Arsenal Women Arsecast Episode 174: Gunners get their wings clipped by the Eagles
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What was the opening discussion about the 0‑0 draw with Crystal Palace?
Hello and welcome to the Arsenal Women Arsecast on arseblog.com with me your host Tim Stillman looking back on Sunday's 0-0 draw. at home to Crystal Palace. And to be honest, at this point, we could probably just replay any one of the podcasts from any one of the six WSL draws last season. And they'd slip in fairly seamlessly other than like the names of the opposing goalkeepers, to be honest. So there might be a sense of deja vu in some of the topics we discuss. Certainly in some of the questions you've asked that have been submitted on Blue Sky, but hopefully a little bit of group therapy for everyone as well. If you've tuned in at all, that's probably what you've tuned in for. So we'll try our best.
And here to therapize with us, as always, is our co-host Jamie Spanger. Jamie, what time was kickoff, Melbourne time?
It wasn't too bad, Tim. It was 11.45pm, but going to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning after a nil-nil draw at Crystal Palace is one of the worst experiences ever. And then I also decided I'm going to plan to go on a massive day hike with my best friend yesterday, and I'm going to pick her up from like an hour away at 7 in the morning, so I was in the worst mood ever. But something I found funny, Tim, is I found a Blue Sky, or I can't remember if this was on X or Blue Sky, reply to us two years ago on the 7th of October when we drew to Everton. And you were asking, you were doing a call out for questions, and Kareem AFC said, no question, just my sympathy for the fact that you have to do this. And that's how I feel this morning, Tim.
Yeah, I mean, I went to Sunderland on Saturday night for the men's game, hit a little bit of traffic on the way back. and got home at ten past six Sunday morning, three hours in bed, and then was up and across for this game. And after a six-point weekend last weekend, and, you know, the men doing the business at Sunderland, I was really, really confident of another six-point weekend. It didn't quite turn out like that. As much as it was an antisocial kick-off time for you, Jamie, big news before the game, Steph Catley was the one selecting the tunes for, And I was sitting there peacefully in the press box doing what I was doing. And our videographer, Jason, is from Sydney. And he walks into the press box bopping because John Farnham, you're the voice, is playing inside the stadium.
And he just said to me, this is the Australian national anthem. Upset to miss that, at least? Yeah.
Yeah, that was the five minutes of the day I was upset to miss. It's actually funny. I was at the NFL was in Melbourne. The Rams
and the
49ers played last week and there was like a kickoff festival. Me and my friends couldn't afford tickets to the game, but I have an American friend and the Jonas brothers played the halftime show and they sung that song. And I was like having the best time of my life. And my friend Casey had no idea what was going on. So the whole weekend at the pub that we were working at, I was playing this song and then Steph Gatley decides this is the one. And I thought, yeah, at least I have this. If I don't have anything, Tim, if I don't have three points, at least I have this. So, yeah, I was pleased.
Yeah, personally, I was disappointed there was no Sarah Blasco on the Steph Catley playlist. But, you know, you can't have it all. Anyway, maybe less about song selection, more about team selection, which I think is going to be, A bit of a topic certainly in the questions. Well, not so much who was selected, but who wasn't selected. But coming into this game, Jamie, I really didn't know how Rene would play it in terms of the selection. There was a part of me thinking, I'm expecting the same team as Brighton. It's a new midfield. You'll want to give them another game together. And I think we saw that last season that the team selection was very, consistent for the first few games and we were asking questions about players who weren't playing who eventually once the season does its thing did start playing or whether you know she's made the squad bigger I asked her about that in the pre-match press conference and about having to leave players out and
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What was the opening discussion about the 0‑0 draw with Crystal Palace?
0:00–9:57
2
Why did the hosts criticize the starting XI and the omission of new signings?
9:57–17:01
3
How did Tim and Jamie evaluate the midfield and the ‘number 10’ role?
17:01–24:40
4
What were the main points of contention about the substitutions made?
24:40–32:29
5
Why do the hosts feel the draw is a familiar, frustrating pattern for Arsenal Women?
32:29–41:24
6
How much pressure is there on the team ahead of the Manchester United match?
41:24–49:13
7
What criticism did the hosts level at the club’s technical director and recruitment?
49:13–57:40
8
What positive moments and take‑aways did the hosts highlight before closing?
57:40–1:06:46