Stop being stupid
4/6/202639 min
Art de Roché and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to discuss Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
The panel reflect on how they’re feeling about the result, how well Southampton played, Dowman’s excellent performance, needing to improve managing the momentum swings in matches, some of the squad players not being at the standard required, Odegaard’s promising return from injury and their optimism for the run-in despite this result.
Plus, they respond to some listener messages and look ahead to the quarter-final first leg against Sporting CP in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 0· Soundbite0:00
[gentle music] The Athletic FC.
Art de Roché· Panelist0:03
[upbeat music] The only way to score is, of course, to play, uh, with a handbrake off.
Ian Stone· Host0:12
Hello, I'm Ian Stoney. This is Handbrake Off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic. We're talking about Arsenal's 2-1 defeat to Southampton in the FA Cup at the weekend, and also looking ahead to tomorrow night's quarterfinal first leg in Lisbon. Champions League, baby. To do that, I'm joined by Art De Roche and Adrian Clarke. Morning.
Art de Roché· Panelist0:34
Good morning.
Adrian Clarke· Panelist0:34
Good morning. Morning.
Ian Stone· Host0:35
Morning.
Adrian Clarke· Panelist0:35
Loving the positivity there, Stoney.
Ian Stone· Host0:37
You know what? Yeah.
Adrian Clarke· Panelist0:37
You're starting on, starting on a plus.
Ian Stone· Host0:39
[laughs] Yeah. Well, I'll get to that. Obviously, it takes a little bit of time to reset, doesn't it? But w- look, I tell you what, right, did you see the young Arsenal fan crying, being consoled by his dad? I mean, we've all been there. You cried at football, Adrian. You cried, you must have cried a few times. Are you a cry- you're not really a crier, are you? No.
Adrian Clarke· Panelist0:57
Well, in, in life, maybe sometimes. But, like, no, not, not really about football. Maybe that [laughs]... Maybe I should. I don't know. I d- I... Yeah, I can't remember. I mean, g- when I've lost big games, I've sort of s- sat there slumped on the turf feeling very fed up and disappointed. I don't know if it's ever brought me to tears, i- if I'm perfectly honest. The only thing I can sort of relate to is, is my little boy, Ted. He's a very determined [laughs] little kid, and he wants to win everything, and he's really, really pumped for it. And, and, and occasionally, as a seven, eight