geordie john Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I was fortunate to see this man (god?) play a few times. Understand that this was in the age when footballs were heavy leather, boots were real boots not the slippers of today and centre halves kicked shit out of forwards for fun. He was, without any doubt in my mind, the most extraordinarily gifted footballer I have ever seen. to this day. He never got injured, never fell over, never got 'taken out' and always looked like the ball was glued to his laces. Amazing turn of speed, ability to run with the ball, turn on a sixpence, see a pass ans score some utterly divine goals. And fucking good looking too! What happened towards the end of his career was a travesty, but man, he left some great reminders of his ability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I was fortunate to see this man (god?) play a few times. Understand that this was in the age when footballs were heavy leather, boots were real boots not the slippers of today and centre halves kicked shit out of forwards for fun. He was, without any doubt in my mind, the most extraordinarily gifted footballer I have ever seen. to this day. He never got injured, never fell over, never got 'taken out' and always looked like the ball was glued to his laces. Amazing turn of speed, ability to run with the ball, turn on a sixpence, see a pass ans score some utterly divine goals. And fucking good looking too! What happened towards the end of his career was a travesty, but man, he left some great reminders of his ability. High praise indeed for Hatem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I was fortunate to see this man (god?) play a few times. Understand that this was in the age when footballs were heavy leather, boots were real boots not the slippers of today and centre halves kicked shit out of forwards for fun. He was, without any doubt in my mind, the most extraordinarily gifted footballer I have ever seen. to this day. He never got injured, never fell over, never got 'taken out' and always looked like the ball was glued to his laces. Amazing turn of speed, ability to run with the ball, turn on a sixpence, see a pass ans score some utterly divine goals. And fucking good looking too! What happened towards the end of his career was a travesty, but man, he left some great reminders of his ability. got a bit excited in '82 as there were rumours of him being asked to come out of retirement to play in the Spain world cup. came to nowt unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 First time I ever saw the Toon was 1968, at Old Trafford. Man U beat us 6-0, with Best getting a hat trick. He absolutely tore us apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Nee Tony Green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 There's an article on him in the latest edition of The Blizzard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 They grabbed a late winner to come back from 1-0 down, decent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 https://twitter.com/hatembenarfan/status/1075500699843211267?s=12 <3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Hatem is a killer man. The state he leaves that poor guy in. My goodness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Lololol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 https://twitter.com/hatembenarfan/status/1075500699843211267?s=12 <3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 That bald centre-back man. Didn't want to know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 https://twitter.com/hatembenarfan/status/1075500699843211267?s=12 <3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 That bald centre-back man. Didn't want to know on the highlight vid he's having some convo with that dude, defo rinsing him I don't speak a lick of french but he's def saying "Oh yeah? Yeah? Aiight!" When are we going to lock this thread, btw. Torture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Best debut of all time? Easy! SuperMac against Liverpool. The best ever, by a country mile. As I said earlier Supermac or Mickey Quinn nothing compares The best bit about SuperMacs debut was him coming off after scoring the first two to have two front teeth out, then coming back on to get his hat trick. Instant hero. Forever. I'd forgotten all about that, the teeth. The photographs of him grinning in the weeks that followed. ---------------------------------- As we're we back in time there, and as this is the Ben Arfa thread I was watching the other day and saw shades of Ben Arfa in some of those runs, the balance and keeping his feet when knocked, the swerves and turns.. Yeah, that was unreal. Amazing skill. It's fantastic to watch, he was an unbelievable talent but........the standard of defending in that video was laughable at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Got the score alert, was it sexy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 That's sexy play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Aw, those feet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 After messi, he's my favourite player to watch when he's skinning people. Mine was Ed Gein. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 After messi, he's my favourite player to watch when he's skinning people. Mine was Ed Gein. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 ʕಠ_ಠʔ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Don’t hate the player, hate the Gein. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Missed his pen in the shootout. Up yours fanboys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 He'd still be our best player if he came here.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Missed his pen in the shootout. Up yours fanboys Really disappointing penalty after a super assist during the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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