I suppose this will always happen with players of his sort. Nobody complains if he's scoring, but if he goes all season not passing the ball and not scoring, there'll be hell on.
I suppose this will always happen with players of his sort. Nobody complains if he's scoring, but if he goes all season not passing the ball and not scoring, there'll be hell on.
What is his contribution to the team going to be if he isn't passing or scoring?
What is his contribution to the team going to be if he isn't passing or scoring?

He keeps Shola out of the team![]()
He keeps Shola out of the team![]()
Why didn't I realise that? That makes it all worthwhile.But nobody in this thread has expressed such thoughts, so your comment is misplaced here.


He's appologising for getting the wrong end of the stick, so your comment is mispaced here![]()
It's easy to do. Tones cannot be expressed effetively through text
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He is just like Robert was, he will give the ball away a lot and hang on to the ball too long but will win matches on his own for us.
I cant believe how far down Ben Arfa has gone in peoples books now that people are asking if he's as good as bloody Laurent Robert...
Seriously?
He is just like Robert was, he will give the ball away a lot and hang on to the ball too long but will win matches on his own for us.
Ben Arfa came on 2-1 down against Spurs and it finished 2-2 Ben Arfa came on at 0-0 Against Wigan and we won 1-0, we played alot more football in the opponents half, Tempo was quicker and created alot more when Ben Arfa came on, I think he has already contributed without assisting or scoring.

I think the fact that everyone seems less that impressed with HBA's impact this season says a lot about how far we've come! We have lots of exciting players now, not just one!
Ben Arfa came on 2-1 down against Spurs and it finished 2-2 Ben Arfa came on at 0-0 Against Wigan and we won 1-0, we played alot more football in the opponents half, Tempo was quicker and created alot more when Ben Arfa came on, I think he has already contributed without assisting or scoring.