One of the outstanding players in yesterday’s 2-0 win over Man City, here’s Francis Coquelin’s performance at the Etihad.
Video credit to: Arsenal Editor (great performance, not sure about the musical choice – mute is good for this one!).
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Pure arsenal type defensive mid. Small, quick, nippy, good passer, good on the ball. So so happy with him making the grade cos he came through the ranks with us. Fully deserves a 10 year contract out Coq hah
That smile on Giroud’s face as he looks over at a jubilant Coquelin is priceless!!
he is winning headers against fernandinho and fernandho.
He was brilliant, he needs to work on finding his man on those contested headers in the middle. From what I saw from his performance yesterday, that is the only raw part of his game. on a side note, https://twitter.com/ArsenalQuizz/status/556885325822566400/photo/1 .
Gotta love Coq……and to think he was under our noses all the time…..
He was just immense in this game.
No price high enough to pay for the injection of confidence. To see someone screaming at one and all to keep their shape was fantastic (and thats something he did from the first game recalled back from Charlton).
Spirit, total spirit.
Well, in all fairness, Flamini’s absolutely brilliant at the screaming part, it’s just everything else that’s a bit lacking.
lol at that tag . coqmovies u outdid yourself 10/10.
Absolutely brilliant.
Guess he was Wenger’s “Secret Weapon”.
On MOTD last night, even Robbie Savage was drooling over Arsene’s Coq
What a mental image to conjure…
He is fast disproving the consensus that he is not the player we need – if he can play against the man city midfield like this you have only got to worry about how he would fare against a midfielder like toure… but a. you dont play against them every week and b. Coq hasnt had a chance to be tested against him… may be this coq has a beast mode that he hasnt had to use yet. We keep saying its only hull, or its only west ham. now its only the champions and he neutralised what Thierry Henry… Read more »
Had to thumb you up for that last line alone…
Agreed. Clever.
Coquelin was always good but his injuries kept him from showing what he could do properly. Class act; was gutted when he was farmed out but it makes it even sweeter now he’s back and kicking arse.
Well, people keep assuring me that Arteta was awful so if even he can outplay Toure (in the Community Shield), then it can be assumed that the Coq would simply destroy him.
That last line, brilliant Sir!
Well let’s not get ahead (of us) for Coq. He has proved he can keep it clean against the best. He still has to prove he can last long enough, stay consistent for a while season.
“whole” I meant (kinda kills the Coq pun)
He was almost flawless yesterday. I really wasn’t sure he could make the step-up despite the performances against Hull and Stoke. He took David Silva out of the game completely and it was wonderful to watch
Coq: “Fuck you, fuck off, nope you can get to fuck, go fuck yourself, not today fucktard, fucking ‘ave it, fuck that, fuck that too, no fucking way mate, give over fuckhead, fuck off, fuck that aaaaaaaand we’re fucking done. Good game lads.”
Bit like this: https://vine.co/v/Odwdj7qjpjx
Who’s talking to? I hope it was nasri. And yes I know he wasn’t playing
It was during the game against Hull. Loved him for that, though can’t remember who it was directed at.
Good lad!
Still early days, but will be so stoked if Coq makes the DM position his own… A great story. Seems to have the attitude we’ve lacked for so long.
He’s so motivated to prove himself. Very refreshing!
I would defintely keep him in the squad, Flamini is going in the summer so Coquelin is the ideal replacement. Already knows the team, the style, DOESN’T ROAM FORWARD, ideal addition to the squad. However, I would still like someone else to come in. If he keeps it up till season end, then excellent. Lets try him out, however, I am not convinced by his distribution. We already have Sanchez who is given a little licence with his passing, if we add Coquelin it could be an issue for us. Whatever happens, he has proved to be a fantastic addition… Read more »
Who cares about his relatively small size? We love our Coq 😀
27 seconds in. One of my favourite moments of the match, along with the two goals (obviously), Santi’s dance, santi’s quick feet and Rosicky’s sublime pass late in the game.
Mr Blogs
I remember a comment recently you made ( after his first game back, I believe ) , that he had no long term future at the club…………………
I love the fact that you are, after all, human!!
I really didn’t expect him to take his chance the way he has.
Fair play to him and it’s a great story. I hope he keeps it up for a long, long time.
Blogs, but oh, that feeling you had about winning this game. You were right all along… But that feeling, could’ve of been Arsene’s Coq?
Nonetheless, Outstanding display and important win for Arsenal. COYG!
People were questioning if he could handle a high pressure high intensity stage like the middle eastlands, our coq proved he can rise to the occasion.
Amazing how many headers he wins for such a short guy
This thing is about our Coq is that size doesn’t matter.
Gotta love that pic. Coquelin screaming his lungs out. Giroud: ‘Oui Bellerin, have some of my handsomeness but, le Coq is très magnifique’. Meanwhile, Ramsey to Alexis: ‘Yes way! You do too owe me a Panini sticker! Wenger said so – and it’s a CB’
Could this be shades of a similar Arsenal story concerning a certain infamous left back? He was on loan to Palace I think around 2000 but then Sylvinho got injured so he was called back and the rest was history!!
Its not just this game the Coq has been great, he’s been showing he could really be a very important link the past few games. He’s 24 too which I think is perfect age for someone that could make that position theirs for years!
He was great yesterday he’s put in great performances against the lesser teams and it’s so good to see him do it to a big one…. I can only hope he goes from strength to strength he is still young….. We might have a world beater!!
P.s completely off topic but does anyone know where I can find a gif/vine/video of Mertesacker’s sublime drag back from yesterday??
COYG!!
https://twitter.com/arsenalist/status/556851583905177600
Cheers buddy!!
You were right, it was better muted.
It’s great to have a clean sheet after Coq has been having fun
I keep saying he remind me a bit of gilberto silva, which imo, was what we’ve been missing, people keep saying we need a new vieira and all, and althought he was great for us and losing him was a big let down, i think losing gilberto silva hurted us more and we havent have someone like him in quite a few, so hopefully coq can be that one to replace him
I don’t quite like all these comparisons between Le Coq and Song, as if Song is some perfect DM that our Coq should aspire to be.
The only good thing that I remember Song doing was playing some great through balls to the Dutch Skunk. Other than that, I seem to recall him being lazy in chasing back, and not that great of a protection for our back four.
Tbh I prefer what our Coq has been doing (to Song, that is). I don’t care if he doesn’t play caviar passes, I just want him to be firm and hard.
You’d think city would have stopped passing it to him.
I agree with the comparison to gilberto… i dont nescessarily feel in this day and age some hulking great man mountain is what we need as has been alluded to in the past.. weve always just needed someone who is a positionally astute, stays disciplined/focused and whose first instinct to keep things tidy and not look to bomb forward. With the emergence of players like schneiderlin you are seeing it more that football intelligence is much more important in this position that ‘gettin stuck in’ and now thankfully we seem to have this type of player in coquelin. I said… Read more »
In all honesty I hope he leaves because I do not like the very rude coq jokes.
i hope you leave
I am loving the Coq and cheers 4 the heads up re mute.
The team is so much discipline and with the big Coq in the middle.