The Stand Archives: 12/2016

Aaron Ramsey has admitted that his season so far has been ‘frustrating’ as he continues to suffer injury problems.

Mathieu Debuchy has made his position at Arsenal pretty much untenable following a recent interview with L’Equipe.

With Nacho Monreal failing to replicate his form from last season, it’s time to start wondering whether Kieran Gibbs is ready to take over.

Here is a story from a few seasons ago, when I had a small involvement in an international move.

Arsenal’s captain, Per Mertesacker, has told the official matchday programme, that he wasn’t happy with how his Arsenal side fought in their last two Premier League matches.

“Pain and suffering in various tempos.”

The French winger was interviewed by World Cup winner and Birmingham legend, Christophe Dugarry, and was asked about the apparent interest from Arsenal.

The Arsenal manager was in an angry and disappointed mood after the Manchester City game and here is what he said on French TV channel, SFR sport.

Alexis Sanchez’s former Barcelona teammate, Xavi, has piled a whole tonne of praise onto the Chilean recently.

We talk a lot about mentality as a key component of great sides.

As Ferris Bueller once sagely noted, “Life moves pretty fast. if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

The Manchester City manager was told his team did not win a single tackle in the first 35 minutes against Leicester and this is how he answered.

Per Mertesacker has revealed how much being Arsenal captain means to him.

Arsenal are second in the league, unbeaten since opening day (except the EFL Cup), and have just won their Champions League group whilst scoring 18 goals in the process.

Arsenal players have been at the club, on average, longer than players at any other club in the Premier League according to data compiled by the CIES Observatory.

Arsenal are firmly back on track after a week of two halves.

In an interview with The Times, Mesut Ozil has opened up about his upbringing and lack of money growing up.

Left wing. Right wing. Centre midfield. Centre attacking midfield. Aaron Ramsey can play in all four of those positions, and it may be the reason why Arsenal end up selling him in the summer.

The subject of Arsène Wenger’s likely legacy has been on my mind recently.