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

Last night, the Arsenal lost 2-0 to Newcastle in the second leg of the Carabelle Cup

semifinal, 4-0 on aggregate, and off we're going to Dubai.

Probably now, they're on the plane, I imagine, to reflect on the game.

I'm joined by Art de Roche and James McNicholas. Morning.

Morning. Morning. Do you know, by the way, there was a report this morning that came out that said

that the more Zoom meetings you do, the more depressed you are, because you spend a lot of time

looking at your own face is what I heard. And, but apparently, obviously, you're less depressed, the better looking you are. And obviously, this is what I heard. And, uh, but apparently the let, obviously, you're less depressed,

the better looking you are. And obviously, this is a good looking podcast. So we're, uh, we're

feeling okay. Just looking at our own face. I was about to say, so why do I feel so depressed?

Yeah. Look at my face. If you want to feel less depressed, look at my face, all right?

I will. That'll help. Um, um, feel less depressed, look at my face, all right? That'll help.

Anyway, we've got a weekend off. Not us. We're going to keep talking. But the team go and get some warm weather in Dubai. Apparently, the weather is in the high 20s, 20 degrees

Celsius as opposed to Fahrenheit, which is what it is here at the moment.

Any holiday tips?

I'm absolutely terrible.

It's terrible on holiday, really?

Yeah, I always, I just like work and then I forget that I have holiday to take off.

So it's always like a last minute kind of thing. I was lucky last year before last that my brother was around for his birthday in November and I just

went back to Japan with him when he went back. The flights were quite cheap.

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