Newcastle will be bringing in quite a few players this summer, if we include the new Development players that will be coming into the club. Ben Arfa in action for France against Iceland last Sunday Newcastle released 9 Development players yesterday, if you include goalkeeper Ole Soderberg, and senior players Alan Smith, Peter Lovenkrands and Danny Guthrie were also released, [.

France beat Serbia 2-0 in their Euro 2012 warm-up game lat night, at the Stade Auguste Delaune in Reims. A pensive French manager Laurent Blanc last night And Yohan Cabaye played the whole game France in midfield to pick up his 12th cap, while Ben Arfa saw some action late in the game, when he replaced Malouda after 75 minutes for his [.

France beat Serbia 2-0 in their Euro 2012 warm-up game lat night, at the Stade Auguste Delaune in Reims. A pensive French manager Laurent Blanc last night And Yohan Cabaye played the whole game France in midfield to pick up his 12th cap, while Ben Arfa saw some action late in the game, when he replaced Malouda after 75 minutes for his [.

Will Robin be able to translate his club form to country?

Today I'll be assessing Holland's chances in Euro 2012.

Holland

I have followed Holland for a very long time. This is entirely down to Dennis Bergkamp that I became a fan of Oranje. I did catch their games in World Cup 1994 but more as a general football fan.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has managed his mercurial French winger Hatem Ben Arfa, brilliantly over the last season. Sylvain Marveaux - could follow Ben Arfa's lead And not only did Ben Arfa become a regular out on the right wing for Newcastle this year, and score two fantastic goals at St.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has managed his mercurial French winger Hatem Ben Arfa, brilliantly over the last season. Sylvain Marveaux - could follow Ben Arfa's lead And not only did Ben Arfa become a regular out on the right wing for Newcastle this year, and score two fantastic goals at St.

So the Iceland friendly was an audition for Gourcuff, and it essentially showed that he wasn't ready. He's been out a good portion of the last season with injury, and didn't look ready for the international level.

Yanga-Mbiwa had received his first call-up for France to be in the provisional squad, but Blanc is willing to take a risk of including just three central defenders in his squad: Rami, Mexes, and Koscielny.

The way Newcastle and Alan Pardew have handled Ben Arfa since he arrived on Tyneside, has been fantastic. France manager Lauent Blanc last night big fan of Ben Arfa? And Newcastle and Ben Arfa, and possibly France in Euro2012 will be reaping the benefits of a much more mature and professional young man, who still has those mercurial skills after recovering from a double fracture of his left leg in October of 2010.

Both Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye started for France against Iceland last night in Valenciennes, and both Newcastle players had more than decent games. Ben Arfa in action ls night for France And the chance that Ben Arfa will make the squad, which France manager Laurent Blanc will announce at any time, was strengthened [.

The first half of this Euro-2012 warm-up friendly ended 2-0 to Iceland. Both of their goals were great, and France's defending was poor. Shocking, even. Naive. Amateurish. School boy.

I really wasn't too bothered. Up front we always looked likely to score, and Benzema looked like the clear danger man.

France were 2-0 down tonight at half time, before coming back to beat Iceland 3-2 in Valenciennes. Newcastle's Ben Arfa in action tonight That's potential Newcastle target Gylfi Sigurdsson on the left During the first period, France looked a bit of a disjointed side, and were trying to string some passes together, and Iceland went [.

From video on L'Equipe.fr:

Blanc: Pose the question, and maybe I'll answer.

Reporter: Laurent, could you tell us your starters for tomorrow.

Blanc: Avec grand plaisir (with great pleasure).

(1) Mandanda
(2) Debucy (3) Rami (4) Mexes (5) Evra
(6) Cabaye (7) Gourcuff (8) Nasri
(9) BenArfa (10) Benzema (11) Menez

(First-team-type players rested: Lloris, M'Vila, Ribery.

Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse, who is already hugely popular on Tyneside that he cannot even get a haircut without being overwhelmed by young fans, has some good words to say about his team-mate Hatem Ben Arfa today. Ben Arfa mobbed after his fantastic goal against Bolton this year Let me out! Ben Arfa was quickly spotted as [.

Well well well, what can one say after all that eh? That was one hell of a season, the best I can remember in quite a while and I'm getting on a bit. Easily the best Premiership since 1995, well actually, the best ever since 1989, well actually the best in my lifetime, especially after the events last Saturday night.

Alan Pardew made a number of Newcastle players much better footballers last season. Ben Arfa has matured on Tyneside Some of those Alan had a big influence on were Ryan Taylor, Tim Krul, Davide Santon, Steven Taylor among others. And one of the others that Alan Pardew has managed brilliantly in his time at Newcastle, is [.

Kenny Dalglish with John Henry, LFC's owner

This is as much the collective failure of a group of high priced players to deliver for their club. Only Luis Suarez justified his transfer fee. But King Kenny had to bear the brunt off a £120m giveaway which in these times is exceedingly tough to justify.

Ecco i primi 12 nomi che faranno parte della spedizione transalpina ad Euro 2012. Laurent Blanc, selezionatore francese, dirama i primi convocati e non mancano le sorprese. Quella più grande è rappresentata dalla presenza, in questo primo gruppo, del fantasista del Newcastle, Hatem Ben Arfa, trequartista classe 1987 (di origine tunisine, ma nativo di ClamartContinua a leggere .

Ben Arfa's very first goal for Newcastle was at Goodison Park in September of 2010. Ben Arfa scoring against Bolton That's when he got the ball about 10 yards outside the penalty box, moved to his right, and then thought I better get the ball on my left foot, so he moved to his left again. And then when no Everton [.

Mark Douglas, in the Journal, has interviewed former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier today. Ben Arfa in action against Liverpool Who's that guy with his eyes closed behind him? And it seems the former Lens, PSG, Lyon, Liverpool and France national team manager is full of praise for the job Newcastle manager has done with Ben Arfa at Newcastle.

As we reported yesterday Hatem Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye have both been included in a provisional list of twelve players named by France manager Laurent Blanc. The group contains players who play outside of France. Ben Arfa - congratulated after his amazing goal against Bolton Ben Arfa has been in top form this year, along with a [.

We held a poll to see what Newcastle fans thought was the better goal between Ben Arfa's Blackburn thriller, and the magnificent goal scored by Papiss Cisse at Chelsea last week the second one that is. Papiss Cisse and Ben Arfa At the time of writing there was 21 votes in it, with over 1100 votes caset and Papiss Cisse narrowly in the lead.

Newcastle's Summer 2012 Transfer Targets - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

It's really quite amazing that Newcastle can still finish anywhere from 3rd to 6th place in the Premier League, with just one game to go.

And for those Newcastle fans who were really disappointed at losing to Manchester City on Sunday, it can't be forgotten that last August the club were expecting a mid-table finish, with Kevin Nolan, Jose Enrique and Joey Barton all having left in the summer.

France manager Laurent Blanc has said that Newcastle's Ben Arfa has played himself back in contention for the French squad, for the Euro 2012 Championships to be held in Poland and the Ukraine mostly in June, with the final being played on July 1st. Ben Arfa in action yesterday challenging French compatriot Gael Clichy Ben Arfa is now 25, and won the last [.

szólj hozzá: Newcastle 0-2 M.City Goals

Yaya Toure was a one man wrecking crew in City's win over Utd on Monday without scoring a goal. Against Newcastle he continued in the same vein and scored a brace. The first was a sublime piece of precision and placement. Roberto Mancini won the tactical battle against Sir Alex and this time too his decision to take off an ineffective Samir Nasri and introduce Nigel de Jong to patrol the backfield gave free rein to Toure's attacking instincts.

Sunday, May 6

EPL, Newcastle United vs Manchester City (8:30amET, FSC & Fox Deportes): A massive game in the Premier League, both for the title race and Champions League qualification.

Following Man City's tense 1-0 victory in last Monday's much-hyped Manchester derby, this match becomes the new title-decider.

Alan Pardew has given his view of what is his goal of the season, and it's not Papiss Cisse's goal last Wednesday night at Stamford Bridge. Ben Arfa mobbed after scoring against Bolton at St. James' Park There was a great shot which is bring played again and again of Alan Pardew laughing with Didier Drogba on the touchline after Cisse's goal in stoppage time, [.

News in the local press today that Newcastle manager Alan Pardew wants to open a prayer room at St James' Park. Ba and Cisse in prayer position against Aston Villa Newcastle have a number of Muslims in their ranks at the moment, including Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba, Ben Arfa and Cheick Tiote, and it may be that some of [.

Newcastle United midfielder Yohan Cabaye and manager Alan Pardew give their view on our Champions League aspirations. Alan Pardew's switch to a 4-3-3 has certainly improved Newcastle in terms of entertainment value and with players like Ben Arfa on the pitch we're recapturing a little of the classic, 90′s 'Entertainers' era.

Newcastle were much the better side this afternoon at St. James Park and were 2-0 up against a hapless stoke side after only 18 minutes. Yohan Cabaye got the first goal after magic again form Ben Arfa on the left wing where he magically got in a cross that Cisse headed against the cross-bar and Yohan Cabaye headed the ball home.

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A Newcastle win this afternoon against Stoke City could see Newcastle go into fourth place in the Premier League table. Newcastle haven't played since Easter Monday when in a difficult game we managed to take all three points with late goals from Ben Arfa and Papiss Cisse. It was a difficult game against the Trotters and it even looked like we would drop two points to the relegation fighting side, until Ben [.

Last time out against Bolton was a tough game. Ben Arfa slots home his wonder goal against Bolton last time out And it looked like Newcastle would onl;y draw that game until the 72nd minute, when Ben Arfa produced some of that magic of his, and scored that first goal. That's after he had collected the ball inside his own half, and [.

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There's nothing like starting off your last 10 games of the season - the business end of the season by winning five games in a row. Jonas Gutierrez leads congratulations after great Ben Arfa strike And that's exactly what Newcastle have done, after suffering a defeat at Arsenal with almost the last kick of the game, back on 12th March at the Emirates Stadium.

Just after Ben Arfa had scored his first goal for Newcastle yesterday with that mazy run, he did it again. Ben Arfa slots the ball home yesterday 1-0 But this time rather than cutting inside and shooting for goal, he laid it off to Papiss Cisse on his right, but the Senegal man was offside.

Just after Ben Arfa had scored his first goal for Newcastle yesterday with that mazy run, he did it again. Ben Arfa slots the ball home yesterday 1-0 But this time rather than cutting inside and shooting for goal, he laid it off to Papiss Cisse on his right, but the Senegal man was offside.

TweetHatem Ben Arfa stole the limelight after scoring a wonder goal during Newcastle United's 2-0 win over Bolton. The French ace picked the ball up in his own half before spinning past a Bolton midfielder, running clean past the visitors defence and then tucking the ball neatly past Jussi Jääskeläinen to the rapture of the [.

For a side fighting relegation Bolton looked good yesterday and they were also unlucky, but when you miss some golden opportunities you really only have yourself to blame. Ben Arfa after scoring wonder goal he's in there somewhere If Bolton could have scored form the two big chances they had in the second half of yesterday's game at St.

It looked like Newcastle would do no better than a 0-0 draw yesterday at home to Bolton. Ben Arfa slots in Newcatsle's first goal - brilliant! And indeed with just 20 minutes to go it was Bolton who had missed the better chances, as Chris Eagles after 48 minutes and Mark Davies after 63 minutes had [.

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