Suburban Gooners – Arsenal Blog
Norgaard makes sense on every level for Arsenal
Greetings from Porto! This week I’ve been road tripping through Portugal and today we’re off to the Douro valley for loads of wine and hopefully sunshine, but I wanted to check in because as we all know, yesterday it appears that there were market movements for Brentford’s captain Christian Norgaard. I wrote it on social [...]
Arteta the right man? The clear out, refresh, build, compete and ‘win’ model
I was asked an interesting question yesterday amidst a discussion yesterday about a project I might be involved in: Is Mikel Arteta the right man to take Arsenal to the title next season? It was one of those 'agree/disagree' things; you state your case thereafter, then debate with the fellow Arsenal fans that are in [...]
Arsenal get most difficult possible start – how important is momentum?
Morning folks and welcome to Thursday. It's another glorious day in London today, so I'm bringing my work stuff into the garden and do a proper old school "shall we take our workbooks outside, kids" situation for my working day. Screw it, life is too short. I wonder if that's how Mudryk is feeling today. [...]
Less Arsenal dallying than you think?
I usually write my ramblings first thing in the morning so I can be done by the time my working day starts at 9am. So releasing the fixtures at 9am today is a real inconvenience for somebody like me, I gotta be honest with ya. Still, at least it gives me the opportunity to be [...]
Williams to Barca, but Martinelli posts up just as well…
It's funny, you know, because whilst lots of people have been hot on Nico Williams, that has never really permeated the football side of my brain. So when Ornstein drops a confirmation that Williams wants Barcelona and that Barca are sorting out the details on a deal, I say "absolutely fine by me". I think [...]
‘Back-of-a-fag-packet’ transfer money recouped for Arsenal this summer
Yesterday I saw - and got my thoughts in too - some stuff online about Zinchenko being a target for AC Milan. And it occurred to me that with all of this chatter about incoming strikers, I haven't really thought about exits that will happen this summer for The Arsenal. We've already sent Neto back, [...]
Arsenal need to just pick one of the delicious cakes
That pointless tournament in America kicked off last night and did so with the kind of 'bang' I think most of us were hoping for: A boring 0-0 draw. I didn't watch it, but Sky Sports thrust it into my eye-line on their website this morning with a match review, whose highlights included "Messi hit [...]
The Williams situation is something Arsenal should just walk away from
Is it me, or does it feel like we're in a bit of a transfer washing machine at the moment? Going round and round and round with little changing... All I keep seeing when I log in to sports sites is: Gyokeres' agent and Arsenal still talking or Sesko bid is imminent or Arsenal still [...]
The Great Arsenal Striker Hunt of 2025 takes new (predictable) twist
Now it feels like a summer transfer window, eh?!? Arsenal fans getting pulled from pillar-to-post over certain players and situations? And of course it's related to the The Great Striker Hunt of 2025. Which is an evolution of The Great Striker Hunt of 2024. It's a bit like Home Alone 2; they've essentially taken the [...]
Arsenal rumours of rumours being quashed
What's good about the world we live in these days when it comes to football rumours, is that even the rumours of rumours get reported on. Like last night, where a chap on 'The other platform' called 'HandOfArsenal' took to the platform to tell us all that there would be an article coming out in Marca [...]