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Diarra out till December


billybobmackem2312 said:
He has been struggling this season however, sure he had a late fitness test against Burnley so could just be managing his minutes.
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I wonder if the late fitness test was linked to the injury that be has now?

If he is fit but not match fit and goes to the AFCON it might be better for him after his injury. Gets him a change of scenery, warm weather and not the same intensity of football. He gets some training out there and minutes, then in January we get somebody that is ready to play.

On the flip side if we haven't deemed him as fit, and haven't played him, would we have to release him? The worry is that they could take him to the AFCON when he isn't ready and play him, and he gets injured again
 
gatopreto said:
I wonder if the late fitness test was linked to the injury that be has now?

If he is fit but not match fit and goes to the AFCON it might be better for him after his injury. Gets him a change of scenery, warm weather and not the same intensity of football. He gets some training out there and minutes, then in January we get somebody that is ready to play.

On the flip side if we haven't deemed him as fit, and haven't played him, would we have to release him? The worry is that they could take him to the AFCON when he isn't ready and play him, and he gets injured again
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Depends how much we trust Senegal’s medical department tbh. If he wants to go and they want him, unsure if there’s much we can do.
 
woodlebert said:
He’s not there in terms of the physicality and ground coverage Diarra brings, I think that’ll be a big loss
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Yeah I worry if he is fit (or even semi-fit) in December and then leaves to play for Senegal in AFCON he could come back on the physio table again... Hopefully he makes getting club fit his priority.
 
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woodlebert said:
He’s not there in terms of the physicality and ground coverage Diarra brings, I think that’ll be a big loss
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I genuinely think it could be the difference between us staying up and going down.

He's one of these players that many won't realise how good he is until he's not there.

He drives us up the field so quickly. That's a massive loss for a side who's game plan is built around sitting in and counter attacking.

Having a £30m CM player likely to miss around 30% of our games this season due to injury and AFCON is a devastating blow, and that's a best case scenario in terms of games missed!
 
The Situation said:
I genuinely think it could be the difference between us staying up and going down.

He's one of these players that many won't realise how good he is until he's not there.

He drives us up the field so quickly. That's a massive loss for a side who's game plan is built around sitting in and counter attacking.

Having a £30m CM player likely to miss around 30% of our games this season due to injury and AFCON is a devastating blow, and that's a best case scenario in terms of games missed!
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Yep lose tomorrow and it's looking bleak.
 
The Situation said:
I genuinely think it could be the difference between us staying up and going down.

He's one of these players that many won't realise how good he is until he's not there.

He drives us up the field so quickly. That's a massive loss for a side who's game plan is built around sitting in and counter attacking.

Having a £30m CM player likely to miss around 30% of our games this season due to injury and AFCON is a devastating blow, and that's a best case scenario in terms of games missed!
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I think Diarra has been generally very good for us in his limited appearances, it's clear the quality he has.

He's undoubtedly going to be a massive loss. But we knew we weren't going to go through the season unscathed.
 
The Situation said:
I genuinely think it could be the difference between us staying up and going down.

He's one of these players that many won't realise how good he is until he's not there.

He drives us up the field so quickly. That's a massive loss for a side who's game plan is built around sitting in and counter attacking.

Having a £30m CM player likely to miss around 30% of our games this season due to injury and AFCON is a devastating blow, and that's a best case scenario in terms of games missed!
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Out of the three midfielders Xhaka Sadiki and Diarra i think he's the one that's we will miss the least, I don’t think he's hit anywhere near his true potential yet but is going to be undoubtedly a top player. Xhaka and Sadiki have been amazing 👏
 
Such a massive loss.

I maintain it could well be the difference between staying up and going down if he misses circa 30% of our league games.

A newly promoted side losing £30m worth of a CM player is a huge blow.
 
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