Laurent Koscielny

[SYS]

Feels indebted to Wenger which is probably why he never moved when there were echoes of Real reverberating 2 years ago and might still be the case. We should win something this year and put all these rumours about Alexis, Özil and Kos leaving to bed

“If I’m with the France team, with Arsenal, it’s because of him," Koscielny told French paperL’Equipe.

"He’s the one who brought me here. He’s the one who had the balls to buy me from Lorient when I was a nobody.

"He took a risk to bring me here, to help me grow as a player and as a man. I’ll be in his debt for all my career."

 

[Chami]

Brilliant interview. Here is the english translation.

Laurent Koscielny’s entire interview with L’Équipe Magazine
Speaking in an extensive, exclusive interview with L’Équipe Magazine, Arsenal and French international defender Laurent Koscielny talked on a wide-ranging set of topics including scrabble, François Hollande and much more.
http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2016/laurent-koscielnys-entire-interview-with-lequipe-magazine/

He's not only the kind of player you're very happy to have in your team but also the kind of man you're proud of having at Arsenal

 

[carlito'sway]

He's not only the kind of player you're very happy to have in your team but also the kind of man you're proud of having at Arsenal

Interesting comments about playing scrabble in the France camp with Lloris, Jallet, Gignac, Giroud....The old dudes club, while I guess the younger guys are playing FIFA17.

 

[SA Gunner]

This is the type of person I enjoy in life. Immensely talented, hard working and lets that work do the talking. With feet firmly on the ground.

Respect Laurent, respect.

 

[nmn]

Made Negredo his b itch.

 

[Jury]

See thread title.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Always a monster.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

What a f**king tackle on negredo!

Still was pissed off with him when he was sloppy at 1st half.

 

[Kiwi-Gooner]

Six clean sheets in our last seven games. Defensively we're solid and only going to become more so as he solidifies his partnership with Mustafi.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Six clean sheets in our last seven games. Defensively we're solid and only going to become more so as he solidifies his partnership with Mustafi.

We are buy its worrying sometimes we give easy chances to teams in last few games

 

[Kiwi-Gooner]

We are buy its worrying sometimes we give easy chances to teams in last few games

I agree, but a lot of these seem to stem from teams targeting our left side (e.g. Barrow vs Swansea). I think we're more solid in the centre.

 

[Gooner Zig]

He got away with a huge mistake early in the first half, that poor attempt at a headed clearance and the subsequent slip could have seen us lose the game if it weren't for Cech.

 

[Jury]

He got away with a huge mistake early in the first half, that poor attempt at a headed clearance and the subsequent slip could have seen us lose the game if it weren't for Cech.

Look how he came through. The mark of a champ. It's easy to get the jitters after a mistake early on, and it can often result in a nightmare. See Mike Smalling today... Didn't recover and ****ed up again.

 

[carlito'sway]

That needed a mention and a bump. Guess how many fouls conceded by Kos the Boss this season in the EPL? No one would get this number right... Hard to believe. What a boss!

 

[Eduardo_da_Silva]

Didnt Nesta play through entire Champions league season and made his first foul in the final?

 

[Ewarwoowar]

That needed a mention and a bump. Guess how many fouls conceded by Kos the Boss this season in the EPL? No one would get this number right... Hard to believe. What a boss!

Yeh He lost it v Chelski,, who can blame him

 

[Jury]

Not a fan of most stats, but that's quite an incredible stat for a CB.

I suppose what we could read into that, is we play a high line and Kos is usually last man back, so he can't afford to make fouls of any description. But then he's not putting himself in situations where he has to lunge... or he could just be so badly out of position that he couldnt foul the man if he wanted to! Can be interpreted a few ways--mostly good though.

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

That needed a mention and a bump. Guess how many fouls conceded by Kos the Boss this season in the EPL? No one would get this number right... Hard to believe. What a boss!

Had Jon Moss been refereeing all those matches Kos would have been given three yellow cards and at least one red for such dirty play!

 

[redwhiteAustrian]

Mertesacker also once held a record for the fewest fouls comitted in Bundesliga, if I'm not mistaken.
In the PL however, that really is some stat.

 

[nmn]

That needed a mention and a bump. Guess how many fouls conceded by Kos the Boss this season in the EPL? No one would get this number right... Hard to believe. What a boss!

Great stats for a usually aggressive player like Laurent. However i think a lot of it is to due to his partnership with Mustafi. Koscielny was always our aggressive CB going forward a lot to intercept and pressure the opponent. Now Mustafi is that player, allowing Kos to stay back and engage in less duels.