Arsenal Women Arsecast Episode 162: Gunners bow out of the FA Cup
4/6/202658 min
In this episode of the Arsenal Women Arsecast, Tim and Jamie rake over the coals of Sunday's 2-0 FA Cup defeat to Brighton where a rotated and tired looking Gunners side were outmatched by Dario Vidosic's side. Tim and Jamie discuss the level of rotation, what it suggests about squad depth, how Brighton's approach made it difficult for Arsenal, lack of depth in midfield and whether a dropoff in performance is avoidable after a pair of massive Champions League games. In part 2, Tim and Jamie take your questions submitted on Bluesky.
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First 90 secondsTim Stillman· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Arsenal Women Arsecast on arseblog.com. With me, your host, Tim Stillman, looking back on Sunday afternoon's 2-0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion at Meadow Park as Arsenal exit the FA Cup, and that decade-long wait to lift the FA Cup goes on for another year. Arsenal Women one-clubbing it hard this weekend. [chuckles] And, um, I was, I was at both games this weekend, so had better footballing weekends. Um, however, we're here as we always are, a little bit of therapy maybe, last game before the international break. And here to break the game down with me as ever is our co-host, Jamie Spanger. Jamie, how are you doing?
Jamie Spanger· Host0:51
Ah, Tim, who needs the FA Cup? [laughs] Honestly, it's a, it's a fable competition that doesn't actually matter anyway, so we've got bigger things to worry about. [chuckles] Uh, no, I'm sour. I'm sour, but I'm ready to speak about it, and I think this always does tend to help, Tim, so I'm good. I have-- There's bigger issues in the world than Arsenal, I guess.
Tim Stillman· Host1:11
Yeah. I mean, my, my day started quite inauspiciously. I went down to Southampton for the men's game. Obviously stupid kick-off time, so I had to stay over. The, the first mistake I made, and I didn't do this deliberately, I booked a hotel that had a 24-hour bar. Um, and that