in an Arsenal starting 11.
Win or lose, these players symbolise all that is wrong with Wenger.
Utterly meaningless figures in the quest to improve both squad, and any ambition towards challenging for the title.
Why, I ask.. Just... Why ?
and there you have it R.. If not to bolster the second string and prove some kind of worth in these 'also ran' fixtures.
To what purpose indeed, one might ask.
I get the likes of Iwobi, Maitland Niles and other aspiring players. The likes of Jack, even. Throwing the dice for perhaps one last crack at a regular start.. But... El Neny and Le Coq. Just a total waste of everyone's time..
There was a time when Coq was the saviour, I seem to recall. I can't remember exactly what disaster had befallen us on this occasion (probably a ridiculous injury crisis), but we called Coq back from Charlton (where he couldn't get into the team) and he came back to save us.
For this reason alone, he is worth another contract on £30k a week.
Coquelin was never the saviour, ever.
He was in fact a cut price solution, a footballing sticking plaster, the type one finds at the back of the drawer when one has a blister, new trainers perhaps. You put it on thinking you will get away with it and off you bowl down the street.
Ultimately, and soon enough, the pain returns and you realise the plaster was in fact shíte.
In summary, he is a very average footballer, mid to lower PL standard, at best.