The Absolute Arsenal Podcast

P.J. and Rob break down the final day, specifically Rob talking through his trip to London and the match. A lot of emotions, but ultimately the pride and optimism outweighs our disappointment. Thanks so much for listening throughout the season. We'll be pushing out weekly pods as always through the summer and have a ton of fun things planned. COYG!

P.J. & Rob are here to discuss Arsenal's 3-0 win over Bournemouth, the contentious moments, what an all-backup team would look like/where they'd finish in the league and finally look ahead to United at the weekend. COYG!

P.J., Rob and Christian break down the 3-2 away win over Sp*rs. We talk about the good, the bad, the ugly and everything in between. We finish up with an Arteta debate, player ratings and a look ahead to Bournemouth. COYG!

Rob, Christian chat with Blake (Tottenham Supporter) on tomorrows crucial North London Derby. We debate squads, spending, and tomorrows result. Blake gives his point of view on Arteta and the progress of Arsenal over the past 4 seasons and why he feels Poch and Arteta are more similar that most think.

The gang gets together to eulogize Arsenal's 2023-24 Champions League campaign after we limped to defeat against Bayern in Germany. We try to find positives, while talking candidly about how to measure the season as a whole. Still 6 games and hopefully something to play for in the Prem. COYG!

P.J. and Rob talk through the disasterclass that was Arsenal 0 - 2 Villa. An incredibly encouraging first half display was cancelled out by a lackluster second half with Villa taking home all 3 points in a major blow to Arsenal's title hopes. We discuss how it went down, key performances and Arteta's adjustments before looking ahead to the 2nd leg against Bayern on Wednesday. COYG!

P.J., Rob and Christian get into the 2-2 home draw against Bayern in leg 1 of the CL quarterfinal. There were highs and there were lows to put it lightly, but we walk away with honors even heading to Germany next week. In the meantime, we also need to prepare for Sunday's match against Villa at the Emirates. How will Arteta approach the fixture congestion? Let's find out. COYG!

P.J. and Rob are back to discuss the 2-0 away win over Brighton and the incredible performance from Kai Havertz. We go through the match, player ratings, a question on the future of our striking department and, lastly, look ahead to the home match against Bayern this coming week. COYG!

 P.J. and Rob are back to discuss the 2-0 home win over Luton Town. Arteta chose to rotate even heavier than anybody could have predicted, but it paid off. We discuss individual performances, specifically the standout showing from Emile Smith Rowe, and look forward to the weekend against Brighton. COYG! 

P.J., Rob and Christian discuss the 0-0 draw away at the Etihad in what the crew deems to be a positive result and ultimately a good point. Considering our history there and the overall dominance City have shown at home, it's huge to walk away from the season with 4 points in our 2 PL matches. There are some heated moments to be heard. Give it a listen! COYG! 

P.J., Rob and Christian are back to preview the Man City match at the weekend, while doing our best to show the smallest level of interest in the international break (spoiler: we failed). Listen along as we talk through keys to the match, who needs to step up, whose name we'll get tattooed on us if we win, predicted lineups and scorelines. COYG!

P.J. and Christian are back and joined by Victor Jeronimo, who rejoins the show after coming onto our special edition Liverpool podcast. On this episode we debuted our "Declare & Defend" series, which is a chance for us to read out "statements" and say we either strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree and defend our stance. Topics covered involve Theo Walcott, Fabio Vieira, Emile Smith Rowe, Robin van Persie and more. COYG!

The gang is back together to discuss Arsenal's penalty shootout victory over FC Porto to take the club into the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in 14 years. P.J., Rob and Christian talk through the match, answer questions sent in by our followers on Instagram and give our player ratings while looking ahead to the CL draw on Friday. COYG!

P.J. is back with returning guest Michael Chavez to discuss the 2-1 victory over Brentford, the Liverpool-City match and the title race implications of the weekend before looking ahead to Tuesday's Champions League return leg against Porto. 

On today's edition of the Absolute Arsenal podcast I'm joined by Victor Jeronimo, a former professional football scout and massive Liverpool supporter. Victor and I talk about his take on the season, the state of both of our clubs and what the expectations are for the run in. COYG!

P.J. and Christian are joined by guest Michael Chavez to discuss the 6-0 thrashing of Sheffield United. It's hard to find many negatives in a game as lopsided as this one, but we try to look at the game on a grander scale and what elements of it mean for the run in. We also talk about the approach to Brentford and Porto, followed by a long break ahead of City. What kind of striker do Arsenal need in the summer? We discuss that too. COYG!

Arsenal returned to the Emirates with a dominant 4-1 victory to avenge their controversial loss earlier in the season to Newcastle. Goals from Gabriel (technically an OG), Havertz, Saka and Kiwior did the damage as we comfortably took all 3 points. It could have been even more and if the clean sheet was ruined we're glad it was Joe Willock to do so. P.J. and Rob gang up on Christian and his opinion that we should start an academy player at LB over Kiwior, it gets dicey at times. COYG!

P.J. and Rob are back to unfortunately reflect on the 0-1 loss away at FC Porto. We discuss the lineups, the match itself and ultimately the team's inability to adapt and adjust to the opposition, refereeing and overall conditions of the match. We're lucky that we get to reflect on way more wins than losses, but regardless we're here to dive into it. COYG.

On today's episode P.J. and Rob discuss the 5-0 thrashing of Burnley at Turf Moor. Kai Havertz's performance is a point of focus, as is the increased comfort level of Jakub Kiwior. Lastly, we look ahead to the Champion's League knockout first leg against Porto and how fitness and the weekend match against Newcastle will impact those decisions. COYG!

Arsenal left the London Stadium with a massive victory thanks to a 6-0 hammering of the Hammers. Declan Rice finally got one over on his former side, while Saka avenged his penalty miss from last season. Arteta was limited by injuries, but managed to put out the perfect team on the day. So much so that we got appearances from 16 year old Ethan Nwaneri and Cedric! Saka smelled blood and went for the kill. Odegaard was pure magic. Is Trossard the answer at the 9? P.J., Rob and Christian are here to discuss it all, player ratings and look to next weekend against Burnley. COYG!

On this week's episode we discuss the 3-1 home victory over Liverpool. The midfield stepped up and delivered a commanding performance that did enough to beat LFC in a match that had major title race implications. Victory was a must if Arsenal were to continue to consider themselves challengers. It wasn't pretty at times, but we got there in the end. Join P.J., Christian and Rob as we dive in, debate the match as well as Rob's ongoing love affair with Mikel Arteta. COYG!

Arsenal came away from The City Ground with a 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest thanks to goals from Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka. The Gunners dominated the match, but made things interesting thanks to a late goal from Forest in the 89th minute. P.J., Rob and Christian talk through the match, discuss Arteta's perfect hair, player ratings and lastly look ahead to Sunday's massive showdown vs. Liverpool at The Emirates. COYG!

P.J., Rob and Christian are back to discuss the 5-0 home win over Crystal Palace, as well as the latest with Arsenal and around the world of football. Nicolas Jover is clearly the best set piece coach in history and Gabriel Martinelli is having a blast reenacting prime Thierry Henry finishing. Clearly all it took was Salt Bae to bring Arsenal back to winning ways. Join us as we break down all the fun. COYG!

Absolute Arsenal is reborn with Rob Steinhauser and Christian Escalera now joining the podcast moving forward. We take a holistic look at the season now that we're at the halfway mark, with specific focuses on the overall state of the team, what needs fixing, the role of the January transfer window as well as a quick look back at the Liverpool FA Cup match and a look forward to Palace at home on January 20th. It's good to be back. COYG!

On today's episode we recap the 1-0 win over Leicester, Saka and Saliba's positive contract renewal updates, the remaining contracts that expire within the next 2 seasons (2023-2025), the Premier League 2 match against Chelsea in which ESR & Kiwior featured and lastly a look ahead to the Everton game in hand taking place tomorrow. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for all the latest updates. COYG!

On this episode we talk about Arsenal's tough day out against Everton at Goodison Park, but thankfully our good friends Tottenham Hotspur were shockingly there to bail us out and save the weekend. Things I never thought I would write. We touch on the approach to a big week ahead containing three matches in seven days including the massive home battle against Man City. We finish off the pod with a look at the financial doping scandal City is involved in and what their punishment should look like. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @absoluteafc and read the blog at www.absoluteafc.com

On this episode we take a look back at the January transfer window for Arsenal, what it means for the rest of the season and ultimately the upcoming summer window. Follow us at @absoluteafc and read the blog at www.absoluteafc.com

Welcome to the first ever episode of the Absolute Arsenal podcast. This is simply an intro to the show, your host (P.J. Davidson) and a synopsis of what to expect from both the Absolute Arsenal daily blog and weekly podcast moving forward. You can read the blog at www.absoluteafc.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @absoluteafc. We are also on Facebook at Absolute Arsenal and can be emailed at absoluteafc@gmail.com - COYG!