As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
DB10GOONER wrote:No offence, but take a day off, mate. Nobody wished the chap ill. Nobody said they were happy he got injured. And yes every fucker and his cousin has had a pop at Wenger for the folly of extending Diaby's contracts etc etc etc. Being happy we have released a guy that delivered proper fuck all but was paid the guts of £30million over a ten year spell doesn't make anyone the Antichrist!
But tbh, my sympathy for Diaby is limited. He will never have to work another day in his life. He hasn't earned that. I will though. I will have to work fucking hard for the rest of my life to pay for my home, my kids education etc. So forgive me if I'm not too upset at the multi-millionaire Abou Diaby being released. M'kay?
I still maintain that Diaby deserved everything we offered him and you going-off about the wages he picked up while injured is muppetry at its finest. You keep saying that we shouldn't feel sorry for him because he still got £30 million out of it; that's incredibly mean-minded. You don’t even know what percentage of his wages was covered by insurance. Not everything is about the money. You are now parroting the money line peddled by the club, like all idiots that celebrate it as if they stand to gain from the riches made out of it. There is no evidence whatsoever that the £30 million could have been invested in the squad and made a difference to how we performed in the 10 years Diaby was on the books.
Diaby could have been one of the best midfielders but instead he's achieved absolutely nothing through no fault of his own, but the "let's get in their face" and "we got to let them know we're there" philosophy adopted by Neanderthal British managers, pundits and players. No one will remember him for what he did on the pitch. That must be incredibly frustrating for him, not to mention getting up every morning and knowing full well that he won't be able to do the thing that he's worked his entirely life for. I would like to see how you'd fare after a person shatters your hand. See how you would be able to sit at work in front of your pc with aching hand and creeping doubt in your mind! I somehow suspect you would take to your bed and never get back to work. Diaby wasn’t sitting around on his arse and not trying to make an effort to get back on the pitch. Make no mistake! He wasn’t kept by Wenger out of kindness or some sentimental shit. He was kept because if fit he simply is amazing. The guy has the lot; physical strength, vision, goals, control and bags of ability. Unfortunately, you are reminiscent of a modern football supporter living in a world flooded with greed, short-sightedness and cynical pragmatism.
Muppetry? And then you make a sweeping character judgement about me?
I'll tell you how I fare, you jumped up mong. I work on average 10 to 12 hours a day. That's just to keep up with the workload. I don't get paid overtime. I've played football for 40+ years now. I've broken both ankles (one a compound double fracture), my right arm, left wrist, damaged my ACL, dislocated my right shoulder, received about 50+ stitches, torn ankle ligaments in both ankles numerous times, have fluid on both knees, torn my hammies a couple times, fractured an eye socket, cracked ribs a couple times, had 3 teeth knocked out, broken my nose 5 times. Every single day I'm in pain in both ankles and knees and by the end of a work day I'm fit to drop. I then play football every Saturday and afterwards I can barely walk. And I pay for the privilege! I don't have expensive club physio's and doctors looking after me. But still I do it and will do until I physically can't. I don't want anyone's fucking sympathy either, I choose to do it.
So you might want to forgive me if I'm not too fucking bothered because a multi-millionaire has been released from the club I've spent thousands and thousands of Euros supporting.
As for your claim there is no proof the 30 odd million we paid him would have been used to pay better or more reliable players? That's hardly the point. The point is the club begged poverty for 10 years yet pissed away 30 million on this one player (and numerous others) that delivered nothing and should have been released long long ago. Not everything is about money? Who said it was? What is about money though, is paying a player 30 million over a 10 year period in the form of contract extensions and pay rises after that player has shown repeatedly to be unreliable, injury prone and of absolutely no use to the club. In the real world where us tax paying mortgage paying work for a living people live, that is disgusting waste.
As for your pathetic jibe about me being a modern football fan? Fuck off you idiot. If anyone is coming across as a modern football fan it's you and your apparent cult of personality obsession with Diaby, typical of the hero worshiping modern fan that supports the player or the manager before the club.
I knew that this was going to be a horrendously long post as soon as DB10 started listing out his never ending list of injuries
DB10GOONER wrote:Muppetry? And then you make a sweeping character judgement about me?
I'll tell you how I fare, you jumped up mong. I work on average 10 to 12 hours a day. That's just to keep up with the workload. I don't get paid overtime. I've played football for 40+ years now. I've broken both ankles (one a compound double fracture), my right arm, left wrist, damaged my ACL, dislocated my right shoulder, received about 50+ stitches, torn ankle ligaments in both ankles numerous times, have fluid on both knees, torn my hammies a couple times, fractured an eye socket, cracked ribs a couple times, had 3 teeth knocked out, broken my nose 5 times. Every single day I'm in pain in both ankles and knees and by the end of a work day I'm fit to drop. I then play football every Saturday and afterwards I can barely walk. And I pay for the privilege! I don't have expensive club physio's and doctors looking after me. But still I do it and will do until I physically can't. I don't want anyone's fucking sympathy either, I choose to do it.
So you might want to forgive me if I'm not too fucking bothered because a multi-millionaire has been released from the club I've spent thousands and thousands of Euros supporting.
As for your claim there is no proof the 30 odd million we paid him would have been used to pay better or more reliable players? That's hardly the point. The point is the club begged poverty for 10 years yet pissed away 30 million on this one player (and numerous others) that delivered nothing and should have been released long long ago. Not everything is about money? Who said it was? What is about money though, is paying a player 30 million over a 10 year period in the form of contract extensions and pay rises after that player has shown repeatedly to be unreliable, injury prone and of absolutely no use to the club. In the real world where us tax paying mortgage paying work for a living people live, that is disgusting waste.
As for your pathetic jibe about me being a modern football fan? Fuck off you idiot. If anyone is coming across as a modern football fan it's you and your apparent cult of personality obsession with Diaby, typical of the hero worshiping modern fan that supports the player or the manager before the club.
Whilst I appreciate the compliments, my succinct response to Zim cannot hold a candle to this masterful hatchet job.
I must admit, as much as it's a shame that it never worked out for him I also don't feel sorry for him, his career is not over, he can drop down a level and resurrect it somewhere else on a pay as you play of he really wants to play the game, the sad thing for him is that he will no longer be at an 'elite club' but than he's had plenty of time and support, that's life unfortunately, harsh but true.
Lucky for him he's lived in this generation and not 30 years ago or he won't be able to never work again so I also think perspective is needed, he's not dead.
I don't blame Diaby for what happened , he was just coming back into fitness and form in 2009 but still it was pure madness from the management to offer him a 5 year deal at a whopping 60 K a week when they could have easily given him a 2/3 year extension and I'm sure at less wages too .
Those days of foolishness I hope are now well and truly over so lets just draw a line under it and hope it never happens again ..............oh wait we have Sonogal !
DB10GOONER wrote:No offence, but take a day off, mate. Nobody wished the chap ill. Nobody said they were happy he got injured. And yes every fucker and his cousin has had a pop at Wenger for the folly of extending Diaby's contracts etc etc etc. Being happy we have released a guy that delivered proper fuck all but was paid the guts of £30million over a ten year spell doesn't make anyone the Antichrist!
But tbh, my sympathy for Diaby is limited. He will never have to work another day in his life. He hasn't earned that. I will though. I will have to work fucking hard for the rest of my life to pay for my home, my kids education etc. So forgive me if I'm not too upset at the multi-millionaire Abou Diaby being released. M'kay?
I still maintain that Diaby deserved everything we offered him and you going-off about the wages he picked up while injured is muppetry at its finest. You keep saying that we shouldn't feel sorry for him because he still got £30 million out of it; that's incredibly mean-minded. You don’t even know what percentage of his wages was covered by insurance. Not everything is about the money. You are now parroting the money line peddled by the club, like all idiots that celebrate it as if they stand to gain from the riches made out of it. There is no evidence whatsoever that the £30 million could have been invested in the squad and made a difference to how we performed in the 10 years Diaby was on the books.
Diaby could have been one of the best midfielders but instead he's achieved absolutely nothing through no fault of his own, but the "let's get in their face" and "we got to let them know we're there" philosophy adopted by Neanderthal British managers, pundits and players. No one will remember him for what he did on the pitch. That must be incredibly frustrating for him, not to mention getting up every morning and knowing full well that he won't be able to do the thing that he's worked his entirely life for. I would like to see how you'd fare after a person shatters your hand. See how you would be able to sit at work in front of your pc with aching hand and creeping doubt in your mind! I somehow suspect you would take to your bed and never get back to work. Diaby wasn’t sitting around on his arse and not trying to make an effort to get back on the pitch. Make no mistake! He wasn’t kept by Wenger out of kindness or some sentimental shit. He was kept because if fit he simply is amazing. The guy has the lot; physical strength, vision, goals, control and bags of ability. Unfortunately, you are reminiscent of a modern football supporter living in a world flooded with greed, short-sightedness and cynical pragmatism.
Muppetry? And then you make a sweeping character judgement about me?
I'll tell you how I fare, you jumped up mong. I work on average 10 to 12 hours a day. That's just to keep up with the workload. I don't get paid overtime. I've played football for 40+ years now. I've broken both ankles (one a compound double fracture), my right arm, left wrist, damaged my ACL, dislocated my right shoulder, received about 50+ stitches, torn ankle ligaments in both ankles numerous times, have fluid on both knees, torn my hammies a couple times, fractured an eye socket, cracked ribs a couple times, had 3 teeth knocked out, broken my nose 5 times. Every single day I'm in pain in both ankles and knees and by the end of a work day I'm fit to drop. I then play football every Saturday and afterwards I can barely walk. And I pay for the privilege! I don't have expensive club physio's and doctors looking after me. But still I do it and will do until I physically can't. I don't want anyone's fucking sympathy either, I choose to do it.
So you might want to forgive me if I'm not too fucking bothered because a multi-millionaire has been released from the club I've spent thousands and thousands of Euros supporting.
As for your claim there is no proof the 30 odd million we paid him would have been used to pay better or more reliable players? That's hardly the point. The point is the club begged poverty for 10 years yet pissed away 30 million on this one player (and numerous others) that delivered nothing and should have been released long long ago. Not everything is about money? Who said it was? What is about money though, is paying a player 30 million over a 10 year period in the form of contract extensions and pay rises after that player has shown repeatedly to be unreliable, injury prone and of absolutely no use to the club. In the real world where us tax paying mortgage paying work for a living people live, that is disgusting waste.
As for your pathetic jibe about me being a modern football fan? Fuck off you idiot. If anyone is coming across as a modern football fan it's you and your apparent cult of personality obsession with Diaby, typical of the hero worshiping modern fan that supports the player or the manager before the club.
I knew that this was going to be a horrendously long post as soon as DB10 started listing out his never ending list of injuries
Yeah the poor little ewok was 6' 4" before all those compound fractures, pins, plates and screws
He has to take a tablespoon of WD40 every morning so he doesn't seize up
DB10GOONER wrote: I've broken both ankles (one a compound double fracture), my right arm, left wrist, damaged my ACL, dislocated my right shoulder, received about 50+ stitches, torn ankle ligaments in both ankles numerous times, have fluid on both knees, torn my hammies a couple times, fractured an eye socket, cracked ribs a couple times, had 3 teeth knocked out, broken my nose 5 times. Every single day I'm in pain in both ankles and knees and by the end of a work day I'm fit to drop.
Just what is it exactly that your employer has you doing for your wages
DB10GOONER wrote: I've broken both ankles (one a compound double fracture), my right arm, left wrist, damaged my ACL, dislocated my right shoulder, received about 50+ stitches, torn ankle ligaments in both ankles numerous times, have fluid on both knees, torn my hammies a couple times, fractured an eye socket, cracked ribs a couple times, had 3 teeth knocked out, broken my nose 5 times. Every single day I'm in pain in both ankles and knees and by the end of a work day I'm fit to drop.
Just what is it exactly that Dublin City council have you doing for your wages
DB10GOONER wrote: I've broken both ankles (one a compound double fracture), my right arm, left wrist, damaged my ACL, dislocated my right shoulder, received about 50+ stitches, torn ankle ligaments in both ankles numerous times, have fluid on both knees, torn my hammies a couple times, fractured an eye socket, cracked ribs a couple times, had 3 teeth knocked out, broken my nose 5 times. Every single day I'm in pain in both ankles and knees and by the end of a work day I'm fit to drop.
Just what is it exactly that your employer has you doing for your wages
Falling over would be my quess.
DB10, council employee, a man barely alive...
"Gentleman...we can rebuild him.
We have the technology,
We have the capability to make the world's first Bionic Mod.
You guys crack me up. The past couple of pages have been pure gold and cheered up someone that has normally always got a smile on his face (and you know the reason that is! ) Thanks.
Herd wrote:I don't blame Diaby for what happened , he was just coming back into fitness and form in 2009 but still it was pure madness from the management to offer him a 5 year deal at a whopping 60 K a week when they could have easily given him a 2/3 year extension and I'm sure at less wages too . Those days of foolishness I hope are now well and truly over so lets just draw a line under it and hope it never happens again ..............oh wait we have Sonogal !
Those days of foolishness will NEVER be over - not while wenger is in charge....
DB10GOONER wrote: I've broken both ankles (one a compound double fracture), my right arm, left wrist, damaged my ACL, dislocated my right shoulder, received about 50+ stitches, torn ankle ligaments in both ankles numerous times, have fluid on both knees, torn my hammies a couple times, fractured an eye socket, cracked ribs a couple times, had 3 teeth knocked out, broken my nose 5 times. Every single day I'm in pain in both ankles and knees and by the end of a work day I'm fit to drop.
Just what is it exactly that your employer has you doing for your wages
Falling over would be my quess.
DB10, council employee, a man barely alive...
"Gentleman...we can rebuild him.
We have the technology,
We have the capability to make the world's first Bionic Mod.
DB10GOONER wrote:No offence, but take a day off, mate. Nobody wished the chap ill. Nobody said they were happy he got injured. And yes every fucker and his cousin has had a pop at Wenger for the folly of extending Diaby's contracts etc etc etc. Being happy we have released a guy that delivered proper fuck all but was paid the guts of £30million over a ten year spell doesn't make anyone the Antichrist!
But tbh, my sympathy for Diaby is limited. He will never have to work another day in his life. He hasn't earned that. I will though. I will have to work fucking hard for the rest of my life to pay for my home, my kids education etc. So forgive me if I'm not too upset at the multi-millionaire Abou Diaby being released. M'kay?
I still maintain that Diaby deserved everything we offered him and you going-off about the wages he picked up while injured is muppetry at its finest. You keep saying that we shouldn't feel sorry for him because he still got £30 million out of it; that's incredibly mean-minded. You don’t even know what percentage of his wages was covered by insurance. Not everything is about the money. You are now parroting the money line peddled by the club, like all idiots that celebrate it as if they stand to gain from the riches made out of it. There is no evidence whatsoever that the £30 million could have been invested in the squad and made a difference to how we performed in the 10 years Diaby was on the books.
Diaby could have been one of the best midfielders but instead he's achieved absolutely nothing through no fault of his own, but the "let's get in their face" and "we got to let them know we're there" philosophy adopted by Neanderthal British managers, pundits and players. No one will remember him for what he did on the pitch. That must be incredibly frustrating for him, not to mention getting up every morning and knowing full well that he won't be able to do the thing that he's worked his entirely life for. I would like to see how you'd fare after a person shatters your hand. See how you would be able to sit at work in front of your pc with aching hand and creeping doubt in your mind! I somehow suspect you would take to your bed and never get back to work. Diaby wasn’t sitting around on his arse and not trying to make an effort to get back on the pitch. Make no mistake! He wasn’t kept by Wenger out of kindness or some sentimental shit. He was kept because if fit he simply is amazing. The guy has the lot; physical strength, vision, goals, control and bags of ability. Unfortunately, you are reminiscent of a modern football supporter living in a world flooded with greed, short-sightedness and cynical pragmatism.
Muppetry? And then you make a sweeping character judgement about me?
I'll tell you how I fare, you jumped up mong. I work on average 10 to 12 hours a day. That's just to keep up with the workload. I don't get paid overtime. I've played football for 40+ years now. I've broken both ankles (one a compound double fracture), my right arm, left wrist, damaged my ACL, dislocated my right shoulder, received about 50+ stitches, torn ankle ligaments in both ankles numerous times, have fluid on both knees, torn my hammies a couple times, fractured an eye socket, cracked ribs a couple times, had 3 teeth knocked out, broken my nose 5 times. Every single day I'm in pain in both ankles and knees and by the end of a work day I'm fit to drop. I then play football every Saturday and afterwards I can barely walk. And I pay for the privilege! I don't have expensive club physio's and doctors looking after me. But still I do it and will do until I physically can't. I don't want anyone's fucking sympathy either, I choose to do it.
So you might want to forgive me if I'm not too fucking bothered because a multi-millionaire has been released from the club I've spent thousands and thousands of Euros supporting.
As for your claim there is no proof the 30 odd million we paid him would have been used to pay better or more reliable players? That's hardly the point. The point is the club begged poverty for 10 years yet pissed away 30 million on this one player (and numerous others) that delivered nothing and should have been released long long ago. Not everything is about money? Who said it was? What is about money though, is paying a player 30 million over a 10 year period in the form of contract extensions and pay rises after that player has shown repeatedly to be unreliable, injury prone and of absolutely no use to the club. In the real world where us tax paying mortgage paying work for a living people live, that is disgusting waste.
As for your pathetic jibe about me being a modern football fan? Fuck off you idiot. If anyone is coming across as a modern football fan it's you and your apparent cult of personality obsession with Diaby, typical of the hero worshiping modern fan that supports the player or the manager before the club.
I knew that this was going to be a horrendously long post as soon as DB10 started listing out his never ending list of injuries
Yeah the poor little ewok was 4' 4" before all those compound fractures, pins, plates and screws
He has to take a tablespoon of WD40 every morning so he doesn't size up
DB10GOONER wrote:No offence, but take a day off, mate. Nobody wished the chap ill. Nobody said they were happy he got injured. And yes every fucker and his cousin has had a pop at Wenger for the folly of extending Diaby's contracts etc etc etc. Being happy we have released a guy that delivered proper fuck all but was paid the guts of £30million over a ten year spell doesn't make anyone the Antichrist!
But tbh, my sympathy for Diaby is limited. He will never have to work another day in his life. He hasn't earned that. I will though. I will have to work fucking hard for the rest of my life to pay for my home, my kids education etc. So forgive me if I'm not too upset at the multi-millionaire Abou Diaby being released. M'kay?
I still maintain that Diaby deserved everything we offered him and you going-off about the wages he picked up while injured is muppetry at its finest. You keep saying that we shouldn't feel sorry for him because he still got £30 million out of it; that's incredibly mean-minded. You don’t even know what percentage of his wages was covered by insurance. Not everything is about the money. You are now parroting the money line peddled by the club, like all idiots that celebrate it as if they stand to gain from the riches made out of it. There is no evidence whatsoever that the £30 million could have been invested in the squad and made a difference to how we performed in the 10 years Diaby was on the books.
Diaby could have been one of the best midfielders but instead he's achieved absolutely nothing through no fault of his own, but the "let's get in their face" and "we got to let them know we're there" philosophy adopted by Neanderthal British managers, pundits and players. No one will remember him for what he did on the pitch. That must be incredibly frustrating for him, not to mention getting up every morning and knowing full well that he won't be able to do the thing that he's worked his entirely life for. I would like to see how you'd fare after a person shatters your hand. See how you would be able to sit at work in front of your pc with aching hand and creeping doubt in your mind! I somehow suspect you would take to your bed and never get back to work. Diaby wasn’t sitting around on his arse and not trying to make an effort to get back on the pitch. Make no mistake! He wasn’t kept by Wenger out of kindness or some sentimental shit. He was kept because if fit he simply is amazing. The guy has the lot; physical strength, vision, goals, control and bags of ability. Unfortunately, you are reminiscent of a modern football supporter living in a world flooded with greed, short-sightedness and cynical pragmatism.
Muppetry? And then you make a sweeping character judgement about me?
I'll tell you how I fare, you jumped up mong. I work on average 10 to 12 hours a day. That's just to keep up with the workload. I don't get paid overtime. I've played football for 40+ years now. I've broken both ankles (one a compound double fracture), my right arm, left wrist, damaged my ACL, dislocated my right shoulder, received about 50+ stitches, torn ankle ligaments in both ankles numerous times, have fluid on both knees, torn my hammies a couple times, fractured an eye socket, cracked ribs a couple times, had 3 teeth knocked out, broken my nose 5 times. Every single day I'm in pain in both ankles and knees and by the end of a work day I'm fit to drop. I then play football every Saturday and afterwards I can barely walk. And I pay for the privilege! I don't have expensive club physio's and doctors looking after me. But still I do it and will do until I physically can't. I don't want anyone's fucking sympathy either, I choose to do it.
So you might want to forgive me if I'm not too fucking bothered because a multi-millionaire has been released from the club I've spent thousands and thousands of Euros supporting.
As for your claim there is no proof the 30 odd million we paid him would have been used to pay better or more reliable players? That's hardly the point. The point is the club begged poverty for 10 years yet pissed away 30 million on this one player (and numerous others) that delivered nothing and should have been released long long ago. Not everything is about money? Who said it was? What is about money though, is paying a player 30 million over a 10 year period in the form of contract extensions and pay rises after that player has shown repeatedly to be unreliable, injury prone and of absolutely no use to the club. In the real world where us tax paying mortgage paying work for a living people live, that is disgusting waste.
As for your pathetic jibe about me being a modern football fan? Fuck off you idiot. If anyone is coming across as a modern football fan it's you and your apparent cult of personality obsession with Diaby, typical of the hero worshiping modern fan that supports the player or the manager before the club.
I knew that this was going to be a horrendously long post as soon as DB10 started listing out his never ending list of injuries
Yeah the poor little ewok was 6' 4" before all those compound fractures, pins, plates and screws
He has to take a tablespoon of WD40 every morning so he doesn't seize up
I love the way this forum can bring people together. Just look at the bald culchie and the Ewok getting along so well! It's inspiring!!
You guys crack me up. The past couple of pages have been pure gold and cheered up someone that has normally always got a smile on his face (and you know the reason that is! ) Thanks.
Nobody wished the chap ill. Nobody said they were happy he got injured. And yes every fucker and his cousin has had a pop at Wenger for the folly of extending Diaby's contracts etc etc etc. Being happy we have released a guy that delivered proper fuck all but was paid the guts of £30million over a ten year spell doesn't make anyone the Antichrist!
