Episode 2 of Yet Another Arsenal Podcast:Listen on: YouTube & Instagram (search Yet Another Arsenal Podcast)

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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