Arsenal

[MrXavi_The_Midfield_King]

Damn he could have been the heir to Patrick Viera had some excellent technique for a big guy

 

[PearLBLacK]

His 35th injury in his Arsenal career. No joke.

Apparently he even went to Mecca to pray for his injuries to end.

Whoa! 35?! Can't call that unlucky, maybe he's just physically too weak. Sad really.

 

[Robbie]

Whoa! 35?! Can't call that unlucky, maybe he's just physically too weak. Sad really.

Dan Smith shattered his ankle with a disgusting tackle a few years ago, and that nearly ended Diaby's career. Since then he had to adapt a new playing style, new running style, posture, etc. Nearly every injury he has had since, stemmed from that one. Here's a quote from the Observer that explains it:

Diaby's right ankle has been a cause of aggravation ever since an horrendous tackle by Sunderland's Dan Smith in 2006. What made it worse was that it was so unnecessary. The game was almost finished with the score 3-0. The ball was in an innocuous area of the pitch. Sunderland – already relegated – had little to get fired up about. Smith launched himself at Diaby and inflicted damage serious enough for the Frenchman's career to be on the line. He was 19 at the time.

The complications have gone on and on. His left leg is longer than his right and the years of having one stronger side compensating for the weaker has left him with knock-on biomechanical problems. Hence, Diaby suffered almost 20 different muscular injuries since his ankle was originally shattered.

Last summer he had surgery on the right ankle for the fourth time. The details are grisly. Some stray bone had grown – a new bone effectively. "It was causing a lot of pain. I had to take the bone off. To be honest, at the beginning I didn't want to do the surgery, I just wanted to let it go and see how the ankle would respond but at the end I had to do it," he says. "I'm fine now."

The worst part about this is that Diaby gives everything for football. He never goes to clubs, never drinks or smokes, but is always training. He could have been up there with the best in the world, but we'll never know now.

 

[Galning]

Now Arsenal can say goodbye to their title hopes.

 

[Robbie]

4th place trophy is ours to lose

 

[Jenks]

Arsenal reportedly after 15 year old Dan Crowley.

 

[Cule4life]

Wenger likes them young

 

[BXI Fútbol]

I predict Arsenal end up in third place by the end.

 

[Ode to Django]

Anybody with a Marquez avatar is someone you listen to.

 

[Robbie]

 

[Deco 20]

Such a cool finish

 

[Robbie]

Wenger finally defeated the zipper. That has to be a sign

 

[Ode to Django]

 

[Galning]

Still not flawless

 

[Gilberto]

Arsenal have been playing well the last couple of games. I really hope they can finish in third place, because I support arsenal besides Barça