Suburban Gooners

It’s all expectantly quiet today and with the international break upon us within a day or two, I can understand that, because the Leicester debacle feels like it whipped up yet more anger and frustration and the comms that followed only poured petrol on the proverbial flames. The problem with ... read more

Morning all. That title is the one you’ll most hear from those who don’t really want to be seen to be somebody who is advocating a change of direction when it comes to a new manager at a football club. We had it under Arsène, although in the latter stages ... read more

Morning all. It’s the start of another week, after another shoddy performance from Arsenal this weekend and yesterday after the sh*tshow we were subjected to up at Leicester, what none of us needed was an Ornbomb to scupper any hopes of Unai Emery being displaced. He’s a credible source – ... read more

Sometimes I feel like I write about Arsenal out of some kind of habitual nature, because if I’m completely honest with you, I really don’t feel that motivated to do it this morning. Yet here I am, Sunday morning, tapping away at my iPhone trying to make sense of what ... read more

It’s match day today and the tam will most likely – unless they did last night – be on their way to face an in-form Leicester City side that I don’t think many people have us down for victory for the evening. I can totally understand that and to be ... read more

As if things can’t feel like they seem any more farcical right now, we found out yesterday that Lucas Torreira wants talks with the manager because he is not happen with his current situation or his role in the Arsenal team, which to most of us is a ‘well, duh’ ... read more

If anybody was expecting anything other than the turgid football we got last night, can you make yourself known to the nearest steward, because you might need some kind of psychological evaluation. Yesterday late afternoon Unai Emery’s Arsenal side delivered an utter stinkfest, again, which saw us outplayed by a ... read more

Today was supposed to be a standard match preview blog ahead of this afternoon’s ridiculously early kick off away to Vitoria, but after the news dropped yesterday evening from Unai Emery that Xhaka had been dropped as captain, I guess that probably takes a little bit of the focus off ... read more

It’s Monday and the Arsenal are now – as we expected – six points off a top four place and looking nowhere near close enough to challenging for Champions League football for next season. Leicester showed just how average Palace are and we find ourselves this morning looking at yet ... read more

How many of us are surprised with the performance yesterday? I bet there are few. Unai Emery and his team absolutely 100% needed a win and after scoring a goal in the first half and weathering a storm from Wolves, it looked like we were trying to hold out for ... read more

Morning campers, how’s everyone doing on this wet and drizzly day (well, for Londoners, anyway)? Are we all feeling excited and expectant that Arsenal will pick up three points on our first three o’clock kick off of the season? No, me neither, but i’ll always have my hope. I’ll always ... read more

Ahh the rain. And down she came. Like a metaphorical message relating to what’s happening at Arsenal right now. Not in form, not playing well, captain feels like he’s been given a rough ride from a few idiots. Still, at least Unai Emery will bowl in to the press conference ... read more

How the hell do les one even begin to try to make sense of that madness last night? Utterly bonkers. Crazy. On both teams part. But, sadly, it’s once again Arsenal who fall short and once again it’s the manager who has a few questions to answer. Thankfully he answered ... read more

Another game day this evening, this time in the League Cup, but forgive me if I’m not too optimistic about the game tonight. It’s at Anfield, we seem to be on our knees as a club, we’ve got a captain who has gone radio silent and a manager who won’t ... read more

It’s Tuesday morning and as I speak there has been no statement from Granit Xhaka it his ‘people’, after his public display of displeasure at The Arsenal fans on Sunday, with plenty of people coming out and declaring that they want him to front up and say ‘sorry’ for his ... read more

So much to talk about this morning! Unfortunately, very little is positive, so whilst I’m not sure I’ll get through everything in this tube journey on my way to work, I’ll give it my best shot. The performance Was turgid. Again. We got ourselves into a commanding position with two ... read more

I wouldn’t say that I’m confident ahead of Arsenal matches at the Emirates. There’s always usually the butterflies and when I get into the ground the excitement builds. But I’m never overly confident. But a game like Crystal Palace at home used to be one of those where I’d be ... read more

Bloody hell Leicester, that’s one way to put ten men to the sword, eh? Last night their battering of Southampton felt in very stark contrast to the two pretty terrible football match that our players have delivered in the last week. It was ruthless, free-flowing and an example of a ... read more

I bet that when Unai Emery plays Monopoly with his family back home, he has a little tamper with the ‘Chance’ cards before they get started, because based on last night’s performance against Vitoria Sporting Clube, he’s a guy that loves to ride his luck. And it rides him back. ... read more

Unai’s press conference yesterday saw him come out swinging with regards to criticism of him, his tactics and his team selection on Monday night. The good news for him is that there’s a game this evening which gives him the opportunity to at least a little bit put the Sheffield ... read more

Granit Xhaka thinks that what Patrice Evra said on Monday night football was ‘bullshit’. I think the performance of him and his teammates was bullshit. I think the energy, intensity and structure of the team on Monday was bullshit. I think the side selection and tactical set up against a ... read more

I was 13 years old when Bruce Rioch had his solitary season in charge of The Arsenal. He had David Platt, Dennis Bergkamp, the back four that had won leagues, an Ian Wright in his prime and Paul Merson all able to do the business for him. Yet we finished ... read more

Finally, match day is upon us, having had to wait what feels like an eternity for The Arsenal to arrive after a particularly draggy international break. It’s a trip up to Sheffield United and for those of you with memories long enough, that 2006 defeat at Bramall Lane will probably ... read more

I watched Match of the Day last night and despite rarely agreeing with Alan Shearer, I couldn’t help but thoroughly nod my head in agreement with his utter disdain at the decision making for the Watford v Totts game, because once again this season VAR wasn’t used properly and the ... read more

A Saturday welcome I bid you my friends. Sadly it’s one without The Arsenal but I guess it is what it is and we have to contend ourselves with a weekend of supporting every other team that our rivals play. So it’s Newcastle and Watford that we’ll be hoping to ... read more

WE HAVE SOME ARSENAL FIRST TEAM CONTENT PEOPLE!! Thank frigg for that, because that last international break was really getting on my wick. You know how sometimes these breaks can go quite quickly? No, me either, because that one get long. Probably longer than the others. It was maddening. But ... read more

Apparently there was a ‘behind-closed-doors’ friendly that took place either yesterday or the day before, in which both Bellerin and Özil played, prepping them fitness-wise for upcoming games. I often wonder how they come about you know. Does Unai drop a note to another Premier League Manager and ask them ... read more

Effin insomnia. Screw you and screw you again. Jet-lag infused nastiness has meant I’ve been up since 3am this morning and I’ve got a long ol’ day in the office followed by an evening black tie do. I don’t think they make a caffeine-based drink strong enough to be honest. ... read more