So will the next one to leave please bolt the door....

03:58 AM, Wednesday, 27 August 2008

You will have had to be fairly impervious to rumour and internet discussion to fail to realise that we've lost another player this week. Out here in Switzerland this is, of course, pretty big news that Philippe Senderos is off to Milan and many here probably are quite happy... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (0) Topics: Arsenal,Switzerland,Philippe Senderos,Basel,Johan Djourou,Guimaraes

The Philosophy of Arsene

10:10 PM, Saturday, 23 August 2008

The long interview in The Independent by Arsene Wenger really does underline his approach at Arsenal. Even if you recognise the fact that he did, originally, often buy players at significant fees you always knew that he was more comfortable when developing talent rather than... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (0) Topics: Arsenal,Marseille,arsene wenger,Switzerland,Basel

Hurrah I missed all the friendlies and then......Silvestre!!!!

06:17 PM, Thursday, 21 August 2008

Having been busy with visitors this week has enabled me to miss all the dull action from the midweek games though the 2 young sons of my guests will probably want to watch some football at some point. However, waking up and quickly looking at the world it seems Arsenal have gone and... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (0) Topics: Samir Nasri,Switzerland,France,Mikael Silvestre

Staying up too late to watch grown men hit little white balls is a bad idea...

08:06 AM, Tuesday, 12 August 2008

But I can't help but get fascinated by the golf majors, especially when the European players are doing so well and it takes your mind off the fact Arsenal seem to need to get George Graham, Liam Brady & Michael Thomas out of retirement for our weakened midfield. It... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (0) Topics: Arsenal,Ivan Campo,Ipswich,Switzerland,Basel

Swiss Moves & why Portsmouth/Sunderland love North London

12:54 AM, Monday, 28 July 2008

Strangely last season when watching the FA Cup Final in a bar in Basel I ended up supporting Portsmouth purely for the services to Arsenal football club of Kanu, Campbell & Lauren (Diarra doesn't count - he's a pure c###). It now seems that Sunderland are attempting to be a low... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (0) Topics: Arsenal,Basel,Switzerland,Philippe Senderos,Portsmouth,Sunderland

Podcasts help the life abroad....

10:25 PM, Tuesday, 22 July 2008

As many people who live far away from home know, it's relatively easy to catch up with football matches and news through a variety of different media. So living in Switzerland doesn't stop me getting coverage of the Premiership, for example, along with a lot of other football... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (0) Topics: UEFA Champions League 2008,Arsenal,Switzerland

Wandering into France today I discovered...

01:08 AM, Sunday, 20 July 2008

that L'Equipe is convinced that Makele is leaving Chelsea (who are spending £80M on Kaka - so how's Kenyon's "we're going to break even by 2010 theory doing now then) to join PSG, who seem to be attempting to become a home for ageing ex-French internationals. Depending on his heart problem... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (0) Topics: BSC Young Boys,Switzerland,Basel,Arsenal,Claude Makelele,Julio Cesar Baptista,Kaká,Sylvain Wiltord

A New Season Starts Today & The Strange Case of the Temporary Railway Station...

08:19 PM, Friday, 18 July 2008

Those of you following your Premier League (or other major European league) teams will be thinking, possibly, of some pre-season friendly or just ignoring the transfer rumours emanating from around the globe. However, here in Switzerland, tonight sees the first game of the Axpo Super... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (0) Topics: Basel,Andrei Arshavin,Switzerland,Robbie Keane,BSC Young Boys,Bellinzona

Never leave certain things to the last minute...

11:45 PM, Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Whilst writing this blog I'm acutely aware of the lack of time I'm leaving myself to buy my wife's birthday present. So if any mishap should befell my marriage I hope you all will be sympathetic to my plight. The daily rumours from L'Equipe are the normal... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (1) Topics: Switzerland,Arsenal,Ronaldinho,Andrei Arshavin,AS Monaco,Freddy Adu

More Painful than a Week of Adebayor Stories

02:43 AM, Thursday, 10 July 2008

Yep - just back from the Dentist and am sitting down trying to ignore the pain whilst watching the Tour. Dentists obviously have the same enjoyment of giving pain as journalists do with making bollocks up every day. Yesterday it was more Hleb and Adebayor rubbish - I refer you... Posted by BaselGooner · Comments (0) Topics: Arsenal,Ray Parlour,EURO 2008,Switzerland