Alan Pardew has never managed to get the best out of Hatem Ben Arfa, even though the manager and the fans know that this player is simply blessed with sublime football skills, […]
Alan Pardew has never managed to get the best out of Hatem Ben Arfa, even though the manager and the fans know that this player is simply blessed with sublime football skills, […]
It seems that quite a few players could leave Newcastle in the summer, and one of those – as we pointed our earlier today – could even be Hatem Ben Arfa. Ben […]
Basically Newcastle sold Yohan Cabaye during the January transfer window and didn’t replace him, and that will hit Newcastle through the end of the season, and while we thought Newcastle could perhaps challenge […]
Ben Arfa has been at Newcastle now for three and a half years, and come this summer he will have one year left on the four and a half year Newcastle contract […]
The breaking news is that Inter-Milan are interested in taking Hatem Ben Arfa today, and the news is being reported on Italian site Tuttomercato. Ben Arfa – there’s an Inter link
It’s always a good sign when two players who have been on the periphery of the first team this season, finally get a start, and they play very well and in fact […]
Newcastle had a lot of positives to take out of the game at Norwich City last night if not three points, and two players introduced into the starting line up – Hatem […]
There is a report in Mundo Deportivo today that PSG have taken note of French International Ben Arfa’s lack of playing time at Newcastle, and may be considering a bid for the […]
There were some surprises when it was revealed that Ben Arfa was not part of the squad for the trip to Abu Dhabi for a January warm weather break for the Newcastle […]
Ben Arfa has again topped our Man of the Match poll for yesterday’s shocking defeat against Cardiff City which give the visitors only their second win in the last eleven games, and […]
In his interviews yesterday for the Cardiff City game today, Alan Pardew admitted that Frenchman Ben Arfa will start the game against Cardiff City, but said that the winger had done only […]
While we think that Ben Arfa may start today at the Hawthorns, Alan Pardew has for the second time in a week come out and essentially said that Ben Arfa has still […]
At his press conference yesterday for the game against Arsenal tomorrow afternoon, Alan Pardew said that Cheick Tiote will come straight back into the side tomorrow, after missing the game against Stoke […]
We thought Ben Arfa was simply terrific in the game on Saturday, and he was a constant threat to Stoke City with his attacking play, and we noticed when he lost the […]
Alan Pardew has told the Newcastle players that when they get their chance n the first team they should take that opportunity, and we saw Ben Arfa start the game yesterday and […]
We were not at our best in that first half today, but Stoke manager Mark Hughes after the game was stretching it a bit when he said Stoke were well positioned and […]
Ben Arfa – back in starting line-up The Newcastle manager has brought Ben Arfa into the starting line-up in place of the suspended Cheick Tiote for the game against Stoke City today […]
We’ve been pleasantly surprised at just how mature Hatem Ben Arfa has been this season, when it must be frustrating that the Frenchman is not starting in the Newcastle first team, but […]
One of the reasons Newcastle are doing so well this season is because so many of our French players have now adapted to life in the Premier league, and it’s the best […]
There’s news again today that Newcastle United are getting closer to signing young Manchester United winger Wilfried Zaha on loan next month for the rest of the season. Wilfried Zaha – coming […]
Vurnon Anita replaced the suspended Yohan Cabaye on Saturday, and had a very good game and ended up second in our Man of the Match poll to Mathieu Debuchy, who had another […]
The Newcastle squad at the moment is the best we’ve had in over ten years, since Sir Bobby Robson was managing the club with assistant manager John Carver, and it’s even better than […]
Hatem Ben Arfa came on early in the second half on Saturday, and did a fine job for Newcastle, as he ran at and threatened the Manchester United defense, and the Frenchman […]
Hatem Ben Arfa came on yesterday after 57 minutes in the 1-0 win against Manchester United, and played well and held the ball up fairly well, especially towards the end of the […]
There seems some good news on the injury front today and it seems that both Papiss Cisse and Hatem Ben Arfa are fit for the tough match at Old Trafford tomorrow, in […]
Newcastle were without both Papiss Cisse and Hatem Ben Arfa for last night’s game with Swansea, which we lost 3-0, and both were out sick. Hatem Ben Arfa – fit for Saturday
When Ben Arfa was introduced in last Saturday’s game against Norwich City after 83 minutes, the Frenchman was able to offer some threat up front and help take some pressure off the […]
We’ve always though that Alan Pardew was a good man-manager, and we’ve also noticed that things he says in the press are often for the consumption of his own players. Ben Arfa […]
Even though England were playing at Wembley against Germany at the same time on Tuesday night, we watched the France vs Ukraine World Cup qualifying game, and we didn’t expect France to […]
Ben Arfa is having trouble getting a start at Newcastle these days, with Alan Pardew preferring players like Yoan Gouffran and Loic Remy on the wings, who work hard and track back […]
When you see the best club teams in the world, what is very apparent rather quickly is that the players work their socks off for the side, and even more so when […]
Alan Pardew has many different challenges to face at Newcastle at the moment, and that’s just par for the course as a Newcastle manager, which has always been one of the toughest […]