Rice & Raya all-but seal second

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to reflect on Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Newcastle at the Emirates. The result all-but guarantees second place, barring an unprecedented defeat at Southampton.

The panel discuss Declan Rice and David Raya's performances, and why both players in the running for player of the season. They give Myles Lewis-Skelly, Riccardo Calafiori, Jakub Kiwior and Ben White their flowers after all four thoroughly impressed on Sunday afternoon, a back line nobody would have expected to see play together at the start of the season.

Plus hypocritical Howe & Tindall, a welcome return for Kai Havertz, goodbye Tierney and Jorginho, and why securing second place is important for this group.

Produced by Jay Beale.

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:07.0	The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.
0:14.7	Hello, I'm Ian Stone.
0:16.1	This is Hand-Brek off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.
0:19.9	Yesterday, the Arsenal secured Champions League football by The Athletic. Yesterday, the Arsenal secured.
0:21.8	Champions League football beating Newcastle 1-0 at the Emirates,
0:26.1	and it looks like we've got second place as well,
0:27.9	unless something mad happens next weekend.
0:30.2	To reflect on the game, I'm joined by Adrian Clark and Amy Lawrence.
0:33.8	Good morning.
0:34.4	Hello.
0:35.1	Morning.
0:35.7	Morning.
0:36.4	Morning. Let's just discuss for a minute before we get into the game.
0:39.2	Eddie Howe and Jason, whatever his name is, complaining about time wasting.
0:47.1	They were moaning right in front of us about us time wasting, not that we were particularly, but the hypocrisy of it adrian the the the down
0:57.6	right come on mate have a look at yourself in the mirrorness of it it was outrageous yeah no they
1:04.8	got no right to complain about time waste and newcast that's for sure to some of the what was it
1:09.1	58 minutes ball in play the other year.
1:12.3	Yeah, but yeah, it's nice to see the shoe on the other foot, isn't it?
1:16.3	Wendy, have you been?
1:17.3	I don't think, I've never been that hypocritical, I believe, but it's possible I have.
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