Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

Join Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, and Adrian Clarke for a look back on Arsenal's win over Brentford from the weekend.This week we crown the Fab Four, we discuss our captaincy choices, and we look at a shift in system. All that plus a trip down memory lane to the Bernabeu when Arsenal became the first english side to beat Real Madrid in their own backyard.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - The new Fab Four (01.00)PART 2 - Arsenal 2-1 Brentford (06.00)PART 3 - Real Madrid 0-1 Arsenal (31.30) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, and James McNicholas for a look back on the last week in Arsenal.Today: Do Arsenal have a discipline problem? What's our signature performance? And how many goals will Arsenal need to score in the final 16 games to get top four?All that plus a brilliant weekend of results for Arsenal despite not playing, look at our selling problem, and reasons to love the Gunners.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - We love you Arsenal, we do (01.00)PART 2 - Wolves 0-1 Arsenal (06.00)PART 3 - Arsenal and signings: it’s complicated (33.30) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, James McNicholas and Art de Roche for a spin through the latest from ArsenalThis week: is Tomiyasu the best right back since Lee Dixon? Should Ian Wright get a knighthood? And which former Arsenal player did Viv Miedema remind Ian of this weekend?We discuss the hopes and expectations for the season ahead, whether Martinelli could play through the middle of the pitch, and find out whether we'll be seeing any of our youngsters making a cameo for the seniors in the second half of the season.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - What are we looking forward to when football returns? (01.00)PART 2 - Seventeen cup finals (06.00)PART 3 - U23s and Women with Art de Roche (27.30) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Ian Stone, Adrian Clarke and James McNicholas for a discussion on Arsenal's (lack of) business during the January transfer window.This week: how do the panel rate our January out of day? Memories of Auba, and who are these two new signings we've brought in?Plus is it Europe or bust for Arteta?RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Rate January out of 10 (01.00)PART 2 - Transfers, Auba, and who we brought in (04.30)PART 3 - Trust the process? (28.30) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence and James McNicholas for a look back on our 0-0 draw with Burnley and ask will we get a striker?Strikers very much the theme of the show as we discuss if Arsenal need and/or should kiss and make up with Pierre Emerick Aubameyang. Flo Lloyd Hughes joins to tell us all about the disjointed state of Arsenal Women and answer our questions about the likelihood of Miedema's Arsenal exit. Plus we ponder if Arsenal's European hopes rest on Arsenal getting a striker in January.All that and Ian asks the most surreal question you may ever hear.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Pick a sub (01.00)PART 2 - Arsenal 0-0 Burnley (04.30)PART 3a - Streaky strikers: Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (21.00)PART 3b - Streaky strikers: Viv Miedema (30.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence and James McNicholas for a chat about Sunday's postponed North London DerbyThis week: with everyone ganging up on Arsenal for calling off Sunday's game, we ask could this be a good thing for the club mentality? We ask who's actually around for Thursday's game against Liverpool? And we take a look back at Lord Nicklas Bendtner's time at Arsenal as the Danish striker turns 34.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - How the NLD really went (01.00)PART 2 - Postponements (05.30)PART 3 - Happy birthday Lord Bendtner (28.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence and James McNicholas back to talk you through the deflating defeat at Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup.This week: with a season defining week ahead which players should Arsenal be looking to bring in to ensure better performances? Is it already too late to be bringing in players? And is Jack Wilshere the solution to all our problems?That plus whether Arteta's contract should be extended and what's the biggest factor in determining that.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Transfers targets (01.00)PART 2 - Forest 1-0 Arsenal (05.30)PART 3a - Arteta’s contract (25.00)PART 3b - January deals (31.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, and James McNicholas are back for 2022 and their hope-ometers are on the rise.This week we discuss the fantastic performance against Man City, despite losing there were so many positives to take from the game - especially Partey, Tomiyasu, and Ramsdale's huge passes.We discuss Amy's interview with Granit Xhaka and whether it might change perceptions of him. And as it's January we discuss what business Arsenal need to do and what they might do.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Positivity pals (01.00)PART 2 - Arsenal 1-2 Man City (08.30)PART 3a - Xhaka interview (31.00)PART 3b - January deals (45.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join James McNicholas, Adrian Clarke, and Art de Roche for this week's Handbrake Off - and it's a joyous oneThis week: we dish out the love for Gabriel Martinelli as we look back on victory at Elland Road. The team discuss who should be captain and we hand out our Handbrake Off-scars too.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Breakthrough games (01.00)PART 2a - Leeds 1-4 Arsenal (07.30)PART 2b - Who should be captain? (32.00)PART 3 - Handbrake Off-scars (38.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence, and James McNicholas for this week's Handbrake Off where we're praising our team on the pitch and asking questions about what's going on off itThis week: slickest team goals, a good win, and great concern for how Arteta will deal with Auba. Is it time for a new captain?That plus disappointment over a lack of tribute to Ray Kennedy and we wish Santi Cazorla a happy birthday!RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Slick Arsenal goals (01.00)PART 2a - Arsenal 3-0 Southampton (07.30)PART 2b - Arteta’s Auba problem (22.00)PART 2c - Lack of tribute to Ray Kennedy (35.00)PART 3 - Happy Birthday Santi Cazorla! (38.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.