Simon returns once again - as does Nick Ames - along with an Arsenal Beat special guest, Dharmesh Sheth of Sky Sports News. The trio look back at the Crystal Palace win before discussing the ins and outs of a Premier League press conference; how they plan questions, react to answers and decide what content to use afterwards. They also play Beat the Beat by agreeing on a prediction for Monday night's visit of Newcastle United.
Sam and Mark return and are joined for the first time by the Independent’s chief football writer Miguel Delaney. The trio look back at the FA Cup third round win over Newcastle and predict the score of the Crystal Palace fixture in Beat the Beat. Meanwhile, all of our panel pick one fantasy January signing for Arsenal and compare their choices with those made by Arsenal Beat listeners.
Molly Hudson of The Times leads the discussion as she is joined by The Guardian’s Suzy Wrack and Tim Stillman from Arseblog to explain the effect the latest lockdown will have on the women's game and the potential Covid breaches at Arsenal. They also ponder whether the pressure on manager Joe Montemurro is justified.
In a bumper return from a Christmas break, England spin bowler-turned-journalist Monty Panesar joins Simon and Sam to discuss the Chelsea and Brighton games and predict more than just the score of the West Brom fixture in ‘Beat the Beat’. Meanwhile, Mark hosts a January transfer window Q&A as he puts listener questions to The Mirror’s chief football writer John Cross, Charles of Goal and The Athletic’s James McNicholas.
The first Arsenal Beat special lands just in time for Christmas. With the January transfer window looming we take an in-depth look at William Saliba - his early career, move to Arsenal and what has gone wrong since.
Mark and Simon are back and this time they are joined by Nick Callow of Hayters Teamwork. The trio all pick a player they feel needs to do more to help Arsenal through their current woes. We introduce our new results prediction game ‘Beat the Beat’ and cast an eye forward to the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester City.
Episode four of the Arsenal Beat sees both Sam and Charles return and this time they are joined by the Guardian’s Nick Ames to discuss whether Arsenal have a discipline problem, whether Ancelotti would have been a good fit at the Emirates Stadium and offer an insight into interview time with Edu earlier this week in which he addressed Mikel Arteta’s future and the January window. We also hear why Alex Hleb is not only Nick’s favourite Arsenal player but why the Belarusian thinks Charles is simpl...
Mark is here for his hat-trick and he is joined today by Simon Collings of the Evening Standard and the Athletic’s Art De Roche. They discuss Granit Xhaka’s red card in the Burnley defeat, the return of Gabriel Martinelli and their favourite away match as an Arsenal reporter. PA Media’s chief football writer - and Southampton fan - Simon Peach also pops by to preview Wednesday’s Premier League clash.
Mark and Sam return for a preview of Sunday’s Premier League visit of Burnley. They are also joined by Charles Watts, Arsenal reporter for Goal, to discuss whether playing in front of a crowd will be a positive or negative experience in the current climate, how to start scoring more goals and Sam’s Daily Telegraph article on the reliance on a misfiring Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. They also pick the best individual performance they’ve seen while covering Arsenal.
In the debut show we get to know our first three members of the Arsenal Beat as Mark, Sam and James discuss any positives from the north London derby defeat, what next for Arteta and James’ ESPN exclusive from last week. They also pick their favourite Arsenal goal.
