On today’s episode, Pete and Jacob limp out of the international break with bruised mouths, bruised lineups, and bruised optimism ahead of a monster North London Derby.

We get into:

🧟‍♂️ Injury apocalypse

Gabriel’s abductor blow, the real timeline, and how this derails Arsenal’s December monster run.

🧩 Who replaces Big Gabi?

Calafiori at CB? Mosquera time? Hincapié wildcard? Or will Arteta go full galaxy brain?

🎨 Odegaard’s colour palette

Why Arsenal look black-and-white without him and Technicolor with him. The weird, wrong online takes.

🇩🇪 Bundesliga myth-busting + Jude Bellingham debate

Is Germany too soft a league? Why some stars flop in England. Is Jude a “moment player”?

🔥 Saka and Eze cooking for England

Lovely… but Arsenal need that heat right now. Especially with the fixture pile-up.

🤕 Kai Havertz concerns

The fitness worries, the durability question, and whether the Sesko vs Gyökeres conversation looks different now.

🧱 Are Arsenal inevitable?

Three seasons of elite consistency. When patience runs out for top players. Why this season feels like destiny.

👶 Hale End and the teen minutes conundrum

Miles, Ethan, Max — development vs pressure vs loan ideals. Arteta’s philosophy laid bare.

⚔️ North London Derby preview

Where Spurs are soft. Where Arsenal must be ruthless. And why this will come down to Saka, Eze, or a Hale Ender with main-character energy.

A lively, chaotic, derby-week episode filled with anxiety, tactics, agendas, optimism, and fear.

Exactly how it should be.

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