Hatem Ben Arfa's dribbling ability one of the best in the world?

I'm not saying he's even in the same league as Messi for dribbling or anything else.

However, apart from the obvious Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, are there many others that are better than him for pure genious in dribbling and skill when he's in form?

When he first came back he didn't look that impressive, but since he's been let loose on that RW and hit some form he's been immense.

I don't think there's anyone else in the prem that could have scored that goal he did against Blackburn and few would have scored the one he did against Bolton.

The thing I like about Ben Arfa is he's got his own style, he's one of a kind. He sort of makes me think if Ronaldo and Messi had a baby...

because he looks like a mixture of both.

[video=youtube;4iXigKaL93k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iXigKaL93k[/video]

The video starts off with his older games, but watch it as it goes on.

He makes things that other players would struggle to do as easy as ****. He makes space for himself so well.

 

He's certainly up there

 

He's still got a lot to learn
but your right, dribbling wise he's one of the best

 

To be honest there are a lot of players round the world. His dribbling is undoubtedly one of his many assets but I'd find it impossible to say he's one of the best in world football. There's probably 10 brazilians alone who are better dribblers, but they won't all be in his league for overall ability. I think the lad could be anything next season.

 

If you guys got Victor moses, it will certainly be exciting to watch HBA and him terrorizing defenses.

 

Iniesta, Villa, Sanchez, Ozil, possibly Marcelo, Ericsson, Robinho, Pato, Coutinho, possibly Di Natale, Robben, Ribery, Hazard, Dembele (very good dribbler), Nene, Pastore, Ronaldinho, Oscar... There's a few (Y).

 

Technically he can be stupidly good, but that's his problem "Can be".

If he consistently performed at his highest levels he would be up there with the elite of world football, but he doesn't and never has. I'll admit he's looking as good as he ever has recently but that's just a precursor for his eventual departure for a trophy challenging team (Not Liverpool) if he does keep up that level of performance.

 

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I think he's a very good dribbler and what makes him so much better is because he's hard to knock off the ball when he's in full flow.

 

Robben, Ribery, Marcelo, Ozil, Di Natalie, Pato, Dembele, Countinho - These aren't better at dribbling than HBA. The rest I'd probably agree.

Robben and Ribery used to be but their reactions aren't what they used to be, they aren't as good anymore.

 

Fixed that for you. Also they aren't all better, just a few at a similar ability.

 

Ben Arfa is good but the players I've mentioned are very skilful. Skill defines Ribery, Pato, Coutinho. In fact, there are few in world football that can claim to be as good at dribbling as Pato in particular.

To answer Mr Bump, Ronaldinho has lost his legs and arguably his desire, but he's still bloody brilliant with a ball.

Just because he's had a good year and scored some good goals doesn't mean he's up there with the best, at the end of the day. I deliberately didn't include many PL players to avoid a big debate, but the point is that lots of players can do what he does. If we look inside England, the likes of Nasri, Aguero, Silva, Nani and Suarez are all very capable at beating players at pace with the ball.

Ben Arfa's biggest asset is that he combines dribbling with a very clean strike of the ball.

 

Oh and on Oscar, he's a Brazilian attacking midfielder, currently at Internacional, the heir apparent to the Ronaldinho role for Brazil. Very classy and looks set to set the stage alight come 2014. Already spoken of higher than Ganso.

 

he's class and if he hadn't broke his leg he would be better. He will leave this summer for sure if he does well in the euros

 

nah, he's just been really lucky, the ball drops for him every time he touches it, he'll be found out next season when we finally play some big clubs so we should cash in now

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On the subject, anyone catch Argies 4-3 Brazil. Lionel Messi. Nothing more needs said.