I thought that was a hard-earned victory yesterday against Sunderland. They’re a good team. A physical team. A team who know their strengths and is good at reducing its deficiencies. The data nerds may well raise an occasional eyebrow at how well they’ve done this season, but having watched them frustrate us and stifle us […]
Everybody be cool – Suburban Gooners
I was flying back to Blighty yesterday from me hols, so I missed about 55 minutes of the Liverpool versus City game. I switched on my Sky App as I was going through the airport, so I saw the Superb Szoboszai goal to put them one up. It was interesting because reading the commentary on […]
Can Arsenal finally pull away from the chasing pack? – Suburban Gooners
We find out team news from Mikel Arteta today, so we’ll know what we’re dealing with when it comes to tomorrow’s opposition, Sunderland, but I wonder what Mikel is thinking from a tactical perspective? From a fitness point of view, the news we have all unofficially heard is that Saka is out until probably the […]
The tactical shift Benefiting Viktor Gyökeres – Suburban Gooners
So it looks like it’s City in the final of the League Cup for us in March then. The current top two are battling it out for the first trophy of the season, after Newcastle went out with a bit of a whimper against Pep’s 115 Charges FC, of which Pep isn’t happy that Marc […]
Noni’s revenge? Could Madueke and creative eights silence Chelsea? – Suburban Gooners
It’s match day, it’s the league Cup Semi final, it’s Chelsea at the Emirates. It is not exactly a ‘must win’, but certainly you want this Arsenal team to go out there tonight and deliver the kind of performance that sends messages to the rest of the world that we are ready to take the […]
Predatory Jesus and the San Siro masterclass for The Arsenal – Suburban Gooners
Three goals, three points, an away win to the team currently first in Serie A, doing it with a rotated team, players in attack finding form. What’s not to like about yesterday’s 3-1 win at the San Siro? Before a ball was kicked, yesterday morning and afternoon, I was excited for this game. The reason […]
Nwaneri treads the Saliba path – Suburban Gooners
Morning campers. Hope we’re all good? I was going to start looking ahead to the United game on Sunday, but given Ethan Nwaneri has essentially signed for Marseille on loan for the rest of this season, I figured we need to say something about that. It appears Big Bill Saliba has had his say before departing […]
Arsenal must rediscover domestic ruthlessness against united tomorrow – Suburban Gooners
Howdy folks, from an overcast Sri Lanka in which I’m operating on about two hours sleep, so please bear with me if my usual Arsenal-related rambling is a little more incoherent than usual. We heard from Mikel Arteta yesterday and I guess the first thing to be happy about is that Hincapie and Calafiori are […]
Control or creativity against United? – Suburban Gooners
Match day folks! And it’s time to put everything to one side – the worry of a resurgent United, the fear of a blip after City’s win against Wolves, the concern over two goalless draws in the Premier League previously – and get the job done this afternoon. Arsenal go into this one with a […]
United are the unknown quantity – Suburban Gooners
I’ve been up since some ungodly hour this morning, as the Management and I head off for some winter sun for a couple of weeks, which is great. The missing of The Emirates and at least three home games is a bit of a bummer, but First-World Problems n’that, so I won’t look for any sympathy. […]