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Ben Arfa's also done it in the Champions League and was a key member of a Marseille team that won the French league. All of that while Taraabt was sat playing for Tottenham reserves. It was also universally accepted that we got Ben Arfa for peanuts due to his past reputation of being a bit of a trouble maker, and the fact he was out with a broken leg at the time. There were problems with the owner and manager iirc as well.

They should try and loan someone. There's plenty of younguns not getting games all over Europe.

There's loads of vids on Utube on how to make Win 7 faster and use less resources.

What have we got?

Voodoo.

Good read: "Dalglish's argument about ill-fortune, the defiance of opposing goalkeepers and a failure to reap deserved rewards carries some merit, but starts to lose its legs when it happens on such a regular basis. He is coming up to the first anniversary of his return to Anfield as manager following Roy Hodgson's sacking - a year that has seen an undoubted improvement in the style of play via a return to old values and a sense of unity coming back to a club that had been fractured for so long. This does not mean, however, that his work can escape questions, especially when he has spent funds so lavishly on attacking resources and Liverpool have failed to score twice at Anfield since the victory against Wolves in September. And one question in particular irks Dalglish - a question he was again asked in the aftermath of another unfulfilling afternoon for £35m striker Andy Carroll. He may not like the question, but it will not go away until the giant Geordie at least hints at riches - not to mention value for money - to come. "Unbelievable" was Dalglish's response to being asked to deliver an assessment of Carroll's performance. And yet it remains a valid query. Carroll should have scored with a chance from only eight yards in the first half and was only denied the status of match-winner by Bunn's late brilliance. Such are the fine margins of operation at this level. And yet too often his positioning and reactions seem awry, too often this season he has been attacking the important moments from a standing start. Dalglish has delivered his complete public confidence in Carroll - now he must transfer it to a striker who is clearly struggling to make an impact. With Stewart Downing continuing to be a hit-and-miss affair, Liverpool and their supporters are still waiting for £55m worth of attacking talent to make their mark and the statistics prove something is absent that Dalglish will need to address next month. Luis Suarez's performances have deemed him an unqualified playing success, and yet for a footballer of such prowess his finishing is too often wayward. Four times in the first 20 minutes he finished with varying degrees of inaccuracy, none on target. He was perfectly described by one press-box sage as "Liverpool's ideas man rather than the one you want to deliver the finished product". The Uruguayan has abundant natural gifts, but on the evidence of his season so far, ruthless finishing is not among them. In boxing terms Liverpool have all the moves and a stout defence, but at Anfield at least they struggle to punch a hole in a paper bag. Blackburn and Bolton have both scored more Premier League goals this season than Dalglish's side - a stark statistic for a team aiming for the top four. Dalglish is unswerving in support of his players but it will not blind him to the reality of the heavy price of lost points at home. And Liverpool are losing too many. Kean, buoyed by this point, set his sights on four January signings. Whether he is still at Blackburn to make them, and whether he actually gets the backing from owners Venky's to sign the quartet if he is, is a story for another day. Dalglish does not need such reinforcement in numbers after his summer transfer activity and with captain Steven Gerrard back for a 22-minute cameo following his latest injury problems, but the growing body of evidence at Anfield suggests he still has to find a missing link." After 100m spending still needed.

Mersons done waaaaaaay too much coke to ever be taken seriously again. [/allegedly]

Looking forward to the game as it goes...Their minds aren't right atm. If our two CM's are on it...Expect a close game. Ba can score from almost anything.

Fair point. The new Spurs right back is having a blinder for his first senior season.

Totally agree. There was some shock on NO when I said we should build the side round him a couple of weeks ago...The other thing is Ba would love it to feet and into diagonal runs more often. The big gap between the mf and the attack we have now also means the mf can't get up to support quick enough and our attack gets turned over by sheer numbers or we lose posession.

Pards could have his cake and eat it like this... ..............Cabaye.........Tiote......... Squid..............Arfa................Guti..... .........................Ba........................ But he plays this... Squid............Cabaye........Tiote.......Guti ......................(((Hoof)))............... v v v v v v v ....................Ba............ ..........Best..

He's bought a pack of shit/wrong players basically. Carroll is too dopey to play with Suarez. Gerraaahh is finished and Adam is overrrawed at playing at Anfield. 20m on a winger who isn't actully that dangerous was silly as well.

That's from the academy days... Pretty brave fronting up Diaby (twice his size). Think Ben has won more medals hands down at the footie. He called Diaby's fatha a mug shows you what his spirit is like. Point of order. Did you see Spurs game today? Playing two DM's and VDV AND Bale roaming....Bale was on the left first half and wandered into the middle and right in the second..VDV doing the opp but avoiding the exreme left. Harry is a lot savvier than people give him credit for. I prefer the way they play when Lennon is out. Just saying we COULD DROP A WINGER..

But won't get as many points and will probably be in or around the scrap at the end of the season. Pretty sure the Norwegian is a Liverpool fan, seems to have a proper hard on for them and sees something I doubt anyone else does in their play. I've suspected he's a Liv fan for a while now. Good spot.

Don't need sugardaddies for the side to play decent passing football week in week out: Norwich and Swansea do a decent job of it. if not completely top end stuff.

That's from the academy days... Pretty brave fronting up Diaby (twice his size). Think Ben has won more medals hands down at the footie.

Still putting it about that Chelsea are in 'the title race'. Fantasist.

Wolves equalize at the emirates.

Mugrighter strikes! Merson getting it all wrong shocka! Brum, WBA and Villa share the same core fanbase. Villa is a tiny bit the 'the bigger club'(in that area)..Not much in it imho. Lucky to have peaked when Euro comp were all knockout...(Forest)..

Luckily it wasn't his eye for goal, which has gone missing.

“I want to make something clear. I am nearly 100% fit and if I play then I will show more to the fans – and more to the club. “I heard the fans singing my name before I came on. It feels really good. “The game at Bolton was very nice for me and I am so happy to see us pick up three important points. “Everything the team did at Bolton was brilliant.” Ben Arfa converted Ryan Taylor’s left-wing cross just minutes after replacing Leon Best, and he was keen to dedicate the strike to the loyal United support. He added: “I was very happy to see the ball hit the back of the net. The main thing for me was to see the fans reacting behind the goal. “That was the most pleasing thing – it was a goal not just for me but them also. “It was really comforting to see the fans applauding me at the end too.” Ben Arfa joked the strike was his belated Christmas present to the fans who had kept faith in him throughout his injury and rehabilitation. The French talisman said: “It was the perfect occasion to score and get my first goal of the season. “I was surprised to see so many fans come all the way to Bolton for this game.” Ben Arfa has been a man of few words, but wants to pick up where he left off at Bolton when the Magpies visit Anfield on Friday night. Even after being informed that Newcastle’s woeful record at Liverpool in the Premier League stretches back to 1994, Ben Arfa said: “We feel we can travel there and get three points again. It is very possible. Read More http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/12/27/hatem-ben-arfa-that-goal-is-for-the-fans-72703-30016023/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#ixzz1hjwsgO6F

That's so misleading.

From the french contingent on NO http://www.rmcsport.fr/editorial/213003/d-ba-ben-arfa-va-prouver-qu-il-merite-de-jouer/ Demba BA : "Ben arfa will prove that he deserves to play." http://www.rmcsport.fr/editorial/212935/demba-ba-ben-arfa-va-retrouver-son-niveau/ D. BA : "Ben arfa will reach/find again his level". BA said that HBA works really hard, he's progressively finding again his physical condition. This goal is great for him. He also said that it wasn't a easy goal to score but it was simple for Hatem. Moreover, he said that it's not easy for him to be on the bench but he accepts it and will prove that he deserves to play! But BA don't worry at all for Hatem, he just needs to carry on playing games...

Not his biggest fan by any means, but the boy had charisma and some important scribbling to mull over. In my eyes will always be tainted by his ridiculous stance on Iraq.