Comments on: The Diaby haters may as well be Spurs fans: Player ratings

By: max

max — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:02:15 +0000

Lets try this experiment:

If Diaby does these things:

Tackles back,stop dribbling into blind alleys,slows down attack momentem,actually use his head to head the ball instead of shoulders,jaws etc.,stop giving away free kicks,shows some urgency.

would the crowd boo him?

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:32:39 +0000

Diaby is, and will continue to be, a weak point in our team. He was mostly invisible during the first half. Indeed he tackled the ball more effectively from Arshavin than Spuds. He has great physical tools, but thinks about the speed of my 90 year old grandmom. He doesn’t see passes, he doesn’t move off the ball to clear lanes, he clogs lanes, he doesn’t track back well… I don’t see what you see in him at all. Yes Arshavin was lazy, but he never stole the ball from his own team. Yes he was invisible in defense, but unlike Diaby, he’s a striker, not tasked with defense. When Rosiky or Denilson or Nasri or Walcott get healthy and take this (at best) capable back up’s place on the pitch I will be a very happy Gunner.

By: max

max — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:00:45 +0000

Another thing: he give away free kicks for fun..

By: max

max — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:57:03 +0000

Diaby takes too many touches on the ball,dribbles into trouble,can’t head te ball [see goals versus Man U,AZ and West Ham all situations he should have cleared] never chases back when he LOSES possesion.Very,very sluggish.Seems to be one step slow for this level.

Aw went ballistic [coat off hurled into chair] bcos of him losing the ball!

By: TonyB

TonyB — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:40:26 +0000

Diaby had a very, very poor first half and a reasonable second-half. He gets groaned at, not booed, in my opinion as fans are getting bored of his in and out performances. I actually thought he’d turned a corner in the last month and was starting to “put a shift in”. That all washed away after Saturday’s game.

Arshavin was pedestrian and hasn’t looked up for a game for a month or so now. Dunno if he has an injury, but he actually contributed less than Diaby throughout the entire game.

Eboue . . . I changed my opinion of him at the beginning of the season, but the last 2-3 appearances I’ve witnessed the horrible nasty cheating side of him again – throwing himself to the floor, claiming freekicks, etc. THAT is why he gets stick. If he stuck to his job, he’s be OK, but he has this theory that he has to win free-kicks and just ends up looking like a cheating tw*t. Wenger needs to slap that out of his game for good.

By: GOONERTELBOY

GOONERTELBOY — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:53:49 +0000

note to inzhagi;
first of all i do not boo or barrack any arsenal player i just happen to have an opinion which i relay on boards like this!
secondly up until last season i too supported the team from my tv because i couldnt get tickets, but when you are standing about 20 ft away from the player for 45 mins i think you get to see more of him than you do when the camera points at him that is my point.
note to ugg gooner;
if my child came home four yrs running with a bad report i would call him an idiot and if it said doesnt try hard enough i would question why? wouldnt you ??
u

By: scottpuffin

scottpuffin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:33:53 +0000

Diaby is absolutely pony.
The guy has had potential for about 15 years now. He’s had about 3-4 good games for Arsenal in 4 years or so. He’s useless.
Stepanovs was only given about 15 games to prove how good he was, Diaby has been given 72 attempts!
No good.
He is sloppy. He holds onto the ball far too long, and loses it in dangerous positions, normally our own half. He’s absolutely diabolical.

By: Jammathon

Jammathon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:03:25 +0000

@Los, those are pretty close to my own feelings. When players like Nasri et al make their proper return, the natural order of things will be restored. Diaby is doing his job as a squad player, and clearly it’s a thankless task.

By: Los

Los — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:57:42 +0000

I love that the Arsenal can play poor, and Diaby can be pedestrian at best and still win. Playing less than par , and still winning is key to being Champions.

Diaby will learn and improve or the manager will bench him. All the ‘fans’ can slag him off all they want but like you mentioned, I think he does okay and enough. Could he do better? Of course, but with many of our players out through injury he has been given the chance and he’ll either take it or he’ll lose his place. At the end of the day, Wenger will get it right so i’ll leave it to him!

Up the Arsenal!

By: camshavin

camshavin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:13:52 +0000

I was at the game as soon as diaby first touched the ball the fans were hating him. the fact is fans dont like him and well all i will say is he has shown some amazing stuff and he is young players have bad games then they his form again but not with stupid fans hating him idiots