Abou Diaby - Injuries Thread

[supergeorgegraham]

Diaby could have become a great player. We saw a slight glimpse of that at the start of the season. His injuries will and have destroyed his career.
If there is any sense coming from the boss he will sell him to a less physical league. Now we all know that will not happen. My god the guy gets injured taking a shot !!

[franksav63]

I am reluctantly coming round to the idea that Abou's story is going to be one of a talent never fulfilled. Picking up injuries like the one at Anfield last season and again on Saturday are a very worrying sign, because unlike the Smith assault in 2006, these are non-contact injuries which simply suggest that his body can't cope with the demands of the PL.

Very sad. I'm not sure how any of that amounts to him being a *word censored* or deserving of 'fuck off wanker' from his own supporters mind.

Agreed on the abuse. Never saw the point of abusing our own players tbh. Sure yelling "get your finger out, Ramsey!" or "Stop diving, Comedy Eboue!" are fine by me and are (kinda) constructive criticism... in a way...

But telling them to fuck off or calling them wánkers seems a bit pointless.

So does that include cashley hole who met with chav officials mid-season whilst under contract to us ? Does that include greedybayor who blatantly stopped trying for a season when he decided he no longer wanted to play for us ? It is all well and good claiming that players shouldn't be abused based on their lack of ability but to treat the club disrespectfully and/or to not put in a satisfactory amount of effort is absolutely unacceptable to me and I will give them dogs abuse regardless of how my neighbors in the ground feel

You are using completely different arguments to justify abusing Diaby and you know you are. Has he been caught talking to other clubs, getting his agent to hawk him around - no. Has he got a lack of ability, this guy who still when fit walks into the French midfield -no. Does he have a lack of effort in games - most certainly not when you look at the likes of Arshavin and Greedy.

All I can see so far is people hating him because of an injury track record which is hardly his fault and some pathetic non-story in a tabloid about wearing Kaboul's shirt in his house

Let's face it, the reason that's not happened is because he's started a total of 87 games in 6 seasons of being here, I dare say had he been fit and playing the majority of the time he would have been on his bike a few season back for a nice tidy profit, but no one in their right mind is going to touch him now. (apart from Wenger giving him contract extensions of course)

[northbank123]

I am reluctantly coming round to the idea that Abou's story is going to be one of a talent never fulfilled. Picking up injuries like the one at Anfield last season and again on Saturday are a very worrying sign, because unlike the Smith assault in 2006, these are non-contact injuries which simply suggest that his body can't cope with the demands of the PL.

Very sad. I'm not sure how any of that amounts to him being a *word censored* or deserving of 'fuck off wanker' from his own supporters mind.

You're right, his body just can't cope with it. It's packed up, just like Michael Owen's did years ago. He might look like getting fit finally and will play a few games but it'll be same old story. Although RvCunt was injured for half his time here even that was different: many of his injuries were from being clattered, since Smith Diaby seems to be capable of injuring himself just by breathing too loud.

[donaldo]

I hope Diaby does get fit and AVB buys him and grants him his wish to pull on a Spud's shirt

[Herd]

Then its simple give him a pay as u play as u are fit contract , I think the Spurs shirt story was manipulated by the press for controversy on a dull news day but he doesn't deserve the crap he gets on here .

In fact apart from lardshavin of the current crop ,no one does !

[SteveO 35]

Then its simple give him a pay as u play as u are fit contract , I think the Spurs shirt story was manipulated by the press for controversy on a dull news day but he doesn't deserve the crap he gets on here .

In fact apart from lardshavin of the current crop ,no one does !

Agreed - give me the choice of a talented player who is striving to get fit, or a talented player doing everything he can to be unfit, and I'll take the former every time

There is then of course the category of 'never going to be good enough' and on that basis Fabianski, Mannone, Squillachi, Djourou, Eastmond and Chamakh will attract my ire every time they step on to the field. Not their fault that Wenger deemed them all worthy of long term contracts though

[augie]

I am reluctantly coming round to the idea that Abou's story is going to be one of a talent never fulfilled. Picking up injuries like the one at Anfield last season and again on Saturday are a very worrying sign, because unlike the Smith assault in 2006, these are non-contact injuries which simply suggest that his body can't cope with the demands of the PL.

Very sad. I'm not sure how any of that amounts to him being a *word censored* or deserving of 'fuck off wanker' from his own supporters mind.

Agreed on the abuse. Never saw the point of abusing our own players tbh. Sure yelling "get your finger out, Ramsey!" or "Stop diving, Comedy Eboue!" are fine by me and are (kinda) constructive criticism... in a way...

But telling them to fuck off or calling them wánkers seems a bit pointless.

So does that include cashley hole who met with chav officials mid-season whilst under contract to us ? Does that include greedybayor who blatantly stopped trying for a season when he decided he no longer wanted to play for us ? It is all well and good claiming that players shouldn't be abused based on their lack of ability but to treat the club disrespectfully and/or to not put in a satisfactory amount of effort is absolutely unacceptable to me and I will give them dogs abuse regardless of how my neighbors in the ground feel

You are using completely different arguments to justify abusing Diaby and you know you are. Has he been caught talking to other clubs, getting his agent to hawk him around - no. Has he got a lack of ability, this guy who still when fit walks into the French midfield -no. Does he have a lack of effort in games - most certainly not when you look at the likes of Arshavin and Greedy.

All I can see so far is people hating him because of an injury track record which is hardly his fault and some pathetic non-story in a tabloid about wearing Kaboul's shirt in his house

Steve O, I never used the argument to defend the abuse on diaby but was merely responding to the comment made by the dublin umpa lumpa when he said that no player should be abused - imo certain types of behaviour deserve abuse and I named those people and diaby's name wasnt included

[DB10GOONER]

I am reluctantly coming round to the idea that Abou's story is going to be one of a talent never fulfilled. Picking up injuries like the one at Anfield last season and again on Saturday are a very worrying sign, because unlike the Smith assault in 2006, these are non-contact injuries which simply suggest that his body can't cope with the demands of the PL.

Very sad. I'm not sure how any of that amounts to him being a *word censored* or deserving of 'fuck off wanker' from his own supporters mind.

Agreed on the abuse. Never saw the point of abusing our own players tbh. Sure yelling "get your finger out, Ramsey!" or "Stop diving, Comedy Eboue!" are fine by me and are (kinda) constructive criticism... in a way...

But telling them to fuck off or calling them wánkers seems a bit pointless.

So does that include cashley hole who met with chav officials mid-season whilst under contract to us ? Does that include greedybayor who blatantly stopped trying for a season when he decided he no longer wanted to play for us ? It is all well and good claiming that players shouldn't be abused based on their lack of ability but to treat the club disrespectfully and/or to not put in a satisfactory amount of effort is absolutely unacceptable to me and I will give them dogs abuse regardless of how my neighbors in the ground feel

You are using completely different arguments to justify abusing Diaby and you know you are. Has he been caught talking to other clubs, getting his agent to hawk him around - no. Has he got a lack of ability, this guy who still when fit walks into the French midfield -no. Does he have a lack of effort in games - most certainly not when you look at the likes of Arshavin and Greedy.

All I can see so far is people hating him because of an injury track record which is hardly his fault and some pathetic non-story in a tabloid about wearing Kaboul's shirt in his house

Steve O, I never used the argument to defend the abuse on diaby but was merely responding to the comment made by the dublin umpa lumpa when he said that no player should be abused - imo certain types of behaviour deserve abuse and I named those people and diaby's name wasnt included

I stand by it baldy-locks. Roaring abuse at our own players helps the team how exactly?

I also don't see what the two crunts mentioned have to do with this? I don't recall them being overly abused whilst actually at Arsenal. I recall a groan of frustration greeting alot of Barndoors misses (particularly in his last season with us) but not abuse. Similarly with Cuntley, he was gone by the time we knew the full facts of his despicable cuntliness.

So basically they were both abused as players of other clubs? Shock horror.

[SteveO 35]

Wenger actually played Cuntley in the final of the bloody CL when his flirting with Chelsea had become public knowledge and again in the last ever game at the THOF, after the tosser had been injured for most of the second half of the season. Still sticks in my throat. He barely got a ripple of disapproval from the crowd either - the *word censored*

[DB10GOONER]

Wenger actually played Cuntley in the final of the bloody CL when his flirting with Chelsea had become public knowledge and again in the last ever game at the THOF, after the tosser had been injured for most of the second half of the season. Still sticks in my throat. He barely got a ripple of disapproval from the crowd either - the *word censored*

My point exactly. Cuntley had also been out on a piss up with Lampard and Terry 3 days before that final.

[augie]

That is not what I said - the point I made was that both players were entitled to be abused for the way they behaved whilst at our club. The story about cashley was well known a long time before he left - he met with chav officials mid-way through the season whilst still under contract to us and there are no circumstances that could be revealed down the line that can defend him in this case.

Btw I did abuse greedybayor during his last season with us - if a player isnt putting in maximum effort for the team then he aint helping the team anyway so booing him wont affect his efforts

[SteveO 35]

That is not what I said - the point I made was that both players were entitled to be abused for the way they behaved whilst at our club. The story about cashley was well known a long time before he left - he met with chav officials mid-way through the season whilst still under contract to us and there are no circumstances that could be revealed down the line that can defend him in this case.

Btw I did abuse greedybayor during his last season with us - if a player isnt putting in maximum effort for the team then he aint helping the team anyway so booing him wont affect his efforts

And I agree with that point. I think if a player has openly associated himself with a rival club (not some fucking non-story about wearing his mate's shirt, but actually openly wanting to join the fuckers) he deserves to get some stick from the fans. Cole never made any attempt to distance himself from the rumours about Chelsea and went public about his wage demands (although the club were guilty in a big way and this actually represented the start of the current era of Arsenal becoming a selling club). Greedy started comparing himself with TH14 and his wages after one decent season, prior to which he was a lazy good-for-nothing fuckwit, who ironically went back to being exactly that in his final season. His performance in the CL semi at OT, the biggest of big matches, was a lesson in how to be a greedy modern-day *word censored* of a footballer

[Herd]

dublin umpa lumpa

I think that's worse than anything I've called DB................................actually no ,but that was in the less caring bloke friendly huggy kissy OG !

Give me a trier every-time !

[DB10GOONER]

dublin umpa lumpa

I think that's worse than anything I've called DB................................actually no ,but that was in the less caring bloke friendly huggy kissy OG !

Give me a trier every-time !

It's augie's bald head letting the sun fry his brains. He has to wear a hat at the airport or planes will be trying to land on him.

[arseofacrow]

Diaby could have been something in 2006 - could have, no guarantees (however much SteveO writes to this). He had the talent, together with the physique - whether he had the mentaility and character to supplement it at the same time...? He's still talented, but has proved erratic in his albeit brief performances, often looking as lost as the rest of the team. I know Wenger will never give up, and in a couple of years he'll probably have a great and full season, at which point man u will snap him up for £25m.