Episode 863 - Masterplan
Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast
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4.8 • 6.9K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this episode I'm joined by Lewis Ambrose to look back at Tuesday night's 1-0 win over Chelsea in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg. We discuss Chelsea's approach to a game they had to score in, and their decision to essentially nullify the game for an hour, giving them less time to find a goal. Was this an understandable tactical approach from Liam Rosenior, or something of a misstep. We also chat about how Arsenal dealt with the game, leaning into our defensive solidity, before scoring what was a very enjoyable goal right at the end through Kai Havertz to absolutely ensure our pathway to a Wembley final next month. As well as that, there's discussion of what this trophy might mean for the team and the fans after so long without tangible success, and lots more besides.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a brand new ArsBlog Arscast right here on arseblog.com. How are you? Hope you're well. |
| 0:32.0 | Thank you very much indeed, as always, for being here. Just to let you know I've got a tactical plan |
| 0:37.3 | for this podcast. |
| 0:39.1 | So for the first half of the show, I'm not going to do anything at all. |
| 0:42.8 | Yeah, you weren't expecting that, were you? |
| 0:44.6 | That's the genius of the plan, you see. |
| 0:47.6 | I'm operating on a different level from every other podcaster out there. |
| 0:51.8 | You see, I'm not playing 4D chess. |
| 0:54.3 | I'm playing like 8D chess. |
| 0:56.1 | I'm having a game of Scrabble at the same time. |
| 0:58.4 | Because I'm taking a macro-holistic, synergistic, disrupter energy into this show. |
| 1:04.6 | It's a game changer. |
| 1:06.2 | All the other podcasters will be like, yeah, we were doing stuff in the first half of our shows. |
| 1:10.7 | And this guy, |
| 1:12.1 | he's come along and he's just leveraging the drill downs and pivoting to a cultural whiteboard. |
| 1:19.9 | And that's how you win things, my friends. That's how you win things by doing nothing for the first |
| 1:25.7 | half. Pretty sure that's how you win things. Let me just |
| 1:31.4 | check the football results from last night. Oh, oh, oh, I think I might have got this one wrong. |
| 1:43.6 | Maybe if you're in a situation where, I don't know, let's say you need to score a goal in a cup tie, |
| 1:51.2 | which you're losing from the first leg, you should try and score a goal rather than do absolutely nothing. |
| 2:05.9 | I'm now having to somewhat rethink my presentation to all the guys at the CEO lunch, |
| 2:16.1 | you know, Weberpaloosa. But look, like me, you know, at Webber Pallooza. |
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