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Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

Further frustration, what is going wrong this season?

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6650 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to reflect on Arsenal’s disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Everton. 

It was the second week in a row that the Gunners have dropped points in the Premier League, the panel analyse where things are going wrong this season. 

Has Mikel Arteta become too risk averse in his approach? Have Arsenal lost the variance in their attacking play? Are enough players chipping in with goals?

Plus, a look ahead to Palace in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday. 

Produced by Jay Beale.


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0:00.0

The Athletic FC Podcast Network.

0:07.3

The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbrake off.

0:15.2

Hello, I'm Ian Stone.

0:16.7

This is Handbreak Off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic on Saturday.

0:22.4

The Arsenal drop points for the second weekend in a row, drawing nil-0 at home to Everton

0:29.1

to reflect on the game and look ahead to Crystal Palace on Wednesday. I'm joined by Adrian

0:34.1

Clark and Amy Lawrence. Good morning. Hello. Hi-ya. Hi, hi. Now, before we start talking about the game, you've all probably seen the various murals

0:42.1

under the bridge on Hornsey Road. Many of our beloved men's and women's players,

0:47.1

there's a little mascot who was giving it large to the Spurs' mascots this season, and most recently,

0:52.0

Nicholas Joviour, our set-piece coach, which calls me a bit of stir online.

0:57.5

Who or what should be depicted next?

1:01.9

Adrian, what do you think?

1:04.1

I'm going to go with someone who's a bit of an unsung hero at the club.

1:08.6

It should really be a bit of a cult hero.

1:10.2

I'm going to say Vic Acres should get one.

1:13.5

Vic Acres is a proper Arsenal guy, 35 trophies as the Arsenal women's manager or ladies at the start.

1:22.8

He's the guy who founded it and went on to be, yeah, the greatest manager really in the history of the women's

1:27.9

game and i don't i don't know if he gets enough credit people maybe forget forget about it

1:33.1

of course he also married that role with being the kit man during the whole arson

1:39.2

or most of the arsumvinga era so he was there in all those great moments when that wonderful team delivered.

1:46.7

He's an awesome legend in my eyes.

1:48.4

And I don't think we should forget, Vic.

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