamps - Cunt Bruce - Cunt Pardew - Cunt. You've missed someone there... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smootsmack Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 29 minutes ago, Ronaldo said: Obviously I wish we’d gotten more out of Ben Arfa and I hated Pardew, but does any former manager have a good word to say about him? Puel supposedly tried to bring him back to England twice so maybe just the one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 more like CBA. To track back. #Justice4Pardew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Even entertaining the notion that the dinosaurs he was lumped with as managers throughout his career may have been right should be an insta ban tbh. If nothing else because it's the most depressingly boring opinion possible. Pure, unfiltered misery distilled into a few lines of text. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 I mean, football managers aren’t famous for liking maverick individuals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghandis Flip-Flop Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Just now, thomas said: more like CBA. To track back. #Justice4Pardew Nah fuck the lipless twat, history constantly gets rewritten regarding Hatem, he was kept out of the side by Squidward who was terrified of the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 (edited) He was so good that you just have to live with his personality. It's easy to say now that he wasn't an easy to player to have in your squad but with all that talent it shouldn't matter if Obertan or Ryan Taylor were more professional. Edited October 2 by Pata Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 “We talked for a long time,” Puel told Nice-Matin. “I met a calm person, who loved football. He followed other games, he had ideas about the game. “I found him to be a peaceful person, contrary to the image people are given about him: unmanageable, hostile. I didn’t see somebody who was messed up, that’s the most important thing. “That was a great team in every position, but he was the best.” https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/peaceful-ben-arfa-not-like-his-public-image-says-former-nice-manager-puel/1eki3kyf164st1mfuzvwj952lj Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghandis Flip-Flop Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 4 minutes ago, Pata said: He was so good that you just have to live with his personality. It's easy to say now that he wasn't an easy to player to have in your squad but with all that talent it shouldn't matter if Obertan or Ryan Taylor were more professional. This I have no doubt that either Keegan or SBR would’ve found a way to maximise his impact, because players who could do what he could are really few and far between Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamPS Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 If he obeyed team instructions (I remember Cabaye screaming at him, to zero effect), turned up on time, yada yada yada he wouldn’t have ended up at Mike Ashley’s Newcastle. Course he was a nightmare, that’s why his career went the way it did. The managers he had were the ones who would sign him. Rafa for example wouldn’t have touched him, Rafa played Dirk Kuyt in the same position! But it meant he rocked up at Newcastle, and you got to watch him instead of some journeyman for a few seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 I’ve posted this before but I love it so here it is again. Keegan on signing “trouble maker” Asprilla "I've seen what other people say about him. They think he's a good player and warn about his temperament. But if I had signed players on the basis of what I heard about them, David Ginola and Andy Cole wouldn't have come to this club and the fans would have missed some great players." "You've got to have the courage to look at what you need and get the very best available. That's what I did. What other people think of players has never worried me. You listen to the talk, but you've got to make your own decisions. It's on the field where it really matters." "The crowd will love him. He's a match-winner, he's a goalscorer and he's an entertainer. He's a real Newcastle player - quick, works hard and has flair. Faustino's the sort of player that Geordies love. The players they talk about are just like him. They should sit back and watch this fellow." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 7 hours ago, Ellis H said: Alan Pardew has revealed he had to ditch Hatem Ben Arfa at Newcastle United as he upset his staff and the Toon squad too often. Ben Arfa was a genuine fan favourite but after a fall out with Pardew he was eventually offloaded to Hull City then Nice, only to make a return to the big time with Paris St-Germain where he went on to win two domestic cups in France. Despite showing fans his brilliance in a black and white shirt, with memorable goals away to Everton and at home to Blackburn Rovers, Ben Arfa was eventually let go by Newcastle. Indeed, Newcastle were happy to release the French international without picking up a fee as they wanted him off the books completely. Pardew told Talksport: "Unfortunately for Hatem - who was an unbelievable talent and if you asked which player you'd want to give the ball to it would be him - but I did not play him all the time. "He antagonised staff and players. He had this way of upsetting the camp. His defensive work was zero. But he was a tremendous talent on the ball." Pardew has also been opening up on his infamous headbutt on Hull's David Meyler during the 4-1 win in 2014. The ex-Newcastle manager says it cost him a huge fine and an eight game stadium ban. Pardew said: “Meyler sucked me in there he was very clever. He kicked me as the ball was running out of play and then on the way back I was giving him a few verbals and he sort of came towards me and I put my head into his head. “It wasn’t actually a headbutt but when you look at the footage but the media went mental, I had nowhere to go. I accepted the charge and Mike Ashley fined me £100,000 straight away to make a stance on it - and that was without the fine from the FA! “It was an expensive situation and I served my time. I had to sit in a hotel room and watch the game because I couldn’t be on the sideline which was really painful as well. "It was Fulham we played and I was in a hotel room at the Royal Garden watching it on TV. "Can you imagine how frustrated? I was running around the room going mental on my own. He fell out with this lot, he's even grown further in my estimation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Well yeah, that’s a very fair point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 4 hours ago, Ronaldo said: Obviously I wish we’d gotten more out of Ben Arfa and I hated Pardew, but does any former manager have a good word to say about him? Maybes Hughton he signed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Keegan would have loved him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 12 minutes ago, andycap said: Maybes Hughton he signed him. Hughton had him for 4 games and didn’t have any say in transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 https://imgur.com/DDJA466 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 I’m annoying myself now but stumbled across this “Alan Pardew: 'If I can deal with Hatem Ben Arfa, I can get Emmanuel Adebayor playing again'” https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/alan-pardew-if-can-deal-7187608 ”Emmanuel Adebayor describes Crystal Palace move as worst decision of career” https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11706/10913138/emmanuel-adebayor-describes-crystal-palace-move-as-worst-decision-of-career Also found this? https://imgur.com/gCC1chO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 2 hours ago, Ronaldo said: Hughton had him for 4 games and didn’t have any say in transfers. I know that but he'll more than likely liked the lad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Never forget xxx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 He'd do a better job on our right flank than the chuckle brothers we've got playing there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 3 hours ago, andycap said: He'd do a better job on our right flank than the chuckle brothers we've got playing there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 11 hours ago, Slim said: Never forget xxx Me trying to be incognito in that first picture Was a fun afternoon. Lee Ryder asking what the backstory was. God he’s thick as mince bless him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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