The Stand Archives: 06/2016

On Monday night, I sat and watched my first game of the Euros since the opening Saturday of the tournament. It goes without saying, even…

Following the drama/hilarity of England getting knocked out of the Euros by Iceland, it was a ghost town in the Goonerverse on Tuesday.

Arsenal and Chelsea target, Alvaro Morata, has claimed that he’s happy to stay at Real Madrid and fight for a place.

Juventus are apparently still sniffing around after Alexis Sanchez despite reports claiming that they’s acknowledged he was ‘unreachable’ just days ago.

Alan Shearer has slammed England manager, Roy Hodgson, for picking Jack Wilshere to start in the Three Lions’ humiliating 2-1 defeat to Iceland.

After England’s embarrassing 2-1 defeat and elimination from the Euros at the hands of little ol’ Iceland, and Roy Hodgson’s resulting resignation, talk turned to who will take over; Ian Wright wasn’t impressed with one particular name thrown into the hat.

Daily Cannon spent Monday basking in the ambiance of Alexis Sanchez’s Copa America win with Chile, as well as sifting through the usual gossip.

According to ESPN Brazil, Arsenal have made an offer for Gabriel ‘Gabigol’ Barbosa.

‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose?’ Having last week written that no-one knew anything about the Vardy situation, and about the media speculation…

Alexis Sanchez admitted he was emotional following Chile’s second Copa America win in as many years and explained his injury.

Antoine Griezmann praised Olivier Giroud in France’s press conference, describing his efforts on the pitch as ‘unnoticed’ by many.

Laurent Koscielny gave a long interview to l’Equipe prior to the 2016 Euros that the English media have only just picked up, here are some bits about defensive work and positioning.

After Germany’s 3-0 win over Slovakia in the Euros on Sunday, Ian Wright revealed that he would have loved to play with Mesut Ozil and that he believes the midfielder can be the best no. 10 in the world.

Here’s what happened on Wednesday.

I think the summer does funny things to people, you know. I’m not sure whether it’s the sudden breakthrough of the sun from above the grey,…

Mesut Ozil has given a huge indicator that he’ll be signing a new deal with Arsenal by urging his German compatriots to join the Premier League.

Laurent Koscielny has done a Q&A for the French paper l’Equipe about the things that he likes and dislikes and there are some funny answers.

Here’s a look at what happened in the Goonerverse on Tuesday.

Shortly after signing a five-year contract with Bayern Munich, Mats Hummels admitted that Arsenal never wanted him, despite reports.

Emile Heskey decided to take a break from not scoring for Bolton Wanderers (this would be a lot funnier if the season hadn’t finished) to urge Jamie Vardy to stay at Leicester City.