VIDEO: Koscielny’s first display at the Emirates
Arsenal’s latest signing to date, Laurent Koscielny, has received mixed reviews from the Arsenal faithful since making his pre-season debut against Barnet.
But while the former Lorient man may be yet to stake a claim at his new club, he hardly put a foot wrong in his first appearance at the Emirates Stadium.
We got our first real look at the 24-year-old against AC Milan a few days ago and Koscielny did not disappoint.
So before we make any more conclusions from Saturday’s poor show at Legia Warsaw (where, in truth, every other defender was as faulty) let’s go back and watch the Frenchman again.
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You know he’s an arsenal defender when….
He starts doing the cruyff turn in the opposition half aha.
Good luck to the lad this season.
Up the Gunners.
Not much to be had from this video. His passing was quite poor for an Arsenal defender, more what I’d expect from a bigger lad (like we were all hoping our newest defender would be). I hope he comes good, but I won’t be shocked if it doesn’t happen this season.
he looks good
sup all.
no one can say shit bwt kons hes da man!!
Same here…so getting another defender (preferably one who can also play DM) will be good bonus!
he’s shit,will get ruined in the prem and c.league,poor,poor signing again from wenger.
You mean a Champions league team like AC Milan… yeah they really ruined him.
lol, poor like vermaelen u mean??
He’s gunner be mustard you’ll see
wth is wrong wid all you ppl when the season start n him in verm be the best cbs in the world , come talk to me!!
Put him on the Didier Drogba workout plan and maybe…but right now he looks like he could add some mass.
I find it hard to believe that Wenger is willing to bet his season on this kid.
He’s hardly a kid though. He’s 24. I don’t think a 24 year old qualifies for a ‘kid’
Anyone that can shutdown Pato on so many occasions as he did is good enough for me.
I swear it seems like some Arsenal fans would rather we signed a 6’7″ defender that can’t defend instead of a 6’1″ defender that can.
IDIOTS.
im still 50/50 on him
we’ll have to wait and see hope he’s turns out ot be really good
cummon arsenal
What about the miss timed tackle against celtic?
He ran 30 yards dived into a challange missed the ball and player. And left the celtic playa with a 1 on 1 with the keeper.
Yeah you’re right, he’s rubbish. How can he miss 1 tackle, it’s a disgrace, I say rather that call him crap, lets throw stones at him then hang him. That seems like a fairer result of a single missed tackle than calling him rubbish.
Oh wait, both are ridiculous.
look at da no of interceptions he makes. he surely will be an asset to da team.
All da gunners need is solid keeper targets sld be 1 of the city keepers bur I wld prefer Heart as he wld be lng term, nd richards can be da perfect signin 2 deal with the likes of drogba, plus he cn be vertisile, DM) bein key positions he cn cover wen needed.. Nd he is English, we need English players 4 team spirit, ather teams have dat!!!
Bad passing? I don’t get it. He had some killer touches there, and a couple of long toes.
He looked good in the clip but Arsenal’s real problem is set pieces. Lets see him defend well in those situations, then I will be happy.
he looks great..always win the ball..and never judge a player by a single game 😉
To be honest, I don’t care about CB right now, just sign a fkn goal keeper Wenger. You can have the 2 best CB in the world, but with Fabianski or Almunia in goal then they are wasted!
Hey all. Agree that defending set pieces is an issue and hope he’s up to that. He looks promising though, i hope he comes good and stands up to the challenge. His passing looks pretty good as does his positional play, so its promising. Also hoping that JD comes good. I still have a fast fading hope that we get Tasci, Sakho or Mertesacker though. One of them would be nice
The kid is ok…
I have blindly supported Arsene Wenger for years but if he doesnt get us a new keeper before this transfer window closes then it is clear that he doesnt give a damn about the supporters of this great club
a gud Goalie is wat we need…
and if Wenger doesn’t…we ll finish above 5th…
Schwarzer
Given
Hart
Reina
Lloris
Akinfeev
Adler
Neuer
Steklenberg
Frey…..
Just pay 25M and bring one of em…
may be over priced but we r the one who r desperate….
or atleast play Szczesny in goal…let him learn…
many thanks red london for posting the video. i think he is going to prove an excellent signing. a lot of arsenal fans seem star struck and are only interested in signing a “name”. i think he’s already a better played than mertesacker, who has had plenty of poor games in the not too distant past. our franco-pole looks mobile, good on the ball, good in the air, aggressive, tough and has a good turn of pace. why all the pessimism? he looks every bit the modern centre half.
wenger,is a disgrace.we need men n not boys
wenger is soooooooo stuburn never lisen others secondly this new geezeer looks quite good good on da air very strong aggressive thirdly we need one more streiker coz v.persi is a musllim and he will be fasting ramadaan so he can do a lot
Being new, he’s still adjusting to the Arsenal style of play. Let’s not prejudge him like most of us did when Vermaelen first arrived. Most of us wanted Wenger to sign some big names but hey..what a monster of a central defender Vermaelen turned out to be. One of the best and most consistent player in the Premier League. Lets give him all the encouragement and support now that he’s our player. Go Arsenal….!!
Cracking video. It’s good to see people are finally acknowledging the importance of player performances on YouTube, not just their scoring ability – particularly so with defenders.
He reads the game well, confident passing and in possession. Think we could do with one more experienced CB for him to compete with. Well done AW.
He is an intelligent player, good signing from Wenger.