Hatem Ben Arfa

[Panzer Stormo]

Og jeg er ganske sikker på at Best kommer til å "våkne" fra dvalen igjen, nå som Ba er borte.

Det tror jeg også på, og mener at Ameobi og Best på topp ikke er super-ille. Ameobi vinner dueller og forer Best. Tror Best blir brukt mest i Ba sitt fravær og at Ben Arfa og Ameobi vil bytte på å være hans makker, noe som kommer an på hva slags motstander vi møter.

[tomejohansen]

Ben Arfa er nominert til rundens spiller i fa-cupen. Avgi deres stemme på:

http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2012/Player-of-the-Round-3RP

[Eriksen]

http://www.soccerway.com/news/2012/January/14/ben-arfa-put-on-notice/

Ben Arfa put on notice

Hatem Ben Arfa has been told by manager Alan Pardew that he must improve his work rate if he is to become a Newcastle United stalwart.

The Frenchman celebrated a rare start by scoring a sensational goal in Newcastle's 2-1 FA Cup win over Blackburn Rovers last weekend.

The goal illustrated everything good about Ben Arfa as he cut in and out of several challenges before crashing home an unstoppable strike beyond Mark Bunn.

While Newcastle have hardly missed the 24-year-old this season as Yohan Cabaye and Cheikh Tiote have impressed in central midfield, Tiote is now away on African Nations duty meaning Ben Arfa has the chance to shine in the Ivorian's absence.

Pardew believes Ben Arfa has what it takes to succeed if he combines his silky skills with maximum effort on the pitch.

"The boy we know has talent. You only have to see him with the ball. But Hatem has to understand this club and I'm going to require more energy from him," Pardew told reporters.

"In our team, with the teammates he's got, he's going to need to put in more work-rate and more effort."

The Newcastle boss also admits that it has taken the former Marseille man a while to acclimatise to English football and to recover from the broken leg he suffered last year.

"His kind of flair player needs to understand what the Premier League is about," Pardew added.

"He's been injured for almost a year and he's not had a lot of experience of the Premier League. Players need a period of adjustment."

Ben Arfa, meanwhile, is perfectly aware of the competition at the club but believes it is now his chance to shine.

He said: "It's important to play consecutive games and that's what I want. I have to perform every week to keep my place."

[Milburn]

^^Enig med Pardew. Vi har ikke råd til ha en luksusspiller. Se på Silva f.eks., jobber så mye han kan. På en annen side synes jeg Hatem tar alt veldig fattet og han virker inspirert. Med ball er han magisk.

[17Parker]

Det er da det er en idé å se på laget og hvilke spillere som er tilgjengelige. Ben Arfa skal spille. Alt annet er idioti av gigantiske dimensjoner.

[Kristoffer]

Får han da bruke han som ving om han mener han ikke jobber nok som trequartista. Når det andre valget er Mr. Shite er jo valget åpenbart...

[Simmi]

"Hatem was absolutely terrific, we've got him coming alive – and his work-rate was fantastic," said Pardew, forgetting, temporarily, all those moments which explain why he routinely describes Ben Arfa as "high maintenance".

So why not name him in the starting lineup? "I was tempted," said Newcastle's manager. "But I felt that, by putting Ryan Taylor wide on the right, the balance of the team would be better. As things turned out it wasn't working and the injury to Yohan pre-empted what I was going to do anyway."

Lukter Ben Arfa fra start mot Fulham. 

[Are..........]

Pardew sier litt det samme som noen(Joakim?) sa i kamptråden; Cabayes skade var en "blessing in disguise".
Hadde vært flott og fortjent med Ben Arfa-start mot Fulham. Han var tross alt god mot QPR.

[Joakim]

Lukter Ben Arfa fra start mot Fulham. 

La oss nå ikke ta helt av her. Må holde beina på jorda   

Og ja, det var jeg som sa det der. Ikke at det er bra å få Cabaye skadet, men vi trengte å få inn Ben Arfa på det tidspunktet vi gjorde. Og han har ikke vært god bare mot QPR, han har vært svært toneangivende flere av de siste kampene han har spilt, og scoret mot Bolton og Blackburn. Det er mye som tyder på at Ben Arfa er i ferd med å finne sitt gamle jeg, og man ser oftere og oftere at han briljerer.

[Eriksen]

Herlig intervju med Ben Arfa i fransk avis!

http://www.newcastleunited.us/2012/01/ben-arfa-spills-on-very-difficult-situation-at-newcastle.html

Likte spesielt et par avsnitt:

Ben Arfa goes on to talk at length about his stormy personality and problems submitting to authority, stemming in part, he says, from a domineering father who refused to show his feelings or say "I love you." Before coming to Newcastle, he says, nearly all coaches were afraid of him. "And when a coach is like that with me, it's over," he says. "What do you mean, they were afraid of you?" Ben Arfa is asked. "They didn't dare talk to me," he responds. "It was like this with coaches and with everyone. It was because of my attitude. When I realized that, I changed. I opened up. I work a lot on this part of my personality because I have to."

"Clearly, for you to do well, you need to be loved by your coaches," the interviewer comments. Ben Arfa is visibly annoyed: "It's easy to say that. Everybody needs love." The interviewer presses him. "And Pardew, does he give you love?" Ben Arfa says, "No. But I respect him for that choice. I ramp up my training, I try to be a good teammate. I know what I'm doing right now will make me play well. I'm working harder than ever."

But Ben Arfa still has his limit, and he seems to believe his manager will eventually have little choice but to play him. When the interviewer asks Ben Arfa if he's prepared to submit to Alan Pardew's authority, Ben Arfa says, "Yes... and no. I'll submit to his authority while maintaining my philosophy, whether I'm playing or not. That is to say I play football, which is a game of movement and passes. The coach likes to play long and direct. 'Center it into the box,' he's always saying. But I totally respect his philosophy. I'm not going to fight. My time will come. I have to be patient. I know what I have to do on the pitch. That wasn't always the case before. My approach is much more cooperative."

:wub:

[Eriksen]

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/newcastle_s_hatem_ben_arfa_to_be_sued_over_sect_claim_1_4150834

Newcastle’s Hatem Ben Arfa to be sued over ‘sect’ claim

NEWCASTLE United star Hatem Ben Arfa is to be sued for libel after claiming he was press-ganged into joining a sect by French rapper Abd al Malik.

“A complaint will be filed,” the artist’s lawyer, Isabelle Weckstein told the Reuters news agency.

He added that al Malik’s manager, Fabien Coste, is also suing the Newcastle United winger.

Ben Arfa said in an interview with L’Equipe newspaper on Monday that Al Malik and Coste tried to force him into a muslim fraternity - “like in a sect” - when he was a teenager at Lyon.

[ElvenKind]

"Noen brukte navnet mitt i en sammenheng jeg ikke liker." + "Noen har mange penger."

Raske penger det.

[trondie]

Ben arfa med nok en ubrukelig kamp. Hva er det som gjør at spilleren slite med og spille seg til fast plass på laget??? Er det formasjonen til pardew? Pardew som spiller med han i feil posisjon? Pardew som ikke har tru på han eller rett og slett spilleren sjøl som ikke er villig til og legge ned den arbeids innsatsen som trengs for og vær i start 11? Gutten har jo utvilsomt kvaliteter....eller har han ikke gode nok spillera rundt seg før cabaye, tiote, taylor og demba x 2 er i start 11'n?

[Kristoffer]

Jeg fatter ikke heeelt logikken i at du stadig taler Obertans sak mens Ben Arfa får gjennomgå så grusomt. Jeg er helt enig i at Ben Arfa varierer voldsomt i prestasjonene - og han hadde en stinker av en omgang nå sist, samt en særdeles svak kamp sammen med resten av laget mot Brighton. Da skal man fortsatt ikke glemme hans bidrag før det. Så kan vi jo enkelt telle opp antall mål og assists, og sammenligne det med spilletid.

[Erlend Simonsen]

Jeg fatter ikke heeelt logikken i at du stadig taler Obertans sak mens Ben Arfa får gjennomgå så grusomt. Jeg er helt enig i at Ben Arfa varierer voldsomt i prestasjonene - og han hadde en stinker av en omgang nå sist, samt en særdeles svak kamp sammen med resten av laget mot Brighton. Da skal man fortsatt ikke glemme hans bidrag før det. Så kan vi jo enkelt telle opp antall mål og assists, og sammenligne det med spilletid.

Tror det hadde vært mer spennende med vunnet/tapt statistikk med de 2 på banen.