The two sides of Abou Diaby...

"He still has those lapses. The more he plays the better he'll get. They used to be a big issue in the past but more recently they've stopped. He releases the ball quicker alot of time anyway."
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His distribution has definitely improved, in fact in the middle everything he does has greatly improved, but tonight when under the cosh he scared the carp out of me

He's not bad at defending. Just think back to the Liverpool game, the number of interceptions, tackles and his positioning.
I think he was just tired this game.

That run from him to set up the Cazorla chance was world class.

Yeah he's defo clumsy. But like itsaboutthebackfour says, his distribution has improved a lot.

The man has so much talent - but is still brainless

He got a card after 20 sec. after a foul in midfield that underline your thesis.

Castor, 100% right. Defensively he is pathetic. And on a day like this when he struggled to offer something offensively we look very poor in midfield. And that is his fault mainly. People on here praising him for his first half performance

Gunnerthru I don't understand your last comment. What's wrong with people praising him for his first half performance? He was great! He wasn't even bad in the second half but made some clumsy fouls due to tiredness and also messed about too much near our own penalty box. Apart from that he was arguably our best player.

Verm_05: He second half performance was awful. I don't want to single him out here because the whole team looked all over the place.

His performance in the first half was at best average. Offensively he did nothing.

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His performance in the first half was at best average. Offensively he did nothing.

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wow lol

Not that you really should laugh about Verm.