Arsene Wenger has provided a further update to the team situation ahead of Sunday’s trip to Anfield.
And the update is there really is no update. There will be fitness tests tomorrow after which they’ll make a decision on the availability of Nacho Monreal, Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The Ox still hasn’t been in training though which makes him a real doubt, and with a dearth of fit central midfielders, it may be a case that the Arsenal manager has to get his Coq out and stick it in there.
Arsenal are without Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere, Tomas Rosicky, and Abou Diaby (no, seriously, he still exists), so the man who was farmed out to Charlton on loan may be tasked with revenging the 5-1 thrashing there last season.
Speaking about this period of games, Wenger said, “It’s a very important period now. We play four games quickly. How you come out of the Christmas period is very important.”
After Liverpool, the Gunners face QPR on Dec 26th, West Ham on Dec 28th, Southampton on Jan 1st, there’s an FA Cup tie against Hull on Jan 4th and then a gap before we encounter the Orcs on Jan 11th.
damn. we need chambo fit. he’s playing so well. Imagine us going to Anfield with two proper holding midfielders though. unthinkable. That too one of them is a proper Coq.
Last week was the defense, Now the midfield.
We might have to start playing our strikers in midfield. I am sure Alexis could do a job there.
Flamini – Cazorla
Alexis
Dat guy Pod
HFB
If only The Coq was a number 10, then he could play in the hole.
Great title !!
Truly this NEVER gets tiresome.
It’s the joke that keeps on giving (No not sp*rs).
Will Arsene really play with his coq in front of millions of people over the whole world???? Seriously??
I feel for the coq I do (pun intended) just hard to find it after a night out on the pingas
Go arsenal
Will Liverpool get pregnant if Wenger’s coq slides into Rodger’s Skrtel?
Not if Wenger’s Coq is has good ‘protection’ from the rest of the team.
Would a pic of Coq and ball under Skrtel be classified as NSFW?
Eewwww!!!
That is quite a disturbing mental image.
But anyway, Le Coq has no business getting tangled up in that Skrtl. He’d be well advised to shoot from distance.
If Le Coq is in trouble with that Skrtel, he needs to pull out and go round the other side.
If Coquelin will leave the club one day we know there will be at least 1 Arsenal fan devastated, at that will be Arseblog and his Coq-puns.
Coq will smash it against the wall i bet….
We have at least five central midfielders and no one is fit? Come on.. So I would play Santi with Flamini and Alexis as no. 10
We have 9 midfielders injured, surely a record?!
If Liverpool get an attacking free kick, Wenger might have to put his Coq in the wall
I’m not really nervous for Sunday. Liverpool has shown they are right back to their mid-table selves without the Bitey Racist and the annoying, dancing Daniel The Hot Stepper Sturridge, and we have actually beaten them more recently than the mid-2000s (unlike United, who can field Van Judas in a moonboot and Rooney with a buzz on, and we’ll still manage to concede 2 against them from 1 shot on target) so I say roll on Sunday!
I’m no manager but I’d go with a midfield trio of Coq after a dirty Sanchez coated with Flamgh.
*filthy Sanchez
Hope the coq fits in the “arse”nal team quite smoothly.
Viagra for our coq required, Liverpoodlian birds are a bunch of munters
Does he even know we do this with his name? It happens every simgle time!
I bet Poldi knows #aha
first time , i dont mind us being coqy at anfield
If Liverpool get an attacking free kick, will Wenger put his Coq in the wall?
never seen a Coq so versatile
After years of training & developing, finally we can test the ability of our Coq
As long as we don’t coq up, I’m good.
AW entering Anfield be all “Walk into the club like what up, I got a big Coq”
Haha,macklemore song,racking my brain for last 10 mins trying to remember where I heard that line
I hope Coq puts in a performance which gives everyone a boner!!
No….just no.
lol…..just cant stop laughing with all the different puns going on
surely, we should definitely hold on to our coq, not only for his talents, but for the fun his name gives the fans
Assuming Ox out, go with back 4 (Debuchy, Per, Chambers, Gibbs) with Flamini + Coq sitting in front. Nothing over adventurous early doors, be solid and let the front four do the attacking. Plenty of skill, pace to do some damage to Liverpool’s defence. I’d assume front four of Giroud with Welbeck, Santi, Alexis behind. If we need a goal with 20-30mins to go we can take Coq off (or Flamini if Coq is playing better than Mathieu) and drop Santi back as he did a pretty good job in that role in CL earlier in year (Besiktas I think).… Read more »
Coq is really a B2B MF but with a very strong DM side to his game.
you gotta admire ppl for keeping straight fingers, not reacting to any coq jokes and writing down an objective line up.
the coq needs to get right in there from the start. i wanna see a well ‘ard tackling coq all over the pitch.
all jokes
coq going from box to box will give us real penetration
But he’ll need protection to allow him go from box to box.
Liverpool won’t be playing with Johnson, so The Coq doesn’t have to be worried about getting in a sword fight.
stop ……..please…lol
Let Wenger use the opportunity to jam his Coq in the hole in midfield. Maybe he could fill it with his powerful thrust in attack while using the opportunity to load the midfield…
I really hope Arsene inserts the Coq in midfield cause he can spray loads of balls upfront while filling the hole in middle. The Cromagnon Scousers will be unpleasantly surprised my his magnitude and ability for penetration.
I want Coquelin to stay here forever just for the headlines.
These jokes are worth more than 30000££ per week (or whatever the coq gets for his troubles) so sign the ‘ting! Prove to us that you have staying powers.
A quick look at PhysioRoom shows 100 players in the Premier League are injured or doubtful, and in total there are 518 players in the league, according to transfermarkt. So 19.3% of the league’s players are missing through injury, and quite a few of the stars: Ozil, Di Maria, Sturridge, Kompany, Aguero, and Courtois. Is it possible, *gasp*, that footballers are playing too much football? Never! World Cup, pre-season friendlies (ka-ching), 38 league games, the Capital One Cup, FA Cup, Champions/EUROPA League, International friendlies… And there’s still debate about whether the Qatar World Cup should be held in the winter.… Read more »
You’re right that there are too many games when you add in the internationals as well, but the main problem with the PL is that the refs are more interested in letting the game flow (and ignoring small fouls) rather than playing to the rules which would slowly reduce the fouls and therefore reduce the number of injuries (not all but quite a few). I’m certain that the other leagues don’t have such a poor injury ratio as they play to the laws of the game much more than we do (again, not all but mostly).
I wonder why we don’t play with the Coq more often. The Coq definitely needs more exposure.
The Coq to the rescue when you need both protection and penetration.
Our last couple of games gunners team scored nice goals a few player changes did parts for the team skills big game tday coyg
What does Coq give his girlfriend for Xmas?
Why a pearl necklace of course…