The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.

Hello, I'm Ian Stone and welcome to a new episode of Hand-break-off,

our weekly Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic.

For the first show, the new year, I'm in the studio with two of the Athletics writers covering all things Arsenal every week.

Amy Lawrence and also James McNicholas. Hello.

Hello.

Amy, welcome back.

Thank you.

You've been away, you're away and you missed Arsenal changing a manager.

That's never happened, is what you told me. This is a first, yes.

This is the first.

If you didn't wait for a few more weeks, you'd have missed two managers.

And joining us down the line is a man who we've come to regard as the Obi-1 Canobi of Arsenal Punditry, a man I tend to think of as calling in and dispensing wisdom

while sitting cross-legged atop a mountain, albeit one with excellent Wi-Fi.

It's the legend. That is Lee Dixon. Good morning, Lee.

Good morning, everyone. Merry Christmas. Yeah, it's actually betwixtmas now, isn't it?

Oh, betwixtmas now, isn't it?

Oh, Betwixtmas? Okay.

It's that weird time of year when nothing happens and everyone drives badly.

Now, a friend of mine, Mark Watson, very funny comedian, said,

he'd like to diet this time of year because there's nothing much going on.

It just gives you something to do.

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