Two: goals for Eddie, contracts signed, and finish in the WSL

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

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Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Join Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence and James McNicholas for a reflection on Arsenal's weird/nerve-wracking 2-1 win over Leeds at the weekend

This week: games where you can't stay in your seat, Arteta and Eidevall sign on for more years at The Arsenal, and Art de Roche joins to talk about Arsenal Women being oh-so-close to the WSL title.

All that plus a discussion on what to do with Eddie Nketiah, emotions from 'The Angel' and a preview for Thursday's big game against Spurs

RUNNING ORDER

PART 1 - Games you couldn’t watch : 01:00

PART 2a - Arsenal 2-1 Leeds : 07:00

PART 2b - NLD preview: 26.00

PART 3a - New contracts for Arteta and Eidevall : 33.00

PART 3b - Arsenal Women pipped to the WSL title with Art de Roche : 38.00

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:09.6	The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.
0:18.0	Morning, this is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.
0:22.6	I'm Ian Stone.
0:23.9	I hope you're having a lovely morning.
0:25.7	It's certainly looking good for me.
0:27.7	I'm joined by the Auguste writers for the Athletic, Amy Lawrence and James McNicholas.
0:34.6	I had to underline the GUST, by the way.
0:37.1	Otherwise, I'd have said August.
0:39.5	But anyway, nice to see you guys. A fine month. It's great. It is a fine month, although May could be better.
0:47.4	We will talk today about the men's team and their victory yesterday over Leeds. At the Emirates,
0:52.0	we'll also chat Mikhail Artecettus contract renewal.
0:55.3	And later on, Art de Roche, we'll be coming on to talk about the women getting ever so close to the WSL title.
1:02.6	Before we do all that, our producer Abbey told me that James was so tense at the end of yesterday's game,
1:09.4	that he had to leave the stadium.
1:12.4	This is me, what is it,
1:14.6	88 minutes on the clock in the concourse.
1:17.8	I've had to go for a walk around
1:19.3	because I can't watch.
1:22.8	I'm a mess.
1:24.5	I had to leave my seat.
1:26.2	I didn't leave the stadium. I patrolled the concourse. I had to leave my seat. I didn't leave the stadium.
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