Suburban Gooners

Morning folks, hope all is good with you, during this isolation period which is increasingly feeling like a widespread household arrest we’re all involved in at the moment. The Sainsbury’s supermarket opposite me is doing my nut in though. I’m not a queuer. I simply refuse. Whenever there’s a queue ... read more

Morning all. Tuesday in week three of my work from home lockdown and as you can tell already I’m only really posting when something pops into my mind at the moment. The lack of time on the tube to compile my thoughts, as well as the lack of any football ... read more

Another Covid-19 Saturday rolls by without The Arsenal and it’s another Saturday in which there’s little to talk about or deliberate over. Mikel Arteta has been speaking about how impressed he is with the way the club are reacting to him and it sounds like there is a regular dialogue ... read more

I don’t usually like to get myself involved too heavily on transfer-related stuff – especially in March – but given that this isn’t really a ‘real’ March, in a footballing sense, I thought I’d indulge my curiosity for a change and have a look at NewsNow this morning to see ... read more

Morning folks. Well, here you have it, it’s a lockdown in the UK which means no more going outside at all unless you’re exercising. I have a supermarket – a big one – opposite me and already this morning I’ve seen people queuing to get themselves inside the store to ... read more

Happy Saturday to you folks. Except it’s not really a ‘happy’ Saturday at all, is it? In fact, it’s all a bit, well, shite if we’re honest and yesterday evening the Prime Minister here in the UK confirmed that all the fun social things in life have to be stopped. ... read more

Morning folks. Hope all is well with you. Well, as ‘well’ as can be considered given we’re all still stuck at home and in the UK it’s supposed to be in this situation for at least 12 months if you believe Boris. Which not many do these days. But it ... read more

Well yesterday the site appeared to be having a tantrum on me and so no blog, but today the ol’ girl is back up and running and here I sit at the desk in my office at home trying to think up some inspiration. I must say kudos to the ... read more

I’m on day three of my ‘work from home’ lockdown and today’s mission was to go to Sainsbury’s over the road and buy two anti-bacterial soaps. We have just run out in our en-suite and there’s another running low and unlike so many knobs out there, I’m not contributing to ... read more

Morning folks. Hope you and your families are well. On Sunday I got up and flicked on the TV to see what’s knocking about that isn’t talking about Covid-19 and, sadly, it was all about Covid-19. My default channel on my TV downstairs is Sky Sports and they had Sunday Supplement on ... read more

So, we have ourselves an enforced two week hiatus from The Arsenal, as yesterday the Premier League confirmed that the league will shut down until 4th April. It’s an admission of just how serious the Coronavirus is from a contagious point of view and I don’t think there are many ... read more

Morning folks, brought to you today from the office in my house, as my business took the pre-emptive measure yesterday to have everybody home-based for the foreseeable future. It makes sense, but having worked in London for many years and being in the office yesterday, I can tell you that ... read more

How about a tasty dose of schadenfreude on a Thursday morning? Yep, I’m game too, so let’s do a little bit on the Liverpool defeat at home to Atletico Madrid last night, shall we? I mean ordinarily I wouldn’t really be advocating too much of it but given what ... read more

I have to admit I’ve been pretty blasé about the whole Coronavirus stuff. I mean I’ve washed my hands rigorously and many times a day, I use that alcohol gel wherever I go, following all the guidelines, etc. But as long as it’s been minimal cases in the UK and ... read more

As we all suspected it was a press conference day yesterday and, whilst I still don’t think we’ll be getting anything from the game on Wednesday night, Arteta’s convictions and the way he articulated himself in the press conference, had me thinking that maybe…just maybe…he has some kind of blueprint ... read more

If Saturday’s results – including The Arsenal’s – were a positive day for us, then yesterday’s were the opposite, as Everton rolled over and let Chelski blow raspberries on their bellies, whilst Man City played the possession-based game of how to be toothless against A United side who had their ... read more