The Stand Archives: 04/2016

Mathieu Debuchy has finally reattached his leg and is set to make his return for Bordeaux against Marseille on Sunday.

Arsene Wenger compared the current Arsenal team to a jigsaw ahead of our match against West Ham on Saturday.

With Leicester still to entertain Bilic’s men, three points for Arsenal against a team punching well above their weight could be one of the critical stepping stones towards a title or a 23rd consecutive finish above our neighbours. To do so Arsenal will need to learn the lessons of their opening day defeat.

Ray Parlour has urged others not to dwell on Jack Wilshere’s off-the-pitch antics and instead focus on the player he is.

Gabriel recently compared Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker and admitted that both centre-backs have different attributes that he can learn from.

On Thursday websites everywhere carried a story about Theo Walcott and how he’ll leave Arsenal if he doesn’t get to go to the Euros. OK then.

Arsene Wenger has praised the mentality of the current Arsenal team and admitted that now, the League is our only target.

When criticising Arsenal for not taking enough risks, there is plenty to choose from.

When the season started, Hector Bellerin had one goal – start every game for Arsenal – and now that he’s no longer the ‘kid in the team’ he’s expecting big things from himself.

Samir Nasri has made a dig about his current club, Manchester City’s, recruitment policy and lack of stability compared to the likes of Paris Saint-Germain.

Per Mertesacker has admitted that although he’s made his peace with it, he’s not used to starting on the bench so often.

Spurs Hero, Harry Kane, has set his sights firmly on Manchester United ahead of the north London team’s clash with the Red Devils.

It’s never too long before Samir Nasri can help himself from talking about Arsenal and here’s what he had to say this time.

Arsene Wenger has praised Mohamed Elneny and Francis Coquelin’s partnership on the pitch after another solid display against Watford.

Gabriel is remaining optimistic in Arsenal’s quest for the title and thinks we’ll win it… as long as Leicester and Spurs both slip up.

Wojciech Szczesny has given the biggest hint yet that he won’t be returning to Arsenal.

Quique Sanchez Flores was disappointed with Watford’s lack of energy against Arsenal and pointed out how we’re the first team to score four goals against them this season.

Hector Bellerin believes that Arsenal have proven that they can be dangerous and described how it felt to score his ‘weird’ goal.

Mesut Ozil sings Arsene Wenger’s praises despite us ‘screwing up’ the title race.

Demba Ba reveals that Jose Mourinho blocked his move to Arsenal.