The Pot Shot Podcast

Towells and Collings are on a time limit this week, as they have only half an hour to record before Collings' power will cut. Can they fit a review of the Manchester City game, discussion of deadline day, and a look ahead to Everton into such a short space of time? There's only one way to find out... Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Manchester City 8:22 - Missing out on Caicedo 12:20 - Getting Jorg...

The two Alexes & Max ( @assna_maz ) take an in-depth look at our victory against Manchester United, before a bit of transfer talk and a look ahead to Manchester City in the FA Cup at the weekend. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:58 - Yanited overview 11:05 - What is an "Aggresive Mid Block?" Why do we have one? 14:56 - Saka & Nketiah 22:56 - The Zinchenko Role 30:42 - Ben White's struggles &...

After an (un)surprisingly comfortable 2-0 win away against Spurs, there's no time to rest for Arsenal as Manchester United come to visit on the weekend. What tactical tweaks did Arteta make to exploit the weaknesses in Conte's system? What can we expect from a United side that's gone 13 games unbeaten in the league? Do our hosts know who Bruce Rioch is? All this and more in this week's Pot Shot! N...

With everybody & their dog talking about Arsenal's attempts to buy at least one attacker this transfer window, Towells and Collings are joined by Llew from Scouted Football to discuss an area arguably in even greater need of reinforcement - midfield. We discuss the options we currently have, whether we should/will make any midfield signings in this window, and what we think the future of Arsen...

The Gunners achieved 4 points from their two New Years' weekend games, beating Brighton at the AMEX before being held to a 0-0 draw at the Emirates by Newcastle. Collings and Towells are joined by Max Taylor of Top Bins Talk to discuss Arsenal's fortunes across the two games, before giving their thoughts on two rumoured transfer targets now that the window is open once more. Timestamps: 00:00 - In...

After 6 weeks (and 45 minutes) off, Arsenal came back from behind to beat West Ham 3-1. Towells and Collings look back on the standout performances from the game, before a brief look forward to Brighton on Friday. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:32 - Martin Odegaard 09:02 - Eddie Nketiah 18:43 - Kieran Tierney 21:40 - The rest of the defensive line 28:04 - Brighton preview 31:16 - Trivia! 33:10 - Out...

The probability of Arsenal topping the Premier League table at Christmas is a statistical wonder, and yet - here we are. With the return of club football just around the corner, Alexes Towells and Collings are joined by stats whiz Maram AlBaharna ( @maramperninety ) to discuss the stats behind Arsenal's storming pre-World Cup form, which left them top of the table going into the break. Timestamps:...

It's been a while since Alex Collings has been on the pod, so we sit down to discuss the three Premier League games Arsenal have played in that time: Southampton, Nottingham Forest and Chelsea. In doing so, we discuss what it means to be "in control" of a game, and what Arsenal are doing this season to be just so gosh darn good at it. TIMESTAMPS: Intro: 00:00 Chelsea: 02:57 Our Rest Defense Is Pre...

Alex Towells is joined by Ciaran ( @xCiaran_ ) and Abdul ( @Flaminiesta ) to discuss the draw against Southampton & the win at home to PSV, in the absence of Alex Collings, who has a degree to do this week. This podcast was recorded before Arsenal's 2-0 loss away to PSV, so we don't yet know we're destined to lose that game. You can tell. Also there are some audio issues at times - we're aware...

The two Alexes, Towells ( @alextowells ) and Collings ( @alexfrco ), are joined by Ciaran ( @xCiaran_ ) to discuss the Leeds game & our Europa League campaign, before discussing who we think have been Arsenal's best players after 10 Premier League games. We then talk about Cuco Martina for a couple minutes, for some reason. TIMESTAMPS: Intro: 00:00 The Leeds Game: 01:26 The Europa League campa...

The two Alexes, Towells ( @alextowells ) and Collings ( @alexfrco ) are joined by Jon Mackenzie ( @Jon_Mackenzie ) to discuss the Liverpool game, before widening their scope to look at how Arsenal have fared in big games so far this season and what we can learn from their performances, then finishing off with a quick preview of the Leeds game. We answer your questions throughout the podcast, inclu...

The two Alexes, Towells ( @alextowells ) and Collings ( @alexfrco ) look back on a Spurs game that was a lot less nervy than anyone expected, then quickly look at the Bodo/Glimt game before being joined by Danny ( @calcio_danny ) to chat about what an underperforming Liverpool side might have in store for us ahead of the weekend. TIMESTAMPS: Intro: 00:00 NLD review: 00:50 Bodo/Glimt preview: 27:58...

The two Alexes, Towells ( @alextowells ) and Collings ( @alexfrco ) are joined by Rhys ( @RTJenky ) to give an in-depth preview of the Spurs game and answer some of your questions going into the match, before answering some of your... less on-topic questions. TIMESTAMPS: Intro: 00:00 What can we expect from Spurs? 02:52 Answering your NLD questions: 22:12 Should we play pragmatically, or stick to...

The two Alexes, Towells ( @alextowells ) and Collings ( @alexfrco ) are joined by Abdul ( @flaminiesta ) to look back on the loss to Manchester United and win against Zurich, before looking ahead to the Brentford game this weekend. TIMESTAMPS: Intro: 00:00 United chat: 01:48 Zurich & squad depth: 30:14 Brentford Preview: 40:41 Outro: 51:34 We have a twitter account! Follow us @potshotpod to he...

The two Alexes, Towells ( @alextowells ) and Collings ( @alexfrco ), take a look back at Arsenal's wins against Fulham and Aston Villa, before being joined by Aaron ( @amonizfootball ) and Kees ( @HemmenKees ) from Devils in the Details to discuss the trip to Old Trafford coming up this weekend. TIMESTAMPS: Intro: 0:00:00 Fulham & Villa games: 0:01:06 Manchester United preview w/ Devils in the...

The two Alexes, Towells ( @alextowells ) and Collings ( @alexfrco ), take a look back at Arsenal's 3-0 away win at Bournemouth, rank every transfer we've made post-Wenger, and talk about the man who may well be our Mystery Right WingerTM. Joining them is Abhishek Sharma ( @abhisheksh_98 ), whose Arsenal knowledge is only matched by his love of retweeting dog content on twitter. We have a twitter a...

The two Alexes, Towells ( @alextowells ) and Collings ( @alexfrco ), take a look back at Arsenal's 4-2 home win against Leicester, and use the starting XI of the first two games of the season to give a tactical overview of what Arsenal look like right now. We then have a quick look ahead at Bournemouth next weekend, take some time to laugh at Manchester United, and end off the show talking about t...

The two Alexes, Towells ( @alextowells ) and Collings ( @alexfrco ), take a look back at Arsenal's 2-0 away win at Crystal Palace, try to predict what the rest of the season will look like, and tell you what other football teams they like that aren't Arsenal. Joining them is Sav from Scouted Football ( @scoutedsxv ), offering something he rarely gets to do - opinions! We have a twitter account! Fo...