Gooner U: Arsenal FC Fancast

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Europa Match #3 at Bodø/Glimt, PL Match #10 vs. Leeds United

Alternate titles:

• Dying to Learn More Norwegian
• Things Got Weird
• A Football Coach, not a Football Coach
• I’d Rather Be Lucky Than Good

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Europa Match #2 vs. Bodø/Glimt, PL Match #9 vs. Liverpool, captains, City/United naming, and more

Links:

• Super Mik Arteta chant video
• Liverpool Match Highlights (start at 8:00 to see Liverpool fan reaction)
• Tactical breakdown article (The Athletic)

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Match #8 vs. Tottenham, rivalry history, breakaways, red cards.

Topics covered:

• The Mystery Chant
• Rules and Edge Cases
• Dov Match #2
• North London "Darby"
• How We Watched the Match
• Keeper Hands After a Pass
• Tottenham Breakaways
• Thierry Henry Digression
• Overhead Camera
• Straight Red
• Red Card or Penalty Kick?
• Dov's First Derby
• Extra Time
• Rule Differences Between Leagues

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With no match this week, we discuss general topics, like Arsenal's history and talent discovery and transfer.

Topics:

• Introduction
• Followup: AFC Richmond
• Arsenal history
• Arsenal Academy
• North London "Darby"
• Tottenham name(s)
• Balls in the stands
• Talent discovery and transfer
• Stadium chants
• Athletic supporters
• Out of touch area
• Outro
• Vs. Tottenham chants

Links:

• Thierry Henry compilation
• Stadium (and the Daring Fireball footnote I got it from)

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PL Match #7 vs. Brentford, positions, jersey numbers, and jersey designs.

• Followup: Panenka and Yoo-way-fah
• Dov the Keeper
• How did we watch?
• Assists
• Martinelli non-penalty
• Raya far from goal
• Real life Richmond
• Teenage football pro
• Closing Brentford remarks
• G.Jesus eyebrows
• Player positions
• Jersey numbers
• Jersey design and sponsors

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• UEFA: Yoowayfah
• Match cancellation
• Followup: Transfer Windows
• Followup: Paramount+
• Ted Lasso SPOILER: skip forward a bit if you haven't finished Season 2 of Ted Lasso
• Europa League stakes
• VAR outside Premier League
• Referee uniforms
• Jersey fonts
• Yellow card
• Multinationalism of leagues
• Penalty kick in reality
• Crazy fans
• Stadium music
• Tomiyasu reluctance on goal
• Bringing in the A Team to close

Links:

• Panenka compilation
• You’ll Never Walk Alone (Apple Music)

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Matches 5 and 6, vs. Aston Villa and Manchester United

Topics covered:

• Gooner U Spoilers
• Followup: Coach or Manager?
• Followup: Offsides Recap
• "Matchweek" terminology
• Aston Villa Match
• Back-to-Back goal phenomenon?
• Mings/Ings
• "Thanks to MU"
• Jersey confusion
• Martinelli's ill-fated goal
• VAR reform
• Referee Selection
• Keeper ball posession
• Refs on the field
• Random stats
• Ronaldo
• Defeat management counseling
• First Europa League match
• Spoiler Post-Mortem, or Games Not Streamed Live by Peacock
• Paramount+ Apple TV Channel
• Transfer windows
• Penalties
• Fouls and Red Cards
• Jersey names

Link:

• World Soccer Talk’s Arsenal TV Schedule

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On this episode we cover Match 4, 8/27/2022 v. Fulham

• Injuries leading into the Fulham match
• Arteta's Fashion (armband and Ukraine pin)
• Arsenal has a Women's Team
• The Fulham Match
• Mitrovic Injury and waiting to be cleared to re-enter play
• Officiation and how it works
• Concussion Awareness, for a youth coach's perspective
• Leno and Ramsdale
• Corner Kicks
• Calling Plays and Signals in Soccer compared to other sports
• Matches seen in person
• What is "Offsides"?
• Matchweek 5 Schedule

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Beginning to tackle Dov's long list of Arsenal and Premier League questions, the fundamental structure of the league and European "Football" in general, and our thoughts on the gunners' season so far (Matchweek #1-3).

Topics covered:

1. Introducing ourselves
2. The term "Gooners" and Keith's game-watching group in Houston
3. Ted Lasso appreciation
4. BLM and race in the Premier League
5. Saka on Team England two years ago
6. The National team(s) and World Cup
7. Premier League fundamentals, and history, dating back to The Football League
8. Different leagues and cups
9. This season so far (matchweeks 1-3)
10. Jerseys tucked vs. untucked
11. Gunner dominance
12. How standings are calculated
13. Our favorite players this season
14. What it's like watching with fresh eyes

Links:

• All or Nothing: Arsenal, on Amazon Prime
• Ted Lasso
• Deadpool
• Peacock
• ESPN+
• Paramount+

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