Tag: Laurent Koscielny

AFCB’s 2010/2011 Season Review: The Defenders

This is the third part of AFCB’s 2010/2011 Season Review, focusing specifically on the players primarily used across the back four last season. Each player has been giving a report card-style rating (ranging from A+ to E-) as well as the justification for their rating based on their progress and overall performance over the course […]

A moment in time

Please listen to this song while reading the post… Laurent Koscielny intercepts the ball for what feels like the hundredth time. He stops Barcelona’s attack dead like a wave breaking on a rocky shore. He pauses for a moment, deliberating over what to do with his second or two in space. Soon confronted by an […]

Well done Laurent Koscielny!

It was announced today that Laurent Koscielny will be part of the France national team squad for the friendly against Brazil on 9 February. From Tours FC in Ligue 2 to Lorient in Ligue 1 in France to Arsenal and the French national team in less than three years, Koscielny’s rise has been meteoric. This […]