Welcome to another Patreon Premier League preview podcast. In this episode I'm joined by Phil Costa, and we look ahead to the game against Spurs on Saturday lunchtime.
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In this episode I chat to Rory Smith about his new book 'Expected Goals', which traces the growth of data in football and how it has influenced the game as we know it today. We talk about surprising early adopters, how players were able to skew early iterations of data, the way the use of stats is often at odds with the chaos of the game, poor communication, how things may develop in the future, and ...
2022-09-29 23:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Interlull episode, we chat about the record breaking day for Arsenal Women as they beat Sp*rs 4-0, injury concerns over some of our players as we head into October, not least Thomas Partey who withdrew from the Ghana squad with a knee injury. We discuss his ongoing issues, and how Arsenal need to give it very careful consideration, as well as Kieran Tierney and Takehiro Tomiyasu. Then we answ...
2022-09-26 18:14:30 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode joined by Andrew Allen for some Interlull Arsenal chat, including Fabio Vieira, Martin Odegaard, Takehiro Tomiyasu and other players away with their countries this month, as well as some of the media reaction to the debut of 15 year old Ethan Nwaneri.
After that, there are no surprises for Matt Spiro as to how well William Saliba has done this season, and we talk about the Frenc...
2022-09-22 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
On this month’s mailbag edition, Tim is joined by Art de Roche from the Athletic to look at Arsenal’s opening two games and look ahead to Saturday’s North London derby. Art and Tim take listener questions on the midfield structure for opponents who press hard, why WSL games are proving to be poor preparation for UWCL games, whether it is already time to expand the UWCL format and whether the WS...
2022-09-22 12:12:04 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we enjoy the 3-0 win over Brentford on Sunday that put us back on top of the Premier League. We discuss the way Arsenal exerted such control and dominance over the opposition; our prowess from set-pieces as we opened the scoring from a corner; Granit Xhaka's increased creativity and an assist for Gabriel Jesus; squad depth in the shape of Fabio Vieira, who scored his first goal for th...
2022-09-19 10:57:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another Patreon exclusive Premier League preview podcast. As ever I'm joined by Lewis Ambrose, and we look ahead to the game against Brentford on Sunday.
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In this episode I'm by former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein on the release of his autobiography, 'Calling the shots'. We talk about the book itself, the formation of the Premier League, his departure from Arsenal, Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov, his relationship with Arsene Wenger and lots more. We also have three copies of the book to give away in a competition.
The show begins with Tim S...
2022-09-15 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we're dealing with postponements, first the Everton game that was due to take place on Sunday, and then the Europa League clash with PSV on Thursday. We chat about how that game gets rescheduled given how packed the fixture list already is, and with the World Cup looming. Meanwhile Brentford goes ahead on Sunday, so it's all a bit confusing. There's some discussion of the World Cup it...
2022-09-12 20:40:15 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode I'm joined by Lewis Ambrose to discuss the 2-1 win over FC Zurich in the Europa League on Thursday night. We chat about an impressive debut from Brazilian Marquinhos, as he got a goal and an assist on his first Arsenal appearance, as well as Eddie Nketiah producing the exact same on his first start of the season. We also touch on Matt Turner's Arsenal debut, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Fabio V...
2022-09-09 17:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to bonus Patreon exclusive preview podcast. As ever I'm joined by Lewis Ambrose, and we sort of look ahead to the Europa League group stage game against FC Zurich on Thursday.
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In this episode we reflect on the 3-1 defeat to Man Utd in the immediate aftermath of the game, without the benefit of seeing things again. We chat about the Gabriel Martinelli goal that was disallowed, how well Arsenal played at times but without making the most of our dominance, the goals we conceded, how Mikel Arteta's subs impacted the game, and the frustration of losing to Man Utd in familiar fa...
2022-09-04 20:30:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another Patreon exclusive Premier League preview podcast. In this episode I'm joined by Musa Okwonga, and we look ahead to the game against Man Utd on Sunday.
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Welcome to back to a new season of Poorly Drawn Month. Exclusively for you guys on Patreon, we do a recap of each month, big stories, key moments, matches, incidents, silly nonsense and more – with words from me, and fantastic artwork from Poorly Drawn Arsenal @cantdrawarsenal.
In this episode I'm joined by Charles Watts to discuss transfer deadline day when Arsenal's attempts to bring in Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa proved unsuccessful. We chat about the changing focus towards the end of the window, how the timing impacts the perception of how the summer business is perceived, areas of worry, the inability to generate funds through sales, and some of the departures, inclu...
2022-09-02 10:13:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another Patreon exclusive Premier League preview podcast. As ever I'm joined by Lewis Ambrose, and we look ahead to the game against Aston Villa on Wednesday.
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In this episode of the Arsenal Women Arsecast, Tim, Pippa and Alex are joined by Ian Wright to discuss the WSL season ahead, Arsenal's quiet summer in the transfer market, Ian's thoughts on Stina Blackstenius with Vivianne Miedema moving into the 10 role, what the season might hold for Mana Iwabuchi and Jordan Nobbs, selling 35,000 tickets for the North London derby (so far) as well as what the panel...
2022-08-30 11:55:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another episode of The 30, the podcast in which we do a review of the week's Premier League action in 30 minutes, more or less.
In this episode, I'm joined by Phil Costa and we discuss:
In this episode we enjoy the 2-1 win over Fulham on Saturday. We chat about the players missing through injury and the impact that had, Martin Odegaard's excellent performance, the goal we conceded and the way we responded to come back and overturn the deficit to take all three points. There's discussion of the atmosphere, Mikel Arteta and the bench, and Gabriel's redemption arc. Then we answer quest...
2022-08-29 11:11:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another Patreon exclusive Premier League preview podcast. As ever I'm joined by Lewis Ambrose, and we look ahead to the game against Fulham on Saturday.
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In this episode I'm joined by James Benge and Andrew Allen to take a glass half full look at the start of the season, before we move on to the transfer market and links to Wolves winger Pedro Neto. We talk about the departure of Nicolas Pepe on loan to Nice and reflect on his time at the club, as well as other potential moves for the likes of Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Hector Bellerin. There's also d...
2022-08-25 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to a brand new podcast exclusive for you guys on Patreon in which we take a 30 minute round-up of all the week's Premier League action.
Joining me as co-host for this show is Phil Costa, and in today's inaugural episode, we discuss:
In this episode we enjoy the 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday, discussing the two goals from Martin Odegaard, the contribution from Gabriel Jesus, William Saliba's first Arsenal goal and the reactions to it, and another three points as the impressive start to the season continues. We chat about the control Arsenal had, especially in the first half, and how this more technical team looks increasin...
2022-08-21 11:57:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the final episode of our All Or Nothing podcast series, and with me to discuss episodes 7 and 8 is Phil Costa.
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Welcome to another Patreon exclusive Premier League preview podcast. As ever I'm joined by Lewis Ambrose, and we look ahead to the game against Bournemouth on Saturday.
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In this episode I'm joined by Philippe Auclair to bask in the warm glow of Arsenal's excellent start to the season. We chat about William Saliba as he gets his career in red and white underway; the impact of Gabriel Jesus on and off the pitch, and how we've made him believe in his ability to play as a 9 again; Granit Xhaka's improved recent form; and some of the other goings-on in the Premier League,...
2022-08-18 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode of the Arsenal Women Arsecast, Tim talks to Swedish journalist and women's football expert Mia Eriksson about new signing Lina Hurtig. Mia talks about Lina's background in Sweden before moving to Juventus, how she might fit into this Arsenal attack, her qualities and attributes and how Arsenal might benefit from her existing partnership with international teammate Stina Blackstenius. ...
2022-08-18 16:31:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the second episode of our All Or Nothing podcast series, and with me to discuss episodes 4, 5, and 6 is Phil Costa.
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In this episode we enjoy the 4-2 win over Leicester at the Emirates on Saturday. Arsenal played some sensational football, and we discuss the impact of Gabriel Jesus and the importance and quality of his first goal for the club. There's analysis of all the goals, including the ones we conceded, the way we reacted to those concessions – especially the William Saliba own goal – as well as important...
2022-08-14 12:06:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another Premier League season, and another Patreon exclusive Premier League preview podcast. As ever I'm joined by Lewis Ambrose, and we look ahead to the game against Leicester on Saturday.
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