Mark Tobias
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Taking up a squad spot now and hindering the youngsters. Get rid while he has value at all. Loved his passion and heart but he just isn;t good enough anymore. Not that he ever really was.
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Francis Coquelin: No Longer Needed?
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He use to be a lot better, and if he ever rediscovered that form he’d be a good player to have.
Did nutmeg someone yesterday though, can’t imagine the indignity of being nutmegged by Coquelin.
Did nutmeg someone yesterday though, can’t imagine the indignity of being nutmegged by Coquelin.
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He's so wasteful and it's a shame that a talented youngster like Maitland Niles is behind him in pecking order to bench.
Wenger actually spoke about this last season when Bellerin was out:
Wenger told the club’s official website: “It goes through your mind [to play Francis at right back], but I don’t do it because I don’t feel he has the physiological profile of a full back – that is more on big accelerations, long-distance running and coming back.
“Francis is a guy who is very explosive on short distances. Every time I’ve played him at right back, he’s had muscular injuries. I think you have to get used to that kind of effort and he does not have that physiological profile to do this kind of job.”
IslingtonBornandbred
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This is quite a weird one because in my opinion the Coquelin we saw when he returned from loan and the one we saw up in the cup final vs Villa is very useful. Regardless of what people want to say about him lacking ability, I think he's as useful if not more useful than Elneny due to his destructiveness and aggression. They are different players though.
Unfortunately due to injury and Wenger trying to turn him into a box to box midfielder (why!?) he seems to have lost that drive and aggression. As mentioned, the "on form" Coquelin is a good player to have. The Coquelin we've seen recently serves no purpose in our squad.
He's either in there to be a dog, to win the ball back and give it to the better players, or he shouldn't be in there at all.
Unfortunately due to injury and Wenger trying to turn him into a box to box midfielder (why!?) he seems to have lost that drive and aggression. As mentioned, the "on form" Coquelin is a good player to have. The Coquelin we've seen recently serves no purpose in our squad.
He's either in there to be a dog, to win the ball back and give it to the better players, or he shouldn't be in there at all.
Giroud
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That's interesting but he hasn't exactly played a lot of minutes at fullback? Injuries could just be down to bad luck for that reason.
But at the end of the day the club has all the data on this and know more than us.
skip spence
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Looked good next to Santi for some time which is testament to the brilliance of the little spaniard. A good character but no use for him now really.
I don't think we'd suffer much if Willock and/or AMN got in ahead of him and maybe they can push on too.
I don't think we'd suffer much if Willock and/or AMN got in ahead of him and maybe they can push on too.
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Yep, time to go, perhaps we will have a chance in Jan.
Coq and Elneny out, AMN and Willock in.
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He's a useful player. Wasn't great last night but he's the only defensive-minded midfielder in our squad.
Should use him like Chelsea used Mikel.
Should use him like Chelsea used Mikel.
StefanB
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Like people are saying: Use him as a CDM/anchor/shield and you'll get a very good player.
Instead of playing to his strengths tho, Wenger has decided that the best for Coquelin is to be a box-to-box midfielder. Which is so blatantly wrong. He did the same with Song.
Instead of playing to his strengths tho, Wenger has decided that the best for Coquelin is to be a box-to-box midfielder. Which is so blatantly wrong. He did the same with Song.
Fallout
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convert him into a LCB/RCB. he's more of a defender than elneny is. he serves no purpose as a midfielder in this formation because you need some offensive quality to be useful, given that there are already 3 CBs behind you.
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He's also decent technically once he's back to match sharpnes.
Coquelin can still put in a good shift for us, and he's just coming back from a muscular injury so he isn't going to be at 100 percent yet.
It is good that we have guys like AMN and Willock pushing for spots in midfield, and by this summer I wouldn't be surprised if some established players left to make room for some of these young guys. However, they haven't done enough yet to displace a more established player.
Also, Coquelin won the flick on header that led to Nketiah's first goal yesterday. He's definitely a limited player, but he also does a lot of the little things that are important that often go unnoticed.
It is good that we have guys like AMN and Willock pushing for spots in midfield, and by this summer I wouldn't be surprised if some established players left to make room for some of these young guys. However, they haven't done enough yet to displace a more established player.
Also, Coquelin won the flick on header that led to Nketiah's first goal yesterday. He's definitely a limited player, but he also does a lot of the little things that are important that often go unnoticed.
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He's not looked as good since he injured his cruciate. He's had a series of little niggles since. He's ok as a ball winner but we need JW and Santi fit for him to pass to as his okay making skills aren't good enough. He's the most useful of those whose place might be in danger.
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Jury
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Don't make me post that FA cup final video again, where he's a Vieira, Zidane, Makelele hybrid ffs. I will do it.
skip spence
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Just go ahead man, I like the Coq.
If he's paired with a brilliant ballplayer like Santi and can focus on being a menace for the opposition, a pure destroyer, then he can be very effective. But Santi ain't around and without him we lose too much creativity and control in the middle with Francis on the field.
Would really like to see him score a PL goal though.
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