The College Dropout Posted Monday at 20:11 Share Posted Monday at 20:11 6 minutes ago, The Butcher said: Sissoko would be great on the counter, not one to break down deep backlines we struggle a bit with. He couldn't pass it five yards. He would do a Joelinton role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted Monday at 20:12 Share Posted Monday at 20:12 Elliot Anderson is the only one. I've not been that impressed with Merino at Arsenal, as brilliant as I thought he was when he was here. Sels, pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted Monday at 20:21 Share Posted Monday at 20:21 Hatem is one of my all time favorite players but he's exactly the type of player we are trying to avoid buying under Howe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted Monday at 20:27 Share Posted Monday at 20:27 17 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: Kind of limits it to ASM, Anderson and Minteh In the last ten years? There's arguments for Wood, Perez, Mitrovic and Merino at least. ASM is finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted Monday at 20:27 Share Posted Monday at 20:27 Just now, Yorkie said: In the last ten years? There's arguments for Perez, Mitrovic and Merino at least. ASM is finished. Toney? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted Monday at 20:36 Share Posted Monday at 20:36 4 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Toney? Aye maybe. Since he left Leicester I haven't seen Perez at all (but for a few minutes for Spain at the Euros) but it'd hilarious if he came back; all wisened and streetwise with shit-ton of La Liga goals to his name. He's my shout of not Anderson. Bollocks to that weirdo Minteh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted Monday at 20:45 Share Posted Monday at 20:45 Being totally honest the answer is no one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted Monday at 21:04 Share Posted Monday at 21:04 1 hour ago, The College Dropout said: Even Sissoko would be dynamite under Howe. i reckon he was underrated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted Monday at 21:12 Share Posted Monday at 21:12 25 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: Being totally honest the answer is no one. This. I hate the way our fans (not so much on here) fawn over past players. Twitter used to go into meltdown whenever Mitrovic and Adam fucking Armstrong scored in the Benitez days. Our fans are going to have a breakdown when we are forced into selling a purple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted Monday at 21:13 Share Posted Monday at 21:13 Wijnaldum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted Monday at 21:25 Share Posted Monday at 21:25 13 minutes ago, Danh1 said: This. I hate the way our fans (not so much on here) fawn over past players. Twitter used to go into meltdown whenever Mitrovic and Adam fucking Armstrong scored in the Benitez days. Our fans are going to have a breakdown when we are forced into selling a purple. hate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted Monday at 22:02 Share Posted Monday at 22:02 Mitrovic was a talent like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted Monday at 22:13 Share Posted Monday at 22:13 10 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Mitrovic was a talent like I remember him wiping Matt Targett out about 20 seconds into his debut for us. Think Targett is still recovering from it now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmot Posted Monday at 22:27 Share Posted Monday at 22:27 12 minutes ago, Infinitely Content said: I remember him wiping Matt Targett out about 20 seconds into his debut for us. Think Targett is still recovering from it now. York away? I thought he took a York player out. Maybe he did both 🤣 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted Monday at 22:35 Share Posted Monday at 22:35 2 hours ago, The College Dropout said: Howe wouldn’t suffer HBA. Gini is a Howe CM for sure. Would love that profile actually Wasn’t really the purpose of the question though HBA ‘s flaws are well documented so we don’t need to go over them. I just would love to of seen how EH would’ve managed him because as we all know if he could be managed we’d be unlocking defences a lot easier than we currently are… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted Monday at 22:38 Share Posted Monday at 22:38 2 minutes ago, LFEE said: Wasn’t really the purpose of the question though HBA ‘s flaws are well documented so we don’t need to go over them. I just would love to of seen how EH would’ve managed him because as we all know if he could be managed we’d be unlocking defences a lot easier than we currently are… He would’ve managed him out the door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted Monday at 22:40 Share Posted Monday at 22:40 Just now, The College Dropout said: He would’ve managed him out the door. Thats not managing. Thats the Souness methodology of management. Doesn’t get you anywhere falling out with your best players as we found out quite swiftly… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted Monday at 22:50 Share Posted Monday at 22:50 Puel had him playing the best football of his career no? At Nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted Monday at 22:54 Share Posted Monday at 22:54 1 hour ago, Fak said: Wijnaldum. Take a 40 y/o Moussa back before this coward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted Monday at 23:24 Share Posted Monday at 23:24 31 minutes ago, LFEE said: Thats not managing. Thats the Souness methodology of management. Doesn’t get you anywhere falling out with your best players as we found out quite swiftly… HBA was the type of personality that needed to be indulged like a benevolent father. Puel often played Ben Arfa as a 10 surrounded by hard workers. Howe doesn’t manage like that or setup his team like that. The players that are closet to Howe are proper grafters like Wilson and Ritchie. Howe is too professional and sets standards across training and everything. The manager for HBA was Sir Bobby. And that whole era 1970s-2005. Sir Bobby didn’t mind a difficult personality if you could play. Bellamy said Bobby made him feel like he was the best player in the world. Puel said you have to make Ben Arfa feel important. Ben Arfa was a Bobby Robson player no doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted Monday at 23:29 Share Posted Monday at 23:29 4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: HBA was the type of personality that needed to be indulged like a benevolent father. Puel often played Ben Arfa as a 10 surrounded by hard workers. Howe doesn’t manage like that or setup his team like that. The players that are closet to Howe are proper grafters like Wilson and Ritchie. Howe is too professional and sets standards across training and everything. The manager for HBA was Sir Bobby. And that whole era 1970s-2005. Sir Bobby didn’t mind a difficult personality if you could play. Bellamy said Bobby made him feel like he was the best player in the world. Puel said you have to make Ben Arfa feel important. Ben Arfa was a Bobby Robson player no doubt. Meanwhile, in England, HBA had Alan Pardew and Steve Bruce as his managers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted Monday at 23:30 Share Posted Monday at 23:30 48 minutes ago, LFEE said: Thats not managing. Thats the Souness methodology of management. Doesn’t get you anywhere falling out with your best players as we found out quite swiftly… There’s zero chance Howe would have any time for a HBA. ‘Intensity is our identity - except for you Hatem, I’m ok with your thoroughly unprofessional half-arsed stroll against the Mackems the other week’ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted Monday at 23:34 Share Posted Monday at 23:34 Just now, Danh1 said: Meanwhile, in England, HBA had Alan Pardew and Steve Bruce as his managers. Pardew got a good amount out of HBA. A lot more than a lot of other managers. It’s the Warnock’s and Redknapp’s that would get the best out of a lad like HBA imo. Let him train twice a week. Give him the keys to the team on Saturday and tell the other lads to get on with it. Ben Arfa wouldn’t have lasted long under Rafa. Maybe he could’ve blossomed in his younger days under Wenger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted Monday at 23:44 Share Posted Monday at 23:44 Keegan also would have loved HBA, he would have told everyone else to work hard to make up for it like Beresford and Ginola Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted Tuesday at 02:12 Share Posted Tuesday at 02:12 2 hours ago, The College Dropout said: Pardew got a good amount out of HBA. A lot more than a lot of other managers. It’s the Warnock’s and Redknapp’s that would get the best out of a lad like HBA imo. Let him train twice a week. Give him the keys to the team on Saturday and tell the other lads to get on with it. Ben Arfa wouldn’t have lasted long under Rafa. Maybe he could’ve blossomed in his younger days under Wenger. Completely agree - why do people think that HBA ended up at Ashley's NUFC? He needed to be indulged at a mediocre club run by a mediocre manager who would be infatuated with him. The funny thing is that if we signed a HBA today, the support would be the first ones pissed off with him strolling about uninterested. He's precisely the sort of player that mediocre clubs love - and we're not that anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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