The Arsenal Beat

After a weekend which saw Arsenal's main top-four rivals drop points, Mikel Arteta's side are back in action themselves on Saturday with the visit of Brentford.

There has also been news of plans to fix the wear and tear at the Emirates Stadium this summer.

Mark is joined by Sam Dean of the Telegraph and the Athletic's Art de Roche as the trio looks ahead to the Brentford game and discusses what we'd like to see in any forthcoming stadium upgrades.

After our compilation episode, we also usher in the next era of Guess the Gooner to end the show.

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We finally got a match to analyse as Arsenal beat Wolves on Thursday night to put themselves in a good position in a fight for the top four.

How important was the victory? What does it mean to Champions League ambitions? Why are Arsenal picking up so many red cards? Why was Cedric Soares so good?

Simon is joined by Kaya Kaynak of football.london and the Guardian's Nick Ames to discuss the Molineux win, while Nick - fresh from his 42-hour journey home - discusses the Arsenal contingent from the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Usual service will be resumed next week but given Arsenal fixtures are a little thin on the ground and the transfer window has shut, we thought it would be nice to offer something different. 

Our Guess the Gooner game is destined for awards and so here we present a compilation of the first 10 rounds of our addictive quiz. 

Mark guides you through each round - play along and keep a tally before letting us know how often you manage to beat our panel. The rules are simple: clues and hints are given to help work out which Arsenal player is being described.

If a person gets it right on their first guess they get 10 points, 9 points for their second guess and so on. So, can you Guess the Gooners?

So, the January transfer window has closed and it seemed to be pretty much one-way traffic at the Emirates Stadium as a host of players left the club.

What does the latest market activity mean for Arsenal's short-term ambition and long-term vision?

Mark is joined by the Telegraph's Sam Dean and Charles Watts from Goal to dissect and analyse Arsenal's window, while Sam goes full QAnon over Alexander Isak as well as launching a staunch defence of Unai Emery's reign. 

The panel also look at the legacy left at the Emirates Stadium by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, can Arsenal still finish in the top four and what is next for Mikel Arteta and Edu? 

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What a week in the WSL for Arsenal as they open up a lead at the top of the table having taken four points from Manchester City and Brighton.

Drama and a late leveller at the weekend was followed up with a comeback victory at Borehamwood on Thursday evening.

The transfer window has also closed so, all in all, it has been a busy few days for the club.

Our resident Arsenal Beat women's expert returns as Molly is joined by Tim Stillman from Arseblog and the Athletic's Art De Roche to discuss all the latest news surrounding Jonas Eidevall and his team.

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A tepid display at home to Burnley leaves Arsenal looking over their shoulder rather than up at the Champions League spots as a squad struggling for numbers is also clearly in need of new additions. But will there be time to get any?

Sam is in charge and is joined by Kaya Kaynak of football.london and PA Media's Mark Mann-Bryans as the trio look back at where things went array against the Clarets, Arteta's lack of options, a conundrum with the formation, Aubameyang becoming Arsenal's Jamie Tartt and just how disappointing the January transfer window could be for Arsenal fans.

We close with our next instalment of Guess the Gooner, our renowned game of Arsenal Who Am I? 

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A Carabao Cup semi-final to forget and the visit of rock bottom Burnley to come. 

Are the wheels coming off the Arsenal top four bandwagon and how desperate is the need for new recruits becoming?

Mark is joined by the Evening Standard's Simon Collings and Art de Roche from The Athletic as they discuss where things went wrong against Liverpool and how the defeat laid bare the need to add to the squad in January.

There is also a quick look ahead to the Burnley fixture and Art gets 60 seconds to give us a pizza his mind and sell us all the Papa John's Trophy dream...

Mark is joined by John Cross, chief football writer at the Mirror, as well as Charles Watts of Goal.

A second FA Cup third-round defeat at Nottingham Forest in the last four years has seen another potential trophy slip out of Arsenal's grasp this season.

Hopes of silverware are now pinned on the Carabao Cup, with the first-leg of the semi-final clash with Liverpool next up for Mikel Arteta's men.

Simon is running the show and is joined by Nick Ames of the Guardian and football.london’s Kaya Kaynak to unpick the Forest loss and look ahead to the trip to Anfield.

The winner of the Arsenal Beat mid-season award for Player of the Season is also revealed and the panel react to the news of a landslide victory.

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No game to review and a fairly uninspiring FA Cup third-round tie to look ahead to, what better time than to host the mid-season edition of the Arsenal Beat awards - the (soon to be prestigious) Tabbies?

:: Goal of the season

:: Game of the season

:: Signing of the season 

:: Prediction for the season

:: Player of the season - to be decided by listeners' votes

Mark Mann-Bryans, Simon Collings, Art de Roche and Sam Dean give their nominees and there is a look at the Liverpool postponement and the trip to Nottingham Forest while there is another instalment of Guess the Gooner.

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