Arsenal Fan Show: Has Arteta won you over yet? | Are you convinced yet? FT @northsideldn6145

I guess that's right, back target, that's right. People deluded, I'm back again. Come on Ian. As the big man Ian Wright just said there, people deluded, I'm back again. I know you're pressed for time, so we're going to whizz through this. What were you saying? I'm good, man. I'm good. You picked up another three points, man. I'm good, man. I can't believe I'm seeing you smile, lad. I can't believe it, man. Is this what Mikel Arteta's doing? But yeah, man, last time we did this, we did content. It's been a while, innit? There's been several games, several ups and downs and things like that. What have you made of the recent run? No, I think we've been doing our job. We've been doing what we need to do. And it's nice to see not just results, but performances. And even against Brentford, even though it wasn't the best performance, we got the three points and that's what's the most important thing. Because we needed to win that and then it's out of our hands whatever happened with Liverpool and City. We needed to just do our job. And yeah, it's been nice, man. Listen, we had a pressure game against Liverpool and we rose to the occasion. In years before, we would have bottled it. You know what I mean? One game, to remain in the title race or you're out, we would have bottled it. And it's good to see that we rose to the occasion and I wanted us to build off of that. And we have built off of that. So yeah, man, praise to the players and big up to the manager, man. He's doing good right now. I think you're misunderstood when it comes to content. I don't know if people see the words you say or the message and don't actually listen, but I think you're very misunderstood. People think you don't want Arsenal to thrive. And one thing I respect about you, if you're wrong, you'll say you're wrong. People will see something you say and then you'll say at the end of a sentence, I'm open to being proven wrong, et cetera, et cetera. But people don't care about that. As you know, people don't care. Everybody that comments on our YouTube vids, they're genius. They knew everything. We don't know anything. You know how it gets. But surely, Mikel Arteta, based on what you said, we've been handling business. Surely, Arteta is slowly but surely converting you, man. What's your thoughts on the gaffer now, man? Is he still the man for you? Is he the man for you? No, not really. I'll keep it real with you, bro. We're not doing anything that I didn't expect us to do in the sense of we've already seen us blitzing teams last season. True. The thing that needs to get over the line to convince me is actually lifting a major honour. You know what I mean? We were 93% of the league last season, top of the league. Do you know what I mean? So we've already seen that we can blitz teams. We've seen that we can beat teams convincingly. We've seen that we can go on a run. We did it last season. But that 7% is where I look at it. And it's like, if we don't get over the line, what's the difference from last season? Another season where we had a good run, we blitzed a couple of teams, but in the end, we weren't able to get over the line. And for me, that's the most important thing. When people ask me, oh, are you changing about the manager? Talk to me at the end of the season. I can praise on game by game. And the last couple of games, there's been nothing for me to really complain about, barring the portal game. But every question I have about this manager is because he's never shown me. He's never shown me getting over the line for a major honour. He's not shown me that he's addressed the bench because I still feel like the bench is light. Apart from Trossard on that bench, nobody's really convinced by that. Cedric, our only defender against Sheffield United. Obviously, Zinchenko came back yesterday. But yeah, you're right about the lack of depth, man. He does need to adjust that. And the mentality as well. When a lot of people come with a narrative this season about it's better to chase than to be chased, that is because when fans are saying that, it's because they're conceding that. We crumble under the pressure. So it's better to be the underdog in the race and then final moment, let's see if we can win the league. But the thing is, you can't avoid pressure forever. You will get six, seven, eight games to win the league and pressure will mount because every game is like a final. And that is why even the fan base have questions. Why else would you say, oh, it's better to be the chase? Nah, bro. So at the end of the day, every question I have about this manager is because he hasn't proven me wrong. But when he performs, when players perform, I'll give them praise. I don't mind. It'd be stupid of me to complain after us blitzing Sheffield United. We played well. We did well. But now show me another side to your managerial prowess as to how you coach us from breaking down a team like Porto. That's where I want to see you change it up. Not when the going's good and we're playing scintillating football against the last couple of opponents we had. When the going gets tough, I want this manager to be able to coach us out of those games. What's the plan B? What are the options? Use the bench that you've either brought to this club or have re-signed their contracts. That's true. Those are the things I want to see because that is what it's going to take for us to win major honours. But you know with this fan base, when the going's good, they don't want you to make these questions about Arsenal. It's like everything is amazing. The thing is, going into January, a lot of people were calling for a striker. A lot of people were saying that the bench was light. A lot of people said that we bottled it last season. But because I'm bringing it up while we're winning, it's like, oh, don't say anything. Don't say anything. You'll be a negative. Do you know what I'm saying? But they said that last season when we were eight points clear and unfortunately, I was proven right. The things that I was bringing up while we were winning came back to bite us and I don't want it to happen again this season. But at the moment, we're playing well and I've given praise and I've been happy. So, yeah. Being devil's advocate, yeah. Obviously, you know, it's not that I think you're living or dying by trophies. I think you're a man that, you know, applies context where key. But is it as white and black for you if May comes, there's no champs, there's no Prem, or Teton's got a cut or does he get some saving grace if we're running it down to the end of the season? Nah, for me, I don't really care about, you know, if he loses it by a point or... For me, it's still on his head and I want him gone because he's allowed us to not have a proper striker. Now, people will say Kai Havertz. Let's not forget that Kai Havertz is playing good at the moment. We've never seen a consistent, proper consistent season from Kai Havertz neither at Chelsea. We're yet to see if he can do it for Arsenal. A lot of games we were carrying Kai Havertz at the start of this season when we had Kai Havertz, he was missing sitters. He's never been a goal scorer, like an out-and-out clutch goal scorer in the box, buries every chance. So there are questions about Kai Havertz. He's playing well at the moment. But like I said, I still don't know if it's a purple patch. And what I mean by that is when people told me to apologise to Nketiah after scoring three goals against Sheffield United, nobody's talking about Nketiah anymore. And I think sometimes in this football club, we get, oh, but they're performing now. Yeah, but how do you know? We need a performance for the whole season. You know, I can't... And that is why if he stops performing, I'm going to look at the manager and say, why didn't you get me an Ivan Toney or get me a striker that could perform for the whole season? Why didn't you strengthen the bench? You know what I'm saying? Why is it that four years in the job, you're unable to break down a mid-block or a low block? You know what I mean? Why is it that those things still arise at the club? And for me, it's just, you can't avoid expectation. Whether you put the expectation of him to win a trophy this season, next season's going to have that expectation of the season after. But eventually, he's going to have the expectation to get over the line. So I think people are just avoiding the inevitable. For me, it's just, if he doesn't win it, I'd say, thank you for building a team that can compete. You're just not that guy to get me over the line. Let's go get the guy to get us over the line. Because we're very, very close to being title winners. We're very, very close. And at the end of the day, we've seen players before at Arsenal leave to go to that next level. We've learned with success and then, yeah, they cut to go and do these things. And that's why when I speak, I speak from experience as an experienced Arsenal fan. I've seen this before. Why did Van Persie leave to win major honors? Why did Nasri? Why did Fabregas? Why did all these players leave? Why did they leave, bro? Because the club wasn't getting it over the line. So ultimately, it's not just about, you know, other fans bashing fans. Players want to win. And when they start being in a conversation of Real Madrid looking at me, PSG looking at me, big clubs looking at me, they want a team that reflects their own value. They want a team that's going to get over the line because their career is short. And we've seen it at Arsenal, bro. Do you know what I'm saying? Players just being like, you know what? I'm sick and tired of being nearly, man. I want to go to a club that is ready to win now. And that is why it's important. If you win major honors, you keep your best players and you're able to attract better players because you're already winners. Do you know what I mean? So, yeah, man. You kind of touched on it there, yeah. Now, I don't, one thing I will give the club, I don't really think they listen to the outside noise whether it's been good or bad. You mentioned it there and I just want to play devil's advocate. Obviously, a lot of our fans have sat there and said, you know what? Chasing rather than being chased suits us. Do you think that has any bearings on the players? Do you think that's a benefit to our players? Where are you at with that? What's the difference? Apart from you probably have a bit more pressure earlier on. Everyone's got 38 games, isn't it? Yeah, but the thing is, it's like, bro, they're going to have to, if we're in the title race, we've seen now Liverpool and City draw. We're now top of the league. They've got to deal with this pressure. They have to deal with this pressure. Like you said, there's no escaping expectation to be fair. That's what I'm saying, bro. Like, it's kind of like, are the players good enough or they're not? And good enough is not just ability, but it's also mindset. You know what I'm saying? Have they got the mindset of regardless if we're third or regardless if we're first, you know, with 10, 11 games to go, have you got the mindset to win every game and get us over the line even if we went ugly? You know, and that will prove your level because it's not just about ability. There's been loads of players over the years that have ability, but they don't have the mindset. Do you know what I'm saying? Ravel Morrison at Man United. You know what I'm saying? That was another one. They were all ability but didn't have the mindset. You know, there's loads of players that have ability. A lot of them go by the wayside because they don't have the mindset. we will see. I can't really answer that. I just think it's irrelevant. If you're at a big club and you're about winning major honours, the players should be up for it regardless if we're the chasing pack or we're first in the league. How much do you think our mindset's changed, man? Because yesterday, to a degree, you know, we've seen previous years where we might have drawn 1-1 with Aaron Ramsdale's mistake. We lost and that's that, but we got it over the line. Do you think the mindset has become that of title winners or title challengers or better yet, has it improved from when Arteta's walked in? You know what? Let's whittle it down. I'd say from that year we missed out on top four to Spurs to now, do you think there's been a change in that regard? 100% there's been a change. 100% Mikel Arteta does deserve praise for building a team that is able to... You hear that, people? No sad praise, Mikel Arteta. We're getting on the channel. Go on. They won't hear that because I'm talking by association. You know what I mean? Because I associate with Lee Garner because I don't... You know what I mean? Big up to my guy, Lee. You know what I'm saying? Because I'm cool with Lee Garner, because I don't just go with what the masses are saying, I'm just a negative fan. But in reality, I give praise where praise is due. But like I said, the manager deserves props for building this team that is able to compete to try and fight for titles. The manager does deserve props that the mentality has shifted, that we're not as soft-bellied as we used to be. You know what I mean? And I'm saying... Yeah, because at the end of the day, I can't say we're completely not soft-bellied because let's see how we deal with the last five, six games over the line. You know, we get that over the line and I'll say, okay, we're completely not soft-bellied anymore. He does deserve praise for that and he does deserve praise for the system that he's implemented in the way that we're playing and the fact that there is that expectation again at the club to win major honours. But at the same time, all of this means nothing if you don't get it over the line. None of this means nothing. There's nothing set in stone in history. No Arsenal fan rates Potts for being a nearly-man at Tottenham. No Arsenal fan rates Brendan Rodgers for being a nearly-man at Liverpool. None of the nearly-mans for our rivals, nobody rates them. Ole getting second with Man Utd, Arsenal fans don't rate him and say, oh, you know what, he was competing, he put the pressure on, he finished second one season with Man Utd, he's a top manager. The only managers that we respect really and truly are the managers that get over the line. Do you know what I mean? And even Arsene Wenger, like, yes, the last 10 years was crap, but the reason he was Arsene Wenger was because of the three Premier League titles, was because of all the FA Cups. You take that away and nobody, nobody puts him up there as our greatest ever manager. So, this is the thing, like, this manager is all good being a nearly-man, but you have to get it over the line, you know, and if people really believe in this manager, then the expectation of the project should be to get it over the line. Because when the project failed for Lampard at Chelsea, he got sacked. When the project failed with Man United, with Ole, he got sacked. The project's failing with Ten Hag right now, he's eventually going to get sacked. Do you know what I'm saying? Now we need him to stay in that job, bro, he's the best manager in the league. But this is the thing, sometimes what annoys me with Arsenal fans is like, our project needs to always be this ongoing, ongoing project. Nah, if projects don't, if they don't fruition into trophies, managers get sacked when you're in the big clubs, bro. And that is what it is. Ultimately, I couldn't care less. I don't really care who the manager is. All I want is titles and trophies for my club. Because that's the only thing in football that's undisputable. And Arsenal fans always talk about respect and putting respect on Arsenal. The only way you gain proper respect from your rivals and from your fans is trophies. People don't want to respect Man City. People are still talking about the 115 charges, but you have to respect them because of what they've won and what they've accomplished in the game. Do you know what I mean? Man United are forced to respect them because of the trophies. And that's how it works in football. People didn't like Chelsea. I remember back when you'd go in the Sun newspaper and you'd go to the... And you'll see Chelsea buying Fernando Torres 50 million pounds. People were saying, oh, look at all this oil money, this, this and that. But you had to respect it when they're winning leagues, when they're winning Champions Leagues. And that is how you get respect. Not going online and typing, why doesn't people believe in the project? Nah, bro. Once the project starts bringing trophies, that is when it's respected. Pep came into the league. People were dismissing Pep, saying, oh, we could do it in Barca, you could do it in Bayern. He didn't respect him until he won a Premier League. That's when he started getting respect. Do you know what I'm saying? People were saying, oh, could he win the league without a strike up? People were disrespecting him. As soon as he won those trophies, boom. The respect was... It was forced, bro. You had no option. You had no choice but to **** with him, yeah. I think you're banging on the money there, man. And I think, again, I agree with a lot of what you say. I think that's where you're misunderstood. I think I've got love for what Mikel Arteta has done, what he's assembled. Up until this point, how it was when he walked in the door. But I do agree with you in that, you know, I'm a bit... I cut him a bit more excuses than you, but I do agree with you in the sense of one love for the rebuild. Now it's shifting to can you deliver a trophy whether it was last year, this year, or next year. And I do think people like to have their cake and eat it with Arteta. Like, for me, I rate him quite highly. So if you don't get things over the line, naturally I'm going to ask you questions. If I didn't rate you and you don't win a league, et cetera, et cetera, then there's question marks. What have you made of Kai Havertz, man? Because as you said, and I do agree, the jury is still out, but he's playing out of his skin right now. No one cares about the 65 million. Where do you see... Do you still think... Do you think potentially he's in Arsenal's strongest lineup? Do you think he's a striker or a centre mid? Where are you at with Kai, man? This guy's a unique case, man. I don't really like the player. I don't like players that are not technically gifted. I don't like players that only have one tool. Like, for example, I like people... I like players that have different tools in their box. You know what I'm saying? Players that can do different things. And I think Kai is somebody that, if he doesn't score you a goal, doesn't really offer you much. And people are telling me about, oh, but look at Kai Havertz's movement in the box. But at the same time, Kai's getting that movement in the box in the same time that we're playing Declan Rice as a box-to-box, also running in the box and giving a defender something to think about. So it's kind of odd as well. Do you know what I'm saying? So it's not just Kai making those spaces and making those runs. It's also Rice. So if a defender is... If a defender is on Kai Havertz, Declan Rice is also helping him with those late runs in the box because he doesn't know whether to stay with Havertz or go to Rice. He's now got two players that he needs to mark. You're fucked either way. Do you get what I'm saying? So it's not... I think people... Yeah, it's cool. Kai Havertz is playing a lot better. He's not getting barged off the ball. He does look like he's more involved in our build-up play. These are things that I've been on him about and I didn't like about his game. But this whole thing about Kai Havertz is now this amazing player. I still don't see it, bro, because I still see him in games missing chances. Now, players do miss chances, but when your main attribute is scoring me goals, I'm expecting a lot of goals. For example, Aubameyang only offered us goals, but he offered us so many goals that you could excuse everything else. You didn't really care about the general play, yeah. Do you get what I'm saying? So it's like, if all you're really offering me... People are telling me, oh, Kai Havertz's movement off the ball. I'm thinking, bro, it's not that amazing. Like, it's decent and he's looking a lot decent and people are comparing him to how bad he was at the start of the season. But I think it's a little bit of a recency bias. Even some fans are saying, oh, you know, I don't even want Jesus anymore. He's not good. We've got Havertz. Yeah, that one there's crazy. I think it's crazy, bro. It's the same thing that they said once we had Zinchenko. Oh, we don't need Tierney anymore. Really? Really. Because Tierney's still the better defender than Zinchenko. And we're looking more solid without Zinchenko in the game. Do you know what I'm saying? With Zinchenko out front, look stronger. And I think there's a lot of this recency bias that it's like, oh, because we've got the new toy, the old one's just rubbish. And sometimes I don't agree. Do you know what I'm saying? Because people wasn't saying before we got Havertz, people didn't tell me that the upgrade on Havertz and Jesus is Havertz. No one told me that. Do you know what I'm saying? So let's not go on like he's that guy. Like really and truly, if Jesus doesn't score a goal, he offers me a lot more than Havertz does. And we don't yet know if this is a purple patch. And I say that because I'm referring back to players like Reece Nelson having the odd game or ESR having the odd good game or Nketiah having the odd good game. But then the stretch of the whole season, you don't see them putting performances week in, week out. You see purple patches. And I've not seen anything from Havertz to indicate that he's going to be able to sustain this run. He's doing very, very well. But to me, he's always been a very inconsistent player. So until I see proper consistency to the end of the season, then I could say, OK, fine, I've seen a whole season. You know what? Maybe I change my mind. I don't mind changing my mind. But I need to see, I need to pause a bigger sample size of a player. Do you know what I'm saying? Before I start saying that, you know what I mean? Before men start taking it, you know how these men get, these internet warriors, bro. You know what I'm saying? No, it's the facts, bro. But people are telling me, yeah, that he's performed in the last three, four, yeah, in the last four games, yeah. What about the other 23, 24 games before that? That's fair. Do you know what I'm saying? So we only start the clock once he performs. What about the games that he was missing cities? What about the games that he was one-on-one with the goalkeeper and he was literally, like, it was harder to miss than to score and he didn't score? Like, this is what I'm saying about recency bias. Oh, we just forget that. We forget that the player has the ability to miss, to miss chances. Even against Brentford, Jorginho gives it to him on a plate, long ball over the top. All Kai Havertz needs to do is bring it down and he's one-on-one with the goalkeeper, score, he misses. He doesn't even control the ball to even get the shot on. Do you know what I'm saying? Those are the fine margins, bro, especially against teams like Porto where we're not gonna get a lot of chances. They're gonna sit back through the dark arts. We need a striker that's gonna bang chances which is why when we had about, what, 30 shots at Togo against... Against West Ham, yeah, I knew you was gonna mention that again. People were talking about we need a striker. Why? Because you need somebody that's gonna be clutch even if they get a half a chance. Ball in the back of the net. But, you know what I'm saying? Like I said with this fan base, man, because the going's good, they don't want to mention that. You're negative if you mention that. But, it is what it is. It was popular to mention it before January transfer window. Now, you can't mention it because we're on a good run. You're bang on the money, man. I think Kai Havertz, I'm not gonna lie, like yourself, wasn't convinced. I'm more trusted in Mikel Arteta signing than Kai Havertz themself. I still think the jury's out. He's doing his thing. Long may it continue. I don't know. I think right now you look better as a striker than in central midfield. As you said, in terms of build up play, I don't really want to see that from Kai Havertz. So, shout out to the manager for finding a player's limitations and enhancing what he's good at. Long may it continue. Would you, before I get on to, you know, obviously, you know, you're Portuguese. I want to ask you about that sporting lad, Corquerez. I want to ask you about Porto. But just before that, yeah, before we get into those last two questions, Ramsdale made another mistake, man. What do you make of that mistake beyond the obvious? And what do you have that mistake down to? Is it psychological? Is it a lack of game time? Or is it just Ramsdale being Ramsdale? I think with the Ramsdale thing, I'm just kind of done with this guy because, really and truly, it's like, you made all that drama doing like a Ronaldo-Piers Morgan drama about, oh, I'm not getting game time. I'm not getting this and that. And your dad was chatting. Do you know what I'm saying? At the start of the season, Raya was dropping stinkers. You had a chance to assert yourself to be our number one again because Raya wasn't proving himself at the start of the season. Both of them distribution out from the back was atrocious. Both of you were making mistakes. It's like, you didn't grab that opportunity. That was an opportunity to be number one and bench Raya. Because Raya, everybody, the jury was still out at the start of the season. Well, Raya's making a mistake one week, Ramsdale then making another mistake. So, you can blame the manager, but when he was giving you opportunity at the start of the season, you didn't grab that opportunity by the scruff of the neck. Then you're coming in because Raya can't put, can't be in the game against Brentford. And then you're dropping another stinker. And it wasn't a hospital pass. Like the pass today from Ake to the Man City goalkeeper. That was, yeah, he sold Ederson down the river there, man. Put him in trouble. If it was something like that, I would put the blame on the defender. It wasn't. He took a touch and took forever to kick it out. Trying to do too much. But then you want to complain about game time. You're literally handing the manager every reason not to play. You're backing up the manager when he, if he says, yep, that's why Raya's in. Do you get me? So it's like, it's all good complaining, bro. But when you're getting these little golden opportunities, you're not showing why you should be playing. And I, as I said, I feel like every player in this team, it shouldn't be by name. It should be by performance. You perform, you play. Do you know what I'm saying? But you're not performing. And on top of that, you're not performing when Raya's been absolutely amazing in our last couple of games and we're having an incredible defensive, um, the defensive solidity at the back. Why would we, why would the manager say, yeah, let me play Raya, let me play Ramsdell against Porto. Let me play Ramsdell against Man City coming up. Why? You've not given him any reason to do that. You've not put your hat into the ring 100%. Do you get what I'm saying? And then when we're seeing players like Trossard, yeah, let's keep it real. Trossard has been the most unlucky out of our front line because Havoc deserves a lot more game time, Trossard. You weren't amazing yesterday. Do you get me? When Havoc wasn't performing, the manager shoehorned him in the midfield. Then Havoc's still not performing, shoehorned him up front. Havoc's still not performing, he'll come good. Trossard didn't get that. Trossard would perform and in certain games get put on the bench. Or Trossard would drop a stinker and just off of one bad performance, he's on the bench. And I've never seen Trossard come out with his dad talking about all this stuff. Do you know what I'm saying? Man's kept his head down and was like, yo, I'm going to play ball. But Ramsdale is just running to his dad like, yo, yo, dad, dad, dad, come back the team, for what? Do you know what I mean? I actually think if there's a player that is more warranted this season to be a little bit upset about game time, it's Trossard, bro. Because if this guy dares drop one stinker, he's on the bench straight away. Do you know what I'm saying? Where other Martinellis and Sackers and that, they play week in, week out no matter what. Havoc's week in, week out. Even if you don't perform, still in the starting lineup. Do you know what I'm saying? So Ramsdale, why do you feel like you deserve to start a game when you don't perform when asked to perform? Facts. I don't think he can have anything to complain about with that, man. And I think when you do the talking, that's what opens it up. I'd say the most disappointing thing with Ramsdale now is you look like a charity case, man. Like, obviously, ironically, I think it was Brentford away at the end of the game. They're all hugging him like he's a special kind of guy. Yesterday as well, I liked the fact that they surrounded him and tried to cheer him up. But it's long now. It's a charity case now, man. Like, Ramsdale, one love. I think you can leave with your head held high because you weren't really given a chance by Arsenal fans. People said back-to-back relegations and you've done all right. I don't think Raya's amazing. I don't think Raya's been amazing. I don't think Raya's up there in comparison to Ramsdale. But as you said, right now he's better than you. The form has been there. We've been getting clean sheets. A large part of that is with Raya so he can't complain. Obviously, you're Portuguese. Talk to me about Porto, man. Where are you at, man? Do you think we're coming back in that? Where are you at with it, man? What do you expect from Porto on Tuesday, man? Champions League's in the balance, broski. Nah, listen. We should do. We should be beating them. We're a better team. Let's keep it real. We are a better team and we've spent more money than them, et cetera, et cetera. There's every reason we should be favourites in this tie. Now, the problem is they clearly aren't naive. The manager in the first leg said they have to come and show us why they're the favourites. Yeah, and you can see that he's set up to nullify us and I don't see why he would revert from that after getting a 1-0, come to the Emirates and open up. He knows if he opens up, we're going to blitz them. He's not going to open up. Do you get me? So, we have to force their hand for them to open up but then we need to break them down and what is it that the manager's going to do to break them down because I keep saying this and all I get, oh, you're toxic and negative, you're this, you're that, blah, blah, blah. I have not seen and I've not seen nobody tell me what is this manager's plan against a mid-block or a low-block. I don't know. And when people reference our latest games, nobody's defended and done the dark arts the way that Porto did in our last couple of games in the Premier League. None of them defended the same way. So, this is the problem. The manager looked lost in the first leg, Arteta. He didn't trust his bench to even just pit back an equaliser in a game where everybody was dropping a stinker. You could have done more than just one... Do you know what I'm saying? So, it's like, I personally, I hope that we beat them. I want us to obviously beat them. I'm an Arsenal fan and I hate Porto because I'm also a Benfica fan. But at the same time, I can see them going and saying, we're just going to protect our lead and we're just going to sit back, break us down again. You couldn't break us down at home, break us down now. We're just going to sit back. And the only time we'll open up is if you get the equaliser that will force our hand to open up. But we'll just defend the lead. Because they're not in a rush to get a goal. They're not the one that's one nil down. They're in the driving seat. They're in the driving seat, bro. And it's gone their way. One nil, they'll take that. They probably would have obviously took a two nil. But they're like, yo, we'll take that. You're not breaking us down. We're not opening up because we know what Saka will do. We know what Havertz right now is in good form. We know that Jorginho and Odegaard are going to find little pockets of space and intricate passing. We're not doing that. You lot can't break us down. And we'll just nullify your whole momentum. As soon as Odegaard gets on the ball, we'll knock him down. As soon as Jorginho gets the ball, we'll knock him down. We won't even allow you to spring a counter attack. To spread your passing around. You know what I'm saying? And I've not seen anything from this manager to show me that he has a plan B in those scenarios. I haven't. And people say about corners, oh, we're scoring a lot from set pieces. We have two, what, we have two corners that landed to Havertz in that first leg and he didn't score any of them. Do you know what I mean? And even against Brentford, we had a couple of corners. The first half, the second half, the first 15 minutes, we had just corner after corner after corner. We didn't score any of them. So it's like we're not going to consistently score from set pieces. So then what's the answer if we don't score from set pieces? And that is something that this manager needs to answer. And that's what I'm saying. So for me, we should be beating him but I can see us going out to Porter. I can see it. By God's grace, that's not the case, man. But they're in the driver's seat and it's a weird one. It's like if we start how we did, as you referred to in our recent games, then we stand a chance. But we've seen this kind of story before in that we start well, we do our thing, they're low blocks, they have one chance and they take it. Obviously, you being a Benfica fan, you obviously watching the Portuguese league. We've been, I can't pronounce his name but the sporting lad, Victor Goya-Queires or whatever, he's been linked with us. Have you watched him? Do you rate him? Where are you at, man? That would be my last question, man. He's been linked with us. He's the guy ahead of Ottoni, and Osserman, and Vlahovic and all these other dudes. Diokoros, I don't think he's worth the money that they want. They're not going to give it, they're not going to sell for peanuts. Portuguese teams, they only make money by selling at premiums. You know, Bruno Fernandes sold for a premium. Diaz as well. Ruben Diaz, all these players sold at a premium. Renato Sanchez, Joao Felix, all of these are premium because that's how they make their money. And the fact as well is that the powers with the club because there's a lack of quality of strikers. So because there's a lack of quality, you already know when there's high demand and there's not enough in the market, the value goes up, bro. Do you know what I'm saying? The value goes up and they're going to look at it and think, well, look how much Benfica sold Darwin Nunes to Liverpool. You know, certain games... Even that, yeah, that's another one. We're not selling for less than 100 mil. You know what I mean? We know the Premier League teams have got it, so we're not selling for less than 100 mil. And for me, I saw him in the game against Benfica where Sporting completely dominated Benfica. He should have at least had a hat-trick. He scored one goal and he's not very fast. Technically, he's decent. He's not a gunman though and that is what I wanted. I don't think we need options. We don't lack options. We can play Havertz. We can play Jesus. We can play Trossard through the middle. We've got options. Now what we need is quality in options and we need somebody that's a gunman. He scored about 18 goals now so far in the Portuguese league. Is that going to be going to convert to the Premier League? I don't really think so. The exchange rate might be spooky, man. Do you get what I'm saying? And the thing is, we need to win now. We've seen how long it took Darwin Nunes to adjust. Slubbersly, another type of player that come from another league, how long it's taken him to adjust. We've seen loads of players that come to the league and it takes them a while to adjust. So, I mean, we brought Fabi Vieira from Porto. It's still taking time for him to adjust. So this is the thing. I feel like every player is a risk. Of course, every player is a risk. We've seen Shevchenko come to the league and flop. A man who's balling abroad. You know what I'm saying? So it's like, we've seen Falcao come to the league. Big reputation. Not live up to it. So we've seen big players come to the Premier League and not live up to it. For me, I just feel like he's not a gunman. And I don't think it's worth spending £100 million on a player that can't at least guarantee me pushing 20 goals or more. I agree with that. If you're not getting 20 league goals in the Premier League, I don't really want to hear it. I don't know who that guy would be, but I think that's where we need it, man. I do think some of us Arsenal fans are getting a bit clouded with the recent form and what we're doing. And as you said, you've just got to look back to December when we needed balls in the back of the net, it wasn't there. And it feels like Arsenal fans or football fans, things are white and black. For me, yes, we can score goals. Goals are spread all over the side. But we need that striker. There's no way around it unless you do the City thing as you said earlier where City are an anomaly. And they're still brought in Harlem. So it's a techie one, man. I just wanted to get your thoughts on the Gokyere as you, because the more I look at him, the more I'm converted by him. But I don't have an informed opinion to be talking about him and he's not my first choice. But it's just a thing where the more I look at him, I like the look of him. But, pause, but it is what it is. Northside, obviously, I know you've got to go do your watch along, so I ain't going to take up too much of your time. Thank you for doing this. Obviously, let people know they can find you and all of that jazz, my bro. Yeah, man. Big up. Love for having me on. Northside LDN on YouTube. Yeah, the house of toxic and negative. So come along. If you want that, you know what I'm saying. No, man, you've got to just have fun with it, man. I really just, the thing is, I really just don't care. I don't really, listen, I just say my own opinion, innit? And that is what it is. And I think these days on the internet, a lot of people don't like individuals that have their own opinion. Yeah, you've got to be a sheep. You've got to try and do the PR ting. Yeah, so it's one of them ones, bro. Like, at the end of the day, Northside LDN, we don't just get guests on that agree with me. I actually prefer the guests that disagree with me. I like those debates. I like those kind of conversations because as a viewer, when I watch Arsenal content, I like opposing views. I like that. I like the debates and I like the fact that you can only, sometimes the other opinion, the other side of the spectrum sometimes have points that you may agree with. You might not agree with every single point, but there are points that is made that you can agree with. So, that's why I like it, man. I find it fun and I feel like that's what football is about. Even if you've got a group of friends, nobody thinks the same. Do you know what I mean? Life can be boring that way, man. You know what I'm saying? And I think the whole point of this YouTube content thing is because fans had enough about pundits being yes men or being disingenuous on these platforms. Or forcing their opinions down, I suppose. And I think that's why YouTube fan content was created to be raw. Whether you agree with them or not, you're getting somebody's raw opinion and I think that's the beauty of it. And that is what should be celebrated. Not people trying to force people to think exactly like them. Because you can get that on these platforms. Sky Sports, ESPN, all these. They will tell you exactly what you want to hear. This is a different type of content and I think that's what makes YouTube special. And what content creators do on this special because you're getting you're getting it whether you like it or not. You're getting a raw opinion whether you like it or not. And I think that should never be lost on this platform. And yeah, man. I tried to do it on my channel. Not everybody agrees with me and not everybody sees football the way I do. So, yeah, man. Northside LDN toxic and negative. Make sure you like and subscribe. Make sure you like and subscribe to the Leaded Good as well. Do you know what I'm saying? Yeah, man. Hopefully we win the league and I'm in the mud but I'm coming out of the mud with a muddy Premier League. Please. I want to be proven wrong. I genuinely want to be proven wrong. I really want to win. Do you know what I'm saying? No, it's true, bro. I haven't seen the Premier League and, bro, I was 13 the last time you won the league, bro. Bro, I was in primary school, my guy, bro. That is such a long time ago, man. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous we've got a lack of pedigree. I remember being called a glory and you're older than me so you probably remember it but I remember being called a glory hunter for winning with Arsenal. That has obviously significantly changed my way so it is what it is. But you heard it from the horse's mouth. You know where to follow him. Hopefully, you know, people have seen a different side of you because as I said at the start, I don't think I think you get a bad rep. I think you love it but I think you get a bad rep. I think when people actually listen to you, you'll have your opinion but as you just said, you'll listen to the other debates so, yeah, people, man, subscribe to the channels, follow the channels, listen to what the guy has to say and then make up your opinion whether you believe in him or not. Make sure at this moment in time you're supporting his channel because he does watch alongs and all of that other stuff, man. So, yeah, big up yourself, my boy. Let me let you get out of here because you've got things to do, man. One love for doing this, man. Like, comment, subscribe. Peace, folks, man. Done, no? Safe. I'm actually done now. I'm suspended. I've been given a blow.