Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

In this episode, Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, and Adrian Clark discuss the recent Manchester City charges, and the impact their project has had on the Premier League. They also touch on the international break and read some fan messages. Season Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0qNHJ32WITncEURkCEorkq?si=oa5mW6SxRhqiCllr-6mFuA Hosts: Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke Producer: Ja...

In this episode of Handbrake Off, Ian Stone, Art de Roche and Nnamdi Onyeagwara review Arsenal's start to the season, and discuss the imminent contract renewal of Mikel Arteta! Hosts: Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke Producer: James Shaw Get in touch with emails, voice notes and video messages: Email: handbrake@theathletic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, and Adrian Clark analyse Arsenal's performance against Brighton, they discuss the strength of the Premier League and chat through some of Arsenal's creative deficiencies. Hosts: Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke Producer: James Shaw Get in touch with voice messages and emails: Email: handbrake@theathletic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

In this episode Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke look back at Arsenal's 4-2 win over Ipswich in the Carabao Cup. Hosts: Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke Producer: Ben Whitcombe Get in touch: Email: handbrake@theathletic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke discuss Arsenal's thrilling 2-0 win away at Sunderland. Hosts: Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke Producer: Ben Whitcombe Get in touch: Email: handbrake@theathletic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Ian Stone, Nnamdi Onyeagwara and Amy Lawrence discuss Arsenal's first champions league win of the season against Napoli and look ahead to Sunderland on Saturday! Hosts: Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke Producer: James Shaw Get in touch: Email: handbrake@theathletic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke and Art de Roche discuss yesterday's win, as Arsenal triumphed over Chelsea in a thrilling 2-1 victory! Hosts: Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke Producer: James Shaw Get in touch: Email: handbrake@theathletic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Ian Stone, Adrian Clarke and Art de Roche delve into the Arsenal summer transfer window and touch upon our upcoming match against Chelsea. Hosts: Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke Producer: James Shaw Get in touch: Email: handbrake@theathletic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Ian Stone, Adrian Clarke, and Amy Lawrence discuss last nights emphatic Arsenal win over Aston Villa and all of the transfer latest! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Handbrake Off, Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, and James McNicholas dive into the recent developments surrounding the potential departure of Gabriel Martinelli to Al Hilal. The Champions League, and Arsenal's ongoing pursuit of new talent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ian Stone is joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke to look back on Arsenal's convincing 3-0 win over Coventry and ask whether winning the title has given Mikel Arteta's side a new sense of freedom. Plus, there's plenty of transfer talk. What does Ezri Konsa bring to the squad and could Julian Alvarez become a realistic Arsenal target if Barcelona fail to land him? Subscribe to our new YouTube c...

The new season is here! In today's episode, Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence and Art de Roche look ahead to Arsenal's season, discuss what lessons can be learned from last season and what could go right and wrong this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode Ian Stone is joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke to discuss Arsenal's 3-0 win over Man City in the Community Shield! 02:10 Trophy mishaps 07:21 Arsenal 3 - 0 City 13:20 Magnificent MLS 17:07 Odegaard back to his best 22:38 Terrific Tzolis, Raya and Calafiori 33:18 Respects to Jimmy Rimmer 40:44 Transfers and Berta 48:30 Players returning to good vibes Produced by James Shaw...

On today's episode, Ian Stone is joined by Amy Lawrence and Art De Roché to discuss Arsenal's latest signing Bruno Guimarães, as well as Vini Jr renewing with Madrid, possible transfer targets and Arsenal's pre-season thus far. Produced by James Shaw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Arsenal have played their first pre-season game and the Handbrake team are here to debrief. Ian Stone is joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke after Mikel Arteta’s side calmly dispatch Girona 4-1 in Catalonia. New boy Christos Tzolis was on the scoresheet. What did we make of his first performance in front of fans? And just how good is Max Dowman? There’s the latest on the Vinicius Junior s...

A huge David Ornstein bombshell drops and the Handbrake team are here to discuss. Ian Stone is joined by Art de Roche and Adrian Clarke as it emerges that Arsenal are exploring a deal to sign Vinicius Jr from Real Madrid. Is it actually going to happen? How significant would it be in the history of the club if it actually did? And what does this all say about Arsenal's ambitions going into the new...

The World Cup is done and there are THREE Arsenal players coming back to London Colney with a winners medal. But it’s mixed news on the transfer front for Ian Stone, Art de Roche and Adrian Clarke as Morgan Rogers verbally agrees to join Chelsea instead of the Gunners. The team discuss where this leaves Andrea Berta in the transfer market this window, as well as getting a Greek perspective from Ha...

It’s World Cup semi-final time and there are still eight Arsenal players at the tournament. Ian Stone is joined by Art de Roche and Nnamdi Onyeagwara to discuss what this all means for Arsenal’s pre-season plans. When will they be back and available? Do Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka need to sit down in a dark room for a couple of months? Elsewhere, Bruno Guimaraes has told Newcastle that he wants to...

After three and a half seasons of clutch moments and goggle celebrations, Leandro Trossard looks like he’s on his way out of Arsenal. Ian Stone is joined by Art de Roche as the Gunners agree a £17.1m deal to sell the Belgian international to Besiktas. We ask how he’ll be remembered after playing a huge part in helping the team secure their first league title in 22 years. There’s bad news on the Je...

Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta’s quest to raise the ceiling begins in central midfield. Ian Stone is joined by Adrian Clarke and Art de Roche as Newcastle reject Arsenal’s verbal offer for central midfielder Bruno Guimaraes. It’s believed to be under £60m, well under Newcastle’s valuation. Will the Gunners come in for round two? And what kind of qualities does this mean they're looking for in that...

Arsenal haven’t played for nearly a month and yet injuries are still the main concern for the Handbrake Off team. Ian Stone is joined by Adrian Clarke and Nnamdi Onyeagwara as all of Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, William Saliba and Martin Odegaard struggle with injury problems over the World Cup. Is this sort of thing inevitable with the number of games players are expected to play nowadays? How much...

We may be in the middle of World Cup mania, but there’s plenty of Arsenal transfer chat to discuss with the Handbrake team. Ian Stone is joined by Adrian Clarke and Art de Roche to talk about who we might like Mikel Arteta to bring in over the summer. Club Brugge’s Christos Tzolis is the big story over the last week, but is he good enough to properly shift the dial at left-wing? Might Morgan Roger...

It’s a World Cup special for the Handbrake Off team, with both Adrian Clarke and Art de Roche joining Stoney to talk about 16 Gunners players off to the Finals this summer. Four Arsenal players will be representing England at a World Cup for the first time since 2002. What might we expect from the Three Lions? Could William Saliba come back with a winner’s medal with France? And why is David Raya...

Adrian Clarke joins Ian Stone to do a squad audit ahead of what could be a busy summer for Arsenal. They discuss the need to continually refresh especially when you’ve won, the players that are more likely to leave this summer, those who there may be questions about, if there could be some surprising departures, improvements needed in the attack, who their ideal signings would be and they touch on...

Adrian Clarke and Amy Lawrence join Ian Stone to discuss the Champions League final loss to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties on Saturday. The panel reflect on the joyous images from the trophy parade on Sunday, the atmosphere in Budapest as fans gathered for the game, Arsenal proving they belong on this elite stage, the brilliance of the team's defending, the need to improve in possession, the roo...