No forwards, no goals

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On Wednesday night, the gap to Liverpool increased to 13 points as Arsenal drew 0-0 to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

Art de Roché and James McNicholas join Ian Stone to reflect on the game including the team’s struggles in front of goal, Calafiori’s eventful first half and Ødegaard’s continued lack of form.

Plus, the importance of luck, and a discussion around Mikel Arteta’s changing style of football.

Producer: Robby Williams

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:07.2	The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.
0:14.9	Hello, I'm Ian Stone. This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.
0:20.8	Arsenal drew nil-0 away to Nottingham Forest last night.
0:24.0	We're going to chat about that game with Art de Roche and James McNicholas.
0:28.2	Morning.
0:29.1	Morning.
0:30.3	Morning.
0:31.6	We got an email from a listener of the pod to the pod.
0:36.8	Rohan, hello, Rohan.
0:38.7	Good morning, Ian and Company.
0:41.4	Very formal.
0:42.6	It is rather formal.
0:44.5	That's fine.
0:45.3	Anyway, good morning, Rohan.
0:47.0	Say good morning, fellas.
0:48.2	Good morning, Rohan.
0:50.0	I hope you enjoyed the game last night.
0:53.8	I feel like binning it off there and then.
0:56.0	But you know what?
0:56.6	Whatever.
0:57.4	Far better performance than the weekend gone by.
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