Is Diaby the key to Arsenal’s success this season?
Is Diaby the key to future success? by CI
During my life as an Arsenal and football fan i have witnessed many remarkable moments of Arsenals history including the invincible era. But ironically my first real game i watched on TV was our last major trophy. In this game (fa cup final of 2005)i saw a winning team, but where did it all go wrong? Or has it? Despite going without a major trophy for nearly 8 years, we have always been around, Whether that has been in a Champions league final or coming 3rd in the league.
Despite being nearly men there this season we have seen a large flaw in our play this season, our lack of a true defensive midfielder. It was apparent that with Diaby our play was so much more fluid that its been in the last few seasons, I rate Diaby very highly and would say on his day can be as good as Yaya Toure, This can be seen in the Liverpool game, he held the ball tremendously well, allowing the likes of cazorla to be involved. And ultimately as is typical Diaby he becomes injured ( I know he cant help it but we can all say we are fed up with it), but now it seems wenger has found out what his problem is, and to cut a long story short he wont be able to play every single game. You see this has ultimately some real positives for us. You probably will all wonder what I am talking about, but with Wenger not being able to choose Diaby every game we can tap into what is our wealth of unfound talent. This rotation can be with the likes of Frimpong or le coq, Allowing these players to flourish with the added game time.
With the rotation as well we can put Diaby into the more “Key” games therefore not having to put these flourishing players into a baptism of fire. Aswell, allowing these players to have added game time would allow us to combat a long standing problem with our club, it would allow us to find a suitable replacement for Diaby if either his injury becomes too bad like that of Ledley Kings or whether he leaves if he becomes too good. However people may not buy him because of his new problem of not being able to play every single game without being out for months.
However the problem what we have now is that our one other real combative player (Frimpong) is out on loan therefore this has already created a problem, problem being Arteta is being used as a defensive midfielder, this started off well as we paired both him and Diaby together allowing arteta’s attacking exploits to be used, whilst Diaby can defend, also with Diabys strength his attacking exploits can also be used, but now he is out and wilshere is alongside arteta we are lacking strength and defensive abilities. And we are essentially having 3 attack minded midfielders which is all well and good if we can defend, which we cant. However what this does mean is our attack is becoming more stronger, for example this can be seen in the recent 7-3 win over Newcastle.
Therefore Diaby is not just a influence in midfield but in defence, is it just a coincidence that since his injury we’ve conceded so many more goals than before when he was free of injury. And to be honest at the start of the season with diaby in the team we look unstoppable, and since then we’ve just looked plainly average. So lets hope this problem isn’t too bad
By Craig
Good player but cant rely on him anymore too injury prone! And when he is fit wenger and france over play him! I think Wenger is developing some type of dementia.
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He is more of a box to box midfielder than a DM..but yea,he definitely adds steel to our flairy midfield…A fit Diaby is better than Toure imo….I really hope he does a RvP(in terms of injuries)and start to boss the midfield again!
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I’m a fan of him. He is good with the ball. If you’re talking about being the key player for arsenal success. I don’t know. His injury is aggravating. When you talking about “key to arsenal’s success”, that player must be very consistent in his game, match fit, contribute a lot in the team. If you ask me, who. I say jack or cazorla.
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What the hell? The question is can Diaby play without getting in injured for at least ten games? Come dude, get over Diaby please!!!!
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He won’t ever be fit long enough to influence the team in the way we need. As good as he is, a couple of world class performances a season won’t get us top four….
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We could get a new of him just without the injuries for free. Its moussa sissoko im talking about. He has played nearly 200 matches at Toulouse. He is just 22 and his contract runs out in the summer
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Use Diaby in important matches only.
Put him inside a safe locker after those matches.
And write ” Fragile – Handle with care ” outside the locker.
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i say give diaby one more crack and if he fails again, ship him. The only problem is that he is on a long term contract and noone will want him due to his injuries. Although having said that he did admit he could retire
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you should be stripped of your admin rights for this post
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OBVIOUSLY
WE must have new medical team, a strong player cant get tht much injured, dont knw what Experiment thy had done on jack n Diaby :/
Well, Dont U ppl Remeber sice DIABY was in TEAM, we were title contenders wid Fully new Team, now all players know each other quite well n nw when DIABY will COme It vl B Bang again, Diaby n JACK will hold n launch counter attacks, it vl awsome….
m saying again n again, if he played against City n Ramsey n Arteta out of Team, we will Easily win
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Diaby is a class player who can almost single handedly tear teams to shred but for his records.i sincerely hope he gets over it very soon becos we really need his skills,strength and those defence spliting passes of his.wit him teams like chelski,manure n man shitty won’t out-muscle our midfield.i pray he gets over it soon.jst imagine a midfield dat consist of cazorla,arteta,rosicky,diaby n wilshere(mr arsenal)looks deadly n intimidating
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Nope
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Diaby is too fragile for epl
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Its Simple, DIABY is Key to success!
JACK CAZORLA ARTETA, Thy are in midfield, But still our midfield is not Perfect! Diaby was here Team was title contender!
Jack Diaby CAzorla, now this will b perfect midfield!
Now just see the Fact, When Diaby was in team, CAZORLA was totaly free n was always in heart of opposition defence, Bcox Diaby drives the ball toward him, Nw Mr. ARTETA cant drive ball he see opposition player n play back pass n our Midfield become slow. CAZORLA have to come To midfield n than to take ball forward so is wid JACK!
M telling U Diaby will come in next game, n v all vl see impact!
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Diaby is great on the ball and keeps the attack moving through the midfield especially on the counter. He’s a strong tackler and his height changed our set play defense and attack. It’s a shame he’s got that muscle condition. I believe in Le coq in the future but if we’re talking success this season, we must bring in a quality DM to use with abou in a platoon role.
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It’s always the case that when someone is missing then we tend to over estimate them and think that if they were playing then we wouldn’t be dropping points or playing badly.
Most people on this forum seem to think if Diaby and Rosicky were playing we would be winning the league.
When Jack was out long term we were playing crap because we missed him etc.
My own opinion is that even if Diaby had been playing it is unlikely that our league position would be much different.
The problems run deeper than 1 player. Diaby had his good games but he was as capable as any of them of having his bad games.
We do sometimes miss Diaby but we also miss RVP, Cesc, Nasri and Song.
At the end of the day we need to be realistic and admit he’s too fragile and we cannot hinge our season on him. We need to bring in his replacement asap.
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AW is the key. yet he is to stubborn to move with the times. This will be arsenals down fall in the short term. Yet stable over the long. The balance isn’t correct.
How can one man be so clever but so thick at the same time!
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He is a good footballer but he isn’t the finished article. He stills dwells on the ball too much and is sometimes prone to making rash decisions. We can’t wait for him anymore. Even though he’s now fit, Wenger should buy another box-to-box midfielder.
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how can a player that cant play alot of football be vital a help yes rescue us no !!!!
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The first Arsenal game you watched was in 2005? Some fan you are.
Diaby is majestic always has been, defended him all the time especially on the articles on this site calling him ‘deadwood’.
Need to sign M’Vila only about £6-7 million now.
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diaby is amazing but has to rescue himself first before rescue us
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Diaby has no chance of saving our season! We need 4 top quality signings cause if he plays every week he’s fu*ed he needs every second game on the bench he’s a shit injury prone f**k that will soon be considered another deadwood
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Noooo….ROSICKY is the key to Arsenal’s success…..
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Diaby is a good player and I would gladly welcome him back into the starting eleven.
And with all the set backs he has had recently,
I bet you he would fight to the death, to show us what he is capable of.
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arsene
don’t tell me QPR will buy mvilla rather than arsenal
if that is the case .. so arsene go get fu**ed
im fed up now
he exceptional .
so isco , gotze , mvilla , jovetic , falcao and other he will not trace
but fu**ing mccarthy from wigan , adrian is not at all good this year
plzz arsene go to a doctor and treat your brain
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I personally believed that AW is a racist if Diaby can still be part of the team for now with lots of injury break and lack of irrational decisions sometime,he still remain in Arsenal squad what about Song that fits most all time and his assist last season was 15 sold by AW just because he thought Diaby is back fully. The lack what we called DM for and Arteta cannot do it too fragile and most time indecisive with ball,too choking on the field.If Song is from France what would have happen to him,believe there is something between AW and Diaby..Again if Walcot want to sign let him he should not hold the team into ransom.
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Todays rumour is that ol’twitchy Harry and QPR are offering £6.5m for Yann Mvila FFS! (Daily Mail & Mirror so not sure how reliable this rumour is).
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A fit diaby is one dangerous thing in the EPL
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Mate im 17 so I think its okay to say my first game I watched was in 2005
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Diaby rotation with Frimpong and Coquelin for DM role would be awesome…..this would enable Diaby to play in key games to reduce the risk of getting injured and allow Frimpong and Coquelin to play…….
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@lifeasagooner
QPR is bidding for him?? and not big clubs like Real, Barca, Juventus, Milan, Inter, Chelsea, Man utd, Man City????
gosh
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Newsflash – There is no one single key to saving Arsenal. But Diaby could help but there are so many more issues like….
If Diaby is healthy does this means Wenger suddenly start using good players (like Rosicky) and benching bad players (you know who).
In other words, if Diaby is healthy will Wenger regain his sanity?
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@Jbull
Whats wrong with his first game being in 2005?! he’s been a loyal fan through a period of trophy drought – surely that shows a true fan. Give the lad a break.
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when he is available he is the main player like yaya toure in city
he is world class
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if no injury he could be a plus to the team
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Didnt read the article, just the title and if the article is anything like the title then LOL. Diaby is as key to this season as the squid.
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Wenger is too sturbon, he should have buy mvila nw, diaby is fragile cant rely on him, wenger deserve dirty slap on his face, he has disgrace arsenal fanz frm the other nonentity teamz, he never giv e instruction during time of play and thats why the team dnt perform well, only wen wenger change his sturbones b4 the club can regain her old self.
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I hear the same arguments we gunners always tend to always bring up i dont think we need just 1 player or put all our chips on 1 player a team wins championships and right now are team is the problem inc our manager who i have believed in for many years but to be quiet frank i believe arsenal need a revolution or pay that heavy price we need to buy and what i think is we need the core the back bone the steel why i think a player like wanyama would do us well he is a bully he reminds of fellani a strong felt presence but i still believe we need a leader in defense and people will argue the case of vermalen but since he became captain he doesn’t look the same for me mertsacker isn’t fit for arsenal look at how the build of our title winning squads we have never had this balance in our squad and we need a striker who carry’s the team or gets something out of nothing and were being linked to players who haven’t even broke into the clubs that there playing at im very very disappointed with what we have come to no team win’s a league with selling their best and even more so not replacing we need 3-4 top signings if we can make something of nothing this season i say wanyama, gotze, m’villa, howedes, eriksson if walcott signs i dont believe we need a striker with giroud and walcott as good options
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get diame from west ham.he will be within our price range and when diaby gets fully fit they can rotate every game or 1 play an hour and the other 1 play half an hour.and then hopefuly they will both stay fit all season.
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diaby is an excellent player with great ball control ability..having him in our squad will just make the team better..besides, medical team has already found the problem which makes him injury prone..but now it is already fixed..cant wait to see him play
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Its seems arsene wenger said he is goin to sign just 2 player.Then,that ok but he has to buy 2 players that can change the whole squad.For our defensive problem,someone who can play dm,lb,cb,rb and that is yanga mbiwa.For midfield and striker,someone who can play cmf,lw,rw,cf,st and that is adrian lopez then we ar done
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Diaby is a good player (when fit) but how many times in the last 5 years has he played half a dozen games in a row? I can’t think of any!
Therefore, I think we need to sign a DM to cover this fact. If we have two fit DMs then all good. We can rotate or use both etc… At the moment we have no fit DMs and therefore playing Arteta in a deeper role. Which isn’t suited to him.
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Just as a side issue. Here is my REALISTIC signings team sheet that could really help us challenge for the rest of the season.
GK: Szczesny
RB: Sagna
LB: Gibbs
CB: Vermaelen
CB: Yanga-Mbiwa (£4-£5m)
DM: Diame (£3.5m)
CM: Arteta
CM: Wilshere
AM: Cazorla
AM: Podolski
ST: Walcott (Signing a new contract)
Subs: Butland (£6m) Jenks, Kos, Per, Ramsey, Rosicky, Diaby (when fit) and a striker.
Now we’ve been linked to several strikers but realistically we WONT sign Villa or even Lopez. It’ll be someone we don’t necessarily know. My point is these three signings are less than £20m. Get Villa and loan and we’d be laughing!!
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is he the key? no he isn’t.
could he be? maybe…
should we move on? yes.
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Diaby on his day is as good as Toure, but in looking for explanations i think your overestimating Diaby somewhat. Diaby has that same flaw that Djourou and so many others have, in that at crucial moments and in the most dangerous of areas he just switches off and does something stupid, then a goal against usually the end result.
As for le coq and Frimpong, i think i must be one of the very few who believes that either of these two will never be Arsenal first team players, or should never be. I really believe at best they could be very useful squad players, think about it, Vieira Petit Gilberto Song even Diaby whos not a natural holding player, they dont come close to any of them and would be more like a Grimandi who were a fine squad player. If we want to rival the worlds best teams then we should hope that these two dont get anywhere near the first team for any lengthy amount of time.
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Key for what??
The guy is not reliable…!!!
He will get injured again… That is what Wenger rely on??
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What success ? Finishing in top 4 ??? :/
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To brittle to be key to our season.Wenger is key to our season,whether he stays in dreamworld or he wakes up an starts to recruit quality
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There is no such thing as a fit Diaby!Ship him out asap.
As much use to us as Squillaci!
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it just coincident. we didnt score in the first two games as well. and games wewe dull. the key to rescure the future is a cdm. i always rate Diaby high. but he is not a cdm. he shall take santi’s position.and santi takes the left wing. wilshere and another physical cdm operate alongside in the centre of the park. then i see no matter who plays upfront (preferablly Villa), we can rule the world.
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Diaby is only as good as yaya toure on a yaya bad day. he is the key to this season as wenger needs to unlock him from the squad and replace him with a fit player as soon as possible. diaby is worse than a benefit cheat he takes millions of pounds from supporters pockets in claiming he is a footballer when in truth he is just a shirker. my sickness record is far better than diabys yet i have been given the boot by my last 5 employers as i was too ill to continue in the job. If the club only paid diaby when he was able to play u just see how many matches the fu##ing fraud would get up for then.
when will people realise that its players like diaby that are just taking the piss what other there is only one other proffession in the world that would pay someone so much money for so much time on their back and that is the oldest proffession in the world.
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damn gooners i luv arsenal Diaby can win us games especially d big ones like the champions ligue i just luv watching him and Wilshere dey play the arsenal way i hope he stays fit till the end of the season.
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Diaby has to retire from the International game Period!
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@Mallu Gooner
LOL!!
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what we need to do is get another DM who is just as good and rotate the two every few games to give them each a rest. Best way to keep both DM’s healthy through out the season.
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Diaby is awesome he gives us dynamic power in midfield along with great skill.
If you look at our 3 midfielders and 3 forwards in some games we have not one player above the height off 5ft 9.
At least diaby gives us height and power.
You really notice it .
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It’s a sad state for arsenal football cloud to have to rely so heavily on one midfielder!!!!!
If theo was injured would we be saying the same or jack or vermalen?? Truth of the matter is that AW is so stubborn in his transfer policies we should have had cover or replacements in when the need arose because to leave us this long without a quality midfielder, is nothing short of shambolic!!!!!
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Football club ^
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Success for What? funny..
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F##K M’vila
i don’t care if his only 6mil his got behaviour problems which can causes problems in he dressing room, his the next balotelli and i don’t want players of that kind in an arsenal kit. capoue from Toulouse is way better than m’vila IMO.
capoue is much bigger and defensive than m’vila. his now one of the best french dm, which m’vila WAS i repeat WAS but due to his behaviour problems his no longer a good ,also copoue is the 2nd best dm so far this season statistical
i know some of u will disagree with me
if u do disagree with me watch this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyeA0nCzUEU / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeZG5T0Ikpk
lastly just because spurs signed holtby doesnt mean we should be upset,yh his a good player but we never needed him because we have rosicky, cazorla ans eisfeld that play in the same position, just becuase other teams r signing players doesn’t mean we should copy and sign players for no reason, we shouldnt be sheeps following the crowd.
Btw arsenal need a Striker/winger,dm and a defender
im 0nly 16 and i know more football than ome of u adults
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Abou diaby is world class , it’s so disappointing that his injury situation is the way it is , but even I , his biggest fan has gave up , it’s time to face facts , he’s too injury prone , maybe if we signed a replacement he wouldn’t b rushed back every time and it might actually do diaby some good ? ……. But whether we use him sparingly or get rid all together the important thing is to get another defensive mid in !
I can’t see wenger playing frimpong or coquelin over arteta permanently , if he was going to surely he wud of done it by now ? ….. Instead he prefers to play with 3 forward thinking midfielders and asking arteta ( lol ) to play the defensive tole ??? And then wonders y we are so susceptible to counter attacks !
Every fan I speak to can see our problem , so how come a manager who put a side like invincibles together can’t ???
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diaby is pron to injuries, but never the less arsene wenger does not give hime more time in the pitch, wenger should now the rotation policy of players because because it leaves the seniour players with litle time in the pitch
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