Tom 14011 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Ben Arfa does zig zag runs instead of straight ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Better to have both imo. Zig-zags will lure the opponent into a false sense of security, then Cisse will do a straight run: goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44866 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It's like the chalkboard on Escape To Victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Good to see those quotes. Pardew seems to be quite pragmatic, I couldn't see a situation developing between him and a player as with Souness vs Robert. Also I'm beginning to think that a high finish will give Pards a bit more confidence and he'll be less defensively minded next term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Thread title change? Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 It's like the chalkboard on Escape To Victory. Is Pards the blind one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Thread title change? Hmm... Hatem what-a-second-harfa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Santon spends about twice as long out of position as Simpson does, so yeah he is a bigger liability. Players are allowed to move you know. Course he is, just not when the left winger is already in their final 3rd. Or if you do at least make an effort to get back into position relatively quickly. We got caught a few times in the first half today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Right wing is definitely his best position cutting inside like he did so many times today. Can't help but think he's one of those players better coming on as a sub and making an impact than starting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I think the key with a player like Ben Arfa is that you should instruct him to play it really simple for the first half. Just making sure he keeps possession and doesn't try too much unless in a 1v1 situation with the fullback, or a clear counter attacking opportunity. then in the last twenty you say 'do whatever you want' because the opposition are knackered and the spaces open up and then all that conserved energy and can be used to effect, he must've nutmegged richardson about 4 times today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 He looked fitter and more focussed today, apart from one moment when he seemed to tackle himself, he anticipated challenges and seemed to up to the pace of the game. He pulled of some absolutely amazing moves today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=679475 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Now they play better football Okay then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Tbf we hoofed it android looked shite for 45mins. Second half we played them off the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 He was shit and he's still shit. It's all shit. - HF Ah Super Shane would have scored, it's time to drop Jonas. Pass iz a toblerone, pet. - CT Unngh. Wargh. Buhuh. Blaaaaarg! - Rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 He was shit and he's still shit. It's all shit. - HF Ah Super Shane would have scored, it's time to drop Jonas. Pass iz a toblerone, pet. - CT Unngh. Wargh. Buhuh. Blaaaaarg! - Rice Even on here where the intellectual debate is held in good stead, I've notice a number of well established posters never miss having a pop at the beautiful and gifted Tunisian boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 My favorite Ben Arfa move of the match was when he started eating marmalade from MON's head with a dolphin spoon. Tin foil. Tin foil everywhere. Goo goo ga joob. - Parkster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Tbf we hoofed it android looked shite for 45mins. Second half we played them off the park Yeh we weren't really at the races but I would hardly say they were dramatically better & we were unlucky not to be level. They hardly play carpet football more a perverse Catenaccio, where they absorb the pressure & hope to pick the goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 My favorite Ben Arfa move of the match was when he started eating marmalade from MON's head with a dolphin spoon. Tin foil. Tin foil everywhere. Goo goo ga joob. - Parkster Perhaps Coo coo ca chew is more in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 We don't exclusively play direct football, so that post is nonsense. We've mixed it up for the most part this season. Usually the other teams quickly work out how more direct tactics and we end up playing the ball on the floor and looking a lot better for it. Some days a more direct style of play makes sense, sometimes it doesn't, but Pardew often gets it wrong in terms of such a decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerbarton 24 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 He was fantastic today and changed the game. We were so much better with an outlet like him to get the ball down and play it on the park. We have to include him and keep it on the grass going forward now. Cannot even imagine a situation where we're hoofing it aimlessly up to Cisse and Ba and winning not a sausage again like we did vs. Wolves and in the first half today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Just imagine what Shane woulda done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guttierrors 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 thought ben arfa was great when he came on, blame the whole team for leaving cissee and ba so isolated in the first half though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I was well impressed with him today. Never thought a derby was for him, but he did brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 He was shit and he's still shit. It's all shit. - HF Not sure what that's for, have I been unfair on him before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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