Now’s the time for a siege mentality
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to discuss Arsenal’s 2-1 loss at home to Bournemouth on Saturday.
The panel reflect on the disappointing overall performance, the lack of energy, if this result had been coming, the problems in the attack, tactical changes that could be made going forward, the need to be less risk averse and calling for a siege mentality amid the noise around the club.
Plus, they look ahead to Sporting CP in the quarter final second leg of the Champions League on Wednesday and respond to some listener messages.
If you like the panel’s song choices, check out the ‘Now that’s what I call Handbrake’ playlist on both Spotify and Apple Music and listen to them all there:
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/now-thats-what-i-call-handbrake/pl.u-d2b00jZuDxWk6P
Producer: Robby Williams
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | The only way to score is of course to play |
| 0:10.0 | with a handbrake off. |
| 0:14.6 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone and this is handbrake on, sorry, handbrake off. |
| 0:22.3 | The Arsenal for handbrake on, sorry, handbrake off. The Arsenal, handbrake very much on. |
| 0:27.0 | Handbrake off. |
| 0:28.0 | Handbrake off. The Arsenal podcast brought to you by the Athletic. |
| 0:34.1 | Today, having just watched Manchester City, absolutely batter Chelsea 3 and in at the bridge. |
| 0:38.6 | It's just after half-sixth on Sunday night. |
| 0:40.5 | We're going to be talking about and around Arsenal's 2-1 home defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday. |
| 0:46.1 | And look ahead, because we are going to look ahead as well, to the second leg in the Champions League |
| 0:51.0 | Quarterfinal against Sporting on Wednesday night. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm joined, |
| 0:54.4 | you've heard it already, Amy Lawrence and also Adrian Clark. Hello. Hello. |
| 0:58.4 | Hi-ya. Hi. Do you know, I told you this, Amy, but I'm telling both of you again, |
| 1:03.2 | straight after the game yesterday, I had to do a photo shoot, right? This is funny. I did. And let me |
| 1:10.4 | tell you, smiling did not come easily. |
| 1:12.9 | My missus gets saying to me smile, and I'm like, I don't want to. |
| 1:16.3 | And also, I don't think I can. |
| 1:18.4 | And maybe at some point, you'll see the poster for the show at some point, |
| 1:22.3 | and you'll notice the sadness in my eyes, all right? |
| 1:26.1 | Like Kay Burley's dog. |
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