Arsenal Fan Show: THIS YEAR FEELS DIFFERENT!

We've had some good moments in the Champs, the run in 06 before it ended, beating Bayern Munich, beating Barcelona with Jack Wilshere, but we ain't got nothing else. We ain't got nothing else. And I'm scared. I was scarred by when Spurs got to the final. That is when I was like, yeah, we need to win this thing. That's just me. You're absolutely spot on, bro. When Spurs got in there, I was panicking. I was panicking. Stadium tingles out of debate, really, for them if they won that. They were never going to win it. And especially when you hear Harry Kane is starting, you're like, yeah, Depo's not winning it. That guy is a serial loser. At the time, I was at university and that was the real time where I met quite a few Spurs fans and it was unbearable seeing them watching that and talking to us. So the Champions League, you're absolutely right. In terms of what we need, we need to win that. But Ash is saying, and I think I kind of hear him, which one gives you... I hear where he's coming from. The work that Arteta is doing and that Ash is talking facts. Champions League, bro. Champions League. I've been in a relationship and Kelly Rowland's onto you. I'm sorry. It's got to be done, like. This is where DG goes back to, you know, like Hazard. I remember hearing Hazard speak and he said, oh, the only reason I signed for Chelsea is because I won the Champions League. I remember the tweet. What was that? Maybe like 2012 or something when Twitter was fresh. I remember him saying, tweeting, I'm signing for the team that won the Champions League. That was an Arsenal fan as well. You see him talking about it now. We win the Champions League. You've got to remember, yeah, there's fans. I'm 28 and everyone here is similar ages. There is Arsenal fans younger than us that have never seen us do certain things. And respectfully to Arteta and what the boys are doing, this is as good as it's got, you know. We need to get these glory days, man. Do you know how much kids nine months from the point of that final are coming into this world? I might even join people doing that, like, bro. I might even name my kids in Genco or something wavy. Like, I don't know, bro. We need the champs, man. I'll do anything for us for the Champions League, man. For real, man. You'll be seeing girls called Bakaio in the future. Yeah, bro. Trust that. We're too big of a club not to have European pedigree. Even not winning the Europa League is embarrassing as well, if I'm completely honest with you. Not that I'm going to kill the team for not winning that. My last question for you guys then, obviously, it's Arsenal-Brentford. How are you lot feeling? Probably Ramsdell's last game, give or take, with the Everton game towards the end of the year. Where are you lot at with the Brentford game? It's the last one before City. I'm a bit concerned about Ramsdell, you know, in terms of that game. I've got a little bit of concern because that is the type of fixture where we need Raya, really someone who is commanding and who dominates his box in terms of claiming crosses and not so much in possession because I think Ramsdell's quite good at that. But the big difference what I've seen early on between Raya and Ramsdell is how they do dominate their box and Brentford are a team that are playing for set pieces, playing for corners, free kicks, long throw-ins, direct balls into the box for Ivan Toni and the likes of to work off. So that's my little bit of concern in terms of that area. But overall in the game, we've got to be winning it. We're at home. Brentford are in a poor run at the moment and they are vulnerable defensively. They will give you chances even though Thomas Frank does try and set up the team in a way. They can be difficult on their day. I think Manchester City showed that with them only winning by one goal to nil. But as you saw against Liverpool and when Man City played in the away from home, they were, yeah, they do have errors and they are missing key players at the moment. However, big up to the chat. Love each and every time. I've been reading your comments all evening and the chat have been going on Ivan Toni, yeah? Ivan Toni better not do anything. So I hope you man are right because, yo, I was hearing Lacazette with a BBL. We don't need any more strikers with five tats and that. I can't lie to you, man. That is crazy. I don't want to be coming here next week saying, man, you see Toni? I just don't want Toni to do anything because you know he's going to do Twitter fingers, man. You know he ain't forgotten about that Gabriel. And Gabriel Saliba, lock up shot. Simple as that. He's twerking too bad. He knows better to go on Twitter and piss off Mikko, man. He's twerking too bad for that. He ain't going to do that again, man. Ash and Son, what do you lot say in relation to the Brentford game dead, man? Tough game, man. I think it's a game that we've got to proceed with caution. I mean, I'm even willing to give them a home advantage. We're playing better away than we do at home. And Ramsdale, do you know what? My number one. I don't care. He will always be my number one. Yeah, I can't wait to see Ramsdale play. I am so happy. Him and ESL, when they come on the pitch, will give you so much joy. It's like we won a Champions League. I just love them two, man. Them two are the arsenal for me. They just embody that passion that we have as fans. The way he shithouses the fan, I love it. I need Ryan to do it, man. That's how he wins me over. Shithouse the away fan and you've won me, lads. But until then, Ramsdale's my number one. But coming into this game, I think the key to it is we don't change much. I know Thomas Partey's back. I know Jesus is back. I get that. But we need to keep things as they are. Keep them stable. And do you know what the biggest thing we can do? If we can make a statement against Brentford, I'm telling you, if they're not shook already, they are going to be shook after that. Because beating Brentford, you can't just say, this is Brentford now. Because how many teams are you going to say, it's just this team? We did it against West Ham. It's just this team. We did it against Liverpool. That comes with being Arsenal, man. We beat City, but City don't have Rodri. It's like every team we beat, it's always this, this and this. But it's like no one's really gotten there and absolutely pammed Brentford. We need to beat Liverpool, by the way, on the 4-1. We just need to do better than that. And they will be shook. They're already shook, by the way, because they already see us as a threat to the league. But that, I'm telling you. And if ESR plays, I'm telling you, this guy bites. Yeah, he's got to get off the bench first. Arteta's not really keen for that. I'm screaming 2-1, man. I think it'll be, you know, we've been riding high and whatnot with all these wins and stuff. I think I'm screaming Brentford to take the lead, us to turn it around, man. I think we're due one of those kind of games. You look at the last couple of Liverpool games, they've got it done. City have had a couple of them. I think we're due one of them kind of games. Now, I hope I'm wrong, but that's just what I feel. I'm going 2-1, man. Ash, where are you at? I think Brentford have about two wins in their last 15 games. And I think right now, the smoke that we're on, I can see another 5-6. I think it's going to be a nice kickabout in the park with the lads, boys. It's going to be a nice kickabout in the park. I'm not going to lie, you made a good point because their results are looking a bit shaky. And they are conceding a lot of goals, man. No, no, no, please don't do this. Every time there's a record for another team to be broken or a juju to be broken, they do it. Just let's not do it. Ignore that. That's noise. They look difficult, though. They've won their last 10 games. They're on a very good run. They've been free-flowing scoring. Brentford are amazing, bro. As soon as you say that... Remember that time at Arsenal when they used to say this player hasn't scored in their last five? That player has to score. I'm still scared of that stuff. I still suffer from that PTSD, if I'm honest with you. I think we're downplaying that because we don't want to jinx it. Honestly, if Man City was doing what we have been doing in the last few weeks, people would be saying the league is theirs. We obviously don't want to hype it up because it's us. We've got PTSD. We've got heartbreak. We've got trauma. But someone said we're playing the best football in the Premier League. We're playing the best football in the Premier League. You are right. You're right with that. You're right with that. But see, you've got the pedigree for people to be saying that. We're new kids on the block. Yeah, that's my thing. I want to ask you, be honest. I want to say to everyone here, when going into the game yesterday, did you have a bit of nerves? At least a bit? Against Sheffield? No. Respectfully to Sheffield United, you're on this derby thing like no. And I've always had a bit of nerves. The reason why, and I don't say it because I think Arsenal, what we can do as fans anyway, is find a little bit of things to be nervous about. Henri was on TV saying, I don't know, you know, I worry about this game a little bit pre-game. Yeah, Henri was a good footballer. Needy pundit. The Newcastle, the West Ham... The Newcastle and West Ham, yeah. Yeah, OK. At Liverpool, obviously. But yeah, that's it. My point in saying it... Sheffield, walk away with the result, man. What, are you gone? My main reason for saying it is not really against Sheffield United because, you know, we will feel, we will still have things that we can be quite concerned about and we have those scars. We've seen even this season, I expected us to beat West Ham at home and we didn't do so. Charles, definitely wants in the game as well, bro. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. So, I felt... So, we do know in these periods the games get more harder and more tough and when you are facing those teams lower in the league, like a Brentford, who are going to be fighting for their lives, I know they most likely will stay up, but they're going to still be thinking and being in that mindset, we need to survive. They are fighting for their lives. So, that's where we've seen the likes of Arsenal drop points. I mean, Sheffield United are awful. So was Southampton and we drew 3-3. So, those things can happen in title races and things. So, yeah, man, we just have to be... We've got to hold our nerves, man. We've got to be aware. Even Arteta after the game, this place is a difficult place to come. No, Arteta is serious. He's the one that I've got faith in, innit, because he's just resolute. I know he knows what he's on. The players have got a lot of faith, and I've been saying this, me and you have done a lot of streams. I've always said, I think Arsenal can be our best friends or our worst enemies. I don't think we've been outplayed that many times this season. That's not me saying we're the biggest and baddest in the land. You know, you look at the Spurs game, you look at the West Ham game, you look at the Newcastle and the Villas and the Chelseas for a variety of things. Now, these things happen, but these are the things that we're a good side. We've got to be a great side, and I am being very harsh. But as I said earlier, bro, the league is harsh, bro. In the early 2000s, if you was top of the table for about 200 days like last season, we're winning the league. You know, we've done enough to win the league this year. But as you know, the dynamics is changing. Like, we're talking about 90 and 100 points in that. And to be fair, how many times has a team that hasn't got the 80-plus points done it? I could be wrong, but Leicester might have got 70-odd. We have to chase that illusion of perfection, man. And we're getting greater consistency for me, but we're still quite volatile because of the project we're on and the manager and the players we're all learning. And we have showed our naiveties. Having one fit defender on the bench is very naive. You know, having one of the most finished squads in Arteta's third, fourth, whatever season is very naive. I'm not criticising. I'm just saying, like, these are the things that kind of scare me for as much as I'm excited. I'm shook, man. You can't blame me, man. But, you know, I do think I need to be a bit more like Ash because I do think Ash is being quite bold, see, in a respectful way. And he's right. It is a bit of a new look Arsenal, but these men have burnt me so many times as much as I love them bros. They've burnt me, man. DJ, I think we've got them, man. I think, like, I think the way that we're playing, like I said, I think that we don't want to overplay it because of PTSD. But I think if Man City or Liverpool were doing what we've been doing, everyone would be saying, yo, they're going to win the league. They might even go for charity. So, yeah, man, I think we've got to give ourselves credit, man. I think we've got to believe, man. We've got to talk it up, man. We've got to gas ourselves up, man, because normally we do the whole, I don't know, I don't know, and then the results end up like I don't know, I don't know. So I think this time we've got to all, as a fan base, we've just got to speak it into existence, man. We've got our Bernardo Silva back, innit? You're right, man. We've got Fabio Piera, that dog back. So it's all good. I don't know about Fabio Piera. I like him. I agree. I don't know. I don't know what Fabio's on. You need to show me something. You need to eat some food and talk to Bernardo Silva and start looking certain, man, because that 30 million is looking very scary, Fabio. But last question for you lot. Score predictions, then. I went 2-1 Brentford. Where you, man, at? 5-0. Fair enough. I hope you're right. Still, I hope you're right. I've seen enough. 3-1 Arsenal. I think we conceded because... 2-1, 5-0, 3-1. Yeah, because of that Ramsdell-Rye change. I think, again, when we played Brentford, do you remember the EG? We actually conceded quite a few chances. They should have scored all of them. Ramsdell looked a bit murky in that game. I can't lie. OK, OK. Do you know, just for that, when Depo's keeping a clean sheet and I'm with Ashley and somebody, I'm winning a 7-0. Ramsdell, three assists. He's going to put Rye in his face. I'm sorry, Charles. I'm sorry. I've got no chief. I've got no... Do you know what's going to happen? In 90 minutes, Ramsdell's going to go in the box to score a header. We're going to do an analysis. I'm telling you, man. Go in the corner and do the sue and the whole... He better live it up because that's his last 90 minutes he will take, maybe ever, at home. It's been real, Ramsdell, man. You know, even... I don't think our tech should have made changes, but I was watching the Sheffield United game yesterday and thinking, you know what? This is his old team. He should be winning. Not that Raya deserves to be dropped, but could Ramsdell come in for that game? Not that I care. I'm just saying. Would you make changes for that game going into Porto? Nah, G. This is the dynamic we need to be in. You, man, need to play. We need to ride this form until the wheels fall off. What changes, though? Unless there's injuries, you know, the players that on one day I would bring into the team, the Parties, the Jesuses, the Zinnies, the Timbers, on form they don't deserve to be in. And how fit are they? I'd rather them miss a start here and be fit for the majority of the season, man. Timbers the only one I'm writing off. If you're back fit, stay fit. But as we know, a man could get injured against Brentford and we're back to square one, man. I wouldn't bring in Timber for Kirio as well to answer the print plug just because, you know, I've written Timber off for this season, man. I'm thinking Jorginho in particular because you don't usually see Jorginho start two games in that short space of time. True. I would, like, I think he's more important for Porto. So I would look to start. There could be a Havertz centre mid again in his use or something. Or a Trossard up top. Move Havertz into that centre mid. Yeah. Because when we did play Brentford, in fact, he came on in that position and that's when we scored that winning goal because... I do want Havertz up top against them physical centre halves if I'm honest with you. But this is where I look at Arteta, bro. Yeah. When he's playing in midfield anyway, he kind of does play up top in these types of games where you're coming up against a good, a deep low block, well-organised defence. They're not going to give you that much space in between the lines. That's where he's going to be making those late runs into the box. So I would... That's the only change I would actually make is taking... Maybe Trossard for Martinelli. But Martinelli lost two games you've done well. Trossard's a player I wish there was 12 players that you were allowed to play 12 players, man. I feel sorry for Trossard sometimes. It's good coming from you as well because we've had our little conversations about Trossard. You, Sammy, Jess, Alex. Man won't let me live. I said Trossard is overrated. I still stand 10 times... 10 toes in that. But I said he's overrated just because... No, no, no. Bro, just hear me out. Just hear me out. Let me talk. Word to Kevin De Bruyne. I think Arsenal fans put Trossard up here and he's here. I think he's way good. I've described him as the best finisher at the club. They slandered me. I'm like Marcus Rashford. He's calm, though. He's calm. I feel no pain. I'll write best player, yeah. Trossard, you're my guy but there's only a couple of men that are... For me, if it's not Saka, Saliba, Declan Rice, Gabriel, Martin Odegaard, Slyley Martinelli, Benjamin White. I don't know what you're on. Soft spots for Smith Rowe. I don't know. Everyone else. I don't know. I think Smith Rowe's finishing ability is up there. I think he's one of our best finishers. He ain't scored in two years, apparently. I've given up, man. As the head of the Smith Rowe family, I can see the inevitable now, bro. After not seeing Smith Rowe come on yesterday. Nah, nah. It's fine. He doesn't need to, bro. We need to rest him for City, innit? We need to stop that fear in them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Are we playing Ramsdale as arseholes? Are we playing Ramsdale? No, no, yeah. We'll be resting for that one, innit? He's been resting this season primarily. I love it, man. Alright, guys. Let everyone know where they can find you. Again, when this stream's finished, all their stuff will be in the description of the video. But let people know they can find you lot, man. I appreciate you again, DG, my bro. A big upsoles and ashes to you, man. It was a fun time. Went for one hour 45, but you can find me at Tariq Talks. People, more Premier League content overall. I will be doing a Premier League preview show on Friday. Yeah, because there's no games on Friday. So, yeah. Go come check out Tariq Talks. Follow me on Twitter or X as well, guys. And yeah, interacting on there. Big up to the brothers. There you go, man. That's T. Where's the rest of you guys, man? Come on. Plug your stuff, man. Yeah, man. DG, big up yourself as always. Soles, lovely. T, big up yourself as well because you plugged me in still. Of course. You know, I had to update my equipment. So, shout out T for that one, man. I can see, man. I can see. I have to come on here correctly now, man. Now I'm sweating from my microphone. So, you know what I mean? Shout out T for that one. But yeah, man. Big up the panel. The fun chat. Come on. DG, always big up yourself, man. I appreciate being on the phone. Big up you lot, man. TikTok. AshCeeTizzy. YouTube. I've started a YouTube channel but I haven't uploaded nothing yet. Get on to him, folks. Soon coming, man. We don't want to hear that. Get on to him. We don't want to hear that. But yeah, on all socials, AshCeeTizzy, man. Yeah, man. Yes. Yeah. Representing Habits, obviously, and Ramsdale to my collection as well now. So, like, if you... You need to learn about Smith Rowe. Yeah. And Smith Rowe as well. But, you know, he's newly acquired, isn't he? Because I thought maybe he had that opportunity. Man's been injured but obviously me and Arteta are going to have worse. You know, we'll get the... We'll get the paperwork over there. But if you... If you're any slander of Habits, Smith Rowe, or Ramsdale, I'm there. So that's where you can find me, first and foremost. And my offices, like I said, are open for all your Habits apologies. And you can find me on GunaSouls. You can... And big up DG, obviously. Subscribe here because if any Habits... I will... I will attack this stream, yeah. And I will appear on these streams somehow. If any slander is on my place. All right. Big up the panel, man. So like you heard, it's been a good chat. Time's flowed. I was planning for an hour. Somehow we're close to two hours but it is what it is. Hopefully the next time we speak we're still riding high and whatnot. Again, follow them on their platforms. We've spoken about a bunch of stuff, topics I didn't even plan for. Let us know if you agree, disagree, all that good stuff. Hit the like button, comment, subscribe. Follow them on their platforms. And big up you lot for tuning in, man. Stay blessed, stay safe. On that note, we're out. I've never seen Kirio do this personally. Kirio rams up the accolades, man. FBI.