Player focus Archives: 01/2016

Following his lively cameo appearance during the Chelsea defeat on Sunday, Alexis Sánchez was energetic and effective as usual on display against Burnley, scoring a…

In a game where Arsenal had the most of the ball possession, David Ospina had a good game overall in Arsenal’s 2-1 win against Burnley. As…

Like kids on Christmas morning, Arsenal fans were more than excited when they saw the starting line-up that would face Burnley, as all focus shifted…

Burnley is a massive game for one T J Walcott. Desperately out of sorts and out of form, our English forward only remained on the…

A former Arsenal fan, now a leading Championship striker. Andre Gray is a man to watch on Saturday afternoon. After starting the season at Brentford,…

It’s always an exciting time for the fans. The chance to see a brand spanking new signing actually doing his thing on the pitch, particularly…

Our number 14 is in terrible form. I wanted to get that out of the way early on, if only so that I can’t be…

Six months ago, I wrote a piece outlining the importance of talented winger Serge Gnabry gaining first-team experience at another Premier League club. After seamlessly settling into…

Defeat against Chelsea on Sunday was a sucker punch, and a milestone went under the radar as a result. Mesut Özil was playing his 100th…

Francis Coquelin is back in training and next week’s FA Cup tie with Burnley should provide Arsenal with the perfect chance to give Mohamed Elneny…

At least Alexis is back, though he struggled to improve anyone’s mood on Sunday. The Chilean played for the first time in two months as…

Arsenal played 70 minutes with 10 men in Sunday’s loss to Chelsea, but it didn’t always feel like we were a player down. That’s because…

Arsene Wenger has tried to sign Petr Cech on three occasions. The first time, when Cech was just 19, was thwarted by work permit issues.…

It started with his first ever goal for Arsenal. At just 17, Theo Walcott scored against Chelsea at the Millenium Stadium in the 2007 League…

Twelve to fifteen points. That’s what Petr Cech would be worth to us this season according to a man who would know (on this subject…

With Chelsea coming down to the Emirates on Sunday, we will see the return of the prodigal son that is Cesc Fabregas, the former Arsenal…

Mesut Ozil will be back against Chelsea after missing the Stoke away game due to a slight injury and his creativity was certainly missed against…

It’s funny how a player moving clubs can offend your sensibilities. This weekend, two excellent footballers face their former clubs, each on the opposing team…

Tomas Rosicky is back, the 35-year-old Czech playmaker played with the u21 side on Friday afternoon on his comeback from injury. He was given 45…

Wednesday marked 10 years at Arsenal for Theo Walcott, and Arsène Wenger has been full of praise for the England forward. After signing for Arsenal…