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Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

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Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Ian Stone is joined by James McNicholas and Adrian Clarke to look back at Arsenal's fortuitous draw in Lisbon.

With the Europa League back in action Mikel Arteta rung the changes and it showed on the pitch, but with some positives along the way. James and Adrian dissect what went on with the first goal Arsenal conceded, the Martinelli run with an oh-so-close moment, and how Arteta's priorities are in line with the supporters.

The celebration police are back on our tails following the scenes at the end of the Bournemouth victory so we ask whether we are getting a little ahead of ourselves.

And we talk Fulham on Sunday, Cesc returning to the U18s, and the impending return of Gabriel Jesus.

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:09.6	The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbrake-off.
0:17.3	Hello, I'm Ian Stone.
0:18.8	This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.
0:23.4	We're recording this morning after the 2-2 draw away at, well, I'll call them Sport in Lisbon for the moment, but we'll get to that in a second.
0:31.1	We'll be talking about that game as well as looking forward to a huge game on Sunday away at Fulham before the return at the Emirates next Thursday.
0:38.3	I'm joined by James McNicholas and Adrian Clark. Morning.
0:41.1	Hello.
0:41.6	Hello. Hello. I did mention there, Sporting Lisbon.
0:45.8	They put out a press release this week stating their name is categorically not Sporting Lisbon.
0:52.2	And they gave three options to call the club differently. I mean,
0:55.2	I think it's leaving it a bit open-ended, but there were three options that is either
0:59.4	sporting club de Portugal. I imagine that said in slightly more of a sporting club de Portugal
1:06.9	type accent, sporting CP or SCP.
1:11.0	Anyway, we have been told.
1:12.5	So in the same vein, is there a name that people call you that you really don't like
1:16.5	and you like to get off your chest or a name that you get called that you do like, James?
1:20.7	Well, I don't really have nicknames anymore because James is a single-syllable name, you know,
1:26.4	that you can't really shorten it much
1:27.9	more than that. The Jamester? The Jamester, yeah. Jane Maroonie. J-Train. But people do
1:33.5	occasionally shout Gun-a-Blog at me in the street. I'm not going to put out a press release
1:40.4	about it, but it is always a bit of. I think people shouting anything at you in the street is a little bit odd.
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