Granit Xhaka Archives: 10/2016

Matthew is joined on our Arsenal podcast this week by Helen and Anita to discuss Xhaka’s ban, the Ludogorets goal-fest, the opposite vs Middlesbrough and look forward to the League Cup

When you win and score six, it’s easy to think that everything is rosy and that decisions which were questioned before kickoff didn’t, ultimately matter.

Mohamed Elneny and Francis Coquelin completed the most passes during Arsenal’s 0-0 draw against Middlesbrough but, even so, the Gunners missed Santi Cazorla and Granit Xhaka massively.

Jon Moss, who sent Granit Xhaka off for what the footballing universe generally agrees was a yellow card offence, has been demoted to League One this weekend, a common way of PGMOL punishing a ref for a mistake without admitting any liability.

Arsene Wenger once again spoke about Granit Xhaka’s red card that he was given against Swansea at the weekend, pointing out that Arsenal are not responsible for what happened before he arrived.

Matthew and Sylvain celebrate Theo’s poaching instincts, try to get their heads round Xhaka’s red card and celebrate Arsenal Ladies’ new superstar signing. Enjoy in…

South Wales’ finest once again gave Arsenal a scare in our own back yard.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain claims that the straight red card that Jonathan Moss produced for Granit Xhaka on Saturday was absolutely correct.

Calum Chambers started for Middlesbrough as they lost to Watford on Sunday afternoon but the big talking point was the way the referee handled a situation that was quite similar to the one which saw Jon Moss send Granit Xhaka off against Swansea.

The majority of people who have seen Granit Xhaka’s red card against Swansea agree that it should have been a yellow, so did Jon Moss get his rules mixed up?

In his post-match press conference, Arsène Wenger confirmed that Arsenal will not appeal Granit Xhaka’s contentious sending off, and he will speak to the player.

Was Jon Moss right to send off Granit Xhaka?

Back in 2015, Petr Cech, Olivier Giroud, Francis Coquelin, Laurent Koscielny and Mathieu Debuchy all sneaked up on unsuspecting young Arsenal fans in the new kit as a ‘surprise’… well we’ve been at it again.

Even though he’s only made six Premier League appearances for Arsenal so far, Granit Xhaka is already adamant that English football is physically harder than the Bundesliga.

My icy Gooner heart is already feeling about 76x bigger now that Granit Xhaka has referred to Arsenal as his ‘home’… it doesn’t take much.

Granit Xhaka’s full Twitter Takeover video in which the midfielder reveals which former Gunner he looks up to is up on Arsenal’s official YouTube channel.

Granit Xhaka captained Switzerland for the first time during his country’s 2-1 win over Andorra on Monday night.

Granit Xhaka won Arsenal’s Goal of the Month for his long-range net-rattler against Hull and he claims he’s proud of the nickname he’s earned as a result.

It’s that guy again, Ricardo Rodriguez, creeping into Granit Xhaka’s social media pictures.

Theo Walcott, Arsene Wenger and Granit Xhaka are all up for awards for September.