Arsecast Extra Episode 682 - 19.02.2026
Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this hastily scheduled half of an Arsecast Extra, James and I look back at last night's horrendous 2-2 draw with Wolves at Molineux. We discuss the team selection, and how after making a great start, Arsenal failed to capitalise on Bukayo Saka's early goal. Despite going 2-0 up, we let it slip, and we analyse the goals we conceded, the unpleasant trends regarding our goal concessions this season, and how the defensive lapses are secondary to the fact that the attack looks so inhibited at this moment in time. We also wonder if that plays a part in the way the team played with fear in the second half, what it all means for the title race, the questions about our mentality, the growing sense of now or never for Mikel Arteta and, at the heart of it, a sense of frustration because we know this is a team capable of much better than we've been seeing of late.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a kind of arscast extra, a sort of half an arscast extra, as always so, with an arscast extra. |
| 0:22.6 | It is with James. James, good morning to you. |
| 0:24.6 | The bat signal went up and low I am here. |
| 0:28.6 | Low and behold, you are. |
| 0:31.6 | I mean, just to set the scene for people I was supposed to record with Phil this morning, who is indisposed, got an injury in the warm-up, basically, |
| 0:40.0 | but you've come off the bench in fine fashion and hopefully nothing too serious with Phil. |
| 0:46.8 | I don't blame him if he didn't fancy it. I don't blame him. He did send me a message saying, |
| 0:52.6 | I'm really sorry, I can't do this. I was all ready to talk about this game. He did send me a message saying, I'm really sorry. I can't do this. |
| 0:54.5 | I was all ready to talk about this game. |
| 0:57.3 | He obviously had plenty to say. |
| 0:59.8 | The bullets were loaded. |
| 1:01.3 | Just to set the scene as well. |
| 1:02.6 | You've already done a pod this morning. |
| 1:04.4 | So this is number two. |
| 1:05.6 | So this is, I feel in the verge of cruel and unusual punishment. |
| 1:13.4 | But I don't think the Geneva Convention matters a fuck these days, apparently. |
| 1:18.5 | So thank you for being here and thank you for stepping into the breach. |
| 1:22.6 | My pleasure? |
| 1:24.5 | I was going to say. |
| 1:25.1 | I don't know. |
| 1:26.6 | I don't know that that's my displeasure um yeah i mean |
| 1:31.0 | look it's good to talk um i feel like i sort of should just kind of let you go really i mean |
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