Abou Diaby - Injuries Thread

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Everyone is focussing on Diaby's injuries (and he has been very unlucky) but be honest - he's not really that good is he?

In 7 years at Arsenal he's probably had about 3 good games and he never, ever looked like turning into a player of Patrick Vieira's or Emmanuel Petit's stature.

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Everyone is focussing on Diaby's injuries (and he has been very unlucky) but be honest - he's not really that good is he?

In 7 years at Arsenal he's probably had about 3 good games and he never, ever looked like turning into a player of Patrick Vieira's or Emmanuel Petit's stature.

Somewhere on Engerland's fair shores there is a bloke called Steve wearing an ironic "I love Arsene" T-shirt, staring at a photo of Diaby, a symbolic Bar-B-Q fork in one hand, his cock in the other, and in his head a small but fatal explosion has just occured.

[SteveO 35]

Everyone is focussing on Diaby's injuries (and he has been very unlucky) but be honest - he's not really that good is he?

In 7 years at Arsenal he's probably had about 3 good games and he never, ever looked like turning into a player of Patrick Vieira's or Emmanuel Petit's stature.

Somewhere on Engerland's fair shores there is a bloke called Steve wearing an ironic "I love Arsene" T-shirt, staring at a photo of Diaby, a symbolic Bar-B-Q fork in one hand, his cock in the other, and in his head a small but fatal explosion has just occured.

If Lord Wenger keeps Abou on until his testimonial year in 2016, then I'll be marching with the rest of the 'be careful what you wish for' brigade proudly displaying the T-shirt

ONE ARSENE WENGER........THERE'S ONLY ONE ARSENE WENGER

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Jesus Christ he has 2 years left? What was the point of giving him 5 years? If he hasn't of crocked he would still have demanded a pay rise. I think Diaby may be the worst AW signing. Perhaps worse than Santos.

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Does Diaby's contract ever expire? I could fo swore last year Diaby was saying he had to earn a new deal because it was his final year.

2015

[SteveO 35]

Jesus Christ he has 2 years left? What was the point of giving him 5 years? If he hasn't of crocked he would still have demanded a pay rise. I think Diaby may be the worst AW signing. Perhaps worse than Santos.

You may not like the Great Abou but do you honestly think that? Fucking hell, surely not.

[spendsum4uckingmoney]

Jesus Christ he has 2 years left? What was the point of giving him 5 years? If he hasn't of crocked he would still have demanded a pay rise. I think Diaby may be the worst AW signing. Perhaps worse than Santos.

You may not like the Great Abou but do you honestly think that? Fucking hell, surely not.

He's not even that good. He always dwells on the ball and makes stupid clumsy mistakes, like that brilliantly headed own goal when we faced UTD a few years back. I am still seething from the sending off against Newcastle. He completely betrayed the team with that and with it our prem hopes. If we hadn't been down to ten men I bet we would have won 4-2 or 4-3 but we wouldnt have fucking drew. It was his fucking fault. I want him dead. I want his name erased from Arsenal history.

[highburyJD]

dead seems a wee bit harsh...
I don't even want Clive Allen dead

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Jesus Christ he has 2 years left? What was the point of giving him 5 years? If he hasn't of crocked he would still have demanded a pay rise. I think Diaby may be the worst AW signing. Perhaps worse than Santos.

You may not like the Great Abou but do you honestly think that? Fucking hell, surely not.

He's not even that good. He always dwells on the ball and makes stupid clumsy mistakes, like that brilliantly headed own goal when we faced UTD a few years back. I am still seething from the sending off against Newcastle. He completely betrayed the team with that and with it our prem hopes. If we hadn't been down to ten men I bet we would have won 4-2 or 4-3 but we wouldnt have fucking drew. It was his fucking fault. I want him dead. I want his name erased from Arsenal history.

Might as well pin the global recession and 9/11 on him while we're at it....

Although that red card was probably the most imbecilic of the lot we've had countless stupid red cards over the last half decade. I'm not going to pin everything that 4-4 on Diaby or pretend that a team capable of caving from 4-0 up against a piss-poor outfit like Newcastle were ever going to win the PL, or that it's his fault that 10 men decided to go on holiday and nobody took a stand.

In fact, at 4-0 up it was one of the least stupid times to get sent off. Not like Koscielny's needless red card for hauling down Dzeko this season, which left us facing a penalty with 10 men for over 80 minutes against the champions. Or Jenkinson's absurd decision to dive in on Sessegnon at 1-0 up when we were under pressure at Sunderland after 60 minutes.

[SteveO 35]

Jesus Christ he has 2 years left? What was the point of giving him 5 years? If he hasn't of crocked he would still have demanded a pay rise. I think Diaby may be the worst AW signing. Perhaps worse than Santos.

You may not like the Great Abou but do you honestly think that? Fucking hell, surely not.

He's not even that good. He always dwells on the ball and makes stupid clumsy mistakes, like that brilliantly headed own goal when we faced UTD a few years back. I am still seething from the sending off against Newcastle. He completely betrayed the team with that and with it our prem hopes. If we hadn't been down to ten men I bet we would have won 4-2 or 4-3 but we wouldnt have fucking drew. It was his fucking fault. I want him dead. I want his name erased from Arsenal history.

Might as well pin the global recession and 9/11 on him while we're at it....

Although that red card was probably the most imbecilic of the lot we've had countless stupid red cards over the last half decade. I'm not going to pin everything that 4-4 on Diaby or pretend that a team capable of caving from 4-0 up against a piss-poor outfit like Newcastle were ever going to win the PL, or that it's his fault that 10 men decided to go on holiday and nobody took a stand.

In fact, at 4-0 up it was one of the least stupid times to get sent off. Not like Koscielny's needless red card for hauling down Dzeko this season, which left us facing a penalty with 10 men for over 80 minutes against the champions. Or Jenkinson's absurd decision to dive in on Sessegnon at 1-0 up when we were under pressure at Sunderland after 60 minutes.

Couldn't have put it better myself mate. Sick of hearing how it was a 1 man capitulation against Newcastle. United have had a resident nutter in Paul Scholes for donkeys years.....most of the big teams have.....a bloke who either reacts or gets himself sent off stupidly on occasions. How often have you seen the other 10 men then capitulate and throw away 4 goals......err, never (not to my knowledge anyway). Diaby was a factor in that game, but out defence just fell apart, Dowd gifted them the softest penalty known to man.......and please please please everyone have a re-watch of that last 25 mins or so and look at Rosicknote's wonderful contribution. The defending was panicky and gave Newcastle confidence.

Reminder - no team has ever thrown away a 4 goal lead in PL history. Players get sent off every week. Everyone's little favourite Koscielny hardly fucking covered himself in glory that afternoon either

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The scholes comparison is a moot point steve o - for starters the ginger c.u.n.t didnt spend 80% of his manure career in the sick bay but secondly scholes was a class above braindead diaby and brought far more to their table than diaby ever has to ours

[highburyJD]

peak Scholes was a class above pretty much everyone,
at any club but ManUre he'd have been sent off every week, never delivered for England
and it's donkey years since he was at his peak
but Scholes was an absolute legend of the game

[SteveO 35]

The scholes comparison is a moot point steve o - for starters the ginger c.u.n.t didnt spend 80% of his manure career in the sick bay but secondly scholes was a class above braindead diaby and brought far more to their table than diaby ever has to ours

My point is that Scholes has got himself sent off like a prat before and I don't remember the rest of the United team rolling over like little girls and conceding 4 goals in less than half an hour

Anyone who thinks Diaby was solely to blame that day are amongst the 'braindead'

[mcdowell42]

I've said tht b4 stupid red card but to say tht was the reason we threw a 4 goal lead is absolute crap even with 10 men we should have won tht game and don't for get tht prick dowd gave them 2 of the softest pens ever

[highburyJD]

Dowd gets an assist for pretty much every goal - shocking ref's performance