Le Coq

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Nah, not really - not for me anyway. I mean we did scout the lad and recruit him in the first place, we trained him, converted him to a defensive midfielder (I think he was a RB before?), sent him out on loan after loan when we could have just sold him years ago. Sure, when the opportunity finally came along for him (and for us, as it turns out), it probably owed more to circumstance than planning... but we did still bring him back, and that's worth remembering too. As much as I love the guy, even his biggest supporter would have to admit that he'd hardly set the world alight on his loan spells - I'm sure a lot of clubs and managers wouldn't have given him a second thought, and would have just reshuffled the pack until the missing players returned?

Anyway, let's not dwell on it too much - as it happens, Coq got his big break, and we got an awesome player, so everyone wins! Except for every other team in the league, of course...

Careful, coming round here with your objectivity, balance and perspective.......

I've seen some try to totally absolve Wenger of any credit whatsoever for him which I always find strange....as if he just took the wrong turn walking home from school one day and ended up at Arsenal football club. The poor lamb/ He only came to the club in the first place because Wenger brought him here.

I remember the silly suggestion from a few last season that we should wait till well into the summer just gone to offer him a contract extension. Fortunately it was offered and signed ages ago and I think Syn alluded to it ages ago when he said that if he was 6'2 he'd get far much more praise. I concur.

I honestly, hardly noticed him till his yellow card against Manure but in the good kind of way!

I'm delighted with this internal solution!