Into the top four, a song for Saka, and Ray Parlour: 49 undefeated

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

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Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Join Amy Lawrence, Ian Stone, and James McNicholas as they look back on Arsenal's win at Watford which saw them grace the top four again. Is it on? And have Arsenal got the strength and mentality to finish there?

Data Analyst Mark Carey talks us through how Arsenal have ascended the table, coming from the bottom to the top four.

We also praise Saka and Odegaard, talk about who should be getting a chant, and celebrate Ray Parlour's 49th birthday.

RUNNING ORDER

PART 1 - Boom boom boom and other chants: 01.00

PART 2 - Watford 2-3 Arsenal: 06.00

PART 3 - Top four reached with Mark Carey: 21.30

PART 4 - It’s only Ray Parlour: 33.00

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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.
0:18.1	Hello, this is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.
0:22.9	We'll be taking a look back at the winner, Watford, talking about player relationships,
0:27.5	particularly that of Bacayas, Saka and Martin Herdegaard, and we'll be talking with Mark Carey,
0:31.7	who along with Art de Roche, and I'm told James McNicholas as well wrote a piece outlining
0:36.5	the reasons that Arsenal have gone from bottom after three games to top four after 25.
0:43.2	I'm Ian Stone, joined this week by two of the finest writers in the Athletic Pantheon.
0:48.3	It's Amy Lawrence and James McNicholas. Morning.
0:51.4	Morning, Ian.
0:52.1	Hey, Ian.
0:53.0	All right. We all heard the Sackham Smith Road chant, and it's brilliant.
0:57.1	I love hearing it.
0:58.1	But generally, there's a feeling that some of the other players lack their own chant.
1:03.5	So we were wondering who deserves the chant.
1:06.8	For bonus points, you can include some lyrics.
1:09.1	Now, there was a Mikhail Artetta suggestion,
1:12.3	which was the Boom Boom Boom song from the Venger Boys,
1:17.9	which I listened to this morning,
1:19.8	and I really feel like I've poisoned my ears, to be honest with you.
1:23.3	But James, this is, I mean, well, can you just sing it briefly for us?
1:30.0	You must remember the Venga boys.
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