Arteta’s bold substitutions, Pepe’s prowess, and faxing in results

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Join Amy Lawrence, James McNicholas, and Ian Stone for a look back on the week of Arsenal including that spectacular last minute winner against Wolves on Thursday night.

This week: where does Pepe fit in the team? Why is Martinelli so popular? And where were you when you found out that Arsenal had won on Thursday? Probably not mid performance like James!

All that plus a discussion on Laca's contract, the club's owners, and Arteta's bold substitutions.

PART 1 - Weird places to find out results (01.00)

PART 2 - Arsenal 2-1 Wolves (06.00)

PART 3a - Ownership (32.30)

PART 3b - Martinelli’s “My Game In My Words” (41.00)

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:09.7	The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.
0:18.3	Hello, I'm Ian Stone, and this is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.
0:24.1	This week we're talking Pepe, the ownership of Premier League clubs and we'll chat a little about Gabby Martinelli as well.
0:31.8	Our guest this week from the Athletic, James McNicholas and Amy Lawrence.
0:37.5	Hello, guys. Hello, Lawrence. Hello, Ian.
0:39.2	Hello, Ian.
0:39.7	Hello, morning.
0:41.1	Before we get into the main bit of the pod,
0:43.9	we got two goals in the last 10 to beat Wolves on Thursday, as if you didn't know,
0:47.6	and there were huge celebrations.
0:50.8	Some of them right in front and in the face of Ruben Nevis.
0:55.3	And that was excellent.
0:56.5	And by the way, the celebrations, even for the people who bring in this podcast, were not just in the stadium.
1:01.1	I was sitting in a car at some traffic lights and in my house when Lacker scored the winner.
1:05.1	And let me tell it was no less intense in Highgate that it was at the Emirates.
1:09.9	James will tell you where he was in a minute,
1:12.6	but we were wondering what's the strangest place you found out the score of an Arsenal game.
1:17.4	James, I know where you were, but tell our listeners what was going on with you.
1:23.1	Yeah, I was on stage.
1:24.6	I was at Soho Theatre doing a show.
1:28.0	And can I just say, I saw the show on Tuesday and it is excellent.
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