Suburban Gooners

It’s Wednesday, the middle of the week, another three days until we meet Southampton in the FA Cup. So what did I do when I woke up this morning? Something I haven’t really done all season: I looked at the league table. It’s a bit mental. Usually by February you ... read more

Let’s start off today with a good ol’ fashioned footballing cliche, eh? How about the one about football being a ‘game of two halves? Because that’s certainly what was served up by our boys in red and white yesterday and thankfully the latter was better than the former for us ... read more

As the saga I spoke about rumbles further on with pictures and the like coming out yesterday early evening, mercifully we have something else to focus on, which is an important game at home to Newcastle United tonight. It’s a game that if I’m completely honest with you about, I’m ... read more

Well now, what sort of Arsenal-related news could we possibly talk about, given that they aren’t playing until Monday and Arteta already did his presser on Thursday that we had a chin wag about yesterday? Oh, I dunno, how about a certain German playmaker with whom nearly all of the ... read more

Mikel obviously wanted a weekend without Arsenal as well after that snoozefest on Thursday night, because he did his pre match presser then and yesterday we got the video and transcription on the official site ahead of the game on Monday night against Newcastle. The good news is ... read more

Ahh man that was boring to watch last night. I tweeted that Arsenal are an ugly team with a handsome manager and last night’s 0-0 snoozefest against Crystal Palace certainly felt like it was backed up by an Arsenal team so lacking in creative spark that you wondered if we ... read more

It’s Crystal Palace at home today and it is the type of game that four or five years ago I’d be pretty confident about us getting a win. But last season and this has pretty much dented any of that “we’re The Arsenal, we win this game today” mindset that ... read more

In the words of Professor Farnsworth from Futurama: Good News Everyone! Yep, that good news is the return of Gabriel Martinelli in just a few short days and I don’t think there isn’t a Gooner alive who didn’t see the news from the club yesterday and have their heart skip ... read more

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly Mikel Arteta held his press conference ahead of the Palace game on Thursday. Normally it is a day or two before the match itself but I wonder if he just wanted to ‘get it out of the way’ so he could focus on the challenge that Palace ... read more

Morning folks. Another Monday in lockdown. It’s a countdown to the Palace game on Thursday and as you’d probably expect given the game is four days away, which means most people arse still worrying themselves with transfer noises, which I too am not immune to. We’ve seen the Buendia stuff ... read more

A win is a win is a win. Am I right? Arsenal got that win – their fourth in a row – courtesy of a superb Emile Smith-Rowe finish and then a much needed Aubameyang goal in extra time, but whilst we can all agree that was a laboured performance ... read more

It’s a little bit of a later one from me today, on account of a host of jobs i’ve had to do, but just before I pop out for a run I thought I’d pen some musings because it is FA Cup third round day and we’ve got ourselves a ... read more

Morning peeps. Happy Friday! How did that come around so quickly? I don’t know if it’s the same for you, but my first work week has absolutely flown by and I’ve got to be honest with you, I’m pretty glad about that, because: I’ve also given up booze I’m ... read more

It’s Thursday of week one of the new year and my, hasn’t it flown by, eh? We’re already on the countdown to the FA Cup third round and it’s a home tie to Newcastle that we start to draw our attention to. However, with the lack of team news – ... read more

Middle of the week of the first week of the year folks. Two days down, three to go, then it’s the weekend and a cup competition we know so well. It’s nice playing in cup competitions. Especially those that have such historical significance. Plus, that we have won it the ... read more

I didn’t bother to watch any football yesterday (no Arsenal, no bother) but at 10pm last night as the news was on I thought I’d have a flick through my Twitter feed. And blow me down if I don’t see a load of Arsenal fans talking about the 1997/98 run ... read more

Morning folks. Hope you’re all good where you are? For me it’s back to work and whilst the scenery doesn’t change much – desk jockey working from home for the foreseeable future – the lack of booze and late get ups does, so I’m a wee bit groggy this morning, ... read more

Morning folks, and what a lovely morning it is n’all to wake up to, I have to say. An Arsenal win was just the tonic we all needed ahead of the start to the year that most of us have from tomorrow (or at least that’s what it feels like ... read more

Morning Gooners and welcome to the first Saturday of 2021 and blow me down if it isn’t a Saturday match day for us. We’ve had so many Sunday’s as a result of cup competitions and the Europa League, that playing on a Saturday feels like a novelty. Alright, it may ... read more

Here we are. The of 2020. Get in the effin’ bin you horrendous year. Apart from the bit in which we won the FA Cup. That bit was grand, although even that was slightly tainted because there were no fans in the stadium to get to the final and as ... read more

You know the phrase “the ends justify the means”? Well, having seen Arsenal look a little laboured yesterday, but ultimately pick up three points away to Brighton yesterday in the Premier League, I feel like that phrase aptly describes our overall performance yesterday evening on the south coast. That’s because ... read more

Welcome to another match day folks and this, I have to say, has always been a frustrating one for me. Brighton and Hove Albion entertain us at 6pm on their turf and it’s been quite an unhappy hunting ground for us recently. Last season they shafted us in the ... read more

The volume of games might be coming thick and fast, but so too appear the rumours of who we might be after when the window opens in four days time. Do we all have the energy for it though? In the last few months a lot of the joy ... read more

Holy moly I’d forgotten just how good winning feels like. having spent the last three months watching Arsenal lurch from one defeat to the next, it felt like this barren run of dreadful performances was going to go on forever, but last night we were treated to a totally ... read more

Boxing Day and match day. There was a time where I’d be pretty excited to have a bit of The Arsenal on at Christmas, but I’ll be honest with you, I’m not feeling overly confident and given that it’s been literally months since we won a Premier League game, ... read more

Happy Christmas Eve to you and your family. And what better way to celebrate Christmas Eve than with a little gift of football gossip that will have most Arsenal fans very pleased about indeed. It appears that Shkodran Mustafi’s agent has been in Barcelona this week to negotiate a deal ... read more

In isolation this game is a bit of a ‘meh’ one that you can just put in a box and move on with your life. Man City win this competition every year, they are miles better than us, they have players who will punish teams very easily. But the problem ... read more

Tonight Arsenal play Man City in the League Cup and surely I’m not alone in thinking: Meh. I mean sure, I want Arsenal to win and sure, it would be great for morale, but with a few players out through injury and a hectic Christmas period that will ... read more