Arsecast Extra Episode 679 - 02.02.2026

0:03La pelota le cae a Declan Reyes, pero no puede buscar el disparo, prefiere volver a abrir, hay alguien caído en el área, Viene Maduel que queriendo desbordar la cuelga Maduel que rebate, ahí sí Ahí sí, sube, sube, sube, sube Gol

0:21Del Arsenal, Zubimendi Le aguantas uno Le aguantas dos, le aguantas tres Pero al cuarto estás firmando Tu sentencia de muerte Otra vez a Barón parado, marca el Arsenal Zubimendi

0:38Soy, soy, soy, soy, soy. Soy, soy, soy, soy, soy.

0:48Soy, soy, soy, soy, soy.

0:54This is Arsecast Extra. Hello and welcome to another Arsecast Extra. As always, we're James from Gunner Blog. James, a very goodly morning to you. A goodly morning to you too, Andrew. Thomas Frank's gold membership Is secured He has ascended I did see somebody Who made a little joke about that On the Discord Matthew Said after incensing Spurs fans at the weekend by not rolling over And getting his tummy tickled by Man City Should we upgrade Thomas Frank to a gold membership I think It's warranted Frankly Coming back from two goals down As well Did you watch it? No I didn't watch it actually I was driving mainly Did you?

1:45No I sort of was like I'm not going to inflict that upon myself So I went into town to play some pool And I was checking the score on my phone It was 2-0 to Man City I was like well fuck in That's just kind of what I was expecting And then they got one back And then I noticed they got another one back and there was about 15 minutes to go. So, I just turned my phone off and then my phone started going like... I was like, ah, I think they might have held on here. So, it did make for... It just added a little bit of icing on the cake of this weekend, right? It did. I mean, you know, Aston Villa. For all the people out there who care about Aston Villa, they lost as well.

2:29I went to Brentford. All of them I went on social media And I saw that Tammy Abraham Had scored a goal For Aston Villa And then I went back online later And I discovered that they'd lost 1-0 Which leads me to wonder whether I kind of dreamt that Tammy Abraham Even signed for Aston Villa Do you know what I mean? He did play there before The whole thing is a fiction Didn't he play there before though? Did he not have a loan at Aston Villa? Am I? You're right actually Are we conflating in with another Chelsea Loney, I think he had a season In the championship with Aston Villa There you go you see, so you were like You checked your phone and was like fuck What year is it?

3:12Time has taken me back to 2018, what is happening I better tell everybody Staffy still plays for us etc Yeah watch out for 2020 guys It's not going to be good I was the prophet of doom Yeah No, pero no, ellos perdieron 1-0. Es el único que sabemos que es factual. Así que, todo en todo, un buen día de un buen día de un buen día de un personal. Sí, un buen día de un buen día que a un hombre que yo saw en Dublin last night donde se fue un día para un día después de jugar en pool. Se fue un día de un día que se fue cuando tú y fue el día de la gente de la kind de chinesa tapas-y place. Oh, yeah, yo liked it.

3:51Yeah, it fue muy bueno. Es un Camden Street, pero estamos ahí esperando para el comida y este hombre Lo llamada Malta se dice que Pueblo.

4:26¿Puedo haber pasado cualquier parte de los cerrad Calles? Y fue el paso del revелidor. tests incredibly hablesuğedas Arturo De Presis había estado algún malicio emotionally nacido en규quiendo Tierte encore ese counter y no crean人 Air cortó bero Bero necesita un mensaje de pobreza ¿Quandoahon Smoothie Maybe The outrage ésta Outs minimize досasivado Stockfolio Ahora East Asi Si En reports Tal 6 en la mañana, por favor. Así que no era 10 o 11 o 'clock de noche donde había sido, bueno, presumía que había sido todo el día pero también había sido un Maybe era un City fan, o un Tottenham fan, either way, es muy funny.

5:09Bueno, eso es la funniest cosa es que es la verdad, que Spurs están haciendo una sort de horrific Premier League campaign, y la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una la una

5:24Y por el lado, un gran weekend para Arsenal, no solo en el men's side, pero en el men's side también. Los men's de la Champions Cup last night en el Emirates Stadium. El inaugural Champions Cup prize, obviamente inventado por FIFA, que es un mejor que la primera inaugural prize que se han dado. Así que congratulations a Arsenal. Tim y Jamie will be going over that game a bit later on. Creo que están grabando este día, así que pod might be out mañana, pero Tim y Jamie van a un Arsenal Women Arscast para ti. Y ellos van a ver en todo el detalles de eso. Y, listen, Arsenal Women making history yet again.

6:02Yet again, and Arsene Wenger en el estadio para verlo. Unfortunately, he brought his mate with him. Yeah, that guy, we should have banned him. Should have just not let him in, I don't think. That fucking ghoul, Gianni Infantino. But anyway, Pero, bueno, ¿qué canes que puedes hacer? Había cosas, Andrew. Elland Road. Mmm, mucho más. Yo, yo, tengo un poco de historia con Leeds, que estoy seguro que he hablado sobre en este podcast antes. Habiendo en la escuela en Yorkshire, hay muchas de Leeds fans ahí que me hicieron muy bien muy feliz como un Arsenal fan. Así que cada vez que nos beat Leeds, es un buen día o un buen día de trabajo desde un Arsenal perspectiva.

6:48Pero, de hecho, es un juego que creo que había algún tipo de trepidación que se ha ido en la forma de irse a la forma de ser en la última vez contra Manchester United, porque de la sensación de que Manchester City están definitivamente van a beat Tottenham en Sunday y nos necesitamos responder y nos necesitamos reactar en una positiva manera de irse a la forma de irse a la forma de irse. Yo looked it up before the game, I was doing the preview. I know January has been a month of many competitions, but the 3rd of January was the previous game that we won in the Premier League. This game took place on, what, the 31st?

7:24So 28 days, four weeks basically, without a Premier League win for Arsenal, which meant that there was pressure on us to respond, pressure on us to react, as I said, and to achieve a good result. And Leeds just won defeat in their last 10 games. They've been playing pretty well and got some good results within that 10-game spell as well. So this wasn't one where I think on paper generally you would say this is a game that you would expect Arsenal to win, having beaten Leeds earlier in the season quite comprehensively. But in the context of where we were over the last couple of weeks and certainly over the last week or so, it wasn't as cut and dried as all that.

8:06No, I think it was so important to bounce back. y hablaba de tu propia emocional en la base de la liga. Creo que cualquier Arsenal fan de mi generación tiene un poco de eso porque de Nelson Vivas y Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbank en la poste. Un poco de tonalidad de la memoria. Pero, es un gran emplante respuesta. Y obviamente, we had la win against Kaira en la mitad de la semana pero, yo creo que era el juego Arsenal realmente esperaba para ganar, lo que más sería un desastre. Así que no podía ser con el Arsenal fans para ese partido. Exactamente, mate. Frankly, I was rooting for the opposition. Crazy.

8:49Y entonces, for this one, we just had to send a message. Mikel Arteta came out earlier in the week and spoke about the conversation he'd had with his players, the way they were going to attack the next four months. And I think it was a message that really energised el supporters, pero lo que fue hermoso fue ver el modo que energizó el players y los palabras hubiera sido un poco de desfas si no nos dio a un performance pero no nos dio a un performance pero nos dijeron pero nos dijeron y lo que creo y creo que una de las cosas y lo que he comentó antes de que yo antes era que yo era curioso sobre lo que él might hacer con su equipo porque había sido un sentido que necesitamos hacer algo un poco diferente en términos de selección y también para encontrar un modo de hacer un modo de hacer para que nos quedemos en el equipo.

9:38Y cuando te looked a la team en paper, no era tan mucho diferente de lo que te esperaba el equipo. There era un montón de conversación sobre Martin Odegaard antes de la game y este week y quizás su recentes. No es tan sorprendente que él estaba en la mesa para este partido. Pero Kai Havertz, como el reemplazo en el midfield, fue un interesante choice. Y creo que como el juego se quedó más evidente que esto no era como, ¿qué, Kai Havertz, tú vas a ir y hacer el Martin Odegaard job? Sí. He had algo diferente a lo que quiero, que quiero preguntarles a ti ahora en un segundo. Pero obviamente en el warm-up as well, there was a slight change, pero Kai Osaka fue down a start.

10:20He picked up an injury en el warm-up, replaced by Nani Madueke. So, los dos son los diferencias en el equipo. Madueke y por Osaka, I thought Trossard would probably start on the left, which he did. Jokeres up front. Midfield, we had that change. Otherwise, Rice, Subimendi, Incapié at left back and the back four and the keeper, as you would expect. So, I mean, what did you make of the team when you saw it? And what did you make of the way that change manifested itself on the pitch? Well, I was excited to see it. I have to say, because, you know, Havertz played 45 minutes against Kyra in that kind of role and then came off at half time.

11:02y obviamente hay un elemento de eso que es pre-plante pero también se preguntó si había un partido de Mikel que había visto algo en esa primera half contra Kairat y pensó que voy a pagar y considera usando la segunda y él did porque había un poco de un entendimiento entre Havertz y Jokeres y yo pensé que lo hicimos un poco más más dinámico en esa primera half en la semana y yo yo estaba intrigado por eso Obviously a bit alarmed about Saka I actually saw a clip of Where he pulled up Yeah same I saw it yeah So innocuous I mean he's just Doing a little rondo a little training exercise It's not like they've got him out there pregame You know sprinting up and down The touchline it's just He just clearly feels something It was hard to tell what it was though as well Because normally you see a player and they're like Oh they clutch their hamstring or whatever Do we have any idea what exactly es Michael Arteta no es particularmente forthcoming afterwards, said it was a little niggle, so hopefully nothing more than that, but it's difficult to know.

12:09I've seen people say hamstring, some people say groin. TV and radio said groin on Saturday. I've not spoken to anyone at Arsenal who's been able to corroborate that. I'm sure Michael will clean it up for us this afternoon though. Lay out all the details, the timeline, the recovery plan. en seriousness he's doing a press conference at half past one so we probably will get at least an indication of the severity of Kaira Saka's injury but in terms of how it lined up on the pitch I thought it was immediately evident I suppose a bit like against Kaira that this was a different shape to the Arsenal team and the Arsenal midfield and the way that it sort of stood out to me was you know I saw Declan Rice ocupying a lot of deeper zones, deeper areas than I'm accustomed to seeing.

13:02And it sort of became clear over the course of the first half that he and Zubimendi, you know, we talk about them as a pairing and as a pivot at times in games, but it was a very conscious, deliberate setup here. You know, this was much more a 4-2-3-1 or even at times a 4-4-2 que el archipo 4-4-3-3 que se convenciona con el micrónico. Sí, yo me voy a ver en Premier Sports en Irlanda y se llamó a 4-2-4 con Rice y Zubamendi con Pivots con Havertz y Joková as más central con el wide players con either side. Pero lo que fue muy interesante para mí y fue evidente durante la primera half fue que, como you say, Rice fue mucho deeper.

13:46Yo me acuerdo en la live blog antes de la mitad como, mira donde Zubamendi es y es picking up a ball más o menos donde se expectte Nani Madweke a ser. Que es la licencia de llegar a forward. Se picked it up sobre el lado de la izquierda, sobre el lado de la izquierda, sobre el lado de la pared. Y se puede ver... Creo que Havertz performance es interesante porque no es que sea que fue la mejor la mejor performance de Kai Havertz. No, no. No, no, no.

14:48¿Qué es lo que am I seeing aquí? Pero lo que creo que fue, fue el hecho que completamente cambió la dinamica de la team. La shape de la team fue diferente. Creo que, como la primera half went on, la primera 20 minutos fue quite even, pero luego Arsenal empezó a exertar la presión de la leads porque pudimos poder jugar a la thema en una manera que no era necesaria y parto de eso fue just Havertz occupying la gente que freed up otros para que se acceder y se acceder y se acceder y se acceder no a decoy pero he fue certainly playing más como let's say a number 10 kind of a guy behind the 9 of Jokeres if you like rather than the right 8 role that we associate with Martin Odegaard or Eberache Ezo when he plays or even Mikel Moreno when he plays there It was different and I don't think Leeds quite worked it out.

15:49And I think that's why it looks like Havertz had a better game than maybe the stats tell you. Yeah, and I think actually, you know, obviously Odegaard came out of the team for this one ostensibly for Havertz. But particularly in that first half, if you were saying, well, who was doing the kind of Odegaard-y stuff? Es más Martín Zubamendi, realmente, en términos de su posición y donde estaba recibiendo el ball. Creo que un elemento de esto ha sido con Lidia en mente. Están un equipo que tiene muy poderoso midfield runners, por ejemplo, Anton Stack, que juega en el... ...o el destino de la estrella, casi, para ellos.

16:32Y creo que dejo Declan Rice en más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más de más. y en Kai Leeds set up con una back three y creo que varias veces hemos visto Vicky Oquerres ser smothered por una back three que creo que puede happen a cualquier centro es muy difícil cuando te vas contra tres centros pero obviamente playing Kai Havertz que mucho más closer a él gave Leeds a bit more de un problema so I think Havertz it was almost a Thomas Mullery kind of game where it was about the space he invades.

17:10It was about the positions that he occupies. And it's funny because, you know, I think there's a lot of kind of pro-kai discourse at the moment. But I think if you go back to when he was playing regularly, there were definitely periods where fans would say, I'm not necessarily sure, I can see all the time what he offers. But the coaching staff have always, always loved him. And I think it is because there is so much of what he offers que es off the ball, que es sobre shape y posición y movimiento y all these slightly more tenuous aspects of forward play que creo que él realmente excels. Y entonces, of course, you have the two behind Rice y Zubimendi.

17:51I'm just going to fire you through their heat maps on WhatsApp. If you have a look, they're almost symmetrical. So the one on the left is Declan Rice and the one on the right is Martin Zubimendi, as you say, taking up positions that you would expect Martin Odegaard to be in in that kind of right midfield area, right? So you can see they're almost symmetrical. You know, Zubimeni more heavily weighted to the right, Rice more heavily weighted towards the left. And, you know, I do think after about 20 minutes, we started to get on top of this game in a pretty serious way in terms of possession. It had been quite even, but after about 20 minutes and between that mark and the time we got the first goal, I think Arsenal had about 70 % possession and started to put Pressure on leads, won some corners And obviously it's from A corner, I feel It's a bit hard It's not, it doesn't do The goal justice I should say To put this down as a set piece goal I know it's been sort of categorized As a set piece goal because it's a second phase Off a corner But I think it is More of an open play goal for me Than a set piece goal, you know When Matuweke picks up the ball There's some nice footwork, you know He could get it in early, actually, and he sort of went to take on the defender.

19:07And I remember thinking, oh, just get it in there. But he did well, stepped back outside, put in the cross. Zubimendi, the timing of his run was excellent. The header was excellent. We know he's good in the box. And I think you could see from the way he celebrated that goal that it was like, I'm sort of exercising the ghosts of that mistake last week against Manchester United. Definitely He had a header from a similar position Against United Which didn't quite go in This one was superb I found the positioning of Declan Rice On the corner really interesting I remember when he started taking corners People would say Don't you want him in the box He's 6 foot plus He's decent in the air Obviously he's not taking it But he's 35 yards from goal Just waiting to pick up the pieces And the reason he is there is because he uses the ball Really smartly and really intelligently when it breaks out And it's a nice pass out to Nonny And you have to say That's a Bukayo Saka-esque Cross really I mean We've seen Saka do that so many times Cut back onto his left foot Corner of the box Beautiful pick out And really, really good header from Zubamendi So yeah Really well worked all round Can I ask you about, before we get to the second goal, there was a bit of a nasty foul on Gabriel from Dominic Calvert-Lewin, which I, you know, I'm really surprised that there wasn't more made of because he catches him late.

20:48He's got studs up. He first, it's kind of glancing, thankfully. He doesn't really make significant contact In the way that a player might in that position But he catches him quite high up the shin He studs down the front of Gabriel's leg And onto his foot I'm really, really surprised That that was not given as at least a yellow card I'm sure Var looked at it the way they looked at everything But I think Gabriel actually gets a little bit lucky there Yeah, he does Basically, his foot kind of slides down his shin, doesn't it? Whereas if it had planted more, I think he'd be in big trouble. It's a reckless challenge, that.

21:31I think he was very lucky to sort of get off scot-free, essentially. Yeah, it's sort of orange, you know. And what happened, I think, immediately after that was that there was a Leeds player who made a kind of nothing foul. I think it was Goodmanson over on the other side. He made sort of a nothing foul on the touchline And ended up getting a yellow card for it So my guess is that VAR has sort of said to the referee Because they can't do anything about yellows, right? So the ref, or the VAR has said to the ref You've missed a really, you've missed one here mate You better give a yellow card, just calm things down a little bit And Goodmanson was the guy who paid the price for the Calvert-Lewin challenge If that makes sense It often goes like that, doesn't it?

22:16Yellow cards are sort of about context So yeah, I thought that was a bit of a nasty challenge actually And Leeds is a very physical team And it always has been a place, you know Going back a long way, Leeds have been known for that And I thought it was really interesting that Mikel set up With a very, very physical side from the start here You know, you look at the spine of that team You've got Gabriel and Saliba, Zubimendi and Rice Havertz and Jokerez It's a really physically Robust Big Yeah It reminded me of some of the XI's we've seen From Mikel previously that have sometimes Attracted a bit of criticism where he's played You know kind of whether it be sort of Marino and Jokerez But I Think it was the right call at a ground Like this against a team like this and As we'll get into later One of the things I found fascinating about this es cómo diferente en profile el equipo que finished el juego.

23:23Es como si hay dos arsenals en el curso de este 90 minutos. Sí, creo que es un buen punto y obviamente we learned since que Mikel Moreno ha tenido un injury que nos discusses en un poco. Pero es uno de los que si Moreno había sido fit y había estado this game, no hubiera sido at all surprised porque de la física nature de Leeds y la manera de jugar. Y yo wonder si Maybe it was a game he might have started. You know, if he had been fit, but Havertz is, you know, an able sort of analog, if you like, to what Mourinho can bring. And maybe playing Havertz allowed you to do something a little bit different, as we said, in terms of the shape and playing closer to Jokeres and confusing leads a little bit.

24:05The second goal came from a corner, won by Nani Matueke. Nani Matueke took the corner. The goalkeeper and Calvert-Lewin kind of got in each other's way. He tried to punch it into the back of the net. It was one of those where I looked at it at first and went, oh, there's a foul there. Foul on the goalkeeper. But the Arsenal players were celebrating so strongly. I was like, oh, I'm not seeing something here. The foul was by Calvert-Lewin. Exactly. The foul was by Calvert-Lewin. The goal initially was given as an own goal against Carl Darlow. And I thought that was harsh at the time porque, claro, es un buen delivery de Madueke desde el lado de la izquierda.

24:48Es un buen in. Y eso es usually el modo, ¿no? Con set piezas o shots. Si se están en y el golekeeper does lo que hace, es un gole a la atacante. Es un gole. Pero, yesterday, el gole... ¿Qué es lo que se llama? Goal adjudicación... Dispute, people. Yeah. Le decidió que sí es un nany Matiaweke. Y que hace shiniendo su primer Risk. Para Arsenal. Se suavemente ですcreen. Coándo en la Champions League. Finalmente, X Club Bruges. Y Bayern tormento. F risk. Es una sydence. Muy buena momenta para él. Creo que celebra había sabido. Bueno. No hay cùng. No? Yeah. No? Es tarde. A Fran Zenko. A Fran Angol. Of course.

25:35Goes for the golden boots. En年的 Brent. You know. They lose one here. A Fran coat. Sí, bueno, I mean, that immediately... No surprise with them. Yeah, you know, but it now absolutely shuts up all the like, oh, Arsenal just need on goal to score. True, true, true. Just shut up. I thought Nonny, watching the highlights back this morning, he did some nice work to win both corners, I think. I forget which one, but there was one which was like a really nice drag back to play in Timber. I think that might have been the first one. And here he just goes down the outside y está bloqueado pero bueno, me dice we've talked about Nonny a fair bit in recent weeks and what he produced against Kyrat was sort of spectacular in some ways I think that shot he hit is still coming down somewhere I saw someone did a video of it from the stands I don't know if you've seen that angle of it and it's from behind and he does el trabajo y se y es un gran y es un gran pero pero yo puedo entender por qué me siento como emboldened a tener un shot de ahí pero pero es worse que me me me cuando yo veo en real tiempo en la game como yo no even know cómo yo do that pero creo que es que due technically no no el tidio game en terms de passing pero cuando you look at y El hombre compartido con el boss donde está tratando de la bola en la caja que se descanse a su pas de completion un poco así que se ve un poco más untidy que lo que se trata de hacer es producir un final ball en esa momento y lo que yo he visto y no he sido completamente convinced pero creo que es donde se due que realmente ha tenido un impacto en este juego y creo que lo que se dice que es que given he was, what, you know, 20 minutes away from starting this game on the bench, to come in and take his chance and be ready and to perform and to get a goal and to get an assist, you know, kudos.

27:56A bit of chapeau for Nani, I think. Yeah, definitely. And again, I sort of, I scratch my head at how effective he is delivering dead balls because in open play, that execution, que technique, que ball striking es so variable, pero si es porque él tiene que secondar a compor para él, ha sido muy efectivo para nosotros. Y eso es un gran parte de nuestro arsenal. Cuando Saka es no hay en particular. Exactamente. Y también, también para que un buen monkey en el campo de Premier League y Premier League assist. y y may well need him over the next few weeks depending on how Bucaio is so look second half I think Leeds had probably the best of the opening 15 minutes in terms of possession in this game they changed it didn't they double change and change their system went to a back four which you know probably you could understand why but their recent run of good form has been predicated

29:08Listen, you can see, you can understand why they tried to change it. I think it worked out pretty well for us. But within that opening 15 minutes, there was a really, really good chance for Victor Jokerez to score. First time ball from Trossard is excellent because he just, you know, I think he receives it from Declan Rice or in Capier, I'm not 100 % sure. Plays it over the top. Jokerez runs onto it. no for the first time this was a moment where I think he just needs to do things a little bit quicker, you don't get that extra second or half a second in the Premier League because the defenders will get back and block the shot which is what happened in this moment and I think obviously we'll come to his goal and I think the goal was a sign that maybe there are improvements in aspects of his game which we've needed to see but this is another one donde creo que si es el coaching staff en Arsenal, cuando se ha hecho un uno de los dos con Víctor Jokerez se ha hecho un momento que ha tenido un poco en el último y lo que ha hecho un poco para que sea un poco más decisivo y para que se ha hecho un poco más rápido.

30:18Sí, absolutamente. Y él se ha hecho ese segundo contra Kairat, ¿no? Un similar oportuno. No creo que su touch era necesariamente el cleanest pero él se ha ido a la vez con el primer league en la primera me parece que es un nivel diferente y un nivel diferente pero creo que ha sido un momento de la learning para él piensa que cuando vimos All or Nothing y los sesiones con Carlos Cuesta en el cinema room en London Colney y hablando de players me gustaría que piensa que es sucediendo ahora Albeit not with Carlos Cuesta Because he's gone with Victor Jokerez And that would be a moment where you'd be saying Can you get that ball out of your feet quicker Can you get the shot off earlier Gabriel Aynes is standing there with an iron bar Just going Yeah slightly different tone Yeah yeah yeah I always remember the Ben White one Because it comes up on social time to time When he's like Who is better than you I will say not many bueno

31:29no many it worked you know he really did he really did get a lot out of look it's not all just down to him but like at that moment who was better than Ben White no absolutely not many Carlos Carlos not many and Carlos has gone on to be a manager I swear but I think yeah I agree this this is a chance that we've seen Victor Locores score en un YouTube highlight reel en Portugal. Sí. Y yo creo que puede que él puede score este gol en el Premier League también, pero creo que si es que es que su toucha debe ser más segura y debe hacer cosas más rápido. Sí, exactamente eso. Y en el final, él le dio a su gol.

32:10Vamos a ver en un segundo. Pero obviamente, Mikel Arteta hizo un cambio sobre el hour de la hora. O justo después de la hora de la hora, he puto Gabriel Martinelli en el lado de la izquierda Leandro Trossard, no Leandro Trossard, Nani Maduweke. And Kai Havertz went off and Martin Odegaard came on. And, you know, I think a really pleasing aspect of this performance in this game is the impact that these players had off the bench, you know. Odegaard, I think he wins the ball in midfield in the build-up to this third goal. So he sort of nicks it off a Leeds player. We recycle it. He moves across into that sort of Odegaardy position that you expect him to be in and plays a lovely ball down the line with the outside of his foot for Martinelli.

33:03Martinelli skips beyond the defender, comes back. Really good cross with his left foot, by the way. This is a moment where if we're looking for Jacarese to improve on the previous chance we talked about, this is an area where I think earlier in the season we were looking for this kind of movement from him que no se sienten en un regular. Se llega en frente de la defensa, le da acaece a la mano, la keeper se sienta a la mano, pero no se sienta a la mano, un gran punto de vista. Un gran punto de vista. Un gran punto de vista. Creo que es muy encouraging, que se Jokerez improve en esa manera. Y también, si no se sienta acaece, o la keeper se sienta acaece, que no se sienta acaece, hay un buen caso que se sienta acaece, que el Arsenal debe tener un penal, y el Leeds se sienta acaece, porque no hay intento de defender a la cual no hay que jugar.

33:56Así que hay que dar un poco más credit a Jacareza para ser determinado a score de ahí, despite el hecho de que es siendo fouled de behind por el líder de defender. Sí, lo que yo creo que fue evidente en este gol y en ese segundo half, es el array de opciones Michelota hacía a su disposición. He fue able a bringe on players que hicieron grandes contribuciones, pero en un muy diferente, stylista fashion. So, you know, Calafuri comes on at left back and is so different in Capier. Odegaard comes on for Havertz and plays that role in such a distinct way. And I thought Gabriel Martinelli playing off the right did brilliantly here.

34:35I mean, comes back inside, plays across into the perfect area. And there's Jokeres outmuscling his man, prodding it home. That's, you know, I think if he does more of that, you'll get plenty of goals in this team. y es un 4 de 6 ahora en todas las competiciones. Así que espero que estamos en un turno de un turno. Sí, yo veo que es un caso que Jokeres es como un término con el Premier League ahora? ¿Es él aprendiendo un poco más sobre la desafíos de la manera que los defensores operan en este league? Y tal vez que es el caso. No sé que no todos los objetivos han venido en el Premier League, ¿no?

35:18no no he obviously got one against Kaira he got one in the Carabao Cup at Chelsea as well but you know like I said the movement across the defender is better than we've seen previously where maybe he has been just a little bit static in the box and there is you know because of the sort of the size of this guy you know you kind of want to see him use his strength and muscle defenders out of the way or do what he did there y usó su strength, despite the fact that he's being pulled back, to still get good contact on the ball and make the finish from close range. So, listen, he's been under the microscope and we've been critical, but I think credit where it's due.

36:00That's an important goal in this game as well from an Arsenal perspective. You know, having missed that chance too to sort of keep his head up and score the goal, fair play, you know. It was a big goal at that moment for Arsenal. 2-0, as we know, the most dangerous lead in football. 3-0, you know, even with some of our defensive issues of late, you know, that was pretty much that, you know, you felt like the game was won once we scored that goal. Definitely. I think he was a very relieved man to score it as well because, yeah, only one of those goals I think had come in the Premier League and that had been a penalty, I think, at Everton.

36:35So if you watch him after the goal, as well as doing his celebration, he also basically just swears a lot again and again and again. Sí, creo que es un muy rígido y adrenalina lluviendo man. ¿Por qué no? Entonces, hay más cambios de Mikel Artela. Como he mencionado, Calafuri came on for Incapié, Gabriel Jesus came on for Jacarese. Y creo que otro player que ha sido under el micrófono quite a bit de la tarde es Martín Odegaard. Para mí, es demasiado simple para decir que fue dropado y luego respondió porque fue dropped pero creo que hay que credit el respuesta de Odegaard en este juego looked más como el Odegaard que nos veía en la regular en términos de la manera que jugó la bola como he jugó la bola como he jugó la bola en el build-up a la bola en este caso recién un pas de Calafuri un buen play de Calafuri jugó la bola Odegaard takes a moment, finds Jesus in the box and this is this is just fantastic from Gabriel Jesus to make the space for the shot the way he drags the ball back, rolls it forward the defender's kind of, oh fuck what's happened here and there's just enough room to get off a shot and that shot is perfect into the bottom corner that's a brilliant goal, brilliant finish from Gabriel Jesus Yeah and he's had a couple of chances before that in the game There was the header, yeah a timber cross from the right hand side where like it's a point blank header it's one of those where I don't know that he can do a great deal more but it's kind of straight at the keeper a good save but one you would expect the keeper to make Yeah I thought it might be one of those Gabriels Jesus games where he sort of impresses him flashes there was another chance at the back post as well which just went wide and I thought is he going to get the goal but this was so beautifully taken I mean the composure the technique the skill I just thought it was a lovely Declan Rice Was sort of cooing In appreciation of this one And who can blame him Beautifully taken So that's 4-0 Eberachie Eza got a little bit of a run out in the rain I kind of felt sorry for him He didn't He didn't look thrilled To be coming on, I'm sure he was But like the way he was chucking it down It cut to him on the touchline being introduced And he was kind of looking up at the skies Yeah it was pretty rainy at that point Yeah, I think he was a bit like, it's not my ideal.

39:13I did actually hear, was it on Askast that Dan from HLTCO was saying, like, once the sun comes out, you see a different Eze. Oh, really? Yeah, maybe, maybe. Yeah, I do think it's something that has been said. Come on, Spring, we need you. Exactly, right. We're willing that sun then. But look, you know, 4-0, there were other chances as well. I think there was a Jesus header, wasn't there? Which was sort of off the line, but nobody paid too much attention because it was 4-0 at that time. And there was Calafiore with a header over the bar, I think as well. And a bit of handbags afterwards with Ethan Ampadu.

39:54But, you know, that was an emphatic, a resounding, an impressive way for Arsenal to respond. And listen, we picked the bones out of last week because it was not a good day. fue un día mal para nosotros. Hay un día que no se le gustó y cómo se le gustó. Pero en este ocasión, un día más que le gustó y cómo se le gustó. Colectivamente, individuamente, Arteta, lo que se le gustó a un plan sheet, que es importante. Goal para ambos de los centrafords. Havertz, un impacto, incluso si es un poco ephemeral que lo estadístico. Three points, put a bit of pressure on Man City and obviously the way the weekend finished with what happened at Spurs makes it a really really big weekend for Arsenal, nobody's counting any chickens or anything like that but just a demonstration I think of how within this title race and within this season the sort of mood can flip so quickly from one weekend to the next it's a very very positive weekend from an Arsenal perspective our lead at the top is extended y creo que todo lo que queríamos ver de la team en esa performance en Ellen Road era players que han sido en la fringes como Matueke y Jokere que es un gol que es un boost y Odegaard que hacía un buen half an hour que es más alineado a la calidad de Martín Odegaard que el debate sobre el debate sobre Martín Odegaard en el último dos meses que creo que he ha sido y playing well, but you would swear, you know, we're talking about somebody else here.

41:39So I was really pleased to see Odegaard deliver within that cameo as well. So loads and loads of positives from an Arsenal perspective, as well as, by the way, just a really, really impressively solid defensive performance. I thought Timber was brilliant. Calvert-Lewin tried to give Saliba a hard time in the opening 15, 20 minutes and basically gave up because he got no change out of them. Gabriel, no player makes more clearances than Gabriel Capier solid at the back so all in all I think it's just a really good day from an Arsenal perspective. Yeah I mean everywhere you look there's good news items you know Gabriel Jesus also got a goal there were more minutes for Kai Havertz more minutes for Calafiore might have found something in the structure that we used, the formation that we used uh i think that could be particularly effective in difficult away games so there was a lot there to like and yeah i mean listen for all the hand-wringing uh a week ago off the back of the magic united game you know i have always said i expect man city to drop more points um and aston villa too and fortunately that that came to fruition pretty quickly yeah um but maybe it So, allied with the fear that Arsenal were also capable of dropping more points and leads away, difficult away games seen as a banana skin.

43:06So, there have been times this season when you've looked at Arsenal and said, like, show me, show me your title credentials here. And I think we've done it in certain games. I think of Bournemouth away, that was one of those days where you're playing a team that hadn't won in 10, 11 games, something like that. So, they're desperate to get themselves back on track. Ha newbornado y thríbuITEullo a con otras intervención aquí con

43:41aprant Die lenguaje de 1950 y y yap super que encouraging y y yap super que encouraging y creo que es super super encouraging They got beat by Liverpool, Anfield came back and won their next game against Forest, I think it was 3-0 really commanding When they were beaten by Aston Villa, they went to Club Bruges in the Champions League, 3-0 on the road Beaten by United at home, 4-0 at Leeds in the following league game So they are determined to kind of put it right when they do have a setback and I think that's going to y es un muy bueno también importante para que llegue a la gran mañana contra Chelsea en la Carabao Cup así que necesitamos eso en otros niveles pero más importante tres puntos top de la mesa extended our lead just a great afternoon and a great weekend of Premier League football ¿Alguna más antes de que take a little break?

44:44No, no I don't think so I think we've covered it I think let's get into some questions All right, we will come back with your questions and more in part two right after this.

45:04Welcome back to the Arsecast Extra. This is part two of the show where we answer the questions that you send to us on bluesky at gunnablog.bsky.social and at arseblog.com. también en el arse blog discord chat server que se puede acceder si eres un arse blog en Patreon y se referencia a un poco earlier en el pod Mikel Moreno con un foot injury sostenible contra Manchester United es lo que Arsenal report y se requiere el objetivo de la ayuda es para que el año para que se vuelva antes de la semana o para que se resumen antes de la semana pero este es This is a real blow, I think. And maybe the best bellwether of what a real blow that is comes from Elliot, our Arsenal vision friend, who I think it's fair to say has been a bit Marino sceptic in the past.

46:00But he posted on Blue Sky last night, this is such a shame in response to the Marino injury news. This is such a shame. A player que se hagan en mi lista a empezar cualquier gran granja Y me hagan un granja Y me hagan un granja Y me hagan un granja Es un granja 33 appearances 6 gols 3 assists so far this season Creo que cuando se empezó a la primera vez Era un sentido Este es un granja Es un granja Es un granja Es un granja Es un granja Pero creo que en el tiempo He hagan un granja Porque de su profesionalismo Porque de su calidad Creo que de su calidad la versatilidad que tiene que tener en este equipo para jugar a frente, para jugar a diferentes midfield roles es un gran problema para él y que se puede recuperar rápido y sucesivamente y volver a la vuelta antes de la temporada pero es un gran problema para Arcel también porque creo que es un gran componente para el equipo de la equipo este año y ha sido un gran parte de lo que ha hecho un gran definitivamente y perdemos dos players aquí We lose Mikel Marino, multifunctional midfielder, and we lose M9, the goal-scoring sensation, as a striker.

47:13I think it's a big blow because, well, to borrow an Americanism from Elliot, Marino has shown himself to be clutch. He is a clutch player. He is a guy who can deliver big moments in big games on big occasions. he has the potential to be an effective starter, a super sub I think he's shown himself to have an impact from the bench too and he's a big character he's a big character, was it at Portsmouth that he wore the captain's armband despite Gabriel being in the starting 11, I think that shows you the esteem in which he's held by the manager and his teammates I'm intrigued to see actually to what extent y stays around the group in the coming months I don't know how much part he's going to have to play on the pitch in the remainder of the season but I think he's such an important character I almost wonder if they'll try and keep him close and involved I mean I think he'd want to be this is one of those where it is a very tight knit squad and obviously he'll have to do whatever rehab and recuperation from the surgery I guess a little bit apart but there's no reason why He can't be part of the group Certainly around home games But obviously training He is a very very smart guy As well Whenever you hear him talk He talks so well about Whether it's football or life at Arsenal Or his own career journey Or other things He did a really good interview with Andrew Allen A couple of weeks ago There was I think the 30th anniversary Maybe of Arsenal In the community 40, yeah So Andrew got a little bit of time with him down at the Arsenal Hub and it's over on Arsbog News, if I remember I'll put a link to it in the show notes here but just a really really smart switched on guy and you need people like that around Yeah, you do and I feel for him personally because you know we think there might be some big games coming up towards the end of the season March, April and May that he would have been desperate to be involved in who knows maybe he's got a chance of getting back right for the end of that sort of run but it's undoubtedly a blow I think one thing it immediately makes me think is it's going to place a really heavy emphasis I think on the fitness and availability of Kai Havertz because I think they're quite analogous maybe in terms of sort of what they bring to the squad in terms of Positional intelligence, physicality Aerial ability, the positions they occupy As an advanced midfielder Or forward I think there's a kind of relationship there And I see Havertz Taking a lot of the minutes that would have been Marino's if He can stay fit Well look we had a load of questions about this Because obviously Within the article that David Ornstein y put out on The Athletic, there was a hint that Arsenal might look to the transfer market.

50:26On the Discord, Matej Hadginak, I think is how you pronounce it. Apologies if I got that wrong. He said, after hearing the horrible news about Marino's injury, do you think we have to enter the transfer market? He says, I think we should look inside the squad and give more minutes to the likes of Eze, Norgard and maybe Myles Lewis Skelly in midfield. And look, the deadline is tonight, so you can tell me if I'm way off base here, pero se parece que sería un gran sorpresa si Arsenal pudiera llegar algo a la línea hoy antes de 7. El otro parte de mí me piensa, sí, Havertz es ahí y él puede tomar algunas de las minutos que Mikel Moreno podría haber jugado en varias posiciones.

51:06Pero, como Matej dice, si yo soy Eberache Eze, no quiero ver mi compañía que injured, pero yo soy de la mano de la mano a decir que yo soy el hombre. I can play more minutes. I can step into that role. I can play those right eight minutes or left eight minutes, wherever you want me to play. If it's Rice or Zubamendi who's going to sit deep, I can do that job for this team. I'm not saying it's, obviously it's not a good thing, but sometimes things happen within a season, like an injury, that kind of opens the door for a player. And Eze feels to me a little bit like somebody who could benefit from this situation.

51:52You know, if we're looking for a silver lining, you know, we've been talking about him and how do we get him more involved and how does he get more minutes? And this might be the sort of gateway to that, if that's the right way to put it. Yeah, I mean, I think they've been looking at the market principally for a potential loan deal, you know, a short-term cover, but I think they're finding pero no hay un gran deal de ahí. Hay uno o dos que se piensa que han interesado Arsenal si no han ido a la escuela. Douglas Luiz creo que es un interesante. Su loan con Forrest fue cut short this month y fue que se fue en Aston Villa.

52:36I think si eso no happened we know que es un player que Mikel Arteta realmente likes y Arsenal tried a few times previously. Was he a player Mikel Arteta liked more or Edu liked more? I think a bit of both to be honest Because I think Arteta had worked with him briefly at City I'm not sure if he'd been at City in that period But certainly he'd watched him a lot When he'd been out on loan And I think that was one they were fairly aligned on But of course strong association with Edu as well Via his agent So you know that's one that sort of passes by There's a guy from Inter Milan David Efratesi Who's said to be joining Nottingham Forest on loan I think that one is fairly far down the track.

53:18So I'm not sure there's a great deal out there. And I'm not sure in terms of the squad building, the squad planning, the finances, whether there's necessarily the capacity for sort of big signing. You know, I've seen the links this morning to Tonali at Newcastle. That seems, you know, kind of impossible. even if they were really interested he signed a new contract not that long ago it was one that was agreed during his ban and it's extended I think till 2029 he's definitely a player Arsenal like but I you know I think Newcastle have got too much at stake really to consider letting him go with what about nine hours left in the window so I'd say probably infeasible today I don't think Let's put my caveat in As things stand I don't really expect Arsenal to get anything done today And to be honest with you I'm not sure they need to I mean it's interesting isn't it That Ether and Airey was loaned out As far as we know there is no Recall clause there No I saw Sam Dean report that this morning Saying there is no Recall clause or plan to even try that.

54:42Y I think that's probably the right call. I mean, if you've had to think long and hard about letting Ethan go and you decide that six months in Marseille is what is absolutely best for his development, I think giving him a call a fortnight later to sort of renege on that would have been very difficult. It's interesting that Zinchenko, you know, Arsenal have been aware of Marino's issue for a few days. Zinchenko completed his permanent move to Ajax yesterday, so he's fallen so far in Arsenal's estimation seemingly that he's not really considered a viable option in this situation. There's been no appetite to bring him back.

55:18I mean, for me, I feel like you know, Miklas spoke passionately on Friday about what it involves leaving players out the squad, the emotional impact that can have on the individuals. Well, he left out two from the matchday squad at the weekend in Mars Lewis Skelly and Christian Norgard. y, you know, he might have to use them. That's basically all I think about it. Yeah, I agree. I mean, listen, Norgard was on the bench because I think he came as the 20th man, didn't he? Or the 21st man, whatever it is. When Saka was injured. Yeah, so when Saka was injured, he was on the bench. But Myles Lewis Skelly left out of the squad entirely.

55:58So I think, listen, everyone immediately thinks of the market when you pick up an injury and a serious injury and this is obviously not routine at all para Mikel Moreno, given the timeframes that they're discussing with this. But I think you have to look at your, in inverted commas, internal solutions to this one because they're there. It's not like they're not there. You know, it does place maybe a heavier burden on a couple of players. I think Reiss and Zubemendi, they're the ones where, you know, we talk about Moreno and, you know, what he offers in attack. But I think between Kai Havertz, Eze, que he mentioned I think we've got enough Sort of in that part of the pitch But I think it's really in the engine room of midfield The gap between Rice, Zubmendi And maybe Norgard Is a bit bigger maybe than elsewhere in the squad And that would be What Arsenal would be worried about You know, if we lost one of those guys Where does it leave us?

57:00Yeah, I mean I guess you have to lean into Norgard This is still a A muy experiente Premier League player, y hay que ser en el que hay que lean en en el que proteger Rice y proteger Superman. ¿Vale a estar mañana? No sé. Vamos a ver y ver lo que hace en el que se hace. Vamos a ver el manager un poco later. I did want a ask you this one, porque we mentioned him, y la gente ha hablado de él como un potencial replacement for Mikel Moreno. I'm not sure I see it But Joseph Nathan At Dr. Joseph Nathan On Blue Sky said Would be interested in your thoughts on Miles Lewis Skelly Not making the squad With Califuri presumably not fin enough to start Are you surprised it was Hinchcliffe again In Cappier Yeah Peter Hinchcliffe A solid game That's what Peter Hinchcliffe does That's what he gives you He says surely Miles should go on loan Is this a sign of what's to come?

58:04As the stakes grow higher in games, how many minutes are realistic? I mean, this is a This is another little challenge, isn't it, for miles? Where he hasn't been playing as much as he would like, but he's been on the bench and now he's not even in the squad for a game. Which is hard going, you know, for, as Arteta said, the players think, right, the manager doesn't write me. The player starts thinking, I'm not good enough. I do think there was an element of Arteta's comments about having more players on the bench for Premier League games which was more about him not having to have uncomfortable conversations with players than it being truly beneficial for the Premier League as a general rule.

58:49But that's a tough conversation to have with Myles and it's going to be interesting to see how he responds and does it light a fire or ¿Es que hace que él se sienta? Oh, Dios, ¿qué es lo que está pasando aquí? Sí, y actualmente, via el quirk de Bukai Nisaka pulling out the warm-up, creo que fue el primer Arsenal matchday squad en un tiempo sin un academy producto en él. Obviamente, Ethan es en la zona as well. Max Bauman es injured. Así que no hemos visto eso por un tiempo.

59:25En Miquel's point, por lo que, creo que era un impassionado plea for bigger squads but I did sort of imagine the other 19 Premier League managers having absolutely no sympathy with that and being like no thanks because it's not a problem every manager faces you know it feels quite Arsenal specific I'm not aware of another club who are having to leave out senior international players with this kind of regularity but on miles I mean, it will have been tough to take for him, for sure. I'm really intrigued to see what happens tomorrow in the Carabao Cup. Does Mikel, you know, make it up to him in some way?

1:00:14I'm not especially confident of that. And, you know, there's a lot of talk about Miles coming into January. He wasn't there around, could he be looking for a loan move or something to kind of fight for his England place? I imagine it must be tricky for him to see Ethan go out and have that opportunity. But it was never really a consideration for Myles because we had injuries at the back and now injuries in midfield. But I'm still not sure how much he's going to play. I just think he looks like the third choice currently in the left back spot. I was going to ask you what you think about that left-back pecking order because for me Calafiore is obviously the number one in Arteta's mind and they're easing him back in but it looks like Ncapier is the number two and I think physically he seems to be much more aligned with the kind of player that Mikel Arteta wants in that position like the physical profile I mean more than the technical profile but we've also seen Jurian Timber play at left-back as well ahead of Miles in recent weeks too.

1:01:20So, you know, having gone and finished last season as basically the first choice left back and having had such a positive and encouraging season, he now, and look, things can change and things do change in football very quickly. He's now sort of like third or fourth choice left back. How do you manage that? Because I don't know that it is completely sustainable. Like at some point something has to give. Yes, and I'm not convinced Mikel Arteta sees him as a hugely viable midfield option. I mean, he's done it for like periods in games, but I can't remember him starting there under Mikel Arteta. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

1:02:08It feels a little bit like the Zinchenko one where the fans are like, give it a go. And Mikel's like, nah. Y obviamente el diferencia es que Miles es más joven y may grow into that role, pero no es algo que es en la precipice de lo que pasa. No es algo que es immanente. Creo que hay un question mark sobre Miles long-term futuro. I have to say, I absolutely adore this player y love his story, pero yo soy un poco concerned. Si llegamos a la próxima semana, people have been saying, ¿es hincapé un option? ¿Es es un obligatorio? Es un muy clevero worded option Es el answer to that Que efectivamente makes it an obligation Y si tenemos Calafuri Y en Capier signs For 50 million next summer O sea Es lo que sea I wonder How Miles will Take that and feel about that Pero he's certainly going to be here Until The summer Y en answer to the question Should he be looking for a loan I think it's too late really for him To get alone this window And I think he is needed And Arsenal probably need to be Ruthless about that And do what's right for the balance of the squad Yeah I did have a look to see When it was that Myles Lewis-Galley Played in midfield And according to Transfermarkt It didn't happen at all this season It happened once last season y que fue el juego de Manchester City cuando fue ayer de 10 men para el segundo half y que fue un minuto o un par de minutos a la final y jugó en un medio de posición que eso te dice que hasta ahora no es un jugador que Mikel Arteta veía como un medio de la opción aunque es como donde he jugó todo el camino en su vida así que no es de su vida y vamos a ver y ver lo que pasa con él.

1:04:11Pero... Creo que, por lo tanto, la gente dice que es normal, él es 19, él no se puede jugar en cada game, y yo acepto que. Creo que lo que es particular unico sobre Miles' situación es el speedo de la ascent que él ha tenido y el amount de progresión que él ha hecho. Sería Arsenal's first-choice left-back, playing en huge Champions League games against el resto de Real Madrid, becoming a senior England international y a un punto de vista como el hombre que era destinado a ser la segunda parte de la World Cup. Creo que el speedo en que eso ha convertido, la rollercoaster ride de eso, para cualquier profesional, solo a niño, a joven, debe ser muy difícil.

1:04:59Sí, agree, agree. Así que ve cómo se ve cómo se veía entre ahora y el final de la temporada. Aquí es la left fiela. We were talking about midfield options. Dan Daltrey said, Goodly morning, gents. With the news of Mikel Marino's injury, do you think there's any chance of a shock Oxlade-Chamberlain come back, given he's training with the squad? It definitely feels unlikely, but always fun to speculate. Sol Campbell, Flamini trajectory. Yeah. No, I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't understand how he would be able to play At the level we Are currently at And certainly aspire to When he hasn't played for how long When's his last When was his last game Like his last competitive football When was that Like Was it in Turkey Yeah It was in Turkey Transfer marks will know I mean he's not at a club this season No so I'm going to look here He last played As far as I can see 11 minutes On the 5th of May last year So he's well rested No issues of fatigue For Oxlade Chamberlain No I just don't think it's feasible At all Just no ¿To play where as well?

1:06:33¿Where would he play in this team? Wingback. Left wingback. FA Cup 2017 He's our new fourth choice left back. Yeah, I don't see it. I like Ox a lot as a person. He seems like a very nice guy even if he left under a bit of a cloud. Surely we can find room for him on the Arsenal YouTube channel, if nothing else. The new presenter of Live from N5. Listen, I'm not trying to do anyone out of a job No, sorry Primi, sorry Ox is good in front of the camera It would be Lovely and romantic, but I feel Like the level we're at Now, that's the difficulty when you're scouring the market It's like, who can come in That's better than what we've got And I'm not sure he is on that list No Right now He's definitely not He's definitely not, so yeah I think that probably puts that to bed.

1:07:31We mentioned Ethan. Jim Chowstrom, is he available? I think he could be, yes. We just have to break his back first before we sign him to make sure we're, you know, doing things the right way. Matt, who's at mattfromchicago.bsky.social, he says, Andrew and James, since all appears right in North London at the moment, what do we make of the absolute shitstorm that's brewing in Marseille since Ethan arrived? ¿Is this kind of volatility good or bad for his development? Is Dezerbi still in charge or not? I can't quite figure it out. I think he is. I think he is. So they had a bad result against Club Bruges.

1:08:13Going and smashing Club Bruges in Bruges ain't for everybody.

1:08:18I'm not quite sure how it happened. They had 17 shots, 10 on target Tabrugia 10 shots 5 on target and they got beat 3-0 Football bloody hell Simon Mignolet masterclass I guess but so yeah so he was suggested it was reported that he offered to hand in his resignation they then came and drew 2-2 with Paris FC Just looking to see He did play, he played Started the game I think He started yeah behind Oba Yeah I mean It's not ideal because Deserby was a big part Of the appeal I think For Arsenal about Marseille in terms of What he offers Tactically, style of play But did they not know also That he's a mental Yeah, you know he's combustible going in and you know Marseille is a combustible club It doesn't take much to light the touch paper there

1:09:36So listen, it's not ideal really for this to be this degree of uncertainty over the manager but I still think it's a good move I still think it's a good move, I still think it's a great opportunity, I still think it's brilliant that he's playing these Liga games and are they out of the Champions League or have they got to go into the qualifiers now no I think they're out wasn't that the thing like they were didn't Benfica knock them out with that late goal by the goalkeeper right okay I think that's what happened because I think in theory Ethan would have been eligible for the what should we call it knockouts but yeah alas they are indeed out I still think it's going to be brilliant for him to play Lots of football in Liga And yeah I'm not especially worried and I'm excited To see more of him Listen, like you say It's not ideal but I think you need to You know, if you're looking at this as a Life experience for Ethan Warneri And maybe A look under the hood At what happens at other football clubs No bad thing To experience some stuff, right?

1:10:51Because I'm not saying Arsenal is an easy environment. Far from it under Mikel Arteta, as we know, and Gabriel Ayncia with his iron bar. But I think what you would say is it is a stable environment, certainly in terms of the manager and the sort of alignment of everybody at the club. It feels quite stable, right? Compared to what's going on at Marseille and elsewhere. So maybe it was part of that experience que se va a hacer un poco de una fútbol que puede hacer un poco de perspectiva cuando se vuelve a volver a la london Sí, absolutamente Aquí es un sort de left field question Andrew Un poco más de lo que se ha visto Es de Drew Chappat en Blue Sky Y Drew says Declan Rice just turned 27 ¿Dónde he?

1:11:46Creo que lo missedes Sí, sí, sí.

1:12:16I would not necessarily agree with that assertion that his physicality is... Just read it out again. His dominance relies heavily on his physicality. Yeah, I don't necessarily agree with that. I think his physicality is an extraordinary part of his repertoire. But I also think there is a technical level that stands up to most scrutiny. I also think there is an understanding of the game and an ability to read the game that could definitely offset any, let's say, if there is a physical diminishment once he hits 30 or 31, which is not abnormal for players, that he's more than intelligent enough as a player to cope with that.

1:13:09Do you need to modify your game a little bit? Loads of players have done it. Mikel Arteta, por favor, es un gran ejemplo de eso. Su game, en un later stage en su carrera, a 29, ¿no? Cuando él se dio a Arsenal. ¿No? Se empezó a un primer número 10. ¿No? Se fue un atacante midfield player, ha habido un gran al Barcelona. Y que es el rol que él jugó a Everton. Primero, él fue alguien que jugó mucho más alto en la pitch. He was then able to translate that intelligence and his understanding of the game into a deeper lying role. So maybe, you know, as time goes on, Declan Rice becomes a bit less box to box, but maybe becomes more of an anchorman in midfield and has the ability to play passes from deep, to see the game, to read danger, to be offensively impactful and defensively impactful, even if, let's say, the legs aren't quite what they once were.

1:14:09Pero creo que es un poco, you know, down the line para mí. Así que no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Sí, bueno, even 30 es todavía quite a long way off. Pero también creo que es un asumption, es un asumption para decir que se va a drop off a ese punto. I mean, creo que ciertas athletes han shown que se puede ser más, que se puede ser más, que se puede endurecer longer que eso. Y creo que Declan Rice es tan outstanding en sus físicos, qualities. It wouldn't surprise me if he was able to do that, to emulate the likes of Ronaldo and others who have sustained for longer. And crucially...

1:14:52Ronaldo drinks the blood of orphans though. I was going to say, Rice always has the option of joining Juventus and drinking whatever magic juice they have over there that means players live forever. But I think it's also important to remember que son hostile tackleón con la toma en un trono de 60. Así que si headedYouMisle grita el día en general. Just subscribers por elinenar de seleccionar la quiere de él. Exactamente, el sistema de seleccionar, laянza copasa, que se llenar de seleccionar la izquierda a vol jets respondos. Piensa que el Iraq también tiene un acuerdo con el ligero, no va a trabajar en Coastal y relaxar tracks de 30 encima cuando se ha gustado el año pasado el mü criança.

1:15:31Y juntamente iets celos hace todo, Sí, él Тогда esta diagnosticando muy bowiendo en Sky Sports ,ktionerlo, después del juego, entonces cuando el partido de sì que decirse, urderarcelo. un grupo de cuatro meses para crear un legado y lo que se ha hecho y están muy determinadas para hacer eso que yo creo que fue un muy interesante para verlo de lo que se veía desde el equipo de la perspectiva ¿es eso lo que se ha pensado? We all know la necesidad y la drive para el futuro y la trophía pero creo que se veía como algo un poco más de eso que se veía ¿no? They probably look around el área y el área y la stadium y y se ve los años y los pictures y los players y los muros y todo que se fancy un poco de eso no es el primer driver pero si se quiere dejar tu la marca en la club success es la única manera de hacer eso sí, creo y si solo si solo hay tres años de Declan Rice en su peak estoy muy excited sure I quite like this one from Ewan Wood On Blue Sky, he says Goodly morning gents, the title race is now over again How long until the pundits declare it reopened And how long after that Until they declare it over once more Yes Was it Jamie Redknapp who said He thinks it's done now I mean My feeling on it is I'm delighted that City dropped points But it doesn't actually change That much really En que, como se puede ver, es todavía un dos-game swing.

1:17:06Y uno de esos games es a la Etihad, tal vez. Así, no sé si este weekend es definitivo en ningún modo. Lo que yo diría es que veía Man City de forma. Ellos han won uno de sus últimos seis en la Premier League. Eso es muy pobre. Dos ways de verlo, pero uno es que, bueno, eso es pobre. y no hay y eso que eraomina base como great en esa garantía que entre

1:17:47mis y y están que 무�ón lagرا cinco uno orgling que tenemos poquito tovate un calculate poquito to vate un calculate Pero, you know, we're a long way from anything being over in terms of the title race, in my opinion, anyway. No, I share that. The other one I was going to ask you was from Rob Enmas, bobbyenmas.bsky.social. How would you approach Tuesday, obviously the Carabao Cup semifinal, knowing there's a huge opportunity on Saturday and does playing before City raise or lower the pressure? Well, yes, I mean, just quickly, I had a question from someone who's, I think username is just a mushroom, an image of a mushroom.

1:18:39But anyway, we'll call him Mario, will we? Yeah, we'll call him Mario. And they say, goody morning, gents, with the knowledge that it was so over, but now we're so back. How much do you love playing at 3pm as the first match of the weekend? The teams playing later seem to have faltered every weekend so far this year. Do you think it's advantage to go first? I kind of think it is. I do think it is. Not a huge one or anything like that. But I would rather play first than play second. This weekend is a big one. I mean, obviously we host Sunderland without Granit Xhaka. Without Granit Xhaka, is he injured or is he suspended?

1:19:18I believe he's injured. Yeah. y luego City go to Liverpool on Sunday battered Newcastle el otro día really loved that second-decker TK goal I must say the little topo and yeah it feels like it could be another good weekend for us potentially so yeah I think there is a massive opportunity there how much do I think Mikel Arteta will I'd have acknowledged that in his selection tomorrow I think he'll make changes but it will still be a very strong Arsenal XI I mean, you know, look at the players who didn't start on Saturday, who he could start on Tuesday night you've got Odegaard Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli Calafuri Calafuri Ben White it's not looking too shabby and it wouldn't me surprise if three or four of those started.

1:20:22What do you think? Yeah, I think he'll make a future as it could potentially start. Kepa? Kepa, I think. Well, after the first leg, I think you said to me you thought it would be Raya for this one. Do you still stand by that? I don't know. I mean, I thought it would be Raya for the first leg, so maybe the fact that ¿Puedo pick Keppa? Es un indicador que es que es que es que pick Keppa para este uno también. Creo que probablemente. Creo que probablemente. Pero, sí, creo que hay algunas cambios, pero es Tuesday a Saturday, así que hay un poco de días off, un poco de días para realmente recuperar ahead de Sunderland en el weekend.

1:21:05Y creo que, finalmente, este es un juego contra el Chelsea team que, you know, looked down y al final at halftime against West Ham y luego came back to win 3-2 y Arsenal probablemente debería ser en un más commanding position en el segundo leg, ¿no? Sí. Así que creo que eso será que puede ser el tipo de equipo que Mikel Arteta picks. ¿Vale? Lo que sea es fuerte. Lo que sea es. Y Chelsea had a comeback win en Saturday night, ¿no? I guess it'll be a stronger I think it'll be a stronger Chelsea XI than the one we faced at Stamford Bridge. The likes of Corsedo and Parma are back now. Yeah. y yo imagino que se va a involucrarse.

1:21:46Así que es un intriguadamente poised game. Creo que Arsenal, aunque tienen la lead, tienen que absolutamente ir a jugar y jugar a la playa para ganar. No, no hay otra manera de approachar. No, no hay un gol early on y luego es even Stevens. Presumiendo no away goals, ¿no hay en este? ¿Qué es la situación? No, no away goals. No extra time? Oh, ¿no? ¿Está bien? ¿No era la idea en la primera round?

1:22:28No, no, no, no.

1:22:45I think so. There was this one from the Discord from Finn P Madden who says he's facing an existential crisis. He said, As a 25-year-old Arsenal fan who is too young to watch us win our last league title, this season has the potential to be really special. However, as an Irishman currently travelling New Zealand, Australia and Asia, how do I go about the rest of the season? Wake up crazy early and watch every minute on completely legal streams while pissing my girlfriend off or wake up to results in blissful ignorance and miss the games and all the stress and or joy they bring what do you think I think as a man who's waited a long time between title wins if there's a prospect of one this season you've got to strap in for the ride as painful as those early mornings and the ire of your girlfriend might be I think in time You'll reflect positively on it And you won't be left with any regrets I think you've got to be You've got to suffer through it To really relish The potential joy at the end Yeah Are you even allowed Celebrate the title if you haven't endured And suffered along the way I mean there's another part of me that thinks He's 25 years of age Travelling around New Zealand and Australia and Asia Just kind of Yeah I mean to be fair I'm not asking him to fully sacrifice that It's a first world problem Not watching a bit of football and then You know it's not like you have to get the newspaper Three days later to find out what happened No and he's young enough that I'd like to think Yeah this could be the first of many There might be another title win down the line for him Yeah exactly But you know I guess it's about finding a balance Isn't it?

1:24:36Sure. As with all things As with all things. Speaking of finding a balance We will certainly find a balance between the good and the bad of the Premier League this weekend. But erring, I'm sure, more heavily on the good from an Arsenal perspective. We'll talk about all the weekend's Premier League games in an episode of The 30. Quite a lot going on. Did you see the João Pedro incident? Yes. Oh, man. ¿Se acuerdas el persona del Moreno de la Laura RegunuemLEY así? Se acuerdas de mano en el View C polloей, yboy tened y ven diez a rodill mm stuffing ha terminado y veníasON y venía así como, fíj. ¿Vale?

1:25:17¿Vgreen es que me ha mantenido? Es como... ¿ Junto a la Kakérc pushó todo el día cuando nos between doesnotristen y del callosopy. ¿T doll�� válvula en laleda? Y el mejor rojo en contra de la Locke big German shepherds and then as soon as they got close would be like oh fuck I've made a huge mistake Yes I've seen parallels drawn with the look in Jake Paul's eyes moments before Anthony Joshua knocked him out Yeah that's a great picture It's not just João Pedro's look of terror but also very amusing the way Troy Roy just sort of hurls Mark Cucurella off the pit in the moments before Taken out the trash es como un escenario de una de las increíbles de Hulk movies que es bueno worth some of your time on the 30 si quieres join us for that es patreon.com forward slash arseblog we will be talking or we'll be recording by the way after Mikel Arteta's press conference this afternoon so we'll probably tack a little bit of a Chelsea preview onto the end of that as well because we'll get a bit more information from Arteta sobre la selección de la habilidad, etcétera, etcétera.

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