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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 4h

The international break has been rather quick for me personally so far. Long may this continue (although I suspect come Saturday afternoon it won't) - www.suburbangooners.com/2025/10/10/i...

International break – mercifully quick so far…

Happy Friday folks! I've not been drinking for a few weeks and, unlike when I set myself one of those 'don't drink for a calendar month' jobbies, this time around I just did it midway through the mon...

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 15h

What a finish starboy.

Where are all those rival supporters who berate him tonight, eh?

Gammons.

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 16h

Game over in the England game.

Can we take Rice and Saka off now please?

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 1d

In today's daily musing, I try so hard to avoid talking about international football that I manage to write 1,000 words about stadium seating.

Bully for me - www.suburbangooners.com/2025/10/09/a...

Avoiding the Interlull: Talking about stadium seats

I was too focused yesterday on what I wanted from the international break from an Arsenal perspective, that I didn't even talk about the stadium expansion that's been talked about for the last couple ...

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 2d

A wish list from an Arsenal fan ahead of this week’s international break - www.suburbangooners.com/2025/10/08/t...

Things I’d like to see from this international break…

With the Interlull tedium now fully enveloping us all, as I was on my morning run, I was thinking about "what are the best possible outcomes for The Arsenal for this upcoming international break/weeke...

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Perce @northbankperce.bsky.social · 2d

You can see it in the ground. It’s obvious. We finally have opposition CBs constantly worried for 90 minutes; pulled out of shape, physically challenged, mentally exhausted, forced to double up and leave a man over.

It’s working. Really well

If people are unable to see it, all the better for us 👍🏼

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great point from Sam Dean at The Telegraph.

If you’re worried about Gyokeres, don’t be, because he’s doing exactly what the whole team needs him to do.

And his teammates and manager recognise it too.

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 3d

We've got a block of games now between the interlull and the NLD in which we need to 'build' our case for the title charge. Some thoughts on those games in comparison to our rivals - www.suburbangooners.com/2025/10/07/l...

Looking ahead to the ‘Build’ chunk of games

With the interlull now upon us, I'm minded to start looking ahead to the few week's after this interminable international break has concluded because frankly, I have zero interest in seeing what Engla...

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 3d

Superb and spot on thread mate 👍

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RG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 4d

Chelsea

Last team to win PL outside of Man City & Liverpool.

Current conference & ‘world’ champions who’ve also won 5 trophies since Arsenal last won anything.

Have the most expensively assembled squad in the world with average fee per player £12.5m more than ours.

No excuses for Arsenal.

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RG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 4d

Liverpool

Won the other 2 of last 8 PL’s.

Have last seasons top scorer & signed 2nd top for a record transfer fee, worlds best CB & GK.

Are the current champions & have won 5 trophies since Arsenal last won anything.

Average fee per player £7.9m more than Arsenal’s.

No excuses for Arsenal.

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RG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 4d

Man City

Won 6 of the last 8 PL’s.

Have the worlds best manager, most prolific striker, best DM & now best GK.

Have the 2nd most expensively assembled squad (because Chelsea 🙄).

Average fee per player is £18.5m more than Arsenal’s.

No excuses for Arsenal.

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 4d

Martin basically went in - like Ange has done - and said "my way of football please". You have to build your quick wins, you have to build belief in the team, you have to show you are capable of changing and working with the tools you have. Then you mould into your team over time.

SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 4d

Really interesting case study on why you can't just walk into a club & change style & approach (also see: Big Ange).Ppl questioned whether Arteta was just a defensive coach at the start, whether we were getting anywhere (me too) but culture change is essential 1st - www.skysports.com/football/new...

Russell Martin sacked by Rangers: What went wrong for the shortest-serving Ibrox boss and who comes next?

Rangers have sacked Russell Martin after four months following a poor start to the season; the Ibrox club are looking for their fifth permanent boss in just under three years; Rangers are eighth in th...

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 4d

Really interesting case study on why you can't just walk into a club & change style & approach (also see: Big Ange).Ppl questioned whether Arteta was just a defensive coach at the start, whether we were getting anywhere (me too) but culture change is essential 1st - www.skysports.com/football/new...

Russell Martin sacked by Rangers: What went wrong for the shortest-serving Ibrox boss and who comes next?

Rangers have sacked Russell Martin after four months following a poor start to the season; the Ibrox club are looking for their fifth permanent boss in just under three years; Rangers are eighth in th...

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 4d

The Odegaard injury was so unlucky. But the fact all teams are suffering injuries merely underlines that there is a problem in elite football - www.suburbangooners.com/2025/10/06/o...

Odegaard’s injury was a freak, but the volume of games teams are playing tells a different injury story

To continue the theme for this season, which feels like a bit of a hangover from last season's luck, we find ourselves once again asking: Are we not allowed nice things? Arsenal confirmed that Martin ...

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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 4d

This is the earliest Happy Invincibles Day since 2020-21 when all teams had been defeated at least once by their sixth match.

Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 4d

Crystal Palace's long unbeaten run is over.

That's the last unbeaten team in the Premier League defeated.

Happy Invincibles Day!

Feels early this season.

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SuburbanGoonerChris @suburbangooner.bsky.social · 4d

Some spoken words from earlier on the @thesameoldarsenal.bsky.social this morning, talking about the routine 2-0 win yesterday.

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