Something for everyone here

You might have seen Jon got caught up in A Discourse over on the other site, after daring to suggest that the rise of set pieces as the primary method of attack for some of football's best teams might not be great for the game. Naturally, we got him on with our set piece nerd to talk about it 👇

💥 ARE SET PIECES OP? 💥 #134: Set Piece FC (feat. Jon Mackenzie) 🎙: @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @jonmackenzie.bsky.social 🔴 Riding the wave of discourse ⚪️ Arteta's trend-setting Arsenal 🔵 A tactical cross-roads 🟡 Why does it matter? Listen now 👇 pod.fo/e/347fae

💥WE'RE BACK 💥 #133: Taking Stock (feat. NSftbl) 🎙: @towells.bsky.social @watman.bsky.social & Nick (@nsftbl on twitter) 🔴 We're top of the league! ⚪️ Is the handbrake off? 🔵 A changing midfield 🟡 Odegaard's injuries: are we worried? Listen 👇 pod.fo/e/33e00d

Just found out @alexcollings.bsky.social is responsible for this on the latest @potshot.bsky.social

💥TAKING STOCK💥 #182: Trading Takes 🎙: @alexcollings.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social 🔴 Liverpool & Forest reviews ⚪️ Zubi the Superstar 🟡 Hot takes on Rice 🔵 Standout performers so far Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/32c31f

Martín Zubimendi by the way, fantastic player

💥 2 WEEKS, 2 UNITEDS, 2 WINS 💥 #131: A Change In Intent 🎙️: @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @alexcollings.bsky.social @watman.bsky.social 🔴 Making Sense of a New Style ⚪️ A Tale of Two Nineties 🔵 Flowers for Zubi 🟡 Looking To Anfield Listen now 👇 pod.fo/e/320c27

We're not done! Join @adam-elliott118.bsky.social and @martincbmriley.bsky.social , @thostyc.bsky.social @danholdsworth.bsky.social for our preview of the Arsenal game. Featuring Sebastian from @potshot.bsky.social Ad-free for our Patrons below. www.patreon.com/posts/arsena...

💥 SEASON STARTS NOW 💥 #130: 2025/26 Men's Season Preview 🎙️: @towells.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social @watman.bsky.social 🔴Pot Shot Announcements ⚪️Over/Unders Return 🔵Hot Takes 🟡Will this be The Year? Listen now 👇 pod.fo/e/310db5

Now have to find something to do for 2 hours while listening to this. Maybe a hike?

💥 SEASON STARTS NOW 💥 #130: 2025/26 Men's Season Preview 🎙️: @towells.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social @watman.bsky.social 🔴Pot Shot Announcements ⚪️Over/Unders Return 🔵Hot Takes 🟡Will this be The Year? Listen now 👇 pod.fo/e/310db5

💥 TRANSFER REVIEW TIME 💥 #129: Transfer Talky-Talk (ft. NSftbl) 🎙: @alexcollings.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social & Nick (@nsftbl on Twitter) 🔴Window Reflections ⚪️Tactical Thoughts and Fears 🔵Is This Enough? 🟡Rating Berta’s Beginning Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/30b9c6

💥NEW CB💥 Snapshots: Cristhian Mosquera (feat. Rimedi) 🎙: @towells.bsky.social & Rimedi (@r1medi on twitter) 🔴 A front-footed defender ⚪️ Great ground dueller & wide defender 🔵 Work to do in the air & box defending 🟡 What's his ceiling? Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/308833

💥STRIKER SIGNED💥 Snapshot: Viktor Gyökeres (feat. João Miguel) 🎙: @watmanAFC @JoaoMiguel063 🔴 Goals, goals, goals 🔵 A ferocious mentality ⚪️ Tireless running 🟡 But will it translate to the PL? Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/303022

💥MEGA MADUEKE DEEP DIVE💥 Snapshots: Noni Madueke (feat. CFC Central) 🎙: @alexcollings.bsky.social @cfccentral.bsky.social 🔵 Noni's development at Chelsea 🟡 Standout strengths & weaknesses ⚪️ Attitude & defensive work rate 🔴 Right vs left wing Listen 👇 pod.fo/e/2fe629

@alexcollings.bsky.social forgot how long a snapshot was meant to be, so you get a wonderful hour-long deep dive into Noni Madueke to tuck into on a Friday evening. Enjoy!

💥MEGA MADUEKE DEEP DIVE💥 Snapshots: Noni Madueke (feat. CFC Central) 🎙: @alexcollings.bsky.social @cfccentral.bsky.social 🔵 Noni's development at Chelsea 🟡 Standout strengths & weaknesses ⚪️ Attitude & defensive work rate 🔴 Right vs left wing Listen 👇 pod.fo/e/2fe629

It's not often you go hunting for a podcast guest & find someone who knows the father of the player you want to talk about! Phil's great here, and gives some insights & stories I guarantee you won't hear on other pods - give it a listen 👇

💥ZUBIMENDI SIGNS💥 Snapshot: Martin Zubimendi (feat. Phil Ball) 🎙: @eulenberg.bsky.social @philballauthor.bsky.social 🔵 The boy from Antiguoko 🔴 Basque in his blood 🟡 Bringing balance to the midfield ⚪️ Areas for improvement Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/2f9c2e

With the Ornstein drop, gonna link to this once again if people want an idea of Gyökeres as a talent

@setpiecesicko.bsky.social loves Kepa. Our mission on this snapshot was to find out why

💥 FIRST SNAPSHOT OF 25/26 💥 Snapshots: Kepa Arrizabalaga 🎙️: @towells.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social 🔴 A dive into his Ke-past ⚪️ A re-Kep of last season 🔵 What kind of goalKepa is he? 🟡 Arriz he comparable to Raya? Listen 👇 pod.fo/e/2f50aa

So here's part 2 of my appearance on @potshot.bsky.social with @alexcollings.bsky.social and @setpiecesicko.bsky.social where we talk a ton about Gyokeres and Sesko as potential targets for Arsenal. Hope y'all enjoy!

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Here it is - a deep dive on the two big striker targets. Enjoy 🫡

💥SESKO OR GYÖK?💥 Target Practice: Scouting Strikers: Part 2 (Feat. MoeSquare) 🎙: @alexcollings.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @moesquare.bsky.social 🔴 Assessing the front runners ⚪️ Is Šeško too raw? 🔵 How does Gyökeres translate? 🟡 Ranking Arsenal’s options Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/2f41b7

And here's the article from April in which part 1 was largely based on www.espn.com/soccer/insid...

Hi there, @alexcollings.bsky.social and @setpiecesicko.bsky.social were kind enough to invite me onto a football podcast for the first time in like 4.5 yrs. We talked a lot about scouting strikers for Arsenal (with part 2 coming soon)

💥TRANSFERS TIME💥 Target Practice: Scouting Strikers, Part 1 (feat. MoeSquare) 🎙: @alexcollings.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @moesquare.bsky.social ⚪️ ⁠What do Arsenal need? 🔴 What profiles are available? 🟡 Osimhen, Watkins, Ekitike 🔵 Is there an ideal option? Listen 👇 pod.fo/e/2f02e3

Andrew Johnson in the summer of 1865: bsky.app/profile/towe...

I made this for the Twitter post, but it's not needed over here as bsky doesn't throttle external links. HOWEVER, it is (in Seb's words not mine) "sensational", so you can have it anyway. (Please listen to the pod)

Reconstruction time babeyyyyyyy

💥 WE GO AGAIN 💥 #128: Reconstruction: It's Time To Win 🎙: @lorcanmcc.bsky.social @alexcollings.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social 🔴 Rebalancing defence & attack ⚪️ What will Zubimendi bring? 🟡 A marquee LW signing? 🔵 What do we need from a ST? Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/2e43fd

💥 SEASON REVIEW 💥 #127: Men’s Team Season Review 2024/25 🎙️: @towells.bsky.social @alexcollings.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @watman.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social 🔴 Favourite Pot Shot Question 🔵 Pot Shot Awards 🟡 Reviewing Over/Unders ⚪️ Our Hot Takes Listen Link below 👇

💥 UWCL FINAL REVIEW 💥 AWFC #25: Champions of Europe (again) 🎙️: @Eulenberg_ @libertysimons @MaxRadwan 🔴 The Lisbon Experience 🔵 Brave Pressing Plan 🟡 Individual Performances ⚪️ Stina Blackstenius: Game Changer Listen Link below 👇

A real pleasure to record this one. It got emotional.

I’ll hold my hands up and take one for the team: I cried in this episode. Going to be hard to beat this one, champions of Europe baby.

💥 UWCL FINAL REVIEW 💥 AWFC #25: Champions of Europe (again) 🎙️: @Eulenberg_ @libertysimons @MaxRadwan 🔴 The Lisbon Experience 🔵 Brave Pressing Plan 🟡 Individual Performances ⚪️ Stina Blackstenius: Game Changer Listen Link below 👇

💥 QUESTIONS ANSWERED 💥 #126: Ethical Gooning 🎙: @towells.bsky.social @alexcollings.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social 🔴 Martinelli in a central role 🔵 RØde to recovery 🟡 Improving the attack ⚪️ Gyökeres profiled Listen Link below 👇

Please ask us questions! Especially if you have any thoughts relating to: — this season, and what questions it has raised for you — Martinelli — Ødegaard — Zubimendi — Gyökeres — thoughts ahead of next season, both in terms of recruitment or tactically

With the season all but over for Arsenal, we're going to spend the next few weeks looking ahead to next season & the future of the team. What sorts of topics do you think we should cover?

No new pod today - check out #125 from last week for our thoughts on the first PSG game and how we should approach the 2nd leg 👇

Enjoyed this chat with Manas

Broke down PSGs tactics and how we coped. What changes in the first half + Odegaard usage. They came with a plan and executed it well.

💥 UCL SEMI FINAL 💥 125: UCL Semi Final vs PSG 🎙️: @watman.bsky.social @alexcollings.bsky.social 🔴 OOP: What went wrong, then Right 🔵 The Ødegaard conundrum 🟡 Some Vitinha love ⚪️ Looking ahead to Paris Listen Link below 👇

Trans women belong in women’s sports. The FA’s ruling to exclude them is cruel, unnecessary, and a sad indictment on the game. They claim "Football For All", but ban a tiny minority who just want to play the game we all love. Pot Shot stands with the trans community, always.

💥 UWCL FINALISTS 💥 AWFC #24: Great Trip 🎙️: @maxrads.bsky.social @libertysimons.bsky.social 🔴 The feeling of going through 🔵 Outplaying Lyon over 3 halves 🟡 Kim Little’s imperious performance ⚪️ Looking forward to Barcelona Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/2ce197

A little shake-up to the pod schedule this week: We'll have an AWFC pod for you tomorrow, as Liberty & Max review the incredible comeback in Lyon. Then on Thursday, the Men's crew will chat all things PSG, looking back on the first leg and ahead to the second. Enjoy 🫡

💥QUARTER FINAL REVIEW💥 #124: Remon-nada (feat. Jose Perez) 🎙: @lorcanmcc.bsky.social @watman.bsky.social @jcperezfc.bsky.social 🔴 What won Arsenal the tie? ⚪️ Arsenal OOP conducive to CL knockouts? 🟡 MLS and Rice performances 🔵 Can Arsenal win the CL from here? Listen link in next tweet 👇