The Stand Archives: 04/2016

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud may be struggling to find form but he is still looking forward to representing France at Euro 2016 this summer.

Attending a media briefing on Thursday, England manager Roy Hodgson admitted he has a lot of thinking to do over Jack Wilshere and whether or not to select the Arsenal midfielder this summer.

Despite a win on Thursday evening, Arsenal have blown the chance to win the Premier League and former forward Andrey Arshavin thinks an over-reliance on Arsène Wenger is the reason.

Out of the title race, two Alexis Sánchez goals took Arsenal back up to third place on Thursday evening: what if he’d been on form all season?

Not particularly used to being on the bench, experienced defender Per Mertesacker has taken his time out of the team on the chin.

With two draws in as many games before Thursday evening’s defeat of West Bromwich Albion, Arsenal looked likely to be in a fight for Champions League football.

Making his sixth consecutive start on Thursday evening, Alex Iwobi’s form already seems to have made him a regular in the Arsenal side.

Out since November, Santi Cazorla is finally nearing a return and he couldn’t be more relieved.

Spurs legend, Paul Gascoigne, revealed recently that he actually backed Arsenal to win the League over his former team.

Since buying Mohamed Elneny in the January transfer window, no one could have predicted the impact he’d have on the team; no one except Mo, that is.

Alex Iwobi revealed recently that Kanu is the player who’s inspired him the most as a footballer.

Per Mertesacker reckons Mesut Ozil has it in him to bag over 20 assists a season when he reaches his full potential.

Gedion Zelalem is having a great time at Rangers; in fact, he’s in no real rush to leave.

Emmanuel Adebayor isn’t gaining any fans at the Emirates anytime soon but the Crystal Palace striker insists that he finds the Gooners booing him funny.

Arturo Vidal commented on the potential transfer of Alexis Sanchez to Bayern Munich after his team’s 3-0 win over Schalke in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Alan Shearer stands by his comments from earlier in the season that Arsenal need a world class striker and he’s completely correct.

Another week of underachievement in a season where, since November, disillusionment has never been far away.

According to Martin Keown, Arsene Wenger will leave Arsenal when he’s good and ready, and not a minute before.

Emmanuel Adebayor’s name once rang out around the Emirates Stadium but, right now, that seems a very long time ago.

Although everyone suspects that Petr Cech isn’t exactly human, does this recent admission about his training regime confirm it?