Cannon Fodder

First game of the 23/24 season ends in a win for the Arsenal! We're back to talk through the highlights, goals, and why it felt so nervy at the end. We also hit on Timber's injury and what the squad is feeling like in terms of depth in that position. We round things off with our MOTM awards, before a brief look ahead to Palace next week. Good to be fully back, COYG! Leave a review:)

Arsenal get top flight football in England underway against Man City with a win! Thats right, the most important trophy, date on the footballing calendar, and all round occasion belongs to Arsenal, and we won't hear anything to the contrary;) Join as we dig through the game, the new boys, our favorite performances, the odd refereeing, all capped off with our MOTM awards. Tune in a and leave a review on Itunes and Spotify!

A slightly dated preseason recap recorded before (but put out after?) the Monaco game, but tune in nonetheless! One of us was at the Barca game! So we hit on that, the experience, the game, all rounded off by some general squad depth discussion, and a look ahead to the season and the Community Shield.

We're back with a lovely little chat about all the goings on so far this summer, and how Arteta's project is being made more and more in his image all the time. We go through the big name incomings, how they'll fit in, squad depth, and who we'd like to see sold. Good to be back, hope you enjoy!

The Premier League is back, and so are ya boys to discuss the 2-0 win away to Crystal Palace. A massive improvement on last seasons opener, and this fixture from last season...We go over the debut's, the *slight* worries from a competitive game. Lots of love for Saliba, White, Jesus, and the trajectory of the squad and the season to come. Tune in and leave a review!

We're back for just in time for the new season to start! In this episode we give a comprehensive review of the positive preseason Arsenal just had, complete with signing reviews, outgoings, and a look ahead to how things are shaping up before the Premier League curtain raiser Friday at Serlhurst Park. Tune in and leave a review!

Tim and Fred are back chatting the most recent Arsenal win. It's a nice little streak building from Arsenal here, up there with the form teams in Europe. There's chat about the lovely lovely (lovely!) goals and Arsenal's lack of control defensively, before MOTM awards are handed out, and the daunting fixture list is confronted. Tune in and leave a review!

Celebrate that, you bastards! We're back again with a late in the week chat about Arsenal's comeback win against Wolves. It was sweet, we loved it, the fans in the stadium loved it, and my oh my is that Premier League table looking nice. Long way to go yet, but join us as we talk the performance, the tactics, the grit and determination shown by this lovable squad. We dish out our MOTM awards, praise the squad players who stepped up, and make fun of Ruben Neves and the rest of those celebration policing bastards. Tune in and leave a review! COYG

We're back baby, and if you're back to listen; Thank You! Sorry for the hiatus, life gets in the way, but fuck'em, it's been a very entertaining season, and we've missed you all (all 2.5 of you, thanks to my midget mother)! In this episode we jump into the Brentford result, talk about how Arsenal have been shaping up these days before waxing and waining over the match winners on the day and our beautiful beautiful starboys: Saka & Emile Smith Rowe - "And I like it I like it I like it...". Quick hit on the top 4 race that is really heating up, and thats a wrap. Cheers and COYG!

We've got a tasty little triple header podcast for you, covering all the way back to the Crystal Palace draw, the Villa Win, and little bit on the Leeds win thrown in there too! Tune in as we talk about our highlight performances from the Villa game, as well as the little bit of hope that seems to be creeping into the psyche of most Arsenal fans these days. The 3 results we discuss here take us to 8 unbeaten. Work still to do, but there are promising signs for Arsenal to build on. COYG

We're back with another pod, this time about the slightly dispiriting 0-0 draw away to rainy Brighton. The Seagulls gave a great account of themselves, Arsenal a little less so. We talk the performance, who disappointed, but also how good it is to see our defense remain solid and keep another clean sheet. An off day, but an important one for the progression of this team; you cant win them all! Thanks for listening! Leave a review, or get in touch @cannonfodderpod on instagram, and @podcannonfodder on twitter! We'd love to hear from you with any Arsenal question, personal questions, religious/psychic type shit, all that. Get involved!

Its a massive win, its Derby delight for the Gunners! We're here to break down our highlights of the match, how great it was to properly dominate and score 3 goals in that first half. Followed by a controlled and professional second half performance. The atmosphere at The Emirates was rocking, the fans, the players, the manager, everyone enjoyed that match thoroughly, and so did we! Pour a drink and celebrate with us, but only for now, because theres another tough test away to Brighton next weekend. COYG!

Back to back wins for The Arsenal, and back to back happy pods:) We dive into the enjoyably robust defensive performance our shiny new backline produced. We also lament Arsenal's attack not quite firing yet. We look ahead to the North London Derby, and what kind of team we hope the manager sticks with. Big games ahead! COYG!

Arsenal are back from the international break with a win! We're here to discuss that win over the mighty Norwich, and the massive formation and line-up changes Arteta made. We dig into how we're feeling about this project, the aftermath of this result and what lays ahead for us. Definitely an encouraging result, but we need to see more! Burnley next! *fixed the editing mistake*

We're a bit late to the partey (wheyyyyyy) on this one, but we're here nonetheless. We talk the humiliating defeat away to Man City and why it was the result, but the manner of it thats got the Arsenal world in a bit of a tailspin right now. We talk how the transfer window closed from an Arsenal perspective, and how we think the club did overall, before some interspersed conversations surrounding our manager and the state of the Arteta project. Probably not the most fun listening, or recording to be honest. Big love for the listens.

We're back with the biggest mood swing of a podcast, in the history of podcasting; but stick it through till the end to see why! First we talk the Chelsea game from the weekend, the problems on the day, the problems with the system and Arteta, and how we're feeling about it all! Then we threw together an impromptu post West Brom snippet there at the end, as that game just happened too! Rare midweek football for Arsenal this season, so enjoy the double header (of sorts)! Happy listening:)

Arsenals back, baby, and so is our seasonal depression! An opening day defeat for the Gunners away to the spunky newly promoted Brentford in their noisy, raucous, cauldron of a stadium...it was a pleasant one for the neutral, I'm sure! We search for positives and really try and take stock of where this club is at, and how painful of a rebuild this could be. Do we even have the right people at the helm? Not too sure (myriad of caveats about this game aside) but tune in as we try and make sense of it all. Arsenal are back and theres never a dull moment!

We back! It was a long summer off (plus some, we know, we know) but Ole Tim & Fred are back after some incarcerations(?) and additions to the family. In this episode we break down our opinions on the summer transfer window thus far, and finish up with how we hope it will end, with a few cheeky predictions at the end. Leave a review if ya don't mind, we're glad to be back. Season starts next Friday, COYG!

Another day, another insane, borderline inexplicable Arsenal game. It ended 3-3, in what was one of the worst starts, but best comeback performances we've seen! We talk what went wrong early, whether or not we need to be freaking out about it or just enjoy the fighting spirit and quality the team showed to get back into things, and nearly win it! We touch on Auba, his poor form, and what might be causing it. We also fall deeper and deeper in love with Odegaard, as well as hitting on how big of a game Chambers and Lacazette had. Tune in and leave a review! Feel free to say hi on social media, and send any questions or topics you want us to discuss to cannonfodderpod@gmail.com! Cheers!

Arsenal win 2-1 at home in the North London Derby! A fully deserved victory for the gunners, and finally a result to match the performance. It was a day that was only made better by the delicious salty tears of Jose and Spur's unlikable cuntly crew. We talk through all that, a few specific player performances, and the only "negative" drama of the day surrounding the Auba situation. The club finally making progress culturally is a welcome change! Listen in and leave a review!

Arsenal drew away at Burnley this past matchweek. It had all the hallmarks of a classic Arsenal game: Throwing away a lead, not taking chances, huge error costs us, and the referee & VAR blew a massive call not to give Arsenal a penalty that would have won the game. All of this shit featured! So listen in and commiserate with us, and hopefully its cathartic for us all. Leave a review!

A very positive end to the week! After Arsenals heroic comeback in Europe midweek, the gunners did it again at the weekend against an impressive Leicester side. Willian finally had a good game. Pepe stepped up and deserves to play more?! We think so! An all around positive result, as Arteta got the job done, and got to rest some vital players ahead of another busy fixture list coming up. COYG

Arsenal fall to Man City (again) 1-0, but theres a bit more to pick through in this one, compared to recent meetings. After a really rough start, Arsenal settled into the game reasonably well, but we didnt seem to quite go for it as the game wound down. Roll on Thursday and a massive Europa League game against Benfica. We hit on that, what our lineup might be, and whether or not Arteta missed a trick by having a few key players play the full 90 this past weekend. Leave a review on Itunes, and drop us a follow on Spotify as well. We're on instagram @cannonfodderpod, and Twitter @podcannonfodder. Drop by and say hello!

We missed a couple games, we know, we know. But we're back to touch on those disappointing results briefly, before getting to the MEAT of this podcast; and that was Arsenals's convincing 4-2 win at home against Leeds. An encouraging lineup, and an encouraging full debut from Arsenals January signing. We survived a late consolatory brace of Leeds goals, and see the game out comfortably overall, while putting an end to the recent run of unlucky and bad results. Listen in and leave a review!

Back after an unexpected weeklong hiatus! We discuss the 0-0 draw at home to Manchester United, an interesting one with a lot of discussion points, as well as quickly touching on the closing of the transfer window. I think its fair to say Arsenal got a lot done, mostly good, but will we regret sending Maitland-Niles out on loan? Time will tell, but its encouraging to see Arsenal playing well and doing sensible things as a club. Carry on lads!

Back to winning ways in the league for Arsenal with a 3-0 home win over Newcastle. Arsenal put in a much more convincing 90 minutes than in the FA Cup this go around, and a dazzling display saw Arteta's men up into the top half of the table going into a very difficult run of games. We talk about the return of Thomas Partey and how transformational he can be for an already improving midfield, as well as the growing influence of our Hale End baby boys. All the while our captain finds his shooting boots with a couple of fine goals. Rate and review and share with you friends!

And back down to earth with a disappointing draw, at home to Crystal Palace. Some familiar failings in this one, and a few players showing their bad sides. All in all one thing is for sure, Arsenal look better when they move the ball quicker! We're lookin at you David Luiz...Tune in and give the show a rating on Itunes if you haven't already, we love our listeners who have done that more than the rest, and we're not shy about saying it. Love love love love love love.

Another day another win. Why do we even bother anymore? Arsenal are obviously storming back to win the league the second half of this season! In all seriousness, we talk some players who shone brightly in this Lovely FA Cup win over the mighty (and boring) Newcastle; as well as some players who had a chance to stake a claim to some more game-time, and didnt take the opportunity. We also talk some fun and encouraging squad building points as we continue all aboard the Mikel Arteta express. Choo Choo muhfugguh!

Another win, and this was a big one! Well two wins I suppose. We quickly touch on the mid-week Brighton game before diving into the beauty that was that West Brom game. We discuss Smith-Rowe's continued influence over this team, and how its rubbing off on those around him. Also, that Tierny goal, come on. Oh and what about that Saka goal?!? Lovely to have some beautiful and effective football back, lets keep this up lads!

Happy 10th episode! Arsenal have won! Hallelujah! It's been a foreign feeling as of late, but my god, is it good to have it back. We talk lineup, and how the injection of youth shaped this game. But not just youth. Youth & quality! Merry late Christmas. Lets see if the boys can build on this one.

Here we go, here we go, here we go AGAIN. Another day another loss. Excuse the rambling and scattered nature of this one, we're a bit at a loss. Never have Arsenal had such a terrible run of form, but we try and make sense of it nonetheless. Or at least admit that theres no sense to be made. We'll get through this, Arsenal will get through this...I think.

Welcome to a new episode of Cannon Fodder! A new episode where we talk about much of the same from Arsenal, unfortunately. We talk about the heart-ache that is supporting Arsenal at the moment, touch on the Xhaka red-card incident, and wonder where the hell we go from here. Join and mourn with us, it's got to get better at soon! The few listens we get on this pod are all thats keep us going right now, so please listen and leave a 5-star review;)

Boy oh boy. A shorter one, because theres not too much else to say these days. Arsenal lose again, away to Tottenham, in a particularly annoying display. Are the footballing god's torturing us, or are these problems solvable? Is it a bit of both? Listen up for some hot takes, and suffer with us as Arsenal surely have to shake off this poor form soon.

Strap in for this one. Arsenal are in a bad way after losing 2-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers, and we're here to help you (mainly us) through it. We touch on the actual game, before getting stuck into a few deeper lying issues we sense at the club. Are we struggling on the pitch due to personnel, or is the honeymoon period with Arteta, his rigid tactics, and beautiful lego hair, coming to an end? Give this one a listen as we try and figure that out.

Arsenal drew 0-0 against Leeds, in a disappointing away trip. Unfortunately it was disappointing in all too familiar ways. We discuss that frustration, a few ideas for what Arteta might do to fix it, and how much of a legend Kieran Tierney is fast becoming. Give it a listen, and we'll all try and stay calm amidst a season thats growing in frustration, week by week. Lord knows some Arsenal fans have got to!;) (Apologies for a weird noise in Tim's audio, and for Fred forgetting his damn pop filter)

We look back at the lovely lovely away win to Man United. We talk about midfield and defensive control, and how the spine of this team looks top quality, even if our chance creation/execution in the final third still could use some work. But this pod is about the positives on a day to remember; hopefully one we can all revel in for days/weeks/seasons to come. Get in lads!

Unfortunately in this one we break down Arsenals 1-0 loss at home to Leicester. We discuss a promising first half and a frustrating second half that saw Arsenal create very little, and get sucker punches by Jamie Vardy. We discuss some potential mental blocks with this team and Arteta's influence on that, as well as asking what the hell is wrong with Lacazette. Join us and let's suffer together.

Arsenal fell away to Manchester City 1-0. We talk the frustrating bits, the encouraging bits, and some things to hopefully look forward to. We're still team Arteta, but realize he has some growing to do. Beyond that we discuss the Premier League roster announcement, Mesut Ozil himself, and the games/schedule to come.

We look back at the Liverpool league and league cups games, as well as the Sheffield United Game - one that came with some interesting formation changes. We save the best for last with some chat about the signing of Thomas Partey, and how we feel about the general trajectory of our club after a weird COVID transfer window. Excuse the technical difficulties, and our lateness at getting this one out! Prompt weekly pods to come!