THE DUGOUT | SPECIAL GUEST LAURA KIRK-FRANCIS

THE ARSENAL OPINION - BY LE GROVE

LE GROVE MEDIA LLC

Sports, Soccer

4.6 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In this episode of The Arsenal Opinion, Jacob is joined by special guest Laura Kirk Francis, whose Arsenal content has been lighting up social media over the past six months. Together, they relive the rollercoaster of emotions from Arsenal’s dramatic win at St. James’ Park, from the pain of overturned penalties to the joy of late winners. The discussion covers: Laura’s debut hottest take on Jurriën Timber’s Ballon d’Or potential Why Arsenal’s midfield depth might now be a “good problem” for Arteta How Eze’s central role changes the attacking dynamic Shifting from control to risk: a potential turning point in Arteta’s philosophy The evolving role of Viktor Gyökeres and the “nice headache” of striker options A look ahead to Olympiacos and the brutal schedule to come It’s a lively, insightful chat that blends tactical analysis, fan emotion, and a few laughs along the way. If you want these podcasts when the happen, sign up to be a member below! Audio Membership: https://www.patreon.com/c/TheArsenalOpinion Audio + writing: https://www.le-grove.co.uk/8c0cfff5 You can also sub up via Apple Members in the Podcasts app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:25.5	It's another episode of The Dugout, myself, Jacob, in the Hot Seat.
1:27.5	And I'm joined this week by someone whose content I've been enjoying for what feels like two years now. Laura Kirk Francis is such a place to have you on the podcast. Hey, Dean. I'm good. I'm good. Thank you. Thank you for having me. It's not been two years, though. I've been doing, I've been in this game for about six months. really it feels like longer is. Is it really six months? Yeah, maybe that's
1:47.2	maybe I need to slow it down then if you think you've seen two years of content from me in some short
1:52.0	place of time. I need to just go away with it and not do so much. But yeah, it's only been about
1:57.5	six months, I think. So obviously, you sort of put videos out on both Twitter and Instagram.
2:03.1	Before that, were you just quite big on Twitter?
2:06.1	Was that a thing?
2:08.3	Yeah, I'm one of those people that's been in the Twitter game since its inception.
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