Diarra out till December

[ChrisAshley]

I thought it was pointless playing him, clearly wasn't going to be anywhere near match fit.

 

[heroesof73]

I thought it was pointless playing him, clearly wasn't going to be anywhere near match fit.

Hopefully to prove that point for Afcon call up

 

[19FTM73]

hopefully he'll come back from ascon a bit more match fit and ready to reintegrate

 

[SurreyMackem]

Coming on as sub, not warmed up, trained this week, not played competitively, ran about for 5 minutes using up all his energy in his legs and never recovered. It was as if he was wearing lead boots.

 

[Blyth]

Looked miles off it. Which is exactly how I thought he’d look. Hopefully he’s flying when he gets back and is like a new signing.

 

[woodlebert]

Career over after a groin injury then?

Nope

 

[Mak70]

Think we will see the best of him second half of the season

 

[BumbleBee]

Geertruida - gone under the radar IMO.

BUMP

 

[10 Gary Rowells]

AFCON is perfect for us regarding Diarra. It was painful watching him today as he was so unfit. Games and training for Senegal will be great for him.

 

[Ilios]

Looked absolutely miles off, a complete passenger for the most part. He's nowhere near fit, and shouldn't be going to AFCON.

 

[BoshItLikeBardo]

AFCON is perfect for us regarding Diarra. It was painful watching him today as he was so unfit. Games and training for Senegal will be great for him.

Might actually work out perfectly for us if he comes back match fit and sharp. We wouldn’t need to bring him on as sub a few times to get him back up to speed.

 

[Arfa Sleep]

Ridiculous that he came on in front of Neil. I love RLB but I feel his treatment of Dan is becoming disrespectful.

Not sure it's disrespectful to not play someone, different if he'd been completely bombed out.

 

[Pete]

I thought it was pointless playing him, clearly wasn't going to be anywhere near match fit.

This

 

[Blue Pop]

Think we will see the best of him second half of the season

Canny prediction considering he’s just sat out the first half of the season

 

[jaraarrow]

I was so shocked to see him so rusty after 3 months out

 

[gatopreto]

Those minutes will have done him good. Today we didn't pay for him being off it. He'll get some training in a better climate and hopefully some games with Senegal. Then hopefully we get a fit player back in mid-late January.

 

[Lucky1985]

I honestly don’t think we would have brought him on if it wasn’t first AFCON.

I don’t begrudge a player wanting to represent his national team, and I’m glad that we aren’t standing in his way, but it just seems ludicrous that he’s being selected based on todays performance.

I would be surprised if he could be rehabilitated to match fitness before the end of the tournament even if he stayed here where he could get minutes for the u21s. I can’t imagine there will be too many games where Senegal are secure enough to bring on a passenger to improve his fitness without worrying about losing and being eliminated from the tournament.

 

[hank evans]

I honestly don’t think we would have brought him on if it wasn’t first AFCON.

I don’t begrudge a player wanting to represent his national team, and I’m glad that we aren’t standing in his way, but it just seems ludicrous that he’s being selected based on todays performance.

I would be surprised if he could be rehabilitated to match fitness before the end of the tournament even if he stayed here where he could get minutes for the u21s. I can’t imagine there will be too many games where Senegal are secure enough to bring on a passenger to improve his fitness without worrying about losing and being eliminated from the tournament.

He is miles off the pace. It’s handy for us if he’s used correctly. A competitive pre season so to speak

 

[unfairadvantage]

He was brought on to complete his rehab. I presume part of that and him then being released to Senegal was he had some minutes for us.

 

[Inside Forward]

Surprising really when he's only just come back after 12weeks out

Surprising he couldn’t be bothered running back? Aye okay.