KaKa Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Just seen this earlier today. Not good. Wish he'd just stayed at Nice. http://www.espnfc.com/paris-saint-germain/story/2944830/hatem-ben-arfa-must-show-hard-work-to-return-to-psg-side-unai-emery Hatem Ben Arfa must show hard work to return to PSG side - Unai Emery Hatem Ben Arfa has been warned he must work harder to force his way back into the Paris Saint-Germain side after being dropped by coach Unai Emery. The mercurial midfielder earned a surprise move to the Ligue 1 champions this summer after rebuilding his troubled career with a standout season for Nice last campaign, but his spell in the capital has had a rocky start. Though he scored in the 4-1 win over Lyon in the Trophee des Champions and started the first Ligue 1 match of the season at Bastia, he was substituted in that match and has since played only a handful of minutes off the bench. For a player who endured miserable spells with Newcastle and Hull prior to joining Nice, there are fears his hot and cold career could be heading for another barren spell. Emery said there was every chance for Ben Arfa to make a success of his time with PSG, but he must work for it. "He has played in every game," Emery told RMC in France. "Sometimes more, sometimes less, but he has played every time. "He needs to work to improve himself so that if he plays a good 10 minutes, he can play 20 minutes the next time and so on. "This is the process. He has to work hard and have the right mentality." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 As a Frenchman I can say that this lad's opinion is not representative of what French people think in general. Rightly or wrongly (I think wrongly), Ben Arfa's fate at Newcastle is not seen as a failure from your club, nor from Pardew, but more as the predictable outcome regarding Ben Arfa's bad temper, and his record of unkept promises at Marseille, with the the French Squad, and then with Hull City. The anomaly is what he's done with Nice, and people still expect him to fail at PSG. Sits back and waits for the spotty teenagers to savage... Too busy talking about Taylor and Besty marra. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 They played him as a sole front man in that game against Bastia Was like when Pardew played him as a striker in Anzhi and we hoofed balls to him all night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Emery is a bit of a weirdo, like. Seems extremely harsh comparing him to Pardew but he loves his hardworking, tall players. Hated Konoplyanka. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 As a Frenchman I can say that this lad's opinion is not representative of what French people think in general. Rightly or wrongly (I think wrongly), Ben Arfa's fate at Newcastle is not seen as a failure from your club, nor from Pardew, but more as the predictable outcome regarding Ben Arfa's bad temper, and his record of unkept promises at Marseille, with the the French Squad, and then with Hull City. The anomaly is what he's done with Nice, and people still expect him to fail at PSG. Sits back and waits for the spotty teenagers to savage... I assume this is innuendo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 He shouldn't have gone to PSG, although then again I haven't a clue who the manager thought he was signing if he's unhappy with HBA already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Rafa get him on loan please .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootGol Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Rafa get him on loan please .... Could you imagine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Rivers of jizz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Unai Emery - PFM 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Starts against St Etienne (with Saivet in the team) shortly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 No wonder Saivet as DMC didn't work out here, turns out he's a striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Dropped from the squad to face Arsenal tomorrow, apparently not injured. Uh oh... Think I'll just watch the Barca vs Celtic game now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Come on Rafa, bring him home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 He's an obvious scapegoat when things aren't going well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 He's an obvious escape goat when things aren't going well. Fyp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 There was a chance at the weekend that he should have buried but aside from that he wasn't bad at all. PSG have looked abysmal so far and Emery is seemingly laying some of the blame at his door. He benched Cavani and di Maria and started Jese up top, FFS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 PSG might actually struggle for the title under Emery You can't just not replace Ibra who scored 50 for them last season. Cavani constantly misses sitters and Jese looks awful as a striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Causing ructions already? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 He's a NUFC player basically, his level is at a club where mercurial talents can excel. Well it it wasn't for fucking Pardew that is. He should have stayed at Nice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 There was a chance at the weekend that he should have buried but aside from that he wasn't bad at all. PSG have looked abysmal so far and Emery is seemingly laying some of the blame at his door. He benched Cavani and di Maria and started Jese up top, FFS. Exactly this. His attacking play was pretty average, but you couldn't fault his work rate or positioning off the ball. PSG look rudderless at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Causing ructions already? No he isn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 He's a NUFC player basically, his level is at a club where mercurial talents can excel. Well it it wasn't for f***ing Pardew that is. He should have stayed at Nice! Puel was always going to leave though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Ah mint, he's going to have an average/shit stint at PSG and then the boo boys are going to tell us they were right aren't they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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