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#39: The Community's Champions

Season 2, Ep. 2
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The Arsenal have won the Community Shield for the 17th time, and in doing so have beaten Manchester City after 8 straight defeats to Pep's side. Join Towells, Manas & Seb as they dive into everybody's favourite good use of time: trying to make meaningful conclusions from a pre season game.


We discuss how Arsenal's three new signings fared on their debuts, how we can get the best output from Saka, and how the new stoppage time rules may affect the team over the course of the season, before finishing off with a quick preview of our Premier League opener against Nottingham Forest.


Timestamps:

The Community Shield: 01:28-32:14

The new stoppage time rules: 32:14-37:32

Nottingham Forest Preview: 37:34-46:08


If you want even more in-depth discussion of Havertz, Rice and Timber, make sure to check out our Snapshots series, where each new signing got their own dedicated episode. Find them here:

Snapshots: Kai Havertz - https://pod.fo/e/188ffb

Snapshots: Declan Rice - https://pod.fo/e/18c817

Snapshots: Jurrien Timber - https://pod.fo/e/18c3f2


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