By Richard Parks
Arsenal fans have taken to Twitter to express their dissatisfaction that Laurent Koscielny reportedly broke down in tears during a dressing room inquest.
The Sun claim that the France international could not contain his emotions in front of teammates during crisis talks among the players in a meeting that did not include manager Arsene Wenger.
It is said that Koscielny, 32, opened his heart and bore all in front of the other players as he explained that his children had been asking him why Arsenal had become so wretched.
The Gunners’ horrible run of form has seen them slip out of the top-four Premier League reckoning and lose last weekend’s League Cup final to Manchester City during a run of six defeats in 12 matches.
Arsenal supporters offered little in the way of sympathy of stand-in skipper Koscielny, who is one of the club’s longest serving players and has been a mainstay of the team since joining from Lorient in 2010.
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Fans insisted the Gunners need more fortitude from their players, with one calling for “men of steel”, another dubbing Koscielny “weird” and one saying haters “will question his manhood”.
Here is a selection of their messages on Twitter:
We don’t need cry babies as captains. We need men of steel. Most of the players don’t deserve to be captain of Arsenal FC.
Gooners please follow me.
— GoonerTricia™ (@El_papz) March 3, 2018
Our captain was crying!, imagine Tony Adams crying!, we needs replacing in the summer!
— Nathan Minas (@MinasNathan99) March 3, 2018
Regardless of it being weird, it shows he cares
— hammad likes 6th (@HFootyPK) March 3, 2018
He’s been single handedly defending diligently for YEARS. He’s now past his prime, happens to the best of us… Arsenal through and through
— hammad likes 6th (@HFootyPK) March 3, 2018
Imagine Tony Adams crying
— Michael The Gooner (@michaelbanjo3) March 3, 2018
Haters will question his manhood. Through the good times and the bad, this man will always have Arsenal at heart. pic.twitter.com/XMQBIOgx6O
— McL (@sitzfleisch_9) March 3, 2018
What a joker
— Jack (@jackdarton_) March 3, 2018
Can you imagine Vieira crying? No chance because he was a leader. Koscienly has been loyal and I get that, but when the leader is breaking down it shows a lack of strength
— Magical Mislintat (@MagicMislintat) March 3, 2018
Koscielny has been our best defender in every season apart from his first one at the club. He is declining and not being able to help as he would have done in the past will be eating him up. When Tony Adams got to that stage Wenger bought him Sol Campbell, Koscielny get Mustafi
— Highgater (@ArsenalVista) March 3, 2018
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