Quote Originally Posted by alexander View Post
I think it was NQ in the match thread that said wenger was destroying Alexis confidence by taking him off at 70 mins. Like Coq, he has had a long injury lay-off and Wenger knows these two players are crucial to the rest of our season and title challenge. yes, we are still in with a shot, whatever NQ and others still bang on about, we are joint 2nd, and a win next week makes it wide open again.
He cannot risk these players more than he has too. I fully expect Coq to be starting next weekend. If he does them in before we play Vardy and his high flying rabble and spurs, there will be a massive uproar.
If Coquelin isn't fit enough to start should he even be on the bench? We've seen players come off the bench and still pick up an injury. Whilst we're in the title race, we should be playing our strongest 11 every game. It's not a long stretch from here until the end of the season. Also, Sanchez had a long lay off and since making that first sub appearance against Chelsea, he's started every game now that he is fit.