Abou Diaby watch?

[Ollie the Optimist]

Wenget has confirmed Diaby is out for 3 weeks.

one french journalist matt spiro said this morning that there was a suspcion in the press conference and in france that wenger said three weeks becuase it meant he missed the next international break.

who knows though, but i hope diaby is back soon

[Fist of Lehmann]

No actually, France can fuck off on this one.

[Cripps_orig]

France manager Didier Deschamps has criticised Arsene Wenger after the Arsenal manager sparked a club v country row over Abou Diaby's recent selection for the national side.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

Deschamps is spot on

[Kano]

about being the man to pick the team.

but his timing was a fuck up. for us and their national team.

[Penguin]

If you want international quality players you have to be prepared to let them play for their national teams. That's why we have a squad, we should have the players to fill in if someone gets injured.

No use complaining about it when someone goes and picks up a knock every year.

[GP]

If you want international quality players you have to be prepared to let them play for their national teams. That's why we have a squad, we should have the players to fill in if someone gets injured.

No use complaining about it when someone goes and picks up a knock every year.

No, you have to look at the player in question and his fitness record.

[server too busy!]

Is it me or ever since Diaby got injured we have been playing absolutely shit. Is he the player that makes it all come together?

It seems to me we're missing his height and physical presence in the middle. He's also the only player capable of making driving runs forward. Too often we try and pass our way into attacking positions, however if a team just sits back and defends and plays on the break against us we can't create anything because everyone is marked. We miss Diaby driving past people and pulling players out of position with his runs, which then frees up other players. If we can't rely on Diaby to be fit we need to find someone who can do what he does.

With Wilshere, Arteta and Cazorla its so easy to play against, sit deep and hold your position. Every team has found this out and we're getting stiffled against even the shittest of teams.

[LDG]

Is it me or ever since Diaby got injured we have been playing absolutely shit. Is he the player that makes it all come together?

It seems to me we're missing his height and physical presence in the middle. He's also the only player capable of making driving runs forward. Too often we try and pass our way into attacking positions, however if a team just sits back and defends and plays on the break against us we can't create anything because everyone is marked. We miss Diaby driving past people and pulling players out of position with his runs, which then frees up other players. If we can't rely on Diaby to be fit we need to find someone who can do what he does.

With Wilshere, Arteta and Cazorla its so easy to play against, sit deep and hold your position. Every team has found this out and we're getting stiffled against even the shittest of teams.

Yep.

It was a great decision to rely on Diaby. I mean, nobody could have forseen him getting injured.

He is a fantastic player, but I just don't see the logic in hoping he would stay injury free.

[GP]

[LDG]