Arsenal Drop Points & Dyche Sacked

The Rest Is Football

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Sports, Soccer, Football

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The title race takes another twist as Arsenal stumble against Brentford, tightening the gap at the top. Just four points now separate the Gunners and Manchester City with 12 games left to play. Can Arsenal hold their nerve, or will Pep Guardiola’s men pile on the pressure and take control? Elsewhere, Evangelos Marinakis swings the axe again, sacking his third manager of the season in Sean Dyche. Nottingham Forest hover just three points above an in-form West Ham, and the relegation battle is reaching boiling point. With momentum shifting and nerves fraying, who’s going down? The Rest Is Football is powered by Fuse Energy. To sign up and for terms and conditions, visit fuseenergy.com/football. Join The Players Lounge: The official fantasy football club of The Rest Is Football. It’s time to take on Gary, Alan and Micah for the chance to win monthly prizes and shoutouts on the pod. It’s FREE to join and as a member, you’ll get access to exclusive tips from Fantasy Football Hub including AI-powered team ratings, transfer tips, and expert team reveals to help you climb the table - plus access to our private Slack community. Sign up today at therestisfootball.com. https://therestisfootball.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=episode_description&utm_content=link_cta For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	But he has to take his responsibility for his recruitment of managers. Sometimes you have to say to yourself, am I doing my job right? Clearly, he's not. If the players, if they had the balls in a committee meeting and said to him, hang on, I'm mate, you need to decide what fucking style of football you actually want us to play. This is all Nuno's fault, by the way, at West Ham, because it's a very surgence that two or three of the clubs are now starting to panic and thinking, shit.
0:24.7	I find that deeply concerning, that an owner of the football club can say that sort of thing.
0:44.9	Hello and welcome to the rest is football with Alan Shearer and me, Gary Linnika.
0:51.9	We're recording the first half of this episode on Thursday morning yesterday, if you're listening to it on Friday.
0:53.8	See how I work that out?
0:54.3	Amazing.
1:00.7	So I thought given the fact that Arsenal, obviously, top of the table, we'll save the top of the table chat for the second half later on.
1:06.8	And start with what is starting to become a very interesting situation at the bottom of the table.
1:13.9	So we'll cover perhaps the fight to avoid relegation.
1:17.7	And there's been a notable twist this morning, Alan, with the sack in, the third that Nottingham Forest have made this season.
1:26.9	And Sean Dyich has gone.
1:29.1	What are your initial thoughts on that?
1:30.4	Because if you look at the form table of probably since the turn of the year,
1:34.6	I think Forrest's are about ninth.
1:36.7	Yeah, definitely a surprise.
1:38.7	I mean, I was travelling home from match of the day.
1:41.7	We finished at about 10 past midnight the program and nothing had broke.
1:46.8	So, yeah, my phone was flashing whilst travelling home.
1:52.8	And that was the new...
1:53.5	How was your trip home, huh?
1:54.7	Absolutely.
1:55.5	Late one.
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