Suburban Gooners – Arsenal Blog
Big decision – Big Vik or Kai for the weekend?
Okee dokee, here we go, with the countdown well and truly on ahead of the League Cup final. The two managers will have their press conference today, and it'll be interesting to hear what the fitness and availability of the respective teams is. For us, I think the main concern is Odegaard; we know Merino [...]
Wembley countdown begins: A look at the City fan mood ahead of a big one…
Right. Now, with the dust having well and truly settled on our Champions League progression, eyes are beginning to shift to that Cup final on Sunday. Sure, we could probably take a moment to laugh at the 'Spurziness' of the Tiny Totts winning their first game of 2026, only for it to be worthless as [...]
Eze coming alive at the business end – Leverkusen downed
My word, when Eberechi Eze hits the ball, it dun'half stay, hit, eh? His finish yesterday sailed past the Leverkusen keeper Blaswich who, up until that point, very much had the feel of Gandalf and was not letting anybody pass. He'd made six saves before Eze's rocket to break the deadlock and some of them were [...]
Could the Saka/White connection make a comeback against Leverkusen tonight?
It's another big one tonight, as we host Bayer Leverkusen, and the nerves once again are kicking in. This is a weird fixture for me. When the draw was announced, there was relief about a possibly easier passage through the competition. WhatsApp groups were awash with 'take that' and 'lovely' comments. Then you get to [...]
The momentum dial: Can you really trust it in this Premier League title race?
Happy Monday, boys and girls. It's a good one to be an Arsenal fan, that's for sure, but my hope for next weekend is that it's an even gooder one this time next Monday. Before that, Arsenal have the small matter of a tough home game against Leverkusen and then a tough Cup Final game [...]
The Dowman show downs Everton
Took the old man to the game yesterday. As we exited the stadium, he said: “That was one of the worst games I’ve seen live”. He's somewhat of a semi-Arsenal fan, mainly because of me, because his family is all from East London, and so he’s a West Ham fan by design, although more of [...]
Any means necessary: A cagey encounter awaits Arsenal against Everton
Happy match day, boys and girls. Well, it will be if we win; otherwise, curse this infernal day. It's Everton at The Emirates, and yesterday Mikel Arteta and David Moyes had their respective press conferences. I want to obviously focus on Arteta's press conference, which I thought was one of the best that he's done [...]
Arsenal face the attritional game of the season against Everton tomorrow
It's Friday, which means press conference day, as Mikel Arteta faces the media ahead of a really tough game against Everton. We'll have a little look at what he said, as well as Moyes, in tomorrow's blog. Today, I think I'll take a look at where Everton are at. Well, from a form perspective, they're [...]
Leverkusen shut the door, Arsenal nick a draw
The wife was out seeing some old workmates yesterday. So, being left alone with a bottle of Albarino and a couple of cans of Cruzcampo, I settled in to an early kick off in the hopes that we could potentially put the tie to bed. The problem is, it takes two to tango, and Bayer [...]
The homecoming: Hincapié and Havertz return, but Arsenal must be wary of Leverkusen threat
Half of me really wishes we played last night, so that I could get my fill of Spursiness tonight, because I'm deliberately tempering my humour this morning, because it is a match day for the Arsenal, and I don't want to wake the footballing gods from their slumber to come and give us a kicking [...]