Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast

In this month's edition of the Arsenal Women Arsecast, Tim and Pippa talk to sports journalists and broadcasters Natasha Henry and Annemarie Batson about representation and opportunity for black women in sports media. Pippa, Annemarie and Natasha talking about their personal experiences of breaking into the industry, the value- and the lack- of rolemodels for minorities and whether anything has ge...

On this show, recorded just a couple of hours after the game, we reflect on the 2-0 defeat in the North London derby. Despite knowing how they wanted to sucker punch us, we left our jaw hanging out there for a good punching. We chat about the team selection, Thomas Partey's involvement and the bizarre way it ended, conceding two in the first half and then being allowed to dominate the second, and,...

On this extra Arsecast Extra, we discuss the 4-1 win over Rapid Vienna in the Europa League – the first time fans have been allowed in the Emirates since March. James was there, so we talk about his experience as one of the 2,000 lucky supporters, the impact it might have had on the players, and the very obvious difference it makes to the experience, whether you're there or watching from afar. We...

In this episode we discuss the 2-1 defeat to Wolves at the Emirates on Sunday night. We start by talking about the collision between David Luiz and Raul Jimenez which left the Wolves man with a fractured skull. Should the Brazilian have continued, and when is football going to start taking head injuries more seriously? Then it's the football, and although we intended to analyse the game in some de...

On this week's show I chat to Andrew Allen about our 3-0 win over Molde in the Europa League, the positive contribution of Nicolas Pepe after his red card against Leeds, a first goal for Folarin Balogun, plus Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock and Emile Smith Rowe making a good night for the Academy lads. Then it's Tayo Popoola to reminisce about Diego Maradona after his passing this week. Possibly the gre...

In this episode we go back over the 0-0 draw with Leeds at Elland Road on Sunday. Mikel Arteta did make changes to his team, but they didn't really work in the first half. The second was complicated by the dismissal of Nicolas Pepe, and in the end a point in the context of the game was reasonable. We discuss the sending off, how the record signing blew a big chance, and Mikel Arteta's reaction to...

On this week's show I celebrate the end of the longest Interlull ever, and talk to journalist Daniel Storey about the the demands being placed on players this season. We chat about the prevalence of muscular injuries, unnecessary friendlies, Covid risks, the pressure on international managers which dictate their team selections, the five subs rule, as well as Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, and how he need...

This episode of the Arsecast Extra is brought to you by Interlull – the safe, new, hygienic product that cleanses your football bits. We make our way through discussion of the bleak greyness of the world right now, dodgy Irish accents, the internationals, Mikel Arteta hopefully making things better, before we come up with a very simple solution to our on-pitch problems. We then answer listener que...

On this week's show I'm joined by Clive Palmer to take stock of where we are after a patchy start to the season, and a disappointing defeat to Aston Villa. Will this Interlull be a good one for Mikel Arteta to take stock, and think about how he adds much needed attacking potency to his team? We chat about some changes he might make to his team to improve the attack and midfield, as well as discuss...

On this week's show we look back on the dismal 3-0 defeat to Aston Villa at the Emirates on Sunday. There's a lot to unpack as we discuss a very poor collective performance along with some very poor individual ones. How much is Mikel Arteta's system at fault, when it comes to analysing players who are under-performing? Our creative problems come into sharp focus again as missed chances prove costl...

On this week's show I chat with Andrew Allen about our 4-1 win over Molde in the Europa League. It's a good scoreline, but there's still a lot to talk about. Nicolas Pepe finished with a goal and an assist, but it wasn't completely convincing. Joe Willock was superb again, but how does he get minutes in the Premier League. We also chat about Willian, Bukayo Saka, Mikel Arteta and his team selectio...

It's a very goodly morning as we discuss yesterday's 1-0 win over Man Utd at Old Trafford. We've waited a long time for victory there in the league, so it feels sweet. We chat about the team selection and the way the starting XI executed the game-plan so well. Within the impressive collective performance, there were some eye-catching individuals too, and we shine the light on some of those, includ...

On this week's episode James and I discuss the 3-0 win over I Know It's Dundalk in the Europa League. We chat about the enigma that is Nicolas Pepe after his wonderful goal, and Mikel Arteta's comments about him. There's also focus on excellent performances from Joe Willock and Reiss Nelson, Folarin Balogun's debut and a look ahead to Old Trafford. Then, for more on Sunday's game, I'm joined by Mu...

On this episode, we look back on the 1-0 defeat to Leicester at the Emirates on Sunday evening. Arsenal can rue missed chances and an abysmal decision to chalk off an early goal, but the second half performance in particular left much to be desired. We chat about some individual performances, like Alex Lacazette, David Luiz, Dani Ceballos and Thomas Partey, as well as our lack of chance creation,...

In this episode we discuss the 2-1 Europa League win over Rapid Vienna. As well as discussing an impressive full debut from Thomas Partey, we delve into the issue of how we can start to become a more attacking team. Mikel Arteta has laid the foundations, but something else needs to happen up front. Andrew thinks the solution lies within, but James is not convinced. We also chat about Bernd Leno af...

For this month's episode of the Arsenal Women Arsecast Tim is joined by The Athletic's Women's Football Correspondent Katie Whyatt. They chat a little about Katie's path to becoming one of the only full-time women's football correspondents in the country, then they get into some big ticket topics around inequality between teams in the WSL- is it avoidable? Does it matter? Is the WSL now on an untr...

On this episode we look back in the 1-0 defeat to Man City on Saturday, a result/performance which has generated a lot of discussion, and which is interesting to analyse because of the way people have reacted to it. We chat about the scoreline in the context of other defeats there in recent years, and the selection decision Mikel Arteta made in using Willian in that particular role. How much was t...

On this week's show, I'm joined by Philippe Auclair to chat about the Project Big Picture stuff that went down this week. Even though it was voted down, what nefarious intentions lay behind this story coming out? What is the end-game? What could the ramifications be for the Premier League and beyond? We also chat about the pay-per-view stuff, the arrival and potential impact of Thomas Partey, Will...

On this Interlull episode of the Arsecast Extra, James has to deal with bits of himself literally falling out of his own body, before we discuss the big story of the weekend – the Project Give All The Money To The Big Clubs. Are there potential benefits to the game, or is this a piece of rank, cynical opportunism? We also chat about the decision to charge £14.95 for pay-per-view games on Sky...

On this week's show, I'm joined by former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner. With him, author Rune Skyum-Neilsen to chat about his book 'Both Sides' which is out now in England. We discuss his time at Arsenal, the ups and downs of his career, Arsene Wenger, injuries at bad times, how he views the club now, his plans for the future and loads more. You can also win a copy of the book. First up though...

On this bonus podcast, I'm joined by James and Andrew Allen to discuss the somewhat surprise transfer deadline signing of Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid. We chat about how the deal went down, the money involved, how late it came, but most importantly what the player will bring to this Arsenal team. We then discuss the window as a whole, grade the incoming and outgoing business, the departures...

On this episode of the Arsecast Extra we discuss the 2-1 win over Sheffield United on Sunday, in which two excellent second half goals helped us to three points against a difficult side. We touch on the introduction of Nicolas Pepe and the change in shape as a key factor in the win, a first Emirates goal for Bukayo Saka, the positives we should take from this game despite clear room for improvemen...

On this extra Arsecast Extra we discuss the penalty shoot-out win over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup. We discuss the man of the match performance of Bernd Leno and ask if it's time now to stop the constant comparisons with Emi Martinez. We also chat about the positives of three wins out of four against Liverpool in recent months, Nicolas Pepe on the left, the penalty shoot-out itself and the wonder...

On this week's show we discuss last night's 3-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield. How much can we be frustrated in losing to a team as good as they are? We chat about some big moments, including the red card that wasn't, Lacazette's miss, Mikel Arteta's team selection, how far we can go with this squad of players without further investment, and Aubameyang as the central striker to get on the end of...

On this week's very busy show I'm joined first by James Benge to talk about the midweek Carabao Cup win over Leicester, the impact of the young Academy players, Nicolas Pepe, and a certain someone who didn't play. Then, to get some background on new signing Alex Runarsson, I chat to author Matt McGinn who literally wrote the book on Icelandic football and who can give us some insight into the new...