Hatem Ben Arfa

[Plip]

Oh wow, now that's a GOAL.

Great play by Ben Arfa.

 

[ammarfcb]

Just for you bro.

 

[Hatem Ben Arfa]

Very nice. HBA you need to chill though lol.
Impressive goal nonetheless.

I need to chill?

look at that goal again!

I'm about to mess up pants looking at it over and over again.

WORLD CLASS!!!! Hands Down

that could have been MESSI! Just maximize the video in full screen and look at the ball control he has in slow motion and at such a fast pace. The ball is glued to his foot, and then that roll of the foot over the ball too, OOOHHH it's just such Orgazmik Magik!

 

[Hatem Ben Arfa]

Newcastle lost 5-2 to fulham after completely dominating them in the first half.

The only positive is that Hatem Ben Arfa scored a Messi type goal cutting in from the right, and got an assist.

It was really nice goal, you guys should watch it on MOTD tonight.

 

[ammarfcb]

Newcastle lost 5-2 to fulham after completely dominating them in the first half.

The only positive is that Hatem Ben Arfa scored a Messi type goal cutting in from the right, and got an assist.

It was really nice goal, you guys should watch it on MOTD tonight.

who's messi. is he that overweight player who can't run.

 

[Hatem Ben Arfa]

who's messi. is he that overweight player who can't run.

i challenge you to quote me where I said that.

 

[ammarfcb]

i challenge you to quote me where I said that.

i don't want to argue - you have never said it. HBA is the greatest of all time and villa is pathetic.

 

[Hatem Ben Arfa]

another view of the goal

 

[Myrmecophile]

He's a great talent. I'd like to see him playing regularly (either for Newcastle or otherwise).

 

[zanela]

haha..Love the gif.

 

[Alexis_9]

of all the newcastle games I watched this season he never seems to start and only comes on when they go behind is this a regular thing I dont follow them?

 

[Hatem Ben Arfa]

of all the newcastle games I watched this season he never seems to start and only comes on when they go behind is this a regular thing I dont follow them?

unfortunately it has become a regular thing. Frustratingly, given all the technically gifted players that Newcastle United have, our manager Alan Pardew prefers to play LONG BALL FOOTBALL. A type of football that clearly does not suit Hatem Ben Arfa. When we play traditional English hoof it up the field to the big man, the ball bypasses a lot of our technical players in midfield, Jonas, Tiote, Cabaye, and Ben Arfa especially and they just appear not to be in the game for long periods as a result.

when Ben Arfa plays, he starts passing the ball on the deck and as a result others players begin to do so as well. when we play this football there is a risk of losing the ball in the midfield and getting hit on the counter attack and I think that is what Pardew is affraid of. Ben Arfa is the type of player to take other players on, and as a result he will lose the ball once in a while, but not more often than other players in the team do. Anyway Pardew tries to hide the fact that he doesn't start Ben Arfa(Newcastle's BEST PLAYER) because he prefers long ball football, by claiming Ben Arfa loses the ball too much and doesn't run back enough which is absolute bullshish.

Fans are catching on to Pardews' game here, and have been calling for Ben Arfa to start for weeks yet he's still to much of a coward as he prefers his long ball football, where you will only lose possession high in the oppositions half as oppossed to passing football on the deck where you could possibly lose the ball in midfield and get countered.

When Pardew's longball game is not working, he really doesn't have a freaking clue what to do tactically. So he throws our best player on the pitch in Ben Arfa, when we have nothing to lose because we are losing the match, hoping Ben Arfa will produce some magic and get us back into the game or win it all by himself.

He came off the bench against Sunderland and showed once again why he should be starting games. Pardew prefers Ryan taylor on the RW because of his deliveries and the fact that he is defensive minded (he's a RB natuarlly), but all he does his hoof in long deep deep crosses into the box, he doesn't even try beat the full back and get in a proper cross, so technically it's just long ball.

If Pardew does not change this negative Long Ball style he will go the way of big sam with fans turning against him as they wise up to his game. He tries to pretend his teams play attractive attacking football on the deck, he even talked about Newcastle working on it in the summer in pre-season, but it's been long ball all season. There have only been a handful of games where we have played attractive passing football on the deck.

I appreciate that long ball football has got us to 6th place in the Premier League with a chance of 4th place, but he does not have a clue tactically what to do when that tactic is clearly not working, other than desperately throw on our best player which is a joke. Despite the fantastic job he has done, there are much more tactically adept and aesthetic managers out there than him.

funny thing is we were warned about this by an ESPN pundit Stuart Robinson, got to 11:33 of this video ESPN video and he's almost a prophet with regards to this long ball manager pretending his teams play attractive passing football.

Anyway, he's still done a great job and taken the good work Chris Hughton did to another level. But I feel someone better should be brought in to take us to the next level if he doesn't show more flexibility, nous and sophistication with his tactics, especially if Newcastle qualify for Europe.

 

[Daemul]

HBA commenting in HBA's thread, wow, this is awkaward.

 

[Hatem Ben Arfa]

Ben Arfa's 45 min substitute appearance against Sunderland yesterday.

the boy has got MAD SKILLZ!

 

[mitkoa7x]

HBA commenting in HBA's thread, wow, this is awkaward.

Hatem Ben Arfception