The Thing About Arsenal

Well, who cares if we were falling asleep halfway through the second half and we struggled to break Sporting down, WHAT a result that was!Luke and Jim jump on after a classy Kai Havertz goal capped off what was a cagey but controlled performance. We recap another imperious David Raya showing, an impressive return from Martin Ødegaard and some tentative moments from a few others - but shake off those nerves, because we got the win!Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To all the fans who were seeking solace from the men's result on Saturday night with AWFC, welcome! And welcome to more of the same. Laura and Rory look back on a rollercoaster week that saw us go from triumph at Stamford Bridge to despair at Meadow Park, which sent us on some very long, very reflective walks.We discuss what went wrong against Brighton as the domestic cups continue to elude us, while Rory is left wondering what Frida Maanum is actually doing at the moment. Elsewhere, there's a lot of love for a truly generational post-match interview from Sonia Bompastor, gritty game management and an away game that sounded even better than a home game.Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the dust settled, Jim and Jonny reflect on the Southampton defeat without declaring our season a failure or selling half of the squad. But it is time for some tough home truths.Jonny explains why Mikel Arteta must become more accountable to the fans, while Jim questions whether this Arsenal team is truly enjoying its football. Plus, we answer a selection of your questions, including the inevitable... is it REALLY happening again? The lads come armed with plenty of reasons for optimism!Catch our friends at On The Continent's video all about Sporting here!Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We knew those bloody balloons were a bad omen. Laura and Jonny react to Arsenal's chastening defeat at Southampton as we crash out of the FA Cup.We discuss where it all went wrong, from the errors across the backline, to the general lack of urgency and reactivity in both the players and Mikel Arteta that is becoming a growing trend.There's praise for Max Dowman – but also the startling realisation that he was by far Arsenal's best player. It's fair to say Laura and Jonny kept this one real, so come join us.Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arsenal are back in action! Luke, Jim and Sam are excited to watch our beautiful boys again as they take on Southampton in the FA Cup – even if we don't really know who's going to be fit.They discuss the walking wounded from the international break – some potentially more than others – and the wider discourse around Arsenal's withdrawals. Plus, Saka's sauce is back and everyone's behaving totally normally about it, Andrey Arshavin goes viral, and we have our first somewhat legit kit leak! Luke and Sam are already feeling ways...Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A lovely time of year for hammering Spurs and for Alessia Russo to get her first Arsenal hat-trick. Plus, the Kim Little celebrations rumble on and Laura and Rory can’t get enough of it.Elsewhere, Rory fills us in about tifo logistics (it’s no picnic) and both the Champions League and the FA Cup are looming.P.S. Laura has a scorching hot Lauren James take.Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After plenty of love for our backline, it's time to absolute eviscerate the rest of the team. Joking, of course – Declan Rice and Martín Zubimendi come out of this pretty well.Laura, Sam and Rory give their marks out of 10 for every single Arsenal midfielder and attacker, featuring praise for Rice's 'ratting around', a very frank conversation about Bukayo Saka, and the horrifying realisation that Laura's Gabriel Jesus bandwagon really has run out of road. Join us!What are your ratings? Let us know show@thingaboutarsenal.com or find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s currently the international break for the men’s team, which is generally a good time to take stock of how things are going. Therefore, Luke, Jonny and Sam have gathered to submit their Arsenal player ratings for the season so far.Today, we are starting with the goalkeepers and defence. So we’ve got some big questions to answer. E.g, how harsh should we be to Kepa? And, is Gabriel or William Saliba more worthy of a 10? Listen to find out.What are your ratings? Let us know show@thingaboutarsenal.com or find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lucy and Rory are here to break down Saturday’s 5-0 win, where Chloe Kelly was great and West Ham were dreadful. The important lesson: bring your own chocolate.In other news, Renee Slegers is a record-breaker and the Champions League approaches! Despite the inevitable nerves, Rory tells Lucy why we should feel confident that we can beat Chelsea tonight.Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke, Lucy and Sam are back in the studio the afternoon after the afternoon before, for more thoughts and plenty of feelings about our Carabao Cup final defeat to Man City.We chat about this team still lacking a killer instinct, the beauty of hindsight-informed alternative tactics and how there's still SO MUCH to play for this season! Consider this episode the final dose of Cup Final Sadness Hour, then join Lucy and Rory tomorrow to preview a crucial week for the women's side!Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Disappointed? Us too. But a problem shared is a problem halved, so join Laura, Jim and Jonny as they reflect on that uninspiring cup final defeat.Should Kepa have started in goal? What’s wrong with Bukayo Saka? We try to get to the bottom of it all. Plus, Laura explores what activities she can now do to avoid reliving this match.Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Birmingham City in 2011, playing the kids vs Chelsea in 2007 and that Sergio Aguero chip in 2018. We’ve had a lot of heartbreak in the League Cup final over the years but Laura, Jim and Jonny believe that is over and we are ready to make it our year!Join us as we preview this weekend’s Carabao Cup final. Does Mikel Arteta know how to get the better of Pep? Will Kepa start in goal? How will this affect the run-in? We cover it all. Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura and Jim get on the mics straight after an impressive win against Bayer Leverkusen that propels us into the quarter-finals of the Champions League, courtesy of some great performances from Viktor Gyökeres, Martín Zubimendi n’ co.And for anyone annoyed at our style of play, have a look at those bangers from Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice… You’re welcome.Think we're going to win the Champions League? Email show@thingaboutarsenal.com, tell us all about it.Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After three weeks without a game… we’re back! And we’re back winning. Laura and Rory chat about the result, the performance and the personnel - plus, are we learning more about Arsenal’s identity under Renée Slegers?In other news, Mariona Caldentey and Leah Williamson play the kazoo and the guys reckon Subway has gone downhill. Not only the cup, but also the sandwiches.Plus, is Alessia Russo somehow still underrated? We discuss that and look ahead to the first of many, many London derbies in the next couple of weeks.Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're not getting carried away but Saturday was one of the greatest moments we've ever had at the Emirates. Surely? Luke, Jim and Rory discuss where it ranks in our all-time list and just how significant it could be for the rest of our season.Plus, Eberechi Eze season continues apace, Win the dog is spotted at last, and there's a bumper preview for Bayer Leverkusen – Luke explains why he is feeling VERY confident. Huddle around everyone!Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim charges back from the Emirates to join Jonny and react to what could be the defining moment of Arsenal's season. And all thanks to a 16-year-old from Chelmsford. Max Dowman, bloody hell.Suffered as much incredible headloss as us? Email show@thingaboutarsenal.com, tell us all about it.Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura, Luke and Jim are here to affectionately moan about Arsenal and look ahead to a massive Saturday afternoon clash against Everton at some stadium called the Emirates. Is Bukayo Saka really injured, or is he hampered by the horseshoe of doom? Will Kai Havertz get the nod against Everton? And why is Rodri having a full-blown midlife crisis?Plus, Luke has a troubling confession to make and Laura turns to the film 'Goal!' for advice. Said no one ever.Part of an Arsenal Supporters Club? We want to hear all about it. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com.Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and makes it easier for other Arsenal fans to find us. Thank you for your support!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A sticky game which, if we’re honest, Bayer Leverkusen deserved to win. But thanks to a very “Champions League” penalty decision it’s all square going back to the Emirates. It will do…Today, Jim and Jonny reflect on Bukayo Saka’s poor performance and the value of having a deep squad after Noni Madueke and Kai Havertz's contributions off the bench. Plus, Luke shares his experience of watching the game at the BayArena in Leverkusen.***Spread the word and tell your Arsenal mates about us! Be part of growing this new Arsenal community. Thank you for your support!***Follow us on our brand new socials! Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Thing About Arsenal’s Big Bumper International Break Round-up. And it’s a full house! Laura, Lucy and Rory take a look at the fortunes of our players out on international duty at the World Cup qualifiers and the Asian Cup, while Rory scouts some potential new signings.Elsewhere, we look ahead to major upcoming events including Mother’s Day and Arsenal’s Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea. Plus, we decide which team are the One Direction of the WSL and Laura promises to make the Arsenal Women’s team on The Sims.***Spread the word and tell your Arsenal mates about us! Be part of growing this new Arsenal community. Thank you for your support!***Follow us on our brand new socials! Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've still not quite got our heads around Max Dowman and Marli Salmon. So today, Laura springs an impromptu quiz on Jonny and Lucy to REALLY make us feel old...Elsewhere, we discuss in depth what's going on with Gabriel Jesus – and whether we need to be patient, or finally let go. Plus, pizza delivery man and Invincible Edu bites the dust at Nottingham Forest – do we look back on his Arsenal tenure differently now?And ahead of our tie with Leverkusen, we hear from the Arsenal Germany Supporters Club! Who won't be buying their tickets on eBay this time...***Spread the word and tell your Arsenal mates about us! Be part of growing this new Arsenal community. Thank you for your support!***Follow us on our brand new socials! Find us on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Email us show@thingaboutarsenal.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.