Suburban Gooners – Arsenal Blog
Arsenal’s Italian reaction is needed
I didn't watch any of the footie last night, but City's 4-1 defeat to Sporting certainly stands out. That Amorim chap masterminded quite a victory and it does make you wonder about what a capable manager might be able to do at Man United. Let's hope that it was a one off. We played them [...]
What Edu Arsenal do next?
Morning Gooners. No other place to start - despite the fact we have a big Champions League game in around 36 hours (at the time of writing) - other than the shock news that Edu has resigned from his position as Arsenal’s Sporting Director, with what felt like a rather hastily put together announcement from [...]
The title is gone for Arsenal if the history books are to be believed
On yesterday afternoon's Same Old Arsenal podcast James gave me a sobering stat that he'd read: No team has ever won a Premier League whilst being more than six points behind at this stage of the season. I read that again this morning - United in 2002/3, City in 2013/14, the City in 2020/21 were [...]
No way to dress up a trash Arsenal performance in Newcastle
There's no way to sugar coat it today. There is no way to dress up yesterday abysmal Arsenal performance. There is only the truth that needs to be spoken and sadly what you're going to read for the next 1,000 or so words is that of a disappointed Gooner with very little positivity. Arsenal's defeat [...]
A midfield battle and a tale of which two attacks can be potent – Newcastle v Arsenal review
Really tough one today, this. Tough because the margin for error basically feels zero. Tough because it's away from home. Tough because of memories of injustice that linger from last season. Tough because Newcastle are a good team and, as I said yesterday, better than their league table position suggests. And tough because Jarred Gillett [...]
Vibe check – Newcastle v Arsenal
In the absence (at the time of writing) of any real team updates or press conferences from either of the two managers involved in our game tomorrow, I thought I'd do my bit of weekly snooping to see what the vibe is amongst the Geordies, ahead of our game against them tomorrow lunchtime. Sometimes it's [...]
Arteta’s perfect professional performance against Preston
That felt very much like a professional 'job done' from Arteta and the boys last night. It literally felt like the archetypal result that ticked all of the boxes: Minutes into legs of squad players Young players given the opportunity to shine Comfortable result Controlling possession and football played Arteta's way No new injuries (that [...]
Arsenal’s ‘nice to have’ game against Preston tonight
It's the first of four away ones tonight and I don't think you'll get many Arsenal fans arguing the toss over this one being the bottom of the pecking order in terms of 'must win' priorities. Preston away and the League Cup is a 'nice to have' and whilst Mikel Arteta was keen to stress [...]
A season-defining two week’s of travelling for Arsenal?
As we approach the first of four away games in a row, Arteta will have his thinking cap on today on who and how to deploy his resources for the next two weeks because, without sounding overly dramatic, I think this next couple of week's will shape our season. Tomorrow night maybe less so, although [...]
Honours even against Liverpool
In the pub before a ball was kicked, I said I would have taken a draw yesterday, so in the cold light of this Monday morning, it would be churlish of me to decry and bemoan the fact we dropped points against Liverpool yesterday. I was in a slightly unfamiliar territory in the upper tier [...]