Belief renewed despite a lack of options and focus
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to reflect on Arsenal's 2-2 draw against Aston Villa, in which the Gunners threw away a two goal lead.
The panel discuss the familiar issues of a lack of personnel to call upon and a lack of focus when in front.
With the Champions League returning on Wednesday, does Mikel Arteta need to find a solution at right back after William Saliba was added to the injury list?
Plus - Dennis Bergkamp wins the FWA Tribute award and we hear from Art de Roché after Arsenal's 5-0 victory in the WSL, Renée Slegers first match after being permanently appointed.
Produced by Jay Beale.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC Podcast Network |
| 0:04.1 | The only way to score is of course to play |
| 0:10.5 | with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:15.3 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. |
| 0:16.7 | This is Handbreak-off. |
| 0:18.0 | The Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic on Saturday. |
| 0:22.4 | I'm sure you don't want to be reminded, but we're going to do it anyway. |
| 0:25.1 | The Arsenal drew 2-2 with Aston Villa after throwing away a two-gold lead to reflect on the game and discuss where it leaves Arsenal in the title race. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clark. Good morning. Good morning. |
| 0:37.1 | Morning. |
| 0:39.2 | Morning. Now, obviously, |
| 0:45.0 | it's only been a few hours since we last saw each other because the entire podcast crew, |
| 0:51.5 | not just the three of us, but also James and Art, did camp to a swanky London hotel for the football writer's dinner to honour one of the greats. |
| 0:54.9 | Dennis Burkamp, the star studied evening, Ian Wright, Tierra and Ria Riazzavanger, Dave Seaman, |
| 1:00.0 | Martin Keown, Ray Parlor, amongst others, and one young chap called Miles Lewis Skelly. |
| 1:05.0 | Amy, I think that every time there's a disappointing result, we need an embrace from our Gouda family, right? |
| 1:10.1 | Yeah, it definitely poked everyone up with it, didn't it? |
| 1:12.2 | It did a little bit. You met Miles Lewis Skelly. Seems like a fine young man. |
| 1:17.3 | I think it was exemplary of him. I mean, he's been a beacon since he came into the first team. |
| 1:25.1 | And then when you see these little extra things such as coming along |
| 1:28.8 | to an event like that so that he can touch base with the history and lineage of the club |
| 1:33.5 | and have some sort of insight and contact into some of the legends of the past, I think, shows |
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