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💥 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?

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The Pot Shot Podcast: #134: Set Piece FC (feat. Jon Mackenzie)
Jon & Jake discuss the increasing importance of set pieces in Premier League football - a trend which sees Arsenal sit top of the table having scored 11 of their 16 goals from set piece situations....
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October 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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💥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?

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The Pot Shot Podcast: #133: Taking Stock (ft. NSftbl)
Towells & Manas are joined by Nick (@NSftbl on Twitter) to gauge the lay of the land after the first 10 competitive games of the season.For tactical writing from the Pot Shot Crew, check out the Po...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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💥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

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The Pot Shot Podcast: #132: Trading Takes
Alex & Seb chat Liverpool, Forest, and some standout players from the start of the season.For tactical writing from the Pot Shot Crew, check out the Pot Shot Substack: potshotpod.substack.comIf you...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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The writing is on the wall for Martinelli. Competition for his spot is fierce this year, improve or perish.

Broke through at a similar time to Saka but the latter has improved YoY to a WC level.
September 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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💥 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

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The Pot Shot Podcast: #131: A Change In Intent
Jake, Alex & Manas explore the question on everybody's mind: how much has Arsenal's tactical approach changed this season?For tactical writing from the Pot Shot Crew, check out the Pot Shot Substac...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Just came here to say this is going to bang next season.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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💥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

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The Pot Shot Podcast: Snapshots: Martin Zubimendi (Feat. Phil Ball)
Seb is joined by football writer & San Sebastian resident Phil Ball to discuss Arsenal's metronomic new midfielder Martin Zubimendi.Thanks so much to Phil for coming on! You can find him on twitter...
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July 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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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 👇
July 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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💥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?

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The Pot Shot Podcast: Target Practice: Souting Strikers: Part 1 (feat. MoeSquare)
Alex sits down with Jake and special guest Mohamed Mohamed (@MoeSquare) to look at potential centre forward options. They first go over options mentioned in Moe's article for ESPN: Osimhen, Watkins...
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June 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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💥 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?

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The Pot Shot Podcast: #128: Reconstruction: It's Time To Win
Lorcan, Alex & Seb take a look at the work that needs to be done to the Arsenal squad this summer.Please subscribe to the pod to never miss an episode, tell your friends to listen if you like it, a...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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💥 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

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Ødegaard talking to the team before a game.
June 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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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.
potshot.bsky.social POT SHOT @potshot.bsky.social · May 1
💥 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

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May 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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💥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?

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April 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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💥WHAT A NIGHT💥

#123: Making It Happen

🎙: @towells.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social @maxrads.bsky.social

🔴 The atmosphere & emotion
⚪️ Madrid's unusual approach
🟡 Quality performances throughout
🔵 Expectations for next week

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The celebrations after Rice's second free kick goal - oh my God we scored two free kick goals in a game within 15 minutes of each other
April 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Watching some Real Madrid ahead of our tie in the CL for @potshot.bsky.social, and the difference in officiating is night and day.

La Liga refs are effective, quick and straightforward. Also, they use common sense.
April 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
watman.bsky.social
A cheeky 30 mins for Bukayo Saka tonight then? Surely he doesn't start tonight.
April 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Tactically, and as a use-case of how to approach mid blocks, this was a great game. Albeit Chelsea were shit & we were able to manipulate them very well.

This is to say idk wtf Caicedo was talking about.
potshot.bsky.social POT SHOT @potshot.bsky.social · Mar 18
💥SET PIECE DEEP DIVE💥

#120: Set Piece Again, and Q&A

🎙: @towells.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social

⚪️ Tactical Match Report from @watman.bsky.social
🟡 Why Merino ≠ Kai from corners
🔴 Why Saka is so missed
🔵 Answering your questions

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The moment Mikel Merino found the corner with a header from a corner, to seal Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday.
March 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Recording tonight. Any questions?
March 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Our big club record under Arteta is unbelievable. Defence wins you these games.

It's vs the other teams we lack. Need that ST.
scott.cannonstats.com Scott Willis @scott.cannonstats.com · Mar 17
Arsenal’s record vs Chelsea under Mikel Arteta

8 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses (none since August 2021)

26 goals scored, 14 allowed
March 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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3 things required for playing vs tight blocks:

✅ Movement & Rotations
🟥 Speed of Passing
🟥 Passes to break lines

Arsenal are doing 1/3 right now + automatism based attacking. It's not ideal & teams know the script.
March 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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💥BIG QUESTIONS💥

#119: (Why) Are Arsenal Boring?

🎙: @towells.bsky.social @lorcanmcc.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social

⚪️ What is "boring" football?
🟡 Why do we care if the team is boring?
🔴 How can a "boring" team win 7-1?
🔵 Do we need to get less boring to get better?

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Declan Rice pretending to be asleep
March 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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A little look at Arsenal's struggles vs blocks this season and what we've been doing to get through them
potshot.bsky.social POT SHOT @potshot.bsky.social · Mar 8
Arsenal vs Forest was a familiar game where the opposition sat in a block and forced Arsenal to play a slow buildup & recycle possession in a U-Shape in the final third.

Let's look at how teams have played vs Arsenal to stifle our attack, by using the forst game as a template 🧵
March 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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With no men's team game this weekend, we're going to do a mailbag episode! What burning questions do you want the Pot Shot Crew to answer? Reply with your suggestions 👇
March 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
watman.bsky.social
That Zelensky Trump interview is case in point why everyone hates America.
March 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
watman.bsky.social
Uninstalling Instgram has felt like I've got my brain back again. The drivel on the platform is unparalleled
February 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM