The Arsenal Beat

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The Arsenal Beat episodes

February 01, 2021 Newcomers
Sam returns and is joined by Arsenal Beat favourites Charles and Art to look back at the weekend draw with Manchester United and the performance of David Luiz.
The trio also give their verdict on Arsenal's January transfer window activity and we get the lowdown on new recruits Omar Rekik, Mat Ryan and Martin Odegaard courtesy of Lewis Ambrose, a German-based writer for OneFootball, freelancer and author of Brighton Up, Nick Szczepanik, and AFP journalist and BBC Spanish football expert Tom Allnutt.
We also play Beat the Beat by looking ahead to the game away at Aston Villa.
36 min
January 27, 2021Rivals
Ahead of the visit of Manchester United a number of Arsenal journalists select their best memories from a fixture which used to dominate the English football calendar.
The Athletic's Amy Lawrence recalls Marc Overmars scoring the winner at Old Trafford on the way to the title in 1998.

We return to Manchester four years later as the Mirror's chief football writer John Cross talks us through Sylvain Wiltord's title-winning goal.

Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane battled one another on the pitch for years but it was a clash in the Highbury tunnel back in 2005 which Times chief football writer Henry Winter recalls with fondness.

Nick Callow of Hayters Teamwork talks all things FA Cup final 2005 with a little bit of 1979 thrown in for good measure.

Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez may have both seen their star wane in recent times but in 2015 they tore Manchester United apart at the Emirates Stadium and senior football writer for ESPN James Olley was in attendance.
35 min
January 21, 2021 The Ostracising of Mesut Ozil
Our second Arsenal Beat special sees reporters and experts from across the football world discuss Mesut Ozil’s rise and fall at Arsenal and the reasons behind a relationship turned sour.
We go right back to when he joined Arsenal, his dispute with the Germany national team, the history behind his £350,000 contract, the issues created by his social media posts condemning alleged Uighur persecution in China and why he ultimately fell out of favour at the Emirates Stadium.
58 min
January 15, 2021 Questions
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.
28 min
January 12, 2021 Fantasies
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.
32 min
January 07, 2021 Rules
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.
25 min
December 30, 2020 Zeal & Deals
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.
39 min
December 23, 2020 The Saliba Situation
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.
43 min
December 21, 2020 Names
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.
23 min
December 17, 2020 Cards
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 simple...
32 min

About The Arsenal Beat

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Emily Herbert welcomes journalists and reporters who cover Arsenal week in, week out to discuss the latest news from the Emirates Stadium - the big games, tactical tweaks, transfer news.