Suburban Gooners – Arsenal Blog
How much can/will Arteta change and rotate this evening against Zagreb?
Morning folks and welcome to match day Wednesday. We've got the last of our five home games today and it's the final home game of this infernal Champions League Group stage, for which we welcome Croatian side Dynamo Zagreb to The Emirates. Standing on 13 points so far, it's an opportunity for us to put [...]
Arsenal – let’s go Sesko
Morning folks, how we all doing? Now, I don't usually do this, but the wife has been practicing this thing called 'manifestation' and I am thinking I might give it a go today. It's basically this concept of 'if you will it enough, that positivity will net a positive outcome' - or thereabouts. If you're [...]
Arsenal’s numbers are similar to last season, but this feels different…
It's the start of a new week, we have to look forward instead of back from a football perspective, unless you're talking about Man United and the Scum. Both lost yesterday, both look shambolic, the only sad thing might be that Big Ange may not last until the end of January at this rate. There are [...]
It probably ain’t our season – the Villa draw might show it
Feel a bit down this morning. After the highs of the midweek win against The Scum, yesterday we were brought back down to earth and sadly, I think our title chances are probably all but gone now. We have 16 games left to play, Liverpool will beat Everton with their game in hand and that [...]
Arteta should unleash Martinelli against Villa today
It's matchday folks! And I feel like I'm going to be saying this a lot for the remainder of the season....but it absolutely IS a 'must win', because even though Brentford have a great home record, they held City to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday night, I suspect Liverpool might win this one. They've drawn [...]
Villa fan vibes and Arsenal’s striker questions
It's Friday, we've barely had time to breathe post the NLD, yet Mikel Arteta goes in front of the press at some stage today (at the time of me penning this) to talk about tomorrow evening's game against Villa - yet another 'must win'. Obviously looking ahead to that game is going to be the [...]
Edgy, nervy, but a confidence-boosting NLD win
Football, eh? Most specifically, The Arsenal, eh? They put you through everything. Arsenal went in to last night’s game having battered two teams and been basically knocked out of two cups (I mean, come on, we’re not overcoming a 2-0 home defeat in the North East), piling up chances after chances in those games, with [...]
North London Derby: No extra motivation needed
The big ones just keep on coming and after Liverpool and Chelsea both dropped points yesterday, Arsenal have an opportunity to put the rough start to 2025 behind them by going and picking up all three points against The Scum. Strap yourselves in, boys and girls, because it's North London Derby day. Or night. I [...]
Jesus injury will force Arsenal to act
Was travelling back from South Africa to Blighty yesterday, so didn't get to pen any thoughts in the wake of that FA Cup exit to a United side who - like a few before them this season - basically scored with the one chance they really fashioned. And with the games coming thick and fast, [...]
How ‘up for the cup’ should/will Arsenal be?
I mentioned it yesterday, I’ve kind of bitched about it a couple of times since the draw was made, but for yet another year we kick off with what is a really tough home game to Man United, in amongst a really tough run of fixtures this January, all whilst missing a few of our [...]