Arsecast Extra Episode 673 - 28.12.2025

Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast

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Football, Sports & Recreation, Premier League, Soccer, Sport, Gunners, Sports, Arsenal

4.8 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we look back at Saturday's 2-1 win over Brighton which sent Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League. We chat about how the game made us feel, with a single goal lead feeling very precarious in the final stages, and we try and unpack the reasons why that is right now. Then we get into the game itself, the dominant first half performance, Martin Odegaard's goal and other chances to score, before we turn our attention to the second half, extending the lead, conceding a goal, and David Raya's incredible save to keep it 2-1. The first half finishes with reflections on our league position, and not being entirely convincing but still winning, and then in part two we answer listener questions about the striker situation, Gabriel's return, Mikel Arteta's substitutions, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke's playing time, and loads more.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another Arscast Extra as always with James from Gunner Blog.
0:18.2	James, goodly morning to you.
0:19.8	Goodly morning, Andrew.
0:39.7	How are you this fine, festive morning? I am all right. I'm all right. I hope you had a lovely Christmas. I had a nice time. But I feel like, whoa, is that a car? Motorbikes. Motorbikes. I'm in a different room because I was fighting with my Wi-Fi, so I'm nearer my router than normal.
0:42.7	And also, you'll gather nearer a road.
0:44.2	Yes, I can hear that.
0:47.4	But yes, I had a nice time, but overindulged a little bit. I feel like a shambles of a man, basically.
0:54.1	But here we are.
0:55.4	How about you?
0:56.1	Do you have a nice festive time?
0:58.4	Yes, I've destroyed myself.
1:02.7	I've eaten my own body weight in roasted meat and accoutrements.
1:10.7	And that's a substantial body weight, Andrew.
1:13.1	This is not Leandro Trossard's body weight.
1:16.0	It's my own body weight.
1:17.7	Well, yeah, I suppose you've got to stick with what you know.
1:20.7	You know what I mean?
1:21.1	You can't sort of guesstimate how much turkey is equivalent to the thigh of Leandro Chaucard or whatever, you know?
1:28.9	Yeah, and we're at the point where there's sort of, there's no way back.
1:33.8	Between now and New Year's Day, it's just a free-for-all for me.
1:38.2	And then, you know, I'm reminded of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
1:43.4	I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more returning were as tedious as go
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