Francis Coquelin has been somewhat of a muted revelation at Arsenal this season. Due to all our injuries and mishaps we haven't really taken notice of some of our up and coming youngsters including Coquelin. The youngster was scouted by us during 2008 and joined thereafter. He successfully integrated into our club from going into [.

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 to the fringes of the first team. Due to the massive defensive injuries at Arsenal, the French [.

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. Then Johan Djourou got sent off at the same time as [.

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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. We were energetic, good going forward and while Fulham had their moments I thought we contained them pretty well defensively.

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 his nine appearances for Arsenal this [...]

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 interest in both players. "We played Arsenal in the reserves and I watched them the other [.

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 follow via Twitter etc, as many of us do. But on Tuesday, as the match kicked off, I was out meeting football-agnostic friends (they do exist, it seems) in a pub with pleasant steak and kidney pies but no telly, and although I briefly toyed with the time-honoured gadget switch-off so I could play the match as live when I got in, I knew my resolve wouldn't last and sure enough, it didn't.

With his name listed among those of the most promising young talents in European football, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could be forgiven for expecting a lot from his first season at Arsenal, especially with his considerable £15 million price tag. However, the young Englishman – quite possibly an inclusion in Fabio Capello's squad this weekend – has [.

He may be only 20 years old and only just emerging into Arsène Wenger's first team, but Francis Coquelin has accused Arsenal of treating him unfairly in not giving him enough playing time. Speaking to France Football, the midfielder said, ""I thought I had a shot to play so I decided to stay at Arsenal.

Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal

Another league game, another defeat. It's hard to be positive when Arsenal's season lurches from one reverse to another with such predictable regularity. We sit 15th, which is pretty much where we deserve to be, so post-match yesterday Wenger ruled out challenging for the title.