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For those saying we've been idiots standing by him, it's easy to say that with 20:20 hindsight but RvP had persistent injury problems, maybe not to the same degree as Diaby but enough to warrant debate on here as to whether we should cut our losses (I thought we should). Then he goes and has that season he had last year and would have repeated it...well, he has repeated it, just not for us. I'm not saying Diaby would have ever had the same impact but at times he's looked like a player who could become an important part of our midfield. When you've persisted with a player for so long and invested all the time and money in rehabilitating them, not to mention paying them all the time they've been on the treatment table, I'd suggest it's not a simple call where to call it quits. That time has come with Diaby now but it's impossible to know in advance.
It's impossible to know but it depends on how much hope you have. Ruthless managers would've moved Diaby, Clichy, Rosicky, Van Persie, Gibbs and possibly others along a long time ago. Wenger has only really had Van Persie who has repaid the faith shown and even then he was happy to move on last season. The uber trust Wenger displays isn't justified on past evidence, and furthermore you'd be silly not to realise that he takes a gamble on a crock's fitness for other reasons. If he can operate on lower expenditure, he stands to gain a lot.