They Seek him here, they Seek him there, they Seek Debuchy Everywhere

Given the Bellerin news and  today being the day of the Poppy, last night my tired mind drifted to the Debuchy and for some reason the story of the Scarlet Pimpernel. The Pimpernal a flower not disimilar to a Poppy and our French right back as elusive and hard to find. We may need him but…..

They seek him here, they seek him there
They seek that Frenchie everywhere
Is he in Colney or where is he?
That damned elusive Debuchy
He’s never in the first team squad
Not in training day to day
While Arsenal pay him many pounds
Will we ever see him play?

They seek him here, they seek him there?

They seek him here, they seek him there
They seek that Frenchie everywhere
We’ve not seen him but have you?
That damned elusive Mathieu
They seek him here, they seek him there
Those coaches seek him everywhere
Oh Matty how the coaches need you now
Hector’s wounded and Jenko’s poor
With all your experience
Can you not play, as once before?

Where is he?

They seek him here, they seek him there
His team mates seek him everywhere!
He’s not been loaned but he can’t be found
Damn you Mathieu you may have to play
He’s disappeared, he’s not around
Wenger knows but he won’t say
They seek him here, they seek him there
We seek lost Mathieu everywhere
Most likely in Paris but not Colney
That damned elusive Debuchy

Dave Seager

Passionate fifty-something Arsenal supporter 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 his own site – 1 Nil Down 2 One Up – in February 2012, which he moved on in 2016 to concentrate on freelance writing and building Gunners Town, which he launched with Paul in 2014.

The objective of GT was to be new and fresh and to give a platform for likeminded passionate Arsenal fans wishing to write about their team. Dave still of course, writes for the site himself and advises the ever-changing writing crew.