Match Reaction vs Man City (away).

[Niall_Quinn]

Gents, heloooooo! Nobody is saying we shouldn't renew Coquelin's contract, or at least I'm not. Can we not have more than one viable option, what with our injury record an all? There's also the fact Coquelin has done well an all of 3 games so let's not get too hysterical just yet. Arteta's at the end of the road, Flamini is pretty much there himself and neither are suited to the role anyway, so it's sort of essential we sign somebody I would think. Why all the insults, are you all related to Coquelin or something? You want to hand him the starting role with zero competition? How do you think that will work out?

Another DM needed with yesterday proving it more than ever.

[Master Splinter]

There's only one or two who seem to not be able to communicate without hurling aggressive, obnoxious and moronic remarks in every post.

Everyone else gets involved in the little bitch fights from time to time, but they're usually harmless and not offensive to anyone except perhaps Wenger.

[Niall_Quinn]

Here are the OTT images that pissed Carragher off so much. There are two of them.

First one:



Second:



Both posted to Instagram.

The lads are out of control, next thing you know they'll be celebrating an FA Cup final win.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Luckily they're clueless.

Coquelin is a treasure in our own hands and costs nothing.

Spot on.

Unfortunately when a player tackles and passes forwards some of our fans don't like it.

Players must always pass sideways.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Lol wtf.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Which time?

1. the one where Flamini left in 2008 because we made a mistake not to offer him a good enough contract early?
2. the one where Flamini returned last season, pointed and shouted a bit and landed a 3 year contract on fan hype that the club is now regretting?

Coquelin's played a handful of games and could easily become the poor performer that didn't impress at Charlton or in the Bundesliga last season. I wouldn't offer him a contract right now, I'd wait until the end of the season. I doubt a better club than Arsenal will offer him a contract, and whether he stays or leaves, we should get Schneiderlin anyway.

I can't see the benefit of playing poker or worse even, not offering Coq a contract. Make him a reasonable offer and if he doesn't sign it, see if it can be improved later. The cost to us is negligible. Then in the summer, part company with Flamini and bring in another DCM. There's certainly room for for 2/3 in this squad.

I get that Wenger see's this lot in training all the time, but I never really understood why Coquelin went on loan so readily to begin with. The qualities he has shown, he has had for the duration of his career..... and I honestly believe that. In that position it can be difficult to shine at a lower level too because much of what you do is about prevention and stopping bad things happening rather than making good things happen.

[Munchies]

FFS!

I thought Flamini was leaving at the end of this season

[Syn]

I can't see the benefit of playing poker or worse even, not offering Coq a contract. Make him a reasonable offer and if he doesn't sign it, see if it can be improved later. The cost to us is negligible. Then in the summer, part company with Flamini and bring in another DCM. There's certainly room for for 2/3 in this squad.

How do we part company with Flamini? Who's going to take him off our hands? The point is that we've seen this sort of thing before - we're impressed by a couple of quick performances and then a long-term contract seems a bad idea. Rewarding players too quickly and then ending up with a squad full of 'decent but not great' players that run down their contracts is a big problem at the club. We have to be pretty sure Coquelin is a player that could play a part in a title-winning squad, because Flamini and Arteta don't seem to be. Those two are here until their contracts run out.

Coquelin is doing everything you want a player in his situation to do at the moment - he was handed an opportunity and he's taking it, just like Bellerin at RB. If he carries on like this for the rest of the season he will have proved himself a bit more at this level. We'll see but I don't imagine other top clubs are lining up to take him this summer so I don't think this warrants a panic move.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

His contract is supposedly up...... Flamini as well as Coq.

Offering him a contract which stipulates terms that benefit us as well as they do him in the final year of his contract having seen said player playing well is not rewarding a player too quickly. Considering the time frame, now is the time to act.

I don't imagine Barca or Real scrambling to sign him either but he could still leave to go to a mediocre/reasonable/good but not world beating side for much better terms. We'd lose a good player for what? A contract reasonable enough for even average-good teams to afford?

[Syn]

His contract is supposedly up...... Flamini as well as Coq.

Offering him a contract which stipulates terms that benefit us as well as they do him in the final year of his contract having seen said player playing well is not rewarding a player too quickly. Considering the time frame, now is the time to act.

I don't imagine Barca or Real scrambling to sign him either but he could still leave to go to a mediocre/reasonable/good but not world beating side for much better terms. We'd lose a good player for what? A contract reasonable enough for even average-good teams to afford?

Flamini signed a 3 year contract on joining last season.

I don't want to lose a good player. I just want to make sure this is a good player. And here, good means very good because we have plenty of good players and they don't win titles. At the moment, it is looking that he is a good player. He is pretty much doing everything we want from someone in that role. But given that he wasn't able to get a loan to a premier league club earlier this season, it's safe to say these handful of performances are all we have to go on. So I'd like to see a bit more - whether he can keep consistently performing at this level. And if he does do this for a couple more months, I doubt he's going to get a better offer (both in terms of money and quality of club) than us. If you do, fine. That's all there is to it.