So we know we’ll be in the Europa League next season, but how far can we go in that particular competition? Much of that will depend on what happens over the summer, but it’s not exactly a new experience, either for us or for the players. It may have been [...]
This time of year is usually pretty hot for awards being dished out to players and managers for various achievements they’ve managed throughout the season. We’ve already had Signing of the Season and Goal of the Season, although admittedly that was before Papiss Cisse rewrote the book of Physics with [...]
We’ve had a great season and before the last 5 games or so it was going really well, but there were often debates about how we were going to integrate all of our firepower into one team. Without making our team defensively frail this seemed impossible and almost football manager [...]
Firstly, I want to apologise for my long absence. I have been very busy with this being my final year before I head off to University in September. Don’t worry, I still plan to write for this wonderful blog whilst I’m there as I have gained valuable experience writing on [...]
Hatem Ben Arfa has been in stunning form in recent weeks and has really silenced those who doubted his worth to the team. What we’ve seen recently is a player who has retained that ability to pull off the spectacular whilst also being able to work for the team. A [...]
This title may come as a surprise to some who are reading this, but all those who have seen Hatem Ben Arfa in the last few months will realise that this is a player who not only ignites fear and terror into the hearts and minds of the opposition defence, [...]
This season has been full of plaudits for various different things at Newcastle. From player form, to results, league placing and even football finances, there are may things that have brought us positive press throughout the season and which give us at least a cautious glimmer of hope for the [...]
In our brilliant performance against West Brom at the weekend, we seen a new formation used by us. I want to ask the question, is 4-3-3 the way forward? Now I was at the game myself and when the team got announced I just assumed it would be the standard [...]
If there is one player who has caused supporter unrest when it comes to team selection it is Hatem Ben Arfa. Undoubtedly the lad has talent and can create magic with the ball at his feet, but there are also failings in his game, which included work rate and his [...]
Before this one is dived into, a very relevant happy birthday to Hatem Ben Arfa today (7th March) – 25 years old! Touted as one of Europe’s best talents, NUFC were due to get their hands on a pure ‘wizard’ of the game, an exceptional French flair footballer from the [...]
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