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IT’S MATT AND JACOB HAWLEY!
Jacob Hawley is joined by Matt Kandela ahead of a huge Friday night trip to the Amex, with the club chasing a historic eighth straight win across all competitions. The Hottest Takes dig into Arsenal’s lack of drama compared to the chaos elsewhere in the league, plus a genuinely spicy call on Max Dowman taking Viktor Gyökeres’s place on the bench.
🔥 Hottest Takes: Max Dowman’s case for the bench over Gyökeres, and why Arsenal are refreshingly boring right now
🤝 Fabian Hürzeler and Arteta’s mutual respect dissected, and why Brighton are the league’s form team
⚡ Bukayo Saka’s start to the season put under the microscope, pace, end product and all
👑 Arteta’s contract talk, and the case for him becoming Arsenal’s greatest ever manager
🏴 Myles Lewis-Skelly’s England call-up celebrated, plus a tough look at Nwaneri’s shock omission
🛡️ Ben White vs Jurrien Timber at right-back, and the plan to share the position all season
