And breathe. A mere 350 days after it began, Arsenal’s league season closes out with an unconvincing win over Watford and 8th place in the table. We run through the highlights and lowlights from our last two matches, and look ahead to the Wembley showpiece with Chelsea, which essentially boils down to hoping for the absolute bloody best on the day and anything but a repeat of Baku. And hope.

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#061: Humble and hungry

‘How to rebound from a derby defeat’, by Mikel Arteta. Step one: beat the champions. Step two: beat the cup holders without conceding a goal. Step three: chill. In this most unusual of campaigns, we once again find ourselves in familiar territory: the FA Cup Final, for the 21st time. We bask in the glory of our most impressive performance of the season, and give thanks to the gaffer. Cheers Mik!

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We discuss the hugely disappointing defeat to Spurs, distracting ourselves from the Sead and Shkodran horror show by picturing Martin Tyler as an old cow in a field. Dan’s sack includes questions on Laca, Auba, and VAR. Come for the hopelessness, stay for the despair.

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A drizzly draw against Leicester is the focus of discussion this week, a dull affair in which nothing of any note took place. And that’s just the game! We cover the controversial moments on the night before jumping back to Molineux and the fine win over Wolves. There’s also time to look ahead to Sunday at Spurs in what promises to be an eerie NLD.

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Our first home game after the restart results in a romp over basement boys Norwich. We reflect on a win that takes us into 7th place and Aubameyang into the record books. There’s also time to revel in Saka’s new contract deal, our smash-and-grab cup win at Bramall Lane, and the underwhelming goalscoring exploits of our mind. It’s better than it sounds.

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Our 3rd consecutive away game yields our 3rd away win of the season, 3 precious PL points, and – most vitally of all – 3,000 Bellerín-brand beeches and birches. We run through the sweltering Southampton game, getting rather hot and sweaty in the process. Tree-mendous.

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A football team is like a beautiful woman. When you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful. As Brighton complete a first ever league double over the Gunners, one thing becomes painfully clear: no one will be sliding into this team’s DMs anytime soon. Except maybe Mari's, he's a looker.

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Football is back but not as we know it except it is though isn’t it because Arsenal are back and every bit as calamitous as they were 100 days ago and oh god David Luiz and oh god we have to endure this garbage for 9 more games oh and then there’s the cup and oh god Mesut Özil didn't make a 20 man squad and why couldn’t it have just stayed away and left us in peace but no it could not do that. Football is back. And it’s shite.

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In the last of our retrospective episodes before the 19/20 season restarts, we look at the life and times of one Nicolas Anelka at Arsenal. A bargain buy who became a mammoth sale, we look at the goals, games and grumps that defined Anelka’s time at the club, and ponder over what might’ve been.

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We time travel back to November 1996 to review a classic Arsenal match of yesteryear: Arsène Wenger’s first North London Derby. Driving rain, a crackling atmosphere, and ad hoardings for Kellogg's Strike, this was a derby for the ages, and one that helped set the tone for the future fortunes of each club. We cover all the key moments from the match and revel in a wonderful night under the Highbury floodlights.

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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMCZgAtMkgc

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