💥 BIG DERBY WIN 💥 AWFC #22: Cooney-Crossing 🎙️: @eulenberg.bsky.social @libertysimons.bsky.social @maxrads.bsky.social 🔴 Assessing a dominant win 🔵 Pressing key to win 🟡 KCC influential in attack ⚪️ Impressions of Kelly & Nighswonger Listen Link below 👇

💥 REST AND RELAXATION 💥 #116: Dubai Sh*t 🎙: @eulenberg.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @lorcanmcc.bsky.social 🔴 Crashing out to Newcastle 🔵 Martinelli injured - what now? 🟡 No January additions - why? ⚪️ Are Arsenal a Tournament Team? Listen here 👉 pod.fo/e/2ab4d8

High off the endorphins of Sunday and Deadline Day, this was an absolute blast.

Got the chance to chat Eintracht Frankfurt again, Hugo Ekitiké more specifically. Very fun, check it out.

Took a fake penalty and a nonsense red to beat this Renée superteam. Wow guys.

What a ridiculous call. Booking a player twice for arguing is a joke.

Presuming the lineup means Mario central and Foord left, which could also mean Fox perhaps pushing higher on the right to get Mead inside where she does her best work.

Stay tuned for Nypan chat!

Some really good vibes on this weeks episode, some Renée chat, some transfer chat, some game chat, some Chelsea chat, lots of grinning during the recording.

New AWFC Pot Shot recorded and out tomorrow, a very upbeat episode!

If anybody wants to pass time until the Arsenal game kicks off, we spent a chunk of this pod discussing the pros & cons of choosing to build attacks wide (a lot of the things Carra touched on in MNF) plus some discussion of the Villa game.

Thank you, coach 🫡

12/28 ✅

Itching for some Renéeball to clear my mind.

After finding out my job start date was pushed to next week, Towells has mercilessly forced me to record a pod tomorrow. So I got the S̶c̶o̶o̶b̶y̶ Thoobi Gang back together (cc @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social) to do a bonus ep reviewing the Spurs game and discussing the transfer window…

Choosing to believe the Šeško news because that profile is so valuable in a team that lacks shot takers and ball strikers. (We’re still short a wide player in that case though)

Not really enthusiastic about the performance but such a needed result. The last few weeks/months have had a weird feeling about them - heightened expectations, reservations about trajectory and turgid football will do that - so it’s really nice to just win against that lot.

Genuinely curious how we set up today. Rice presumably comes back, as an 8 or 6? If 8, who’s plays deep -> both options not particularly fantastic vs. Sp*rs transitions. Attack probably Sterling, Havertz & Nelli - Not overly enthusiastic about a RHS with Rice & Nelli. Dreading it all a bit.

Genuinely just gutted for Gabriel Jesus.

Outside of the very annoying Calafiori news, this is among our most balanced lineups of the season. Very happy with Jorge/MLS deep, Jesus wide with Havertz up front aided by Merino as a secondary box threat. Let’s see how it plays out.

It’s hard to talk about the Arsenal at the moment given all the asterisks attacked to the season - so we’ve tried our best to put the season in its context, make our long-term concerns, highlight squad building issues as well as singling out what the club simply can’t control.

Ethan is actually incredible.

Want to know more about Arsenal target Omar Marmoush? Luckily for you, I covered him with @eulenberg.bsky.social for my Scouting Sessions series. 🇪🇬 Finally settling at Frankfurt 📊 Strengths and weaknesses 💜 Purple patch or true level? open.spotify.com/episode/6g1O...

Merry Christmas everyone, hope everyone celebrating is having a good one 🤍

Pot Shot has just what you need to get through your last Christmas Eve preparations: an hour of laughter, tactics and Jesus.

That ball over the top from Gabriel is absolutely special.

Transferred in Isak this morning.

One of the most inexplicable games I’ve ever seen. Genuinely comical. #SGEM05

Swapped out Rodgers for Rico Lewis this morning.

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Top of the groups, avoiding Barça, Lessi 11/28, Bobbins semi-finals, Hayzoos hatty. good night.

Mariooooooooo

11/28 ✅😤

On August 14th 2024, Sebastian Hund (aka Eulenberg) told the world and the Pot Shot crew he would not be surprised if we saw Kieran Tierney play for Arsenal again - he was mercilessly ridiculed for this. On December 18th 2024, Kieran Tierney plays for Arsenal again. Seated.

Really good read!

Football is so funny sometimes.

10/28 ✅😤🫡

*taps the sign*

Merino, on- and off-ball, makes such an insane difference to making the LHS function.

MLS and Timber at FB, Rice at 6, Merino and Ø interior - this is a proper, proper lineup.

They aren’t lying btw, my Russo prediction is part of my brand at this point.

Kai Havertz might be a good footballer? 🤔

Pathological liar.

Been a lot of talk about Ben Seghir for Monaco, but Akliouche is the one who’s really catching the eye imo.

Martinelli needs lobotomizing.

If you don’t access the centre, you won’t consistently create goals. If you don’t play into pressure, you don’t access the centre.

I think if a team has had tangible problems with open play chance creation at a neutral and negative game state for 18 months, there’s a bit of a worry there!

I think this is v funny personally

Does anyone know interesting pieces on Brentfords evolution under Thomas Frank? Would be appreciated.

Seen so much chat about United CFs in the market when Højlund is the perfect profile for Amorim, just let the guy develop.