Mike and Andy were joined today by our good friend Gab Marcotti, who, out of nearly 300 people who have appeared on the podcast, has known Mike the longest. That's nothing to brag about though. We talked about the dreadful day in the Nations League for Mike and Andy's England and Gab's Italy, and whether it matters. We talked about his great podcast on ESPN with Julien Laurens (The Gab and Juls Show), had some obligatory history lessons about Mike and Gab's teenage years together in London 73 ye...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 2
The TGP Boyz end their hibernation and have just learned that the season ended and we missed out on the top 4. Apparently the transfer window has also closed and we've missed out on every single player in world football and plan on starting 9 players each game next season. Is it time to panic? Has Andy become a Charlton fan? Has Mikey Herz cut his hair into the words "AC Milan?" Has Eoin fathered any more children? Will Magic Mike be wearing a shirt? Tune in to hear from 4 of the TGP 5 (Jared is...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 7Ep. 1
We discuss the important things to discuss during an interlull.. Nacho Slams Ozil Smith Slams Rock KT Slams Madrid Eoin Slams Martinelli Jake Slams Goals and the Magic Mike and Jake Football Flying Circus is ready to take flight!
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 65
Eoin, Andy and Mike are back to discuss our recent win v. the Villains of Aston and their chief villain Emi Martinez, who apparently was the best goalkeeper the world has to offer until he wasn't. And then we completely forgot to talk about Emi as we answered 395 questions from David Ziegler.
Mar 24, 2022•2 hr 35 min•Season 6Ep. 64
Arsenal are "red" hot, wearing all red, and here to discuss the win and profess their love for the process are Mikey Herz and Jaredy Carvz! If you've wanted to hear a Gooners Pod without a funky irish accent, a fake American who was born in London, and a big fat Yank named Magic... this is your show!!
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 63
The Gooners Pod is happy to welcome back our friend Alan Smith a.k.a. Smudge, Arsenal's famed #9 to chat about Arsenal's recent rollercoaster ride to top 4 possibilities! We ask Alan for his views on the trajectory of Arsenal under Mikel Arteta, and we hope to hear the background behind the creation of the fabulous 89 shirt currently up for raffle at www.goonersvcancer.com for a limited time!
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 62
Even though this game was boring and not worth discussing, we did it anyways! Today we were joined by a very happy group of Gooners: Colin Aston Scott Tannor Daniel Rob Michael Enjoy the varying points of view on a game that was a massive 3 points for The Arsenal!
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 6Ep. 61
Arsenal are back to winning ways with the inside track to an unexpected Top 4 finish - so where's the attention going? Of course, Auba's hat trick and Xhaka "refusing" the armband! Tonight the TGP crew gets together for the first live pod in a month and surely we'll discuss everything EXCEPT for the actual game itself.
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 60
Charles Watts joined us once again to chat about Arsenals miserable January, the last week of the transfer window, and some other vital topics! We also answered a slew of User Questions about what's going on with ins and outs at Arsenal.
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 59
It was a slow news week in the Arsenal world: No games, nothing happening with any games, opponents, media pundits, controversies, gates or anything like that. So what will we talk about with our beloved Jason Davies? #AubaGate #DerbyGate #OHaraGate #SignGuyMikeGate #GateGate #VlahovicGate #TollyGate Is that enough for you? Have a listen!
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 6Ep. 58
We were joined today by FK aka @fkhanage of the @Latte Firm to discuss Arsenal's dreadful exit from the FA Cup at the first hurdle, yet again to Nottingham Forest. There's much to discuss - including AMN's loan timing, the 1st half substitution of Nuno Tavares, our midfield woes - you name it, it went wrong. But look at the bright side - the League Cup and Premier League Title DOUBLE IS STILL ON, BABY! Yeah, ok.
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 6Ep. 57
So, like, that kinda sucked. Or did it?
Jan 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 56
It was a wonderful weekend of football, the highlight being Arsenal's 5-0 demolition of #ONCFC - aka "Only Norwich City Football Club." Herz & Magic are joined by two TGP Duck-Breakers - American fan Jack Robinson who has just been given a very well-publicized gift from Arsenal Leadership Group's Granit Xhaka, as well as the very talented and prolific Kaya Kaynak of Football.London. It'll be a fun chat where Magic may have to soften his stance and personal animus against a certain Swiss leader....
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 6Ep. 55
It's Boxing Day and today we boxed Norwich into submission with a 5-0 victory. We're joined by the Open Mic regulars and we welcome new duckbreakers in to discuss the game, the positive environment around the club, name our Men Of The Match and give our picks for the best Arsenal Boxer not named Kolasinac!
Dec 26, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 54
Arsenal continue their recent surge in a game that was 70 minutes of domination and a quick 20 minute nap. FOUR goals from players 21 and younger shows the future is bright! We were joined on the OpenMic show by: Alonzo @MrRobotTake2 Ryan @OneLordL Dan @drobert_14 Max @afc_max93 Fergus - live from leeds @gunsandribbons Daniel @Daniel Bailey TV Rich @RWilcox91 Dan S. And a 6 minute montage of silly videos at the end! Join future Open Mic shows at www.gooneropenmic.com and have YOUR say!...
Dec 25, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 52
Arsenal run rampant on a Sunderland team that kept it close for a bit but couldn't handle our fire. We spoke to some happy Gooners after the match to celebrate yet another cup semifinal for our Arsenal! Join us on future open mic shows at www.gooneropenmic.com and have your say!
Dec 25, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 53
It was the biggest game of the year - and the first game as official captain of Arsenal Football Club for [Leadership Group (tm)] !!!! Arsenal came through with flying colours and we spoke to some happy fans after the game!
Dec 25, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 51
Arsenal are back to winning ways, without their "captain" and talisman Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, who has once again been dropped for attendance issues. We will talk about the 3-0 win v. Soton, what it means in the grand scheme of things, whether Arteta has done wrong by Auba or not, and preview the West Ham game with Mike's ex-pat mate Kevin who is a lifelong West Ham Supporter since 1966, sizes up their chances at the Emirates on Wednesday, and pipes in about "problem players" like Auba which ...
Dec 18, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Season 6Ep. 50
It was a home affair against the RICHEST AND MOST WINLESSEST FOOTBALL CLUB IN DEL MUNDO!! Yes, a return to form for Arsenal and 3 points in the bag. We heard from a handful of top Gooners on a game that started slow and ended with the return of the prodigal son Gabriel Martinelli!
Dec 18, 2021•1 hr 13 min
It was the biggest game of the season (again) and we shake off the horrific outcome to share our thoughts on how it went - did the "New Arsenal" show up or was it a u-turn on Arsenal's rocket ride to the Treble? Have YOUR say live on air by joining us at www.gooneropenmic.com an hour after the final whistle!
Dec 18, 2021•54 min•Season 6Ep. 48
The Pod is BACK! After a lengthy layoff in large part due to Mike's travels and shoddy AirBNB internet, we've got a ton to catch up on. Also, Herz tries, but fails, to pay off a peculiar bet.
Nov 15, 2021•2 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 47
We're Live. We're Drunk
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 6Ep. 46
We’re live, and Mike's galavanting around Highbury at night!
Nov 14, 2021•2 hr 45 min•Season 6Ep. 45
It's an interlull pod and Mike is at his "home away from home" in Highbury and hanging out with Peter aka DJ Selenki who holds an interesting position at Arsenal Football Club. We had a great chat about songs, his experiences working for the club, a bit too much about professional wrestling (but Mike liked it), the state of Arsenal today, and got some refreshingly honest and unique takes from a "man on the inside."
Oct 14, 2021•2 hr 43 min•Season 6Ep. 44
Everyone knows that you're never supposed to look at the table until 19% of the way into the season. We enter another interlull sitting at the 18.4% mark so the TGP boys are blissfully unaware of where things stand. It's a bantzfest on TGP to wipe the boredom away!
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 43
Come on in and share your thoughts on the Open Mic postgame show for Brighton v. Arsenal! Join us live at www.gooneropenmic.com
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 42
Okay, so Arsenal are flat track bullies now, knocking down 9 points out of 9 against woeful opposition. But we'll take it! Seriously, this was the game that was thought to be possible but never expected. Andy, Mike & Eoin will be joined by @LLCoolJames91 - the "Pudgy Messiah" because Jesus Christ we kicked the sh%t out of that lot up the road.
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 41
It's Derby Day! How'd it Go? Are we celebrating, crying, jubilant, or angry? Have your day however you feel by joining us at www.gooneropenmic.com and get it all out on the air with us!!
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 6Ep. 40
We're back for a rare and fun chat that isn't all about Arsenal - tonight we reunite with an old mate from Mike's favorite South London Football Club - The Mighty U's of Sutton United! We welcome back a guest from TGP Season 1 -Taz from the hilarious Gandermonium blog! We talk to Taz about their magical 2017 FA Cup run culminating in a 5th round tie against Arsenal (spoiler alert: We won the Cup that year as usual), the amazing trajectory of the club since that cup run - culminating in their fir...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 39
Happy New Year! Have Arsenal turned a page since Rosh Hashanah or what? 2 wins, 2 goals, 2 clean sheets, and a newfound confidence? Or is it a false dawn with a massive NLD coming up on the weekend? Join Magic, Eoin, Andy (yes Andy) and duck-breaker French as we go through the game and do a temperature check (rectally, of course) on how we're feeling about Arteta's Arsenal.
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 6Ep. 38
