Match Reaction vs Man City (away).

[Power n Glory]

It happens all the time. Campbell is going through it now. Some players get all the time in the world and countless chances regardless of how they perform and some just don’t get a chance. Wenger had seen Coquelin in training and still sent him out on loan. He’s got a problem with the players that openly say they want to play. It has to be an ego thing.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Man City Tunnel Cam of the match.





lol Santi

[Alpha]

Ideally Arteta and Flamini will be moved on, then Coq can stay to compete with a new CM.

However I expect Coq to leave, he obviously wasn't in Wenget's plans and an emergency recall because of the injury pile up doesn't change that. Not even sure how good he is but hopefully he continues to a do a job then we'll see what happens in the summer. If he keeps churning out these performances then I'm sure he'll have a lot of interest and fancy leaving for a more established role anyway.

Either way, we still need an upgrade in this area.

To say Coquelin will leave and is not in Wenger's plan might be an exaggeration . Wenger has never come publicly to tell people which player is in his plan and which one is not . Coquelin is a young player and Arsene might have sensed he was not ready yet and a couple of loans could help his development .It is only when a player does not take advantage of that kind of situation that Wenger can consider shipping him out .But Coquelin grabbed his chances with both hands that's why we are praising him .
Same situation goes with Ospina . If he takes his chances very well as he seems to do right now , we might not see a certain SCNznxbj as number one anymore .

[Marc Overmars]

I'd say it's more speculation than exaggeration. This whole situation has come about through luck, so obviously it's hard to say for sure what the plans were for him. Seeing as he was loaned out last year and this year, with it being his final year, it's easy to see why one would think there were no plans for him.

[LDG]

He could, of course, go on to be utter shite in a few matches time. At which point everyone will bemoan how we ever let him near the first team.

It really doesn't matter how he got in the side. Let's just hope he gets even better and nails down a place. God knows this team needs it.

We're only a game away from being utter shit again.

[Power n Glory]

I'd say it's more speculation than exaggeration. This whole situation has come about through luck, so obviously it's hard to say for sure what the plans were for him. Seeing as he was loaned out last year and this year, with it being his final year, it's easy to see why one would think there were no plans for him.

Oh behave! Wenger knows best!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City Tunnel Cam of the match.




lol Santi

Kompany takes this Captain Marvel thing way too seriously.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I don't really get the logic here.....

Offering a player a new contract 18 moths - 2 years BEFORE it expires is pretty standard procedure for a player you wish to keep at the present time......why should this be different for a player who's contract is up this summer with Coq....? Unless of course you don't want to keep him or aren't really bothered if he stays or goes.That is a slightly different argument....

I suspect the issue is that many just don't believe he merits a new contract based on his comeback so far.... they can't see a drawback because they have qualified Coquelin leaving for a club lesser than Arsenal on a deal below what we can offer as an impossibility. But it is NOT an impossibility.....simply put. Coq signing for a team of Spurs' calibre somewhere on a reasonable deal isn't impossible and we shouldn't assume we can leave it to the last second and he is just going to accept whatever contract we offer him set against several others. A Spurs type team may not be us but they are better than most sides he has been turning out for. His mind may well be made up on another club by the point of the summer.

[Power n Glory]

We had posters saying the same sort of thing when Flamini was down to his last few months and when Song was rumoured to be leaving. Unbelievable really. Some never learn.

[Globalgunner]

There really are no if and buts about this argument. Based on what weve seen so far Coquelin>>Flamini>Arteta. We thought Flamini was good early on in his 2nd stint because he has more mobility than Arteta who is nowhere near being a DM. Wenger has previous in playing his favourites, even to the detriment of the team and results. He just doesn't seem to care, mostly because even with all his fukuppery we usually maintain our 4th position.

We need to keep Coquelin who may or may not be playing out of his skin either to earn a new contract or to put himself out there in the shop window.
A smart manager knows how to keep his players motivated. We need to keep Coquelin and augment him with a classy, established DM like either Bender twin or Schneidelin. Ship out Arteta/Flamini and buy a proven CB. Sundays performance should be more of the norm rather than the exception.

Also enough of the trying to squeeze, Wilshire, Ozil, Ramsey, Cazorla into the same team. It does not work, Only 2 of those 4 can play in our system at any single time. If Wenger rotated them in out more often then maybe they would be out with injuries far less. Basically Ozil/Cazorla and Wilshere/Ramsey.

Its bleedin obvious!