Winter break needed as goal drought continues
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone, to reflect on Arsenal's defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup.
With 1 goal from their last 63 shots, the Gunners are creating chances but lacking the cutting edge to finish them.
Does something need to change or can Arsenal play themselves out of this slump?
Plus, has Mikel Arteta missed the opportunity to give youth players minutes this season, and have his substitutions been too reactive of late?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | The only way to score is of course to play with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:16.5 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. |
| 0:18.0 | This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:22.6 | A tough week turned into a tough fortnight as we were knocked out the FA Cup yesterday after losing 2-0 at home to Liverpool. |
| 0:30.7 | To talk about the game, I'm joined by Adrian Clark and Amy Lawrence. |
| 0:35.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello. |
| 0:36.9 | Hello. |
| 0:37.8 | Hello, yes, that's the tone we're looking for this morning. Good morning. Hello. Hello. Hello, yes. |
| 0:38.9 | That's the tone we're looking for this morning. |
| 0:41.5 | Slightly subdued. |
| 0:43.1 | By the way, I did speak to Amy yesterday, |
| 0:45.8 | who I think she let me get about four words in, |
| 0:48.4 | in about half an hour as she vented. |
| 0:51.7 | That's your coping strategy, isn't it, Amy, |
| 0:54.0 | to sort of vent, because we were That's your coping strategy, isn't it, Amy, to sort of vent? |
| 0:55.2 | Because we were wondering what the coping strategy is after a tough defeat. |
| 1:00.1 | And we haven't had to use these coping strategies too often the last year and a half. |
| 1:04.1 | But yesterday, I spoke to Amy and, well, press play and just off she went yesterday. |
| 1:14.0 | So is that how you cope generally by ranting at a mate? |
| 1:27.5 | Yeah, I think, I think, yeah, talking therapy is always useful, you know, when you're wading through a little bit of gloom, try to understand what's going on and get some of the frustration out. |
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