Episode 2 of Yet Another Arsenal Podcast:Listen on: YouTube & Instagram (search Yet Another Arsenal Podcast)
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A very Arsenal week: rotated side handles Brighton, a ruthlessly professional 2–0 at Burnley, Viktor Gyökeres looks the part, Declan Rice is a walking cheat code (and hair icon), and the set-piece machine keeps printing goals. VAR remains a farce, Sky’s broadcast made it feel like Italia ’90, and we’re already juggling festive fixture chaos. Quick look ahead to Prague in Europe, Sunderland away, and the looming North London knees-up.
00:00 Welcome back + Brighton cup thoughts (rotation, rust, job done)
06:30 Broadcast gripe: SD in 2025?! + nostalgia for phone-line commentary
08:30 Young striker’s debut, minutes for the fringe, and Arteta’s rotation calculus
09:45 Mosquera chat: recovery pace, reading danger, and lowering the Saliba drop-off
13:15 League Cup philosophy: play kids to get there, play the first team to win it
15:20 Burnley away preview → respect the banana skin, demand professionalism
17:10 The sleeves debate (tradition vs marginal gains) + suits off the coach (!)
19:45 Gyökeres: running channels, chaos creation, “just get the job done”
21:10 Tap-ins are art too: striker’s goals > pretty goals discourse
22:20 Training-ground throw → boom: the second goal routine
24:20 Declan Rice Appreciation Society (engine, carry, deliveries… and the barnet)
29:40 Saliba–Gabriel (ice & fire) + Timber love + modern positionless patterns
34:10 Second-half control: win without drama, Saka’s off-day & keeper saves
38:00 Trossard’s spiky edge, numbers vs vibes
40:20 Prague away & Sunderland preview; away-day tales; fans on tour
41:50 The Goalkeeper Question™: distribution, nerves, and meritocracy
44:30 Spurs & Chelsea bits: traditions, banter, and festive pressure games
49:20 Admin & mailbag—get in touch, suggest segments, send your away-day pics
Rotation done right: 10 changes will look disjointed; the point is minutes + clean sheet.
Set-piece supremacy: It’s a feature, not a bug—goals when it matters.
Gyökeres’ value: Occupies CBs, stretches the pitch, creates easy goals for others.
Declan Rice: Dead-ball delivery, 30-yard carries, first to last action. Team identity runs through him.
Tradition vs pragmatism: Sleeve length & suits vs player comfort and marginal gains.
The GK debate: If the No.1 role is “be elite with feet,” then selection should reflect actual form.
“Be perfectly consistent rather than consistently perfect.”
“Tap-ins are worth the same as worldies; we’re not curating a gallery, we’re winning a league.”
“Rice is hair, legs, and laws of physics—pick any two.”
“We rotated, we bored them, we won. That’s what grown-up teams do.”
Europe (Prague, away): Handle business, nick a set-piece, manage legs.
Sunderland (A): Treat like a nightmare to avoid one. Professionalism again.
International break: Good for hamstrings, bad for happiness.
Derby watch: Spurs on the horizon—bank the points, bank the noise
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