Wenger: Arsenal are fighters
After a disappointing 2-1 loss against West Brom, Arsene Wenger insisted that Arsenal are still fighters. According to the boss, the team were focused and…
The Stand Archives: 11/2015
Wenger praises West Brom’s fight
Arsene Wenger hailed West Brom’s performance at the Hawthorns on Saturday after they beat Arsenal 2-1. As much as the Gunners were poor, the Baggies…
Why Arsenal must beat Pulis’s New Orc Army
I have a special relationship with Stoke City Football Club. No, not that kind of special relationship! Quite the opposite in fact. Every time we…
Petr Čech admits his helmet obstructs him
Think Petr Čech, think of his helmet. The two just go together. The 33-year-old hasn’t always worn it, but donned the headgear for the first…
Chambers eyeing Euro 2016 place but he needs more Arsenal minutes
Struggling for minutes at Arsenal but playing regularly for England u21s, what next for Calum Chambers? So far this season Chambers has played just 324…
Come together
Here in London, it feels as though a world so thoroughly tilted on its axis by the horrific events in Paris last Friday, is just…
Koscielny: We have to play
Laurent Koscielny has admitted that France’s game against England was one that he ‘had to play’ after the atrocities in Paris on Friday. The defender,…
Football’s importance only magnified by weekend horrors
So another international break is drifting by, rendered even more insignificant than usual by events in Paris, and the myriad of similar attacks elsewhere around…
The importance and irrelevance of the most popular sport in the world
In times like these, when recent events in Paris have the world in mourning and looking on fearfully, we need sport more than ever. “Amongst…
Injuries schminjuries
Don’t ask me how I found a Manchester City fan in London. Suffice to say I did, and earlier this week we had some banter…
Giroud feels better after being dropped
After starting Arsenal’s first three Premier League games of the season, Olivier Giroud was dropped for the trip to Newcastle United. In the meantime, the…
Southgate happy with Chambers’ development
Playing in a 0-0 draw with Bosnia on Wednesday, Calum Chambers had his centre-back partner Jack Stephens dismissed. Not to worry, the Arsenal defender is…
Welbeck: Arsenal squad made it easy to leave Manchester United
On international duty on deadline day at the end of the 2014 summer transfer window Danny Welbeck was at London Colney training with the England…
Would Arsenal sell Szczesny to Roma?
It probably won’t surprise anyone who liked Wojciech Szczesny in the first place that AS Roma want to keep the Pole beyond this season. The…
Welbeck still working hard to come back
Olivier Giroud is Arsenal’s only fit striker and Joel Campbell has started Arsenal’s last three games on the right wing. Meanwhile, on the left, Alexis…
Ignorance is for Dopes
Any time a sport becomes embroiled in a doping scandal, as athletics now finds itself in after the publication of a report that implicated Russia…
Özil: Shooting drills have helped my confidence
With 10 assists in just 11 Premier League games so far this season, Mesut Özil is lighting up the Premier League. His performances have always…
Podolski still not sure why he didn’t play at Arsenal
Lukas Podolski seems to be enjoying his life in Turkey. Then again, you do get the impression that Lukas Podolski would enjoy life absolutely anyway.…
Arsène Wenger’s red jockstrap
A degree of irrationality can affect us all from time to time. Last night, for example, I took Jo to see Mark Kermode and Simon…
Cech on Czech caps record and prolonging his career
With Czech Republic set to face Serbia and Poland over the course of the next week, Petr Čech is standing before an historic moment. The…