Arsenal Fan Show: Can we really win the Premier League? |Jorginho new deal FT (Miles) @FilthyFellas

I guess this right, man. People deluded, I'm back again. Come on Ian, come on. Like the big man Ian Wright just said there, people deluded, I'm back again. Got the legend, you know, part of the filthy fellas crew, Miles in the building. What you saying, my guy? Good. Why you laughing? It's the intro, man. You just hit enough. I don't care. Every time I finish... Nah, real quick. I can't lie. I tell them all the time. The only reason I scored that, I went on work drinks. Them times that I was working, I went on work drinks. I was burst out my head. Sat in, just said, my man's closing me down. Pause. Hit it, lad. How it looks is not how I saw it. I thought I did some mad Ronaldinho thing. I can't lie. I give you that as a but. Nothing was on, you just said, you know what, I'm just going to hit this. I hear you, but I'm going to ask you for your clips then. If not, I don't want to hear that. I don't know. I'm one of the few content creators. At least I got that in it. I didn't see Zinchenko do that. In fact, I'm lying. He did that against Villa. Yeah, he did. Man, I hear the Jamaican kid did that, man. But what are you saying, man? Like, us, we're doing our thing still. I'm good. How you been? Just taking care of business, working. As I said, the team's winning. Got no complaints. In fact, let's kick off there, really and truly, man. Like, let me share my screen with you. Obviously, you know, February's done. March soon land. Happy new month to everyone in advance listening. Obviously, you know, February's lit for us. We beat Liverpool, beat West Ham, beat Burnley, took a setback against Porto, ended the month strong, beating Newcastle. What's your thoughts? Yeah, because... Yeah, I'm going to get to that. But before, obviously, last time we spoke... Last time we spoke, I said, we're going to touch in. We're going to get back to this after the next five games, right? Remember? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you did. I have to hail you up. You're a man of your word still. Yeah, what was it? What was it? I can't... Honestly, I can't remember when we... It wasn't December. It was... It was in a new year, man. I think it must have been... It must have... It might have been the Liverpool game. It was after the Liverpool FA Cup game, it was. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Five games. Yeah, so we've done a bit more. Anyway, but yeah. Bro, and like we said, we predicted... We said... What did we say? Win four, the worst case scenario is lose to Liverpool. Not lose, draw to Liverpool at home. But we both said we want to win because we're at home. We got all of them done, barring Porto. That was... That game was very frustrating to watch, bro. That was just very inexperienced. Yeah, I was having Porto thoughts as well while we're here then, man. I was watching the Porto game and I could... I was watching it and I was saying, you know what? We're not being ourselves. We're holding back. And I don't know if this was Arteta's tactics or the team was being very apprehensive. I don't know if they was thinking, OK, do we push? Do we go? Do we not? Because they were attacking phases but it wasn't... They wouldn't... They wouldn't complete their attack as if it was at the end. I think it was a bit lifeless by Arteta. Yeah, it was like... No purpose. Yeah, we would try to attack but OK, cool. But at the same time, we think they had it in the back of their head we might get countered or this team might score on the other side. And you can't do that in the Champions League. You just have to... You have to know what you're doing. It's either you set up well, you counter... We're playing counter-attack football or we're playing opposition-based football. You can't be in between. We were doing a bit of both and we did nothing. And first of all, I think it's easy to say now in hindsight but while the game was going on, I tweeted, we need to get Eugenio on ASAP. I thought he was going to start... I said that as well and he came on and stunk up the place but I agree. But I think that's a game he should have started because now, obviously, Eugenio is a professional. He can come in half-time and change games. We've seen that or lose them for us against Tottenham but that's a whole other story because I'm not even going to get into that because he's been called for us. But I think when it's Champions League and it's someone like that elk of Eugenio and all his stats and all his experience, he needs to be starting those kind of games especially away from home because he knows what it takes to win the Champions League obviously because he's done it. So him coming in at half-time and trying to get into the... to get up to tempo with everybody else and trying to dictate the midfield it's not as easy especially away from home because that stadium they were rocking, innit? They was on it. So I just think these tactics was a bit off there. I just think he should have started Eugenio and I think he should have just gave a bit more... a bit more time to... probably like a Smith Rowe or a Reece Nelson because Saka and he's... they weren't doing anything. They weren't doing anything. They were stifling. Yeah. They were more than stifling. So... Yeah, we lost but it's fun to... it's not even fun but I laugh at everybody that was reacting to it. Ah, you got lost. It's like they couldn't wait for us to lose. Yeah, they're preying on our downfall. Do you think it was an experience thing in that game? Because a lot of people are saying oh, you know, a lot of them ain't been in that that sort of scenario it's their first time. Now for me I hear it but I always believe you're professional footballers. All of you have played in difficult scenarios and if not there's transferable experience. Declarise ain't kicked a ball prior to... in the Champions League prior to us and I'm not singling them out but there's Conference League. I don't... I don't know your thoughts but I don't really buy that really and truly. I think it was tactics and stuff if I'm honest. I think it was more naivety than an experience because we played against... we played more pressure games than that because obviously Porto was too... it wasn't a one-off game it wasn't a final so we still had a chance to get them back but we are going to get them back in the Emirates. We still got a chance to do that to right that wrong but I just think it was more naivety at least and I think it's more up to the... more experienced players on the pitch the IE's the... he's not really... I don't know if he's that vocal around the team or the club but the Zinchenko's not the Zinchenko's the Havertz the Gigino's I would even say someone like Gabriel who's been there for a couple of years even someone like Declarazzo can draw for it he's done a European campaign he's won a trophy tell the boys okay cool we ain't winning this one it's not... we're going to try and win it but it's looking like we ain't... You can't win, don't lose. Yeah, don't lose so when I saw Martinelli try and shift the ball or try and switch the ball across the pitch stuff like that is very naive and obviously they're going to learn from that they're going to have to fast, quickly if you want to try and progress into this competition because you can't be giving away the ball like that on the edge of the box for the 95th minute We gave it around I think about three times prior to Martinelli made that mistake and we're not closing the Don down Raya's positioning's off it's just a sequence of naive moments from us, man Yeah, but you know I think these boys were learning from it and I think they had learned from it they bounced back against Newcastle and that was a big bounce-back because Newcastle was a potential run on the skin for anyone in the league regardless, they're stinky right now we know that they ain't good at the moment They're annoying to play against Very annoying to play against because they're very energetic they don't stop even when they were getting destroyed 4-0 they still found a goal out of nowhere most teams will say you know, we're done Yeah, we're done right, we'll focus on next week They still found they still pushed and pressed to get another goal so that was a tricky game and the fact that they came back and won that game in that kind of fashion as well because if it was like a 1-0 or a 2-1 a last minute win everyone's thinking oh, Arsenal might be coming in again have they got what it takes to get through this league but we just brushed them to one side and we just showed everybody that it's back to business and I'm just happy what we've done so far because prior before that we lost a Liverpool game in the FA Cup and the performances weren't convincing obviously we lost so they're not going to look convincing but like you know you can lose a game and look good we did that against Liverpool in the FA Cup game now we just need to get the results the same way you can win a game and stink up the place you're right man I'd say the result doesn't lie but it doesn't always tell the truth you're right still do you think something's clicked in Dubai then? because since Dubai we've been on something I don't know what's happened out there I see our manager you know meat pauses getting put in his mouth but we're changing we're changing it it's looking lit it is you know because funny enough let me just just quickly use this as an example we just spoke to Yannick Velassi on our show yeah one of the man names anyways where's the vid out? yeah it's out it's on people go follow find that follow it support it but yeah you were speaking to me I can't remember the manager I can't remember the manager he was in a championship and there was a point in their season where it wasn't working and some of the senior players was like okay cool we ain't gonna really listen to him but let's just do what we're doing because what we were doing before we were winning games and when they did that they were winning games so I'm not saying that the players rebelled against Arteta on the pitch but I feel like they had that conversation they probably did have a conversation and say you know what boss we understand what you're trying to do but I don't think it's working as much as what we were doing before yeah and it might not even been the players it might have been the backroom staff even Arteta himself looked and said you know what roll back the tape you can see we wasn't the same and I feel like you needed to control the games obviously we did because later on last season we ran out of steam it was a shootout between a lot of teams you can't win a league like that you control the game but now I think he had a bit more faith in Declan Rice Salivo and Gabriel he knows these three as a triangle can hold up my defence and the other people around it the Ben Whites and the Kivios whoever it may be will fill in so I can afford to let the rain go with the rest of these boys because these three are going to hold it together for me so that little break when they went to Dubai I think it worked wonders for us because I think if we never had that break it would have been peaked and like we said that FA Cup loss was a blessing in the skies because we had that extra break after that right another couple of days I think if we never had that break and we lost to Liverpool and then we went straight what was it after Liverpool what did we do we went straight to Palace at home it might not have been a 5-0 blowout it might have been even more of like Palace they even might feel like we can get something here going into the Palace game I expect to win but Palace is one of them teams where like oh you know what we're not in the skin settings they've done us a few times at the Emirates their time at the Emirates yeah they've had some good success there at the Emirates so yeah Oteto's got it right man the boys they're just they're free-flowing everybody looks like they know what they're doing most importantly I feel like he's found a new system for Havertz which is very good I think it's this force number 9 like him and then Trossard switching between him and Trossard and the 9 and the 8 I think that's good because Havertz him and the 8 is not good man and he knows it What are you saying is he striking them for you and can he still be labelled a flop? Nah I don't think I said it on my show earlier this season I said to the man that was like yeah you signed him as a midfielder and I said I don't think Oteto's going to use him as a midfielder but he's using him as a midfielder now I said he is but he's trying him out but worst comes to worst we can put him as a striker the man I'm saying he can't play as a striker I'm saying he got 9 goals last season not great for Chelsea he was their top goal scorer as a striker like when he plays up top he's 6 foot 4 he can head up he's got as we can see he's got a good he's got a decent touch he ain't got a bad touch he's got the movement and all of those sort of things all the off the ball things yeah so if you've got someone that's 6 foot 4 up top regardless if he's a powerhouse like Drogba or Osserman or someone like that he's not that type of striker but being 6 foot 4 is still a problem because they still have to mark you that's still a headache you can win some headers and put yourself about physically so he's got that physical attribute about him and also he's still good he can still play he can still link up play he can still score goals so I feel that him being up front for us brings a different dynamic to the team because he's still got these fast minimal players around him the Trossards the Martinellis the Sackers the other guards as well as him up top and also he can build up play but we don't want him involved too much and build up play it's not a strength of his it's horrible if we're honest it's horrible bro he can be the last the last two the last two passes that makes it to the link up play towards the goal but not and going back to what you said about Porto I think that's what harmed us because you know you ain't got a Jorginho or someone that can can do that sort of stuff you ain't got Zinni but you know as you see Kai Havard's build up play is not strong of his he's making the third man run obviously we're not hitting him so he's irrelevant not to dis Curiel because he's been doing his thing but he's not a silky passer so against Porto it was like a nine man thing so I think you're bang on with Kai does he have a position for you though? is he just do we accept that you know he's a multifunctional kind of man multifunctional man at this current moment of time it's working innit I wouldn't say he's not a striker for us right now because if I don't see him in striker I'm not going to be upset do you know what I'm saying I'm like oh why's he not playing in striker it's working at the moment man whatever he's doing whatever Arteta's got him doing whatever system he's using Arteta wants him to do right now whether it be the force number nine the striker dropping to the eight link up play Martinelli goes in behind it's working so he doesn't just need to be the out and out striker like Eddie Nketiah because Eddie Nketiah just stays there you know what I'm saying he's just he's just trying to finish the last he's just a traditional forward which is what we're doing box in a box striker yeah so I think I think he's good I don't think Kai Havertz is a flop I said on the the club I said to them boys Kai Havertz is not he's not the guy who's gonna get us 50 15 not 15 Harland settings he's not gonna get us 15 to 30 goals a season but I said what he is gonna do for us he's gonna get us out of sticky moments and have big moments for Arsenal and he's done that for us already he's won us yeah he's got some good moments still he's had good moments and that's what he's doing as long as he can keep up these good moments and keep up these good performances because we're not expecting him to go by hand tricks every game that's not his game the expectations are kind of on the floor with Havertz he's a bit unique in that as long as you just do the off the ball thing we'll accept you missing tappings because you should add two against Newcastle it is what it is but I would say right now you're not making Arteta look like a genius but nobody cares that he was bought for 65 million and when you look at the three players Chelsea sold in Kovacic obviously Havertz and Mount right now which is a bit recency biased we're looking like we got the best deal which is a testament to the club and Arteta still of course and that's down to the coaching that's down to Arteta and the rest of the coaching staff because he knows what he wanted out of Kai Havertz but it's working out the moment and I'm not complaining man but ideally we do need a striker especially with all this Jesus stuff and his knee and he's got fluid in his knee and he's he's become an injury prone now and before at Man City it's a bit sad on our part because he never was this much injury prone when he was at Man City he got the 1 or 2 knock and he will be back within 3 weeks and you'll see the rest of the season with him but now it's come to the point where now if he doesn't start he doesn't play we're playing so good we do need a Jesus because I feel like the portal game is someone like Jesus needed to play that game he's a different man for us in the Champs something sporadic something out of the box he's going to take on a player and just shoot you know what I'm saying he's got that magic in him but right now we're not missing him it doesn't mean we don't need him and Arteta I'm sure you already know Arteta and that dude did say when he got interviewed that they're looking for a striker in the summer and we need a striker we're going to need a striker because we ain't going to this next campaign with Kai Havertz respectfully well not even respectfully but yeah and Jesus and Eddie Nketiah I think he might be it's time to cut Eddie one love man it's time to cut we ain't talking to Trossart, Jesus, Havertz or whoever the next striker is what is Havertz the first choice striker for you then you know what it is it's all depending on who we're playing man if I'm being completely honest facts that's all it is who's our next game Sheffield United regardless Sheffield United away and then that's fine let's get down to the real game not disregarding Redfield or Sheffield hopefully we each game at a time we get the six points and we move on to Man City it's tough well he's going to have to start if Jesus is not there innit he's going to have to start slightly you know what am I mad for thinking this year like obviously you know Jesus for me if everybody's fit one love to Havertz and Trossart but I've got a bias towards Jesus obviously it's crunch time you ain't been playing you're playing your former team or in a title race you know football's weird like that like an old player comes back to haunt teams we've seen that at Arsenal so I would go for Jesus but am I mad and again it's almost a month until then the team could be different then but if we're playing them tomorrow and Jesus is fit and the injuries ain't a thing could you argue Havertz because he's played twice well twice now against City cameo at the Emirates did his thing in the community shield would it be too far fetched to say you know what Havertz might have to be the first choice guy there nah nah I'm with you bro form is a thing you know that man's on form you just don't drop him look at Trossart when he was on form and he was banging all his goals and Martinelli couldn't get a game like you can't just drop man because the next guy's fit unless he's an undeniable well-being like a Saka for example he's like Saka, Saliba, Rice these man come back into the squad but Jesus is not really pulling up trees he's not like he's banged 15 goals this season yeah he hasn't banged 15 goals this season and he's coming back to carry on his 15 goal scoring tally so I wouldn't start him to be honest I'd start the team as it is and he'll be a great sub or a great addition to come on at halftime or whatever it may be if we need him but I wouldn't I wouldn't drop him for Havertz I think we just need the team Havertz Saka and Martinelli yeah and just Jorginho and Rice you're gonna need something I think that's the thing for now man them two midfield everything looks good because obviously Jorginho is one of he's not press resistant but it's really hard to press him it's near enough that man he's a conductor he's a cultural kind of midfielder really how confident are you in winning the league then? because like obviously we're playing two season vets in Klopp and Pep but the form the goals February's been great obviously March is a different thing one week is a long week in football so Brentford Chelsea's been postponed but Brentford Chelsea City it's mad and then April's crazy as well Brighton and Wolves away it's mad Spurs as well I can't even this Villa Villa's on my birthday Arsenal don't rub out please on April the 13th don't worry about it on a Saturday as well is that a Saturday? I'm going out regardless so it's either Reiner or Henny Arsenal will dictate or both they'll dictate what we're doing I'll get the win for you we'll get the win for you but we can't oh man we can definitely win the league because we're in it I personally think forget the bias we are the best team in the league on phone right now on paper we are we've had a great February no one can deny that Arteta you get player manager mob player mob whatever cool do you know what it is? the fact that it's not in our hands that's why I say I don't think yeah because look oh man obviously Newcastle Bournemouth game's been done but boy you look at the running like where's it won or lost for you like we're hoping that I'm actually hoping United could do us a favour against City you're hoping Liverpool's injuries harm them we've got so what so what we so what we need to have from here by the looks of this year for me for me I think City's still the favourites because when it comes to the running they're they're on it they're bullies they're on it so me personally I might even it's not even a I'm just I just personally think they're the they're the favourites and then I think it's a shootout of us and Liverpool I think we're quite level but they just have a bit more a bit more attack but who knows it's the Premier League but the only thing so what so where this is won or lost where Arsenal can win this league for me is obviously barring everybody in a perfect scenario Liverpool Man City has to beat Liverpool away or a draw Liverpool can't beat Man City at their ground because if Liverpool beat Man City at their ground obviously it does wonders for us against Man City because we're a league far above them but we don't get to play Liverpool again so it's out of our hands so we'll be banking on who Everton Brighton Sheffield United ain't happening Palace Fulham West Ham Spurs maybe Villa maybe because they tend to do a thing against City but they might just be bad minded but they're fighting for Europe slyly so we're banking on them teams which I don't see them really if Liverpool's ahead and they know what we need to do now is win every game to get to win the league with this Klopp stuff behind them and their I don't see them losing a game personally I think they'll get it done Salah all these guys will become fit and they'll get it done so if Liverpool beat Man City Arsenal is in big trouble because we're relying on all these other teams that don't think that's going to help us if Man City beat Liverpool now and then we win now it's tight because we will be all because if Man City beat Liverpool and then we beat Man City we can move to second innit we can move to second and then we yeah so if Man yeah and then we beat Man City it's in our hands yeah because if Man City beat Liverpool how many points so there are two points above us right now right yeah yeah yeah two points above us right now we beat we win that week we go level points with Liverpool we go level points with Liverpool we'll be level with yeah we'll be we'll be level with Liverpool and we take four points off them yeah and Liverpool and then City will be above Liverpool so Liverpool yeah so we'll be goal difference will be us and Liverpool will be a head to goal difference and the head to head and Man City will be a point ahead of us yeah then we play Man City now it's all in our hands now we know we have to beat City at the Etihad to theoretically try and win this league but that doesn't give you confidence because last year I know it's different we was working up with but I'd rather that because at least I know at least I know and us as fans we know and the club and these players know what they have to do to try and win this league that's true beat Man City and then it's in our hands and we go on and win the league then there's no excuses then we can't say oh because I don't want to be banking on Palace Fulham West Ham Sheffield with the greatest of respect I don't want to be banking on these teams every week we're looking at our phones City are even that's what scares me because City are not necessarily playing well they're just getting it done every game I've seen recently from them Liverpool as well the games could have went either way but they found the way and it's the business end of the season now because we're playing so well but it's out of our hands as you said earlier and in life when things are out of your hand there's only so much you can do bro bro and you know what we've been here they will win and then you have to win now you have to win you have to win now just hoping for next week they might slip up then you have to win just hoping it's just a chase it's just a chase bro you don't want to be in that situation it's the worst comes to worst we need a Man City win or a Man City draw that Liverpool game because if clock goes ahead and they know they ain't got to play us again because we're the next firing team all they got to do is just look forward and beat all these teams they'll get the job done bro so that Man City game is very very Man City Liverpool is very very big for Arsenal barring that we don't mess up the Sheffield and Brentford obviously because if we mess up there then it's a wrap so what games scare you obviously away from City because you know Spurs obviously we've both seen our team growing up win at Spurs and United away from home win at their grounds a lot's changed Spurs we should be winning but I can't say 100% we're winning we don't have the best of records at Old Trafford they're the ones that scream to me as well as Wolves and Brian where you at? At the Emirates I think we give everyone a game whether we win is another thing but I'm relatively confident at the Emirates At the Emirates I think we beat everyone at home personally I just think on this running I just think we beat Chelsea I think we beat Luton I think we beat Villar because we owe them a beating same way we beat and again that's on my birthday fam so I don't want to hear nothing same way we did Newcastle did us 30 the week before Villar did us 30 he needs to do them over as well and Artest is a manager he's a get-back manager he loves it he's seen it all or nothing he will show them we got robbed they robbed us let's get our three points back everything at home I think is cool Brighton away we've done them over convincingly last year but Brighton October, November they were looking kind of stinky they were looking kind of booky they were looking booky your job was looking you might get the clip still yeah you might be gone so Brighton away and Spurs away Manchester United away and Everton away and I tell you this I don't think it's as scary as people may think it may be because as much as Man United don't want Arsenal to win the league but I know they don't want Liverpool or Man City to win it as well I'm not saying they're going to do the Bandulu thing and make us win but I'm just saying the pressure's off and if it comes down to the last game of the season out of us and Liverpool and we've got Everton at home they're dashing that game you need to move to them absolutely move to Everton at home if Everton's already promoted and they're safe and it comes down to the last game yeah yeah they're shaking Liverpool still Liverpool's in big trouble it's like QPR Man City everybody's vibes in the stadium that day we're going to be vibes with Everton fans they're going to yo come come over here come back come drink champagne the bottle's on me I've got bottles over here what are you saying I've got too much bottles come man come vibes man it just feels like as much as I don't want to get my hopes up yet it feels like the stars are aligning bro it feels like if we're not I said this last year but it feels like if we're not doing it this year when is it going to happen because yeah and you know what I would love to do it this year because Klopp's here because I know there's going to be that narrative if Arteta does it next year you know they always they always say they always mute the goalposts when it comes to this club man I would love him to win it in this era right now with these two giants of giant managers Premier League legends yeah and they're both world class managers in their own right I personally think that pound for pound I think Klopp is the best manager in the world personally and I think yeah pound for pound I personally think he is like pound for pound I think it's Pep still but I hate why you would say that no no no no no Pep no that's not Pep bro no way pound for pound it's Pep I hate why you would say Klopp and I can't disagree because Pep I mean Klopp I've seen him do it with some ---- players I've seen him do it with less resources what Klopp is doing at Liverpool to a degree is kind of what Arsenal need to do with Arteta I know what you're saying with Pep but bro Pep's generational cos so is Klopp but Pep bro yeah yeah Pep to me is the best he's the best he's like Beyonce if it was music innit like he's the guy bro like he's look at him he's scary bro the bald killer bro he's geeky man like he's hilarious as well but he's cool man yeah but either way I'd love Arteta to just do something while these two are here man and mark his legacy and we could I honestly think we could I think this team is actually like good enough to win a division like I honestly believe that I'm up to saying cos it doesn't feel like oh we're punching above our weight like yo we're hanging in there you know what I'm saying you know like you're a fraud innit you know like we look like frauds we're just trying to just chugging along yeah we actually look like we belong here like we just chug we do belong here and finally I don't even care about other people's respect but everybody's seeing that okay Arsenal are the real deal and yeah we can go all the way but we just need that Man City and Liverpool game to kind of be in our in our favour and it makes you go back to December bro like I know it's all ifs and buts but if you didn't mess up twice against Fulham if you didn't do what you did against Chelsea or Spurs you know the new castles the villas I would say definitely West Ham at the Emirates brother like where would we be I always say with Arsenal yeah a bit like last season when you look at it you know history will be kind to Arsenal or our title last year in the sense of you know there's no shame in losing out to Pep he's generational City are great they won the treble but I think in all honesty Arsenal fans know including myself it was in our hands man and we let it drop even when we've dropped points like I'm not saying Arsenal are the big bad bullies in the league but how many times across this season have we been outplayed I think Fulham away and I think West Ham in the League Cup other than that we've shot ourselves in the foot for a variety of different reasons so it's like if we can arrest this I'm even more confident but we will do something bookey like beat United beat Spurs beat City beat Chelsea probably F up in the Sheffield game God forbid or Wolves away that's what we're on as a club at times so it's like and it'd be nice to have something to show for it because I do think the stars are aligning we're doing great things but at the end of the day it's about winning and I do think next season they're a bit onto Arteta now but next season is the year Arteta really has to win something significant or I don't know yeah especially with Klopp leaving I think yeah exactly a transitional period you're right yeah not so much the league obviously we're going to try and go for it again if Pep's there then it's going to be a tall ask but anything else domestically that we're second we'd basically be the second best team other than Liverpool but we don't know what manager they're going to get and we don't know what he's going to do honestly we don't even know what backroom staff they're going to have man what are you saying for party? because he's apparently back are you confident with him not only being fit but staying fit do you think that's a boost to our title chances and what not yeah if this guy's fit then that just that is that's a whole different job if he's fit he will be more important in the Champions League than I say the league why is that for people listening? I just think that because we've got the experience he's got the experience he's been he's done the Champions League I personally think that people kill me I don't care what you say I've been saying this all season I personally think he's a better number 6 a fit Thomas party is a better number 6 than Declan Rice I personally think that you know what I'd still believe that but part A as we see Declan Rice nah nah nah I'm staking it I'm jumping ship slightly I think he's more progressive but Declan is lit I just think yeah Declan is Declan is lit but this guy people are forgetting what this guy was doing for us last season this guy was just as important as Salih was for us last season when this guy was missing it fell it broke we went down the toilet yeah we went down the toilet thank god Declan Rice turned into some super saiyan and he's just he's been as he's been so good we didn't even expect him to be this good we know he was I knew he was good but I'm like bloody hell I'm seeing you take corners now and screamers and it's like Declan Rice has been I don't want to go too far and it's a lock the jury's still out but you remind me of you're on this Tony Adams thing this larger than life this Mr Arthur thing like I'm on he will captain us one day he will walk Arsenal up one day 100% within two seasons easy he will captain us he's got that captain mentality he's like a captain without the armband now exactly he's serious he just gets it like there's nothing you can say with Declan it's so refreshing especially what you said earlier with you know Saliba Saka and Declan it's just you know you can rely on them lot in all aspects like it's lit but Declan Saliba and Partey but can my man stay fit bro like I'm giving up with Partey I'll be real but if he is fit in a perfect world if he stays fit for the rest of the season and he might not be up to scratch as in regarding performances 70% Partey's lit man yeah yeah yeah but later on in the season as we progress into the Champions League or we go further along into our campaign in the Premier League it'll be very important especially away from home them away games like Tottenham Manchester United very good like him and Declan him in the 6 Declan in the 8 or either way I'd rather have him in the 6 and Declan in the 8 because Declan could do both it could be a double pivot and just oh my god you do what you want but that's one of the best midfield trails in world football I think only City are talking to us off the top of my head if everybody's fit and like you said in an ideal world nobody can talk to us really and that's why we need to win some ---- do you think he dips at the end of the season 100% why he's not reliable bro he's not reliable if someone comes up for Thomas Partey for 30 million or 35 million this season sell him 100% cos we can't do this again we can't as good as he is we can't do this again bro he's been out for 5 months that's crazy bro come on bro 5 months bro I just remember him playing right back and since then I know you come off the bench against City but since then it's all a blur I don't know if Partey's played any other games other than that and it's stupid to say for a key player in a title campaign for all your ability the best ability you can have is being fit and I don't know why Partey this thing is happening but I'm over it personally man and it feels bad to say cos as you said he's a quality player bro he could still go on a swan song he could still go on a high because he could just come into Arsenal for the last 9 games and just have a great end to the season and hopefully win this league with him and then we could see him off and then send him for 35 million and if we send him for 35 million after that he doesn't seem so bad cos he just helped us win the league or the Champions League so who knows so he still has a big part to play in this league if he's fit 100% cos Thomas Partey is class because you'll obviously see Thomas Partey play more come on than El Nene respectfully respectfully to Jorginho as well cos you're doing your thing and watered down your thing but Thomas there's levels so it gives you the option it obviously gives you the option to even rest Declan Rice probably or you could bring Declan Rice off cos this guy's playing every game he's a machine I don't even know how this guy's still going it's ridiculous but yeah Thomas Partey if he's fit that makes Arsenal 10 times stronger my second from last question for you as well if Arteta doesn't win a Premier League Champs I'm sure you've been asked this a million times where you at with it he stays 100% he stays what if he doesn't do anything next season then better question ok if he doesn't do anything next season and he falls off a cliff then yeah we have to look somewhere else but if he's competing again and doing the exact same thing but it's all in context though cos it depends on how it depends on how he loses us the league next season or if if he throws away another trophy like a Champions League or a FA Cup so it's all in context but for what he's doing right now like the progressional side of things how can you get rid of Arteta because he's it doesn't make sense man and he will end up at another top job I know he's not going to be at Arsenal forever but I want him he's like a farmer you've planted the trees you've been watering it and all of that now the mangoes are there and the sugarcane's there let's make sure we do something man it's a bit like I'll compare Arteta if he left at this moment and I'm not saying to keep someone regardless but it reminds me of the early Emirates days just when we're getting one or two good players you know Cesc when I hear these fans saying Arteta must win something he has to win something or get rid of him he has to go in my head I just think first of all no one has the undivine right to win anything in football or any sport you have to earn it and you have to work for it that's number one two he's a young manager yes he's going to be learning on the job and he's made mistakes on the job we've seen it while we're watching I think the biggest mistake is the squad depth at this moment in time and how he plays in Europe yeah and naivety yeah exactly naivety in Europe and not spotting certain players etc etc he's learning on the job but he's learning quite fast at the same time he's being fast tracked and he learns quick yeah he puts his hand in the fire and he learns don't put your hand in the fire again I'll give Mikel Arteta that give him that we'll give him that and thirdly he's going against people might say yeah but it's no excuse because Klopp's done it but he's going against and Klopp as well he's going against two of the best managers we've seen in the last six seven years and how many times did Klopp win this battle against Pep Guardiola not to disrespect him exactly I'm not even disrespecting it it's just this is the mountain we're trying to climb on so when so when people say so when when I hear fans say yeah we need to get a winner and a winner will get us over the line I'm trying to think what winner because I'm trying to think because Pep he's dusted up he's respectfully they've all won stuff in sporadic moments or sporadic seasons but he's dusted up Jose Mourinho he's dusted up what's the line man from Atletico Madrid I forgot his name Simeone he's dusted up Simeone he was the top guy at Bayern Munich Bayern Munich is a is a dreadful league anyway but he's done his thing over there no one no one spoke to him over there Ferguson had no answers for him in the Champions League Ferguson left times two Ferguson left because he knew what timing was coming and this guy's come to this league and dominated it so when people say no we need to get a man who's going to win every top manager that's gone against this guy in the long in the long run has lost they've lost but if you're if you're fine with just winning one trophy then losing again for all these other years yeah but we've done it we beat Pep then what's the point we might as well stick with this manager because he might get he might get it done he might not he might do but right now what Atletico has done he's turned he's turned Arsenal from a banter club and everybody laughing at us and saying ah look at you you guys are jokers people are envious of us man it's not even just this season we've been up we've been on top of the we've been in the top half of the Premier League top three barring this let's say top three because of this season because we're third now but top two top one two and three for 19 months bro like he that's been him we've been there we just ain't won it that's the next step but people just want we need to win now win now because the narrative rather than the story exactly but the reason why you're saying win now is because this manager got us to this point to win win now win now if he wasn't here we wouldn't even be talking like this remember when we were back in the back eight when Socrates is there and we're talking about Lacazette in the ten we've come a long way people can never forget we've come a long way we've come a very long way I'm not saying this he's going to have so much credit in the bank for another four or five years without winning anything because obviously we're a big club we need to start winning things and the pressure he says it himself yeah he wants to win things don't get me wrong he can see it he's a winner because he was he was a winner with Pep he's won a few trophies with us he's won a few trophies with Celtic or whatever it may be or PSG Rangers and them sorry Rangers and them so he knows about winning he's won trophies he's not a manager he's never won anything in his life but it's just to give him time to ease up on this Arteta Art business everyone can have their own opinion but what he's doing for us right now none of us are complaining because we're in a title race and we're up with two points off the top and there's nine games left and we're there with Liverpool and Man City and we're still there and we're still in the Champions League yeah we lost the first game but I think we'll beat Porter at home personally I think we're going to blow them away and who knows what can happen in a cup competition because we've seen teams have abysmal seasons and win the Champions League we've seen it many a times so are you more confident like if you had to say like I think both I don't think we're winning the Prem or the Champs what it's worth but if you had to bet your life on which one were more likely to win are you going with Champs or are you going with Prem Champions League because the cup game cup team cup competition and just the way how teams set up in the Champions League when you because oh yeah they did sit back a bit yeah the first time to really sit back every other team tried to play their game and we moved to them and really they didn't even really sit back the way how Premier League teams would sit back against us does that make sense there wasn't a super low block and we were just trying to score score score it was a mid block and that's well done by them tactically that's great by them because they probably knew that Arsenal's a good team they've been watching us this team's on fire they've been smoking teams four five six okay let's not push too much because they've got two fast wingers on the counter and they've got good players they'll be in trouble so that's good tactics from their manager and their half but I think in a Champions League there's going to be games you're not going to come against mid blocks or low blocks it's going to be a shootout regardless depending on who it is it could go either way defensively we're one of the best teams in Europe if not D I don't know the stats but I know we're probably top three we're there for the metrics like you said all season slash the last 19 months obviously last year we weren't in the Champions League so disregard that a bit but you're right with Arteta the underlying metrics are there I echo what you say in a sense of I don't think anyone has a divine right to manage this club free from criticism and I hear the trophy stuff I hear it especially because Mikel Arteta has aroused the imagination of fans was starting to look decent I hear it and I do think the conversation has now shifted or is shifting from one love for the rebuild can we deliver and I think that is it but I think we need to persist and in an ideal world Pep is gone in one, two years Klopp is cut and Liverpool struggle with a transition Chelsea are still going through Derting United are probably going to go to what we went through when Arteta first walked in if we can just pattern up and have everything in place and arrest all the things we need to I'm not saying we're going to dominate world football at the Prem but we could have some great moments at the Emirates which we haven't had we've won FA Cups and that but we should have way more of a European pedigree than this club has and I think fans young and old can see and it's abysmal that we ain't won a Prem for 20 odd years my last question for you then would be what do you make of this Jorginho stuff you can see it on screen Jorginho's apparently getting a new one year deal apparently had an option to extend but it seems like this would be a fresh contract with a further year where you at with that? I like this when Jorginho first came and everybody was up in arms saying Jorginho I was like yeah this is a great signing this is one of Arteta's better signings when he did this in January last year I think this is very shrewd this is good business this is a manager that knows he's going to need experience because we're still a very young squad and to have him in and around the team and I know that he's very good with the players he's very vocal with them he's good he's a good person not part of coaching stuff yeah he's you're going to need those players around your team you're definitely going to need even if they're playing or they're not playing having Jorginho in and around the club is very good for the young you want a winning mentality you need a winner in it of course because he's won everything and when he comes on and does his cameo appearances he's amazing so him signing for extra season I think yeah sign him 100% something about his hip he probably likes the way that he's playing he's mature he's understanding that yeah he's understanding I'm the only guy I can help these players like Declan Rice and help mature their game and give them the experience that they need because in the idol world I don't know I don't think he really wants to go over to the Italian league or the Spanish league and play week in week out because he's getting older and there's younger players now I'm saying he ain't got the legs he knows in this system with these players around me they make me look good they're going to run for me at least and I can just do what I do I can just conduct the thing in the middle yeah so yeah it's good man I'll try to sign him for another for a year it's good barring that we get another midfielder which I think we will because obviously I think we're going to sell Thomas Barty it's good man it's good and there's just one there's just one missing piece a striker I still think a winger as well like someone that can just genuinely push Saka and Morso on the left hand side with Martinelli I don't think we get a striker in the winger though personally I think we get a striker Jesus plays out wide I just don't think we're going to do all of that I know I expect us to spend around 200 million but I don't know who we're going to sell for money you know players that look like they're going to leave and don't leave I don't know the shifting dynamics man but we can't enter next season or better yet the window can't close next season without a striker in some capacity I want him but I don't think it's going to happen I think we're going to go for one of them like the success goals in the Ferguson I don't think we're going to go for the Tony's if you want to do this you need a power house Tony's cold don't get me wrong he's very good but you need the element of surprise that's what it was last season as good as he was no one knew what he was about you don't know how to sit up against him they know what he's about they know he's a kid in front of goal but defenders have come against him he's going to be in pain he's going be happy he was not on the team he was saying just watch him he came back and this guy is a problem all he does he creates his own chances he wants Every single cross going, every cross he's telling his wingers, whip it in. He's always trying to get onto the back stick. He's strong, he's fast and he can finish. What more do we want? We don't need him to be the most silkiest link-up. We don't need another Dennis Bergkamp. We just need 20 or 20 plus league goals, man. Yeah, we've got like 10 Dennis Bergkamps, respectfully, you can link-up, play and score goals. We just need someone there. And get this guy, he's only 24. Get him. He's a beast. Like you said, Dennis, 24, he ties in. That's where I would lean towards Osman or Vlahovic. Purely because, as you said, Tony's a bad boy. And I'm not one of these guys that he's 28, 30, he's done. But it's kind of like, this is you now, isn't it? And I think if you're bringing in Tony, then you might as well just buy several ready-made players so that this project, quote-unquote, makes sense. Osman and Vlahovic and these guys, they can kind of grow with the team. You should do a cheeky bid for Kudos, though. I'm on it. Kudos, Bowen. One of them men could be lit. West Ham are probably going to want to arm an electoral. No, they ain't selling us a player again. Yeah, yeah, definitely not. Especially after Declarise's goal against them. They owe them that, really. West Ham, they ain't doing business with us. I don't think Chelsea's ever going to do business with us ever again, though. Would you go for Mudja? You want to take a chance? Because Arteta was on to him. He might be available at a discount. Forget that, Harry. Forget that, man. You had your chance, Bob. You lay in your bed and you chill with them men. Why are we always taking Chelsea's rejects, bro? That's true. To be fair, they're a reject, though. Yeah, but we kind of salvaged Jorginho. Jorginho's not really a reject because he's a baller and he's won everything. They didn't want Havertz anyway. We took him. We took him, Willian. We've done David Luiz. Even though he was decent at our team. The son of Dior. Galas. The list is ugly. Yeah, allow that, man. We don't want Mudja. Allow him. Forget Mudja. Forget that. Let's go somewhere else. I don't know about the surprise. Something different. Arsenal's got another winner. Whatever it may be. What are you saying for Pedro Neto, then? Cold. That's someone I'd go for. But they're saying 80 million. No. Because he's one tackle away from being out for another six months. Because we know he's injury prone. But they say Osserman's injury prone as well. Nah. Because he gave Napoli a full season near enough last season. He's been out a bit this season. It's not an ACL. You know what I'm saying? It's not. It's not a dat. When you get a player like that. ACL or your meniscus or something like that. That boy looks ugly, though. He does look ugly. His rap sheet does look ugly. Especially in the last two years. It does look ugly. Abdominal problems. What's that? He did too much sit-ups. He's calm. Hamstring. Do hamstring knocks, though. Hamstring. I'm not going to get onto him for breaking his cheekbone. That is what it is, isn't it? Bro, when did he break that cheekbone? Let me see. What's the date? 21-22. Yeah, yeah. That's why he's wearing the mask thing since, isn't it? I guess. Bro, I think the cheekbone is cured now. It's finished. It's just all mental scars now. It's the image. It's the image thing. That's Osserman now. I don't even want to see him without the mask. I swear to God. When he rocks out at the Emirates, he'll stop wearing that and lose his balance. Oh, no, no, no. Big man, wear the mask. If you come to Arsenal… Wear the Batman mask. Yeah, man. Get him a red mask or whatever colour he wants it to be. V or Victor Osserman. Whatever number. Number nine, whatever. Ten, whatever. Might as well disarm a certain man for that number 14 still. Or take the number nine. And then Jesus can wear the number 14 respectfully to Eddie Munro. For me, that should have been retired. Kobe Bryant, Jordan. Leave them numbers, bro. I'm not going to lie. The 14 and the 10 at Arsenal. And I don't want to do our number 10 dirty because you know I love him. But only Saka's holding it up with them crazy numbers still. Ten's not too bad for me. Ten could be rotated. But the 14… Because ten's a number that's always going to be around. I think Odegaard needs that, man. Yeah. But the 14, that's a real… That's special. I know why 14 is lit. For one man. And one man at this club only. You're right. Leave the 14, man. Arsenal, retire that, man. Once you move on Eddie, retire the 14 shirt, man. Unless Mbappé comes in and only gives it to him. That would be the dream, man. That would be the dream still, man. I can't lie, Miles. It's a bit lit being here with you, man. Obviously, let people know where they can find you. Let people know about the new boxing podcast and all them things. All links will be in the description, folks. Yeah, me and Savage Dan's got a new boxing podcast. It's called Boxer. It's called Mouthpiece. It's on Boxer's YouTube. You can find me on Filthy. You can find me on the club. Some feature on the club. Minded UK, socials, all of that stuff. And the Twitch as well, folks. Yeah, I haven't done Twitch for a minute still. I've been watching you, man. Follow him and just wait for him to come back in it. Turn on your notifications. I need to, bro. Follow the Twitch, man. All my socials is Minded UK, man. But, yeah, Twitch, I need to get back on to that. But, yeah, what's this, man? We'll chop it up again. We'll chop it up. You know what we'll do? We'll chop it up after the City game, man. Hold him to this, folks, man. Hopefully, we're still riding the wave of this Premier League. If it's that City game, we know if we're in this title or not. Then after that, deluded. Then I'll know if I have to come back on the stream again or not, bro. Because after that, if it's Kalas, deluded, I'll see you next season, bro. We'll go again next year, man, when we've made one, two signings. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's done, done. Get me a transfer window. Oh, man. But, people, you know where to find him. You heard it from the horse's mouth. Obviously, big respect to Miles because he doesn't act up whenever I try to get him on the show. Appreciative to that. I love your content, man. I'm always locked in, man. Regardless of if I show love on there or not, I'm looking, man. I'm always watching, man. So, keep up the good work. Come on, my guy. And on that note, people, let us know your thoughts. Whether you agree, disagree. Smash the like button. Subscribe. Follow the man on the socials. Obviously, everyone, God bless. Safe.