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Hello, I'm Ian Stone. This is Handbreak-Off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.

We're going to have a little chat

about Everton away on Saturday, another installment of Up Your Arsenal, and we're going to talk

about injuries. Obviously, I'm joined by James McIllis and Art de Roche. Morning. Good morning.

Morning, morning. Nice to see you guys. Before we talk about all that, the Arsenal legend,

Tieri-on-Rae,

will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Awards tonight. And, well, we kind of hear the claps. Do you not hear the claps? I was clapping.

Can you hear them now? Is that better? Not really. I'm clapping, all right? What do you want from me? I'm clapping. Of course I'm clapping. Legend is overused, actually, but not in this case. Oh, if you were nominated for an award, what award would it be? Dressing gown of the year, perhaps. I like the idea of that. What you got? I mentioned this the other week, but we've got our

our foot more. The awards is tonight, actually. So, um, arguably the biggest ceremony. Yeah, yeah.

We're going for a curry. I hear that's what Tieri did. That's what Tieri's doing with Claire Boulding,

apparently. Yeah. Dress code is smart. So I'm going to be in a suit for one of the two times a year. I actually am. You're doing a dress code for the Five and Side Awards? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Great. Apparently, I'm a favourite for a goalkeeper of the year because I actually put effort on my going goal. Good for you.

So that's what I'm up for.

I was also nominated for a moment of the year

because I tried a bicycle kick when we were quite far in the lead.

And it was deemed quite unnecessary.

Well, it's always unnecessary.

I mean, it's not a professional game, by the way.

And when you say you make an effort as a goalkeeper, what you mean is you use your hands on occasion. Yeah, yeah, I use my hands, I dive. Like, yeah, I'm all over. All right, well, your keep us posted on that awards. Yeah. Big awards ceremony tonight. You might see the arc lights and the crowds. Where are you going? Brick lane. Brick lane. All right. Okay. Well, don't go, don't drive around there later. No, no, no. Just, you know, a bit chaos. James, what about you? Award for, like, a hairpiece. I was thinking, really. I've seen you in about the house. different. Yeah, pieces. Wig of the year,

yeah,

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