Preface
27th February 11 as
he lay bereft on the turf
Not much of a hero
more of a smurf
He kicked the ball
into Szczesny and not into row Z
A tap in for Martins
what went through his head?
Another year without
a trophy, 6 years then gone
So did the fans turn
against the hapless Laurent?
No we would never
give this lad stick
As 10 days earlier he
gave Messi not a kick
We had been used to
Keown, Sol and Tony
Suffered with Gallas and
some ex United pony
We needed a Toure,
intuitive, swift and brave
We had found that man,
some now know as Dave
Before the Arsenal
He started at
Guincamp in 2004
Lower French leagues
and a right back what’s more
Up to Ligue 2 with
Tours in 2007
Now playing in the
centre in the starting 11
One more year his
talent shining
Lorient made him the
first summer signing
So significant his
impact after only a season
Grimandi called
Wenger with very good reason
Lorient were not
happy and put up a fight
So we gave them cash
and Le Coq, saw them right
2010/11
The fans were bemused
another French unknown
But it has worked
before we had no right to moan
Sent off on his debut
in front of the Kop
Two challenges in
injury time over the top
We could see the
potential even alongside the Squid
He was looking a
bargain at 8 million quid
The whole of January
without conceding a league goal
Djourou and Kos were
the heart and the soul
Starting February
challenging on 4 fronts
Finishing March
looking like…….
Fourth place again
becoming the norm
But no question in
Kos a new Gooner was born
2011/12
In his second season
Vermaelen now fit
The BFG arrives so
where does he fit
Still in the team
when fitness allowed
With the Belgian or
German 3 not a crowd
A season best
forgotten by the Arsenal defence
The worst I have seen
I won’t sit on the fence
Every fullback
injured from August to Jan
Kos played all over
like only he can
One of 5 players to
play at right back
We stayed in the game
thanks to ‘you know who’ in attack
The only performer at
the back until spring
Till 5-2 we beat the
Spuds let the season begin
He scored v Milan the
so nearly night
And scored at the
Hawthorns of what delight
Third pace secured
the fans on a bender
They also voted him
our season’s best defender
A new 5 year deal a
pay rise he taken his chance
And further reward
the Euros with France
2012/13
Mertesacker fit and
Vermaelen promoted
An injured Koscielny
sadly demoted
In the early season
the pairing looked strong
But this is the
Arsenal so it would not ast long
The mistake was clear
Vermaelen could not lead
With him in the side
we looked more likely to concede
Playing to high up
the pitch okay if BFG was faster
But he’s slower than
an oil tanker a recipe for disaster
Out of both cups,
what’s occurring we say?
Wenger under
pressure, Bayern away
A massive decision
he’s dropping his fave
About bloody time
he’s calling for Dave
A clean sheet in
Munich and all because
The defence is so
solid with BFG and Kos
We never looked back
from February on
None lost, 2 drawn
and 8 that we won
The big German looked
solid with Kozza beside
The Frenchman
restoring solidity and pride
So the second year
running how fitting it was
The goal taking if to
Europe was scored by the Kos
And finally…
His timing, his
bravery, game reading interceptions
Have no doubt altered
many perceptions
We knew he was good
he has always impressed
But the last few
months place him among the world’s best
The first chapter’s
over in the story that was
Only the beginning of
THE LEGEND OF KOS
Dave Seager
Passionate 50+ ST holder who has been making the journey to N5 regularly since the early 1980s – although his first game was in 1976. Always passionate when talking about The Arsenal, Dave decided to send a guest blog to Gunnersphere in the summer of 2011 and has not stopped writing about the Gunners since. He set up up his own site 1 Nil Down 2 One Up which he has now sold and since the summer of 2013 with a friend he launched a new project to offer new and aspiring Arsenal writers a home. Gunners Town is that platform and Dave writes here too. He is also the author of 2 Arsenal related books.
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Honestly, the most retarded article I’ve ever read on this Internet, in fact I suggest you share this with everyone you know. Never will you see such a poorly constructed post again. From a gooner, this is awful. Or in terms you might understand:
Started shit.
Was shit.
Could not right more than one sentence.
Sad and embarassing.
You said right instead of write. At least his grammar is good you twat.
Where do I start? It’s embarrassing mate, it’s childish rhyming at best.
Smurf. Seriously?
Suffered with Gallas? You mean one of the best defenders in the league prior to his breakdown at St Andrews?
Intuition, you’re being a bit loose with the definition but even so, Toure, intuitive? He wasn’t half as good as you suggest unless paired with an intelligent defender.
You suggest that Kos made BFG looked good? As Arteta said recently about his role I’d say it was the other way around. BFG makes Kos better.
Please don’t call this poetry. That’s an insult to poetry. It’s clearly not your strong suit, don’t ruin an otherwise half decent site with this.
You call be retarded and cannot even spell ‘write?’
Just a bit of fun but if you cannot ‘read or right’ you might not see that.