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The versatile Arsenal midfielder/defender Francis Coquelin has been rewarded with a new extended contract at the Emirates. The 20 year-old impressed in a year-long loan at Lorient last season and his steady improvement persuaded Wenger to promote him t…
View From The North Bank: Arsenal 1 Leeds United 0
A potential banana skin was avoided last night thanks to a perfect example of the romance of the cup. If only I’d had an FA Cup shaped piece of cardboard covered in tin foil to wave at the final whistle. Forgive the cliché ridden opening but last ni…
Coquelin Signs New Deal
Arsenal’s young French midfielder Francis Coquelin has signed a new deal with the club today that will see him spend the foreseeable future with the North London club. The 20-year-old joined the Gunners in 2008 and has enjoyed something of a br…
Coquelin injury worsens Arsenal’s defensive crisis
Things just go from bad to worse in the Arsenal back line with a never-ending litany of injuries. The Gunners had already lost Sagna, Gibbs, Jenkinson and Santos long before Christmas, and Wenger had no choice but to use all four centre-backs as cover….
FairyTale Return As Henry Scores On Second Debut To Send Arsenal Through | Coquelin Injured
Wearing the number 12 jersey, 12 minutes before the end of his second debut, he scores his 12th goal against Leeds in the year 2012, ladies and gentlemen, Thierry Henry, is back. As someone said, “The first player to score inside the Emirates whi…
Arsenal 1-0 Leeds: Analysis
The return of Thierry Henry overshadowed Arsenal’s very interesting teamsheet, despite the fact Arsenal’s greatest ever player only started from the bench – Szczesny; Miquel, Koscielny, Squillaci, Coquelin; Song, Arteta (C); Arshavin,…
View From The North Bank: Fulham 2 Arsenal 1
The festive schedule is always hectic with games coming thick and fast. That said, even with our typically injury ravaged squad, the three games we had were reasonably favourable. Two home games against teams in the bottom half of the league followed b…
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: a tale of two halves
Match report – Video – Defeat is generally a painful experience. Defeat in circumstances like yesterday’s even more so. It was late, very late, and pretty much self-inflicted. It came after what was a pretty good opening 45 minutes from us….
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: Analysis
After poor results for Arsenal’s rivals over the weekend, the Gunners were looking to take full advantage by adding a victory at Craven Cottage to Saturday’s win over QPR. Szczesny; Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Coquelin; Song, Arteta, R…
Arsenal 1-0 QPR: Analysis
Szczesny; Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen; Song, Arteta, Ramsey; Walcott, van Persie (C) and Arshavin started as Arsenal looked to make amends for Tuesday’s slip-up against Wolves. QPR lined up with Cerny; Young, Gabbidon, Connolly, Tr…
Coquelin set for new Arsenal contract this week
Francis Coquelin will sign a contract extension at Arsenal (with a pay rise) in the coming days according to The Sun, who it must be said is not the most reliable source of news lately, but there is little reason for them to be making this one up. In h…
Merry Christmas! Is Santa a Gooner?
Dear reader, let me wish you all the best for the holidays and the new year. This Christmas Day, we can sense the January window is just about to creak open.But ho! Is that a scraping sound in the chimney? Ho, ho! Are the Arsenal socks safely in place,…
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: Winners & Losers
Last night Arsenal looked so ineffective in the 2nd half that I’d already decided to subtitle this post ‘we really need two Songs’. Before the game I was worried that we’d miss his ability to glue the midfield together, but didn’t think the …
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: Analysis
After a disappointing but hard-fought loss away at City on Sunday, Arsenal compensated for the suspended Song and injured Djourou by playing Szczesny; Coquelin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen; Frimpong, Arteta; Walcott, Ramsey, Gervinho; van Persie …
Arsenal in for Javier Pastore?
After Paris Saint-Germain’s embarrassing Europa League exit at the hands of Red Bull Salzburg, the Arab-funded club which had brought in a plethora of star names over the summer and is currently trying to sign David Beckham has taken another bl…
Arsenal midfielder keen on move to Lille in January
It is being reported that French side LOSC Lille are keen on taking the Arsenal youngster Francis Coquelin on loan in January. The Frenchman himself has welcomed the interest from the Ligue 1 champions. He told L’Equipe: “I have not had any…
Arsenal midfield duo set for loan move?
It is being reported that Premiership side Wolverhampton Wanderers are keen on taking Arsenal youngsters Emmanuel Frimpong and Francis Coquelin to the Molineux on loan deals until the end of the season. Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has confirmed his in…
Olympiakos 3-1 Arsenal: Analysis
This was a night to remember for Arsene Wenger days before the club’s 125th anniversary game as the Frenchman took charge of his 200th match in European competition – however, due to the fact that we’d already won our group, … C…
Wolverhampton Boss Admits Interest For Arsenal’s Midfielders
After reports of a possible loan move from Arsenal to Wolverhampton for midfielders Emmanuel Frimpong and Francis Coquelin, Wolves manager McCarthy admitted that there is some interest in Arsenal’s young stars, but that he can’t say more until Janu…
January Quick Approaching and Changes Expected For Tomorrow
A game of pretty high unimportance for Arsenal tomorrow but of significance to the Greek Champions who will want to be playing on Thursday nights at least now that the Group stages are just about over. We should see almost all 11 players that started…
Frimpong and now Coquelin – Capable Deputies to Alex Song
Much will be made of the “Emmanuel Frimpong and a French so-and-so” handbags incident in the tunnel during Arsenal’s League Cup match against Manchester City, but at the end of the day Frimpong made it clear that he really loves the c…
Frimpong and now Coquelin – Capable Deputies to Alex Song
Much will be made of the “Emmanuel Frimpong and a French so-and-so” handbags incident in the tunnel during Arsenal’s League Cup match against Manchester City, but at the end of the day Frimpong made it clear that he really loves the c…
Rennes confirm substantial English offer, but do Arsenal really need Yann M’Vila?
Rennes chief Jean-François Creachcadec has confirmed that the club received a substantial offer from an English club for Yann M’vila, but there was not enough time for any deal to go through. It is known that Rennes received (and rejected) four …
Prawn sandwich fan / Hip Hip Hooray
Admission: Tuesday came and went and passed me by entirely. For me, it’s a rarety for me not to follow a game in some way. I go to most home games, and watch or listen to most of the others. Those matches I can’t go to, see or hear I will f…
Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City: Analysis
A poignant minute’s silence for Gary Speed (R.I.P) turned into spontaneous applause and chants of ‘one Gary Speed’ before kick-off in a sold out Emirates which saw Fabianski, Djourou, Squillaci, Koscielny, Miquel, Frimpong, Coquelin,…
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