The Armchair Podcast

England Are WINNING the World Cup | Armchair Podcast | EP34

We're back. England are at the World Cup. And we've got opinions. After taking a well-earned break (Arsenal won the Premier League, lost the Champions League final, we needed time), Jacob and Josh are back for a full World Cup 2026 special — because if there was ever a time for the Armchair Podcast to return, it's this. The squad's been named, the group stage is underway, and we've got takes that will absolutely age terribly or age brilliantly. No in between. In this episode: the Phil Foden omission (yes, after that pass, he's been left at home), why Gary Neville is completely wrong about world class players, the Jordan Henderson inclusion we refuse to name, Thomas Tuchel's "we want a second star" moment that gave us chills, a full squad breakdown and England predictions, our disgust at the Southgate TV drama, tournament favorites, dark horses, the France will flop theory, and the most Arsenal prediction ever made about the golden boot.
00:00 — It's Coming Home (World Cup Special Intro)
00:46 — We're Back. Arsenal Won the League. Lost the CL. Moved On.
03:23 — Croatia First. And They Think They're Good.
05:57 — The Foden Omission Is an Absolute DISGRACE 08:11 — Morgan Rogers Stole Cole Palmer's Whole Personality
10:00 — Gary Neville Said Only Kane Is World Class. Right.
17:59 — Tuchel Is the Best Manager in This Tournament
20:09 — "We Want a Second Star" — England's Ambition Is Refreshing
21:19 — This England Squad Would Win the Premier League
22:21 — Voldemort Is in the Squad (We Refuse to Say His Name)
29:23 — "Full Kit Wanker" — Live on American TV
30:23 — The Southgate Drama: Looked Like a Coronation Street Episode
39:02 — Our Actual Prediction: England to Win the Whole Thing
42:08 — Dark Horses, Disappointments, and the Belgium Mention
50:52 — France Are Going to Flop. We're Calling It.
52:17 — Scotland at the World Cup (They Drew With Haiti)
57:13 — Golden Boot: It's a Two-Horse Race Between Arsenal's Strikers
England World Cup 2026 reaction, squad analysis, and full tournament predictions — covering Harry Kane, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, Phil Foden, Jordan Henderson, Victor Gyokeres, Kai Havertz, Tuchel, and why France might just bottle the whole thing. Arsenal podcast, football podcast, England football, Premier League.
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22 Years. Worth Every Second. | Armchair Podcast | EP33

Arsenal are Premier League champions. For the first time in 22 years. And the boys have absolutely lost it. The full debrief is here — we break down the Bournemouth moment, the Ian Wright chaos on the streets, the dynasty debate that broke out within minutes, and why this squad has earned its own chapter in Arsenal history. Plus: why City's five-Saka wage bill makes this even sweeter, the truth about Arteta's "GCSE drama monologue" that convinced Timber to stay, Eze's extraordinary story, and the closing question — can Arsenal win the Champions League too?
Chapters: 00:00 — We've Done It
01:57 — The Moment — The Snipe, Sutton, Knee-Drop Celebration
05:45 — Ian Wright Was Out There Demanding Prosecco
07:20 — "Are They Scared of What Arsenal Could Become?"
09:00 — The Dynasty Argument Begins
11:50 — The Rebuild — From Wenger Mercenaries to Arteta's Arsenal
14:10 — We Doubted Arteta. We Were Wrong.
18:40 — We Have the Best Squad in the World
21:40 — Champions League Final. Historic.
26:00 — The "James Carragher" Incident
31:30 — Culture Club vs Soulless Football Projects
33:50 — Would the Champions League Eclipse the Invincibles?
37:50 — After the City Defeat — They Just Won Every Game
42:00 — The Only Team to Beat City in a Proper Title Race
43:00 — City's Wage Bill vs Ours (It's Criminal)
48:00 — Football Is Changing — We Built It the Right Way
51:20 — Arteta's "GCSE Drama Monologue" That Made Timber Sign
56:05 — Gabriel, Erdiggard, Trossard — Players Who Chose Us
1:02:40 — Ez's Incredible Story
1:09:20 — "I Don't Give a F*** What Anyone Thinks"
1:10:24 — From Baku Under Emery to the Champions League Final
 
#Arsenal #PremierLeague #champions 2025/26 — full fan reaction, season review, and Champions League final preview. #Arsenal podcast, #Arsenalnews, #Arteta, #Saka, #Declan Rice, #PremierLeaguetitle.
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VARsenal. Did We Get Away With It? | Armchair Podcast | EP32

Chapters: 00:00 — Trent Takes the Chair (Josh, You've Been Replaced)
07:00 — Arsenal 1-0 West Ham: We Were Good Though, Weren't We?
14:00 — The VAR Decision That Decided the Season
22:00 — Ben White Goes Down and Arteta Loses His Head
30:00 — Can We Actually Bottle This? (The Maths)
37:00 — Champions League Final: Arsenal vs PSG
44:00 — Is Arteta the Greatest Terrorist of All Time?
51:00 — Saka, Raya, Rice and the Zubimendi Problem
57:00 — The Rest of the League (Forest, Newcastle, West Ham)
 
Arsenal just took another massive step towards the title — and Jacob and his mate Trent (yes, a new face, Josh is in Bristol) were watching every agonising second of it. West Ham 0-1 Arsenal. Trossard. Odegaard. Raya. What can we say. A disallowed 95th-minute equaliser. And two lads who somehow stayed calm enough to record a podcast about it afterwards. In this week's Armchair Podcast, we go through everything: the VAR decision that'll be talked about for months, Ben White's injury and Arteta's bizarre tactical response, whether Saka's been carrying something serious all season, and whether Arteta is quietly becoming the greatest defensive manager of all time. Plus: Champions League final talk, the Pep Guardiola frozen pizza theory, and a genuine question about whether Zubimendi is done.
 
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Three Wins. That's All We Need. | Armchair Podcast | EP31

Chapters: 00:00 — Intro + Shoutout to House (You Know Who You Are)
02:20 — Title Race: Is It Actually In Our Hands Now?
06:15 — Fulham Debrief: What Changed?
09:45 — Lewis Skelly Has to Start. End of Discussion.
12:30 — "Ødegaard Does Not Quite Simply Start for Fulham"
14:00 — THE BOX: Watching City vs Everton Live
17:40 — Gyokeres: Stop Calling Him Fat. He's Been Class.
22:00 — EVERTON SCORE. 1-1. We Believe Again.
24:25 — Doing This Podcast for Minimum Wage (We're Nearly There Lads)
26:30 — EVERTON LEAD 2-1. Mum Walks In. The Box Is Ruined.
29:00 — Gary Neville and the Annual United Delusion
34:40 — Oh No. City Are Back in Front.
36:00 — Everton Score Again. 3-2. 3-3. City Bottled It.
38:20 — Arsenal Need Three Wins. That's It.
48:40 — The Joe Hart Hair Situation (Sincere Apologies, Joe)
51:00 — West Ham Away Is the Biggest Game of the Season
 
Man City just drew 3-3 with Everton after leading 3-1 — and we watched EVERY second of it live from the podcast recording studio (my mum's box room). Arsenal need three wins. West Ham on Saturday. Atletico tomorrow night. And we cannot stop celebrating. In this episode: the Fulham 3-0 debrief with Lewis Skelly and Saka back to their best, the argument about whether Skelly starts in a Champions League semi-final, a full breakdown of why Yokarez has actually been class this season, LIVE reaction to City throwing away a three-goal lead, and the moment mum walked in mid-recording to reveal the score. This is why we do it.
#Arsenal #title race, #PremierLeague, #Lewis Skelly, #gyokeres #BukayoSaka, #Arsenal #Atletico, #Man City #Everton #Arsenalnews, #Arsenalpodcast, #footballbanter.
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We've Bottled It, Haven't We? | Armchair Podcast | EP30

Arsenal just lost the game that felt like a title decider and the lads are not holding back. Man City took it 2-1 at the Etihad and the gap is down to three points, with City holding a game in hand.
In this week's pod, Jacob and Josh go through everything: whether Arsenal actually played well or got taken apart, the Arteta handbrake debate that's been running all season, and the honest verdict on whether the title is still actually on. Plus — Chelsea got smashed 3-0 by Brighton while we were recording, which made for some genuinely decent chat about Rosenior's PowerPoint team talks, who you'd bring in if Arteta left tomorrow, and why Gyokeres was on the bench in the biggest game of the season.
00:00 — Where on Earth Are We Now (Again)
01:00 — The Man City Defeat: Did We Play Well or Get Mugged?
05:00 — Arteta's Handbrake Problem and the Nerd Avengers
15:00 — Squad Depth: Do We Actually Have a Better XI?
21:00 — Should Arsenal Have Just Parked the Bus?
30:00 — It's Become Genuinely Funny at This Point
38:00 — Chelsea's LinkedIn Manager and the Maresca Roast
42:00 — Should Arteta Go? Who'd You Actually Bring In?
47:00 — Havertz vs Gyokeres: The Selection That Cost Us
50:00 — Final Fixtures and the Honest Title Verdict
#Arsenal, #premierleague #League, #Arteta, #Man City, #titlerace2026, #arsenalpodcast , #footballpodcast, #Gyokeres, #Havertz, #Chelsea, #Maresca, #Declan Rice, #Bukayo Saka, #arsenalbottledit, #artetahandbrake.
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It's Happening Again… Is this the End? | Armchair Podcast | EP29

Arsenal are six games from winning the Premier League... but if you’ve been watching the last month, you know it’s already starting to feel like it’s slipping away. We’re calling this one the BOTTLE POD for a reason. This week the boys go through everything: whether we can still beat City away on April 19, the Zubimendi situation and whether Arteta has completely lost the plot with his squad rotation, and the big question nobody at Arsenal wants to answer — is it time for a change in the dugout? Plus a proper squad review, a Man City financial doping rant, and the moment we admit we might all have Arsenal PTSD.
00:00 — It’s Happening Again...
02:30 — Zubimendi Has Fallen Off a Cliff
06:00 — Six Games Left — Can Arsenal Still Win This?
11:00 — Man City Look Better Than Us Right Now
20:00 — The Arteta Question: Is It Time?
35:00 — Fan Voice Notes: The Rebuild Starts Here
43:00 — Full Squad Review — Who Stays, Who Goes
49:00 — Man City’s Financial Doping (The Rant)
55:00 — Arsenal PTSD and the Spurs Meltdown
1:02:00 — Final Thoughts: Still Believe or Done? Two brothers. Genuine Arsenal fans. No corporate takes, no fence-sitting.
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Two Cups Gone. Will Arsenal Bottle the Premier League? | Armchair Podcast | EP28

two cups gone in two weeks and the boys are in the armchair to make sense of it. Arsenal's FA Cup exit to Championship side Southampton was bad enough — but strip it back and ask if you'd still take the Premier League title at the start of the season, and suddenly the answer's complicated. This week Jacob and Josh break down the Southampton defeat in detail (yes, all of it — including the Havertz debate that went on a bit), get into whether Arteta has a rotation problem that's genuinely costing Arsenal, go around the rest of the Premier League — Chelsea's vice captain drama, Liverpool's nightmare season, Spurs and their new manager — and look ahead to tonight's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Sporting CP in Lisbon. And somewhere in the middle they ask if they're too harsh on Arsenal. The answer is probably yes.
Chapters: 00:00 — Arteta's Done It Again (FA Cup & Carabao Gone)
08:53 — How Did Southampton Actually Beat Us?
20:15 — The Havertz & Gyokeres Debate (The Never-Ending One)
27:55 — Arteta's Rotation Problem — Is He Letting Us Down?
36:14 — Would You Take Just the Premier League Title?
41:35 — PL Chaos Round-Up: Chelsea Drama, Liverpool's Nightmare, Spurs
50:00 — Arsenal's Title Run-In & CL Preview: Sporting CP Tonight
62:00 — Are We Too Harsh on Arsenal? Probably.
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Arteta schooled by Pep. Is the Quadruple over? | Armchair Podcast | EP27

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DOWMAN WINS ARSENAL TITLE! CITY BOTTLE IT! | Armchair Podcast | EP26

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THE HOME DERBY! Arsenal visit the Mighty Mansfield! | The Armchair Podcast EP25

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