Francis Coquelin: No Longer Needed?

[Aevi]

One of our more disappointing players vs Barca, surprised he gets little mention.

Hasn't made the massive midfield impact I had hoped, both stats and performance wise. His normally underrated passing has been pretty poor, and his ball winning pretty tame. Let's hope he shakes off the injury and gets into swing soon (it was still recent to be fair), seems though as if his partnership with Cazorla really was best for him.

Still better than Flamini though

 

[General]

He was far from disappointing and his opposite number Busquets didn't have a great game either. He should've committed a tactical foul on Neymar for the first goal but otherwise he was very disciplined. You could tell from his performance and that there were instructions not to commit silly fouls and bookings and this probably took away some of usual aggressive edge.

 

[BobP]

What annoys me is his redundancy when play is being built from the back, such a handicap.

 

[Kroket]

He was far from disappointing and his opposite number Busquets didn't have a great game either. He should've committed a tactical foul on Neymar for the first goal but otherwise he was very disciplined. You could tell from his performance and that there were instructions not to commit silly fouls and bookings and this probably took away some of usual aggressive edge.

Think some of his wayward passing might have skewed the views on his overall performance a bit. I was particularly impressed with his dribbling, got out of quite a few hairy situations with a quick feint here and a small touch there.

 

[Penn_]

Don't think the fans helped with the passing last night. Every misplaced pass was met with groans.

Not exactly the support you need against the best team in the world. They only livened up when the ref made a call against us.

 

[RandyMarsh]

Defensively he was very solid, but going forward i expected better. He's normally a lot better than that at building play and making forward passes, but was very reserved and cautious with his passing last night.

Was still one of our better players, no idea why he got subbed off. One of the worst subs in Wenger's career really -shocking stuff.

Was good to see Ramsey Coquelin building as a very disciplined, solid partnership , but they're clearly missing the required technical ability to make it an effective pairing going forward.

 

[MaraDon]

if we want to be elite he should be a squad option only.

 

[BBF]

It was interesting to see two of the best DM's in Europe playing on the same pitch. Coquelin's passing was superb as usual.

 

[nmn]

It was interesting to see two of the best DM's in Europe playing on the same pitch. Coquelin's passing was superb as usual.

Seriously? Biscuit is the best DM in football no doubt, but Coquelin? he's nowhere near that list.
Edit: Coquelin passing was not superb let's be honest. His short passes were ok and didn't dwell on the ball but his long passes were inaccurate and he wasn't creating much.

 

[BBF]

Seriously? Biscuit is the best DM in football no doubt, but Coquelin? he's nowhere near that list.

Coquelin's the best DM in europe mate. Haven't you heard?

 

[nmn]

Coquelin's the best DM in europe mate. Haven't you heard?

I was sarcastic on the forum yesterday and people thought i was serious. Now i myself thought you were serious when in fact, you were sarcastic.
My brain just farted

 

[Coolin]

I thought he was poor. Playing a more technical team he wasn't able to get his foot in like he does in the league. Barca were able to pass and dribble round him.

I remember thinking the same thing at Monaco last year. His distructive style works well in the league but in Europe against more technical midfielders it doesn't work as well.

 

[Furious]

This guy...

What does he do? ****ing hell what an embarrassment of a footballer. He just stands there, and does nothing, even Flamini offers himself more for a pass.

Utterly ****.

 

[Furious]

Even in our Denilson days we were better in midfield. Ramsey and Coq is the worst midfield combo I've ever seen.

How do you call yourself a midfielder when you don't show for the ball?

 

[Hunta]

Been **** since his injury, basically a younger Flamini right now.

 

[Aevi]

**** is a bit of a stretch, but Coq is definitely too limited. Need a player with more than one role (regista/destroyer hybrid).

Squadie quality.

 

[Giroud]

Covers ground, puts in flashy lunging challenges but his positioning is piss poor and does nothing in possession.

Been saying it for a while but he doesn't offer enough for us.

 

[GDeep™]

Maybe El Neny is his replacement.

 

[BBF]

Best DM in europe, underrated passer etc etc.

 

[Furious]

Best DM in europe, underrated passer etc etc.

Those passes to the corner flags against Barca were underrated tbh, pint point.