Brentford build up and Hale End heroes
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
James McNicholas and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone, to preview Arsenal's trip to Brentford.
Ramsdale is to return as Raya is ineligible to play, will Jesus and Ødegaard feature?
The panel also talk about Everton's points deduction, while Manchester City's charges still loom.
Plus, Mitch the Tortoise, Sean Senderos, and Hale End back at it again with Chido Obi-Martin and Max Downman.
Produced by Jay Beale.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | The only way to score is of course to play with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:17.3 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:23.1 | We're back after the interminable international break. |
| 0:27.4 | What are people who don't like football do on a Saturday? |
| 0:29.8 | I mean, what do they do? One does my head in, but they have like 52 of them. I don't get it. |
| 0:35.5 | Anyway, we don't have to think about that. |
| 0:37.2 | Premier League football returns this weekend as the Arsenal head to the G-Tech Community Stadium |
| 0:41.0 | to face Brentford on Saturday evening. |
| 0:43.8 | I'm joined by Adrian Clar and James McNicholas. |
| 0:46.5 | Good morning. |
| 0:47.6 | Morning, Ian. |
| 0:48.4 | Hello. |
| 0:49.3 | Morning. |
| 0:50.0 | Nice to see you both. |
| 0:51.9 | Now, James, you recently had a chat with Cole Jenkinson. |
| 0:55.8 | It's a brilliant interview you can find on The Athletic. |
| 0:58.8 | Can you tell us a story of Mitch the Tortoise? |
| 1:02.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:02.9 | Because we were going to ask about pets, you see. |
| 1:05.5 | And I do love this story. |
| 1:07.6 | So can you just recap with Mitch the Tortor's story? |
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