WEBVTT 00:00:00.910 --> 00:00:04.830 Hello and welcome to HYBR1D Powered by chinkseyMEDIA. 00:00:04.830 --> 00:00:07.269 Media. Alright, it's been a few weeks straight 00:00:07.269 --> 00:00:10.050 into Mikel Arteta's pre -Nottingham Forest presser. 00:00:10.589 --> 00:00:13.410 Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media ahead 00:00:13.410 --> 00:00:16.370 of our return to Premier League action as we 00:00:16.370 --> 00:00:19.070 take on Nottingham Forest at the Emirates Stadium. 00:00:19.449 --> 00:00:21.769 The boss has been speaking about the fitness 00:00:21.769 --> 00:00:24.670 of our returning international stars, taking 00:00:24.670 --> 00:00:29.059 on the tricky trees and much more. Read our full 00:00:29.059 --> 00:00:32.159 transcript below with a video of the full press 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:36.539 conference to come. On if he had some time off 00:00:36.539 --> 00:00:40.020 over the international break. Some time off, 00:00:40.140 --> 00:00:42.799 some work done to review what we've done in the 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:45.640 first part of the season and then obviously watching 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:48.380 all of the internationals play. Most of them 00:00:48.380 --> 00:00:50.200 had a very successful time with the national 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.899 teams. Well, a few of them especially had really 00:00:53.899 --> 00:00:59.299 notable... performances, namely Mikel Mourinho, 00:00:59.619 --> 00:01:05.480 Nonny Madueke to name but a few. It'll be interesting 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:09.140 to see if Mourinho does start tomorrow and if 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:11.319 he does where he starts because he's been getting 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:14.819 a lot of joy for Spain in centre midfield where 00:01:14.819 --> 00:01:16.640 he played against Liverpool before the international 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:20.959 break. So if you have Martin Zupamendi who also 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:25.739 played with him in his successful stint over 00:01:25.739 --> 00:01:28.640 the international break alongside Pedri. It'll 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:31.739 be interesting to see the composition of that 00:01:31.739 --> 00:01:34.540 midfield, who misses out when you have the likes 00:01:34.540 --> 00:01:38.099 of Defton Rice, Martin Odegaard, who you could 00:01:38.099 --> 00:01:43.120 say is toiling right now. So personally, me personally, 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:46.079 as everyone's saying, the phrase everyone's saying 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:48.739 these days, the new in phrase, I would probably 00:01:48.739 --> 00:01:54.549 put him in. He's on form. He's firing. He's confident. 00:01:54.810 --> 00:01:57.569 Put him in. Give him a chance. At the expense 00:01:57.569 --> 00:02:03.010 of who? Move on. On if everyone came back from 00:02:03.010 --> 00:02:06.709 the international duty unscathed. It's very different 00:02:06.709 --> 00:02:09.710 to last season. So I'm very pleased with that. 00:02:09.889 --> 00:02:12.689 They had a lot of minutes. Some very important 00:02:12.689 --> 00:02:15.969 impact as well in their games. And everybody's 00:02:15.969 --> 00:02:19.509 good. OK, so that seems like good news. Obviously, 00:02:19.509 --> 00:02:22.610 this time last year, Martin Odegaard did get 00:02:22.610 --> 00:02:26.530 injured. We obviously had a few injuries going 00:02:26.530 --> 00:02:29.729 into the break with William Saliba, Bukayo Saka, 00:02:30.009 --> 00:02:34.490 Kai Havertz all going down. Obviously, Christian 00:02:34.490 --> 00:02:39.930 Mosquera came on or came in for Saliba against 00:02:39.930 --> 00:02:42.030 Liverpool and looked good. Didn't put a foot. 00:02:42.729 --> 00:02:45.849 Did look out of place and I expect him to come 00:02:45.849 --> 00:02:48.110 in again tomorrow afternoon against Nottingham 00:02:48.110 --> 00:02:52.849 Forest. Well, on the subject of the aforementioned 00:02:52.849 --> 00:02:57.870 players. On the latest fitness of Saka, Saliba 00:02:57.870 --> 00:03:01.689 and White. Bukayo's out and he's trying to get 00:03:01.689 --> 00:03:05.289 back as quickly as possible. But we need to respect 00:03:05.289 --> 00:03:08.310 that process. Willow trained today and the rest 00:03:08.310 --> 00:03:12.729 as usual. And Ben White as well. Benzo K. Okay, 00:03:12.789 --> 00:03:17.430 that's interesting. So it looks like Saliba may 00:03:17.430 --> 00:03:22.030 play tomorrow. So that just goes against and 00:03:22.030 --> 00:03:24.409 undermines what I said about Mosquera starting 00:03:24.409 --> 00:03:27.530 tomorrow, possibly. However, obviously, I feel 00:03:27.530 --> 00:03:30.689 like this is mind games. He could say that and 00:03:30.689 --> 00:03:34.069 then Willow, as he referred to him, may not even 00:03:34.069 --> 00:03:36.289 be in the squad. But don't forget, we also have 00:03:36.289 --> 00:03:39.509 a game on Tuesday. I think it's an early kickoff. 00:03:40.030 --> 00:03:43.810 when i say early around 5 30 against bilbao in 00:03:43.810 --> 00:03:46.750 the champions league so there's potential for 00:03:46.750 --> 00:03:51.830 one of them to start on saturday and the other 00:03:51.830 --> 00:03:54.750 to start on tuesday with obviously the big game 00:03:54.750 --> 00:04:00.389 against man city in mind on sunday um as for 00:04:00.389 --> 00:04:02.569 pokaido saka it looks like he's out of tomorrow 00:04:02.569 --> 00:04:07.330 pretty much or pretty much confirmed by arteta 00:04:08.060 --> 00:04:11.580 And Ben White, Ben White looks like he is fit 00:04:11.580 --> 00:04:13.960 and raring to go. But obviously, Jurian Timba 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:18.220 is going to prove to be, you know, difficult 00:04:18.220 --> 00:04:21.480 to dislodge from that right back buff. On what 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.199 games we're targeting for Saka's return? Let's 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:28.720 see. He's evolving really well with very specific 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:31.759 work at the moment. The moment that we increase 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.959 that load, let's see how he reacts. So obviously, 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:40.670 as ever. Mikel Arteta is quite coy on Saka's 00:04:40.670 --> 00:04:44.209 return date. Obviously, we would like to ideally 00:04:44.209 --> 00:04:49.689 have him back for Man City. But even if he is 00:04:49.689 --> 00:04:51.889 back for Man City, would it be from the start? 00:04:51.990 --> 00:04:54.149 Because you would like to kind of get some minutes 00:04:54.149 --> 00:04:57.430 in the legs. So put it this way, if he doesn't 00:04:57.430 --> 00:05:01.610 get any time on the pitch against Athletic Bilbao, 00:05:01.750 --> 00:05:05.790 then it's probably unlikely that he will feature. 00:05:07.180 --> 00:05:09.519 Well, from the start anyway against Man City, 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:12.259 especially with the form of Manueke in recent 00:05:12.259 --> 00:05:18.060 weeks. On Saliba, Willow trained today, so we'll 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:20.540 have a decision to make whether we play him or 00:05:20.540 --> 00:05:25.199 not. It's very good news. Okay. So yeah, William 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:27.899 Saliba looks like he's kind of, you know, in 00:05:27.899 --> 00:05:34.649 a good place physically, fitness -wise. It'll 00:05:34.649 --> 00:05:36.850 be interesting to see if he does get in the team. 00:05:36.889 --> 00:05:42.129 Me personally, I think he's probably going to 00:05:42.129 --> 00:05:48.430 stick with Mosquera. On signing Hinkapie, he's 00:05:48.430 --> 00:05:51.089 a player that we monitored for years and he became 00:05:51.089 --> 00:05:54.370 available. We had the departure of Jakub Kivior 00:05:54.370 --> 00:05:57.769 and now we needed another player in that position 00:05:57.769 --> 00:06:00.730 who could upgrade what we had. Play in different 00:06:00.730 --> 00:06:03.600 positions, play in different formations. He's 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.899 a player that obviously has a lot of experience 00:06:05.899 --> 00:06:09.459 already at his age. So very, very happy to have 00:06:09.459 --> 00:06:12.500 him. Yeah, Pierre -Jean Capier is a really good 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:16.220 player. I've monitored him over the years at 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:20.199 Bayer Leverkusen. He usually plays in a back 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:25.959 three, on the left of a back three. But he reminds 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:29.360 me of Riccardo Calafiori in the sense that he's 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:32.740 got bags of energy and enthusiasm. He's marauding. 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:36.180 got a lot of pace, got a lot of determination. 00:06:36.660 --> 00:06:41.560 He's gritty, got a lot of quality, most importantly. 00:06:42.339 --> 00:06:47.360 So he'll be vying for that two spots, the left 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.579 -back spot with Calafiori and Myles Lewis -Skelly, 00:06:50.699 --> 00:06:54.759 as well as the centre -back spot when Gabriel's 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:58.620 injured or when we're doing rotation. So, yeah, 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.399 Hinkapie is a... immensely talented player young 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:06.220 player ambitious so it's a good addition to the 00:07:06.220 --> 00:07:10.959 squad on if he's ready to play he's ready to 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:14.779 go he's trained for only two days with us he 00:07:14.779 --> 00:07:17.259 had a long travel with the national team a very 00:07:17.259 --> 00:07:19.939 successful game at the end against Argentina 00:07:19.939 --> 00:07:24.600 but overall he's available well yeah so he ain't 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:27.040 gonna start that game because for many reasons 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:30.779 one of which is He played for Ecuador against 00:07:30.779 --> 00:07:35.079 Argentina, so a lot of travelling involved. He'd 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:39.420 probably have a bit of jet lag. And then, obviously, 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:44.759 you've got Gabriel to dislodge, which, put it 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:47.720 this way, you're not going to dislodge Gabriel. 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:51.139 I think Gabriel starts every day of the week 00:07:51.139 --> 00:07:56.160 for any team in the league or world. on Ange 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.540 Postakoglu returning to the Premier League. With 00:07:59.540 --> 00:08:02.959 Ange, his biggest strength, in my opinion, is 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:06.600 the way he's been. He has put his foot... He 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:09.660 has put his fingerprint on that team and he has 00:08:09.660 --> 00:08:13.420 a very clear way of playing. Very clear DNA and 00:08:13.420 --> 00:08:16.459 are extremely good to watch. I've learnt a lot 00:08:16.459 --> 00:08:19.120 from him and it will be a very difficult game. 00:08:19.540 --> 00:08:24.120 Well, I mean, I think this is Arteta lavishing... 00:08:24.730 --> 00:08:29.209 praise on his new counterpart, a former Spurs 00:08:29.209 --> 00:08:33.090 foe, Ange Postakoglu, who always wins a trophy 00:08:33.090 --> 00:08:37.509 in his second season, in his words, SIC. So it'll 00:08:37.509 --> 00:08:39.370 be interesting to see if you win something with 00:08:39.370 --> 00:08:41.190 Nottingham Forest in your second season, if you 00:08:41.190 --> 00:08:44.470 make it to it. But anyway, I think here, Arteta's 00:08:44.470 --> 00:08:51.169 trying to kind of, you know, convince Postakoglu 00:08:51.169 --> 00:08:55.690 to continue his... gung -ho cavalier approach 00:08:55.690 --> 00:08:58.049 against arsenal because if that does happen tomorrow 00:08:58.049 --> 00:09:02.470 then um yeah arsenal will be scoring a lot of 00:09:02.470 --> 00:09:08.649 goals in a victory that's for sure but yeah no 00:09:08.649 --> 00:09:10.909 it remains to be seen whether ange postacoglu 00:09:10.909 --> 00:09:14.529 will you know change up his style especially 00:09:14.529 --> 00:09:19.629 especially in your first game especially coming 00:09:19.629 --> 00:09:23.710 up against arsenal away um And Arsenal reeling 00:09:23.710 --> 00:09:26.830 after a defeat against Liverpool in an early 00:09:26.830 --> 00:09:28.730 kick -off straight after the international break. 00:09:28.889 --> 00:09:31.509 You surely want to kind of fill your way in before 00:09:31.509 --> 00:09:35.970 you start implementing your style. But yeah, 00:09:36.009 --> 00:09:39.789 we'll see. We'll find out, I guess. On his adaptability 00:09:39.789 --> 00:09:43.529 with a new set of players at Forest. I don't 00:09:43.529 --> 00:09:46.190 know and I cannot control that. He's made the 00:09:46.190 --> 00:09:48.789 decision to go to Forest now because for sure... 00:09:48.970 --> 00:09:50.970 He believes that with the players that he has, 00:09:51.029 --> 00:09:53.549 he can do what he wants to do and be successful 00:09:53.549 --> 00:09:58.750 again. He had very different expectations. And 00:09:58.750 --> 00:10:01.590 for a long time, he was very clear about what 00:10:01.590 --> 00:10:04.549 he wanted to do with Ange there. And the time 00:10:04.549 --> 00:10:09.629 that he had, it would be things that were different 00:10:09.629 --> 00:10:16.210 for sure. Well, in terms of Ange, if that's what 00:10:16.210 --> 00:10:20.730 he's referring to. Forest have a good group of 00:10:20.730 --> 00:10:23.509 players now. They're really, really good. They 00:10:23.509 --> 00:10:26.289 had a really successful and positive transfer 00:10:26.289 --> 00:10:29.230 window where they brought in the likes of James 00:10:29.230 --> 00:10:35.029 McAtee from Man City and I've gone blank, the 00:10:35.029 --> 00:10:38.830 young boy from Ipswich who used to play for Chelsea 00:10:38.830 --> 00:10:42.570 and Arsenal. So yeah, they've had a positive 00:10:42.570 --> 00:10:48.350 window. They also lost Elanga. It's not going 00:10:48.350 --> 00:10:51.049 to be easy, but obviously they'll build on the 00:10:51.049 --> 00:10:54.289 season they had last season with Murillo and 00:10:54.289 --> 00:10:57.669 Milinkovic at the back and Elliot Anderson in 00:10:57.669 --> 00:11:03.049 midfield. So, yeah, I expect Forrest to be in 00:11:03.049 --> 00:11:05.009 and around mid -table, probably just missing 00:11:05.009 --> 00:11:08.710 out on Europe this season. Omari Hutchinson, 00:11:08.830 --> 00:11:11.230 that's it. I knew it would come to me. But yeah, 00:11:12.289 --> 00:11:15.029 there's a good group of players there. And obviously 00:11:15.029 --> 00:11:18.980 the owner being Greek. There's obviously some 00:11:18.980 --> 00:11:22.320 kind of alliance with Postacoglu who's got Greek 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:27.940 origin. He's of the Greek origin. On how it changes 00:11:27.940 --> 00:11:31.519 our preparations for this game. You have to focus 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:34.639 much more on yourself and improving and taking 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:37.220 the game where you want to. Because at the end 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:40.200 now, even if you know the manager, the scenario 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:44.120 can change after 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 60 minutes. 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:47.639 The flexibility and understanding. And preparation 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:50.000 that goes through now in the Premier League. 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.639 So what you expect for five minutes is not going 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:57.139 to be the same picture for 95 minutes. So that's 00:11:57.139 --> 00:12:02.220 what we prepare for every single game. Well, 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:08.659 yeah, I mean, I feel like Mikel Arteta has got 00:12:08.659 --> 00:12:13.360 to probably prepare for at least two eventualities. 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:18.059 and does adopt his high line approach gung -ho 00:12:18.059 --> 00:12:21.879 attacking style of football all goes a bit more 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:26.000 conservative more mid -low block which he adopted 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:31.500 in the um europa league final which he won with 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:34.879 tottenham last season so it depends but we've 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:39.059 just got to be able to you know horses for courses 00:12:39.059 --> 00:12:41.460 really i mean we've got to have the personnel 00:12:41.460 --> 00:12:46.539 out there ready to If it's toe -to -toe, go toe 00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:51.220 -to -toe and dislodge Forest. Or if it's breaking 00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:54.299 them down, wearing them down and then eventually 00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:58.559 taking them apart like we did Leeds, then it's 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.799 got to be that as well. We've got to get the 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.620 team sheet right, get the mentality right, move 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:07.580 the ball quick, be more attacking than we have 00:13:07.580 --> 00:13:11.220 been in recent times. And I'm sure we'll have 00:13:11.220 --> 00:13:15.039 a positive result. On Edu now being at Forest, 00:13:15.419 --> 00:13:18.759 I was very happy with Edu. I think Edu did a 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.039 tremendous job at this club, especially where 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.600 the club was at the time when he joined. And 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:27.139 he was a big part of that transformation of the 00:13:27.139 --> 00:13:30.120 football club. Then he decided to leave and Andrea 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:32.620 has come in very different circumstances to the 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:36.100 club and done an incredible job as well. It's 00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:39.399 not necessary to compare when you have two people 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:43.759 at that level that are both so good. Well, yeah, 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.480 he's alluded to Edu coming in where we were toiling 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:51.299 in eighth place, struggling in that weird era 00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:54.440 post -Wenger for about two, three years. But 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.980 he steadied the ship, got us to a good level, 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:02.759 challenging again. Well, arguably hit his ceiling. 00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:06.519 He's now gone to Forest, so he's only had one 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:10.070 window to operate in. I would say we need to 00:14:10.070 --> 00:14:12.370 let things marinate, let the new players settle 00:14:12.370 --> 00:14:17.169 in, see what players do well. Because personally, 00:14:17.289 --> 00:14:20.070 I don't think Hutchison and McAtee can start 00:14:20.070 --> 00:14:22.450 on the same team, especially if you've got Morgan 00:14:22.450 --> 00:14:24.850 Gibbs -White there already, Elliot Anderson there 00:14:24.850 --> 00:14:28.529 already, players like that. So there's a lot 00:14:28.529 --> 00:14:31.049 of players there, but obviously they need a big 00:14:31.049 --> 00:14:33.250 squad for the Europa League campaign that they're 00:14:33.250 --> 00:14:39.230 going to be involved in this season. As for Berta 00:14:39.230 --> 00:14:43.269 coming in, he's brought in high -calibre players 00:14:43.269 --> 00:14:49.070 such as Zubimendi, Djokovic, Eze, to name but 00:14:49.070 --> 00:14:53.669 a few. An amazing window for Arsenal and long 00:14:53.669 --> 00:14:58.950 may it continue. On how he feels about our start 00:14:58.950 --> 00:15:02.019 to the season and our defeat at Liverpool. I 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:05.200 wanted nine points instead of six. I think Arna 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.580 explained the game really well after the game 00:15:07.580 --> 00:15:10.379 when he said that if we play ten times, probably 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:13.620 eight times will be a draw. One will be for us 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:17.960 and the one was for Liverpool and the magic moment 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:22.240 that decided that game. We want more. We want 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.600 to win more of those games and review what we've 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:28.100 done. And as well in the circumstances that we 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:30.559 had, not only in the way that we play, but in 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:33.100 other areas, there is still room to improve. 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:35.539 That's very good because the team is already 00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:39.460 at a really high level. What was interesting, 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:43.500 I did hear that Arnaz Slot interview. But bear 00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:46.980 in mind, though, Arnaz Slot did say that, yeah, 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.620 if we play that game eight times, it'll be eight 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:52.620 draws, one win apiece. But we was away. They're 00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:57.460 champions. they've had a unbelievable transfer 00:15:57.460 --> 00:16:00.919 window their squad is at a high level their favorites 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:03.220 for every competition they're in so if we've 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:07.899 gone over to their patch and played well some 00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:10.080 people say we played well some people say we 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:13.659 didn't have ambition well that's for another 00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:18.039 video but what i will say is if you play that 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:21.600 at emirates is it the same game that's the question 00:16:22.090 --> 00:16:24.889 And Arne Slott last season did reference the 00:16:24.889 --> 00:16:28.289 fact that he didn't feel any team outplayed Liverpool 00:16:28.289 --> 00:16:31.370 last season, with the exception of Chelsea. I 00:16:31.370 --> 00:16:33.549 disagree. I beg to differ when he did say that 00:16:33.549 --> 00:16:36.750 last season, because I felt at the Emirates, 00:16:36.750 --> 00:16:40.250 we was the better team against them. But they 00:16:40.250 --> 00:16:44.450 came away with a draw. Just similarly in the 00:16:44.450 --> 00:16:47.370 game at Anfield, probably even game, probably 00:16:47.370 --> 00:16:50.450 we slightly shaded it. You know, probably a bit 00:16:50.450 --> 00:16:55.049 of both, really. But for Arnaz Lot to say that 00:16:55.049 --> 00:16:57.769 is a big compliment considering we're missing 00:16:57.769 --> 00:17:02.450 arguably our best player, Bakayo Saka. But I 00:17:02.450 --> 00:17:05.289 think we just need to get that result out of 00:17:05.289 --> 00:17:07.730 our system, use it to spur our son, if anything, 00:17:07.950 --> 00:17:12.430 and get the three points tomorrow on that subject. 00:17:12.569 --> 00:17:14.829 And if we wanted to play straight away after 00:17:14.829 --> 00:17:19.079 that game, yes, 100%. After a defeat... You want 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:21.279 to have a game in the next three days. Get it 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.819 out of the system. It is what it is. But at the 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:26.240 same time, I look at the players' international 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:29.539 duties and how they've grown. The role that they 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:33.140 have in the teams, the impact that they're having 00:17:33.140 --> 00:17:35.839 in every single match. And I feel pride because 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:39.140 they can lose a game and they can go to the national 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:42.559 team. They can click again, perform, and most 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:45.940 of them win. And they're very important in those 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:50.140 wins. Yeah, that's true. I mean, especially for 00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:54.559 England, we had four Arsenal players in the England 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:57.819 starting line -up against Andorra. We had two 00:17:57.819 --> 00:18:01.059 Spaniards at the heart of the midfield, and this 00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:07.299 is a team that won the Euros. So, you know, that's 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:10.420 just to name but a few. And obviously, if William 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:12.500 Saliba was fit, he would have started for France 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:17.049 against Iceland. and in the other fixture which 00:18:17.049 --> 00:18:21.430 they won. So yeah, that's obviously a positive 00:18:21.430 --> 00:18:26.130 that the players are on form, looking good, starting, 00:18:26.450 --> 00:18:30.190 having prominent roles. So yeah, onwards and 00:18:30.190 --> 00:18:34.930 upwards. On how important it is to make the Emirates 00:18:34.930 --> 00:18:37.950 Stadium a fortress, that's what we want and we 00:18:37.950 --> 00:18:40.589 had a really good game against Leeds. It's going 00:18:40.589 --> 00:18:43.150 to be a very different game against Forest for 00:18:43.150 --> 00:18:45.750 sure. But we kick off in front of our people 00:18:45.750 --> 00:18:48.490 after 10 days and we're looking forward to it. 00:18:48.809 --> 00:18:51.910 Yeah, I mean, we played the penultimate game 00:18:51.910 --> 00:18:54.329 before the international break and we played 00:18:54.329 --> 00:18:58.029 the first game after it. So we play before Liverpool. 00:18:58.190 --> 00:19:01.109 It'll be good to get back level with them and 00:19:01.109 --> 00:19:03.150 give them homework to do against Burnley in a 00:19:03.150 --> 00:19:05.930 game which I fully expect them to win. But one 00:19:05.930 --> 00:19:09.029 thing's for sure, I expect us to win and hopefully 00:19:09.029 --> 00:19:14.180 we do tomorrow. On if Mikel Moreno's four goals 00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:16.660 for Spain put him in contention to play up front. 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:20.400 He did it from the midfield. Mikel has that ability. 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:23.480 I heard some comments after Liverpool that we 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:26.700 played three defensive midfielders. I think that 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:29.740 was the narrative, no? Mikel had his hat -trick 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:32.440 playing as an attacking midfielder. I don't know 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:34.680 when the last attacking midfielder scored three 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:37.759 goals. So very interesting to learn what the 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:40.240 perception is, especially when you lose a football 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:43.039 match. and how important it is to analyse and 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:45.759 understand your players' quality in order to 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:48.160 make decisions that are based on what you understand 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:52.119 daily, which is very clear as well. Well, I mean, 00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:57.079 Mikel... If Mikel Mourinho, which a lot of people 00:19:57.079 --> 00:20:00.119 refer to as a defensive midfielder, then you 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:03.440 could just... Arteta Cotevizzi said, I don't 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:05.940 know the last time... A defensive midfielder 00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:09.140 scored a hat -trick. But no, let's put that to 00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:11.619 bed. Mikel Moreno isn't a defensive midfielder. 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:14.920 I know it sounds, it makes for a good headline. 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:16.859 Believe me, I know what makes good headlines. 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:21.160 It makes for good headlines to call it three 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:25.579 defensive midfielders. But with Rice, okay, you 00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:27.279 might get away with that even though he's more 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:29.720 box -to -box. But he's probably better defensively, 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:32.460 like more kind of natural defensively. Zoumendi 00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:34.960 is a defence midfielder, but in terms of Mikel 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:37.140 Moreno, I think he's just a centre midfielder. 00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:40.359 Probably box -to -box -ish with more attacking 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:43.920 instincts, with good on the ball, good finisher. 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:48.779 So, yeah, I want to dispel that narrative as 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:52.759 well. I mean, obviously, the three of those isn't 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:55.799 the most inspiring in the world. You probably 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:59.220 want an Eze or an Odegaard or a Wanyeri in there 00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:05.250 just to give it a bit more... But yeah, like 00:21:05.250 --> 00:21:07.430 I mentioned earlier, I would like to see Mourinho 00:21:07.430 --> 00:21:10.769 start because scoring a hat -trick for Spain, 00:21:11.190 --> 00:21:13.829 I mean, he's going to be buzzing, really. Let's 00:21:13.829 --> 00:21:18.109 have it right. On if it's good to have Postacoglu 00:21:18.109 --> 00:21:21.269 back in the Premier League. Very good. I think 00:21:21.269 --> 00:21:23.970 as a character, as a person, what he transmits, 00:21:24.029 --> 00:21:26.609 what he brings to football is a joy towards the 00:21:26.609 --> 00:21:29.130 team. I've always enjoyed it and learnt from 00:21:29.130 --> 00:21:32.339 it. Very welcome to have him back. Okay, yeah, 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:35.599 Postacoglu is a character. Remember, famous last 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:40.259 words. I always win a trophy in my second season. 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:45.799 Okay, well, your toughest job yet. Or should 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:49.319 I say task? On if it's enough to have one style 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:52.420 of play. What does that mean? Does that mean 00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:54.599 when they have the ball, when the ball is very 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:57.319 close to their goalkeeper, when they're under 00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:59.960 high pressure, when they're in deep, when they 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:02.849 have a throw -in? so it depends people will answer 00:22:02.849 --> 00:22:05.910 the way of playing the way of thinking and they 00:22:05.910 --> 00:22:09.309 will trick things in relation to that try to 00:22:09.309 --> 00:22:11.569 maintain certain ways and a certain approach 00:22:11.569 --> 00:22:14.170 to the game that they want to play yeah i want 00:22:14.170 --> 00:22:18.690 to just um use this moment to kind of um address 00:22:18.690 --> 00:22:21.589 the kind of narrative that's forming that we 00:22:21.589 --> 00:22:25.430 are horrible stoke -like awful boring defensive 00:22:25.430 --> 00:22:29.140 team that rely on set pieces throw -ins corners 00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:33.240 i just think we're kind of they're you know horses 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:38.119 for courses i feel we're kind of you know we're 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:41.339 um we've got different ways of playing so i generally 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:43.799 think we're a possession based attack inside 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:50.380 but obviously we've um found a way to be very 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:54.019 hard to beat and that's i know the base of that 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:56.099 is really just having a good defensive shape 00:22:56.589 --> 00:23:00.349 being good defensively being hard to penetrate 00:23:00.349 --> 00:23:06.150 to permeate through um but the vast majority 00:23:06.150 --> 00:23:09.309 of teams that we come up against are afraid of 00:23:09.309 --> 00:23:12.130 what we can do if you do give us space ask man 00:23:12.130 --> 00:23:15.210 city sport in lisbon and crystal palace as well 00:23:15.210 --> 00:23:19.289 as west ham they'll tell you but um i think yeah 00:23:19.289 --> 00:23:22.349 tomorrow i'm anticipating a low block against 00:23:22.349 --> 00:23:29.740 our Football, and hopefully, usually more often 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:32.980 than not, an early goal against a low block kind 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:36.059 of opens it up a bit, just like the game against 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:39.240 Leeds. So if we can get one, when I say early, 00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:43.400 I'm talking first 20, 25 minutes, then I think 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:45.640 the game will be easier as a result, although 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:50.099 we've got to be wary of Forrest's pace on the 00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:54.940 counter -attack. On his own DNA. We can go for 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:58.119 a blood test and then you can tell us. Okay, 00:23:58.180 --> 00:24:01.460 I think Arteta's being a bit facetious there. 00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:06.480 On Raya's record as our goalkeeper. Pretty good. 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:08.880 It's the best in the history of this football 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:11.940 club. It's unbelievable. Very good to understand 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:15.119 the game. And especially when a few months or 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:19.980 years ago by. It's really good to look back as 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:24.549 well and reflect on that. It is. not I it is 00:24:24.549 --> 00:24:27.829 we we did it and with the help I think he has 00:24:27.829 --> 00:24:33.750 a tremendous impact on the team okay so um Raya's 00:24:33.750 --> 00:24:36.289 record as the goalkeeper's best in history the 00:24:36.289 --> 00:24:38.210 club okay I'm gonna fact check that probably 00:24:38.210 --> 00:24:40.529 is so does that mean he's the best goalkeeper 00:24:40.529 --> 00:24:45.210 in history the club but no more jokes aside David 00:24:45.210 --> 00:24:51.009 Raya is undeniably arguably the best keeper in 00:24:51.009 --> 00:24:54.119 the Premier League And if he's not, then that's 00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:56.980 only because of Alisson's previous form in recent 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:59.559 years. But if you just want to look at performances 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:02.819 and form over the last two, three years, I think 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:05.680 it's pretty obvious and clear that Rai has performed 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:10.500 the best in that space of time, especially with 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:14.619 his two Golden Glove Awards. I think he's actually 00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:16.940 underrated as well because not a lot of people 00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:22.099 view him in that kind of top. bracket elite bracket 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:24.960 of goalkeeper because for me he's definitely 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:29.079 top 10 with the likes of courtois alison to name 00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:34.279 but a few donna rumor as well on if madway case 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:36.900 form provides a selection headache when saka 00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:40.779 recovers from injury i hope so yes when that 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:44.380 day comes that bakayo saka is in his best condition 00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:48.099 and not either same that's what we want and i'm 00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:51.099 very happy to have him I think looking back at 00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:53.440 what he's done with the national team as well. 00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:57.359 I've spoken with Thomas Tuchel as well. Very 00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:59.980 pleased with that. So he's really good. He's 00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:02.480 in a really, really good moment. Yeah, I mean, 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:05.859 as I did allude to in a number of early videos 00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:08.880 on this channel, Noni Maduweke was exactly what 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:12.440 we needed. A direct, pacey winger who's not afraid 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:16.160 to lose the ball, who's not afraid to keep going 00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:23.779 despite, you know, He may go at a defender, lose 00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:25.920 the ball. He's not afraid to go at him again. 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:31.440 He's not afraid to fail. He's very direct, looking 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:35.220 to kind of attack the full -back, beat the full 00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:38.240 -back. But one thing with Maduweke, we need numbers 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:41.339 for him. We need goals, assists, goals, assists, 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.299 goals, assists. Because his ability is all there. 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:47.980 On how Havertz is getting on with his injury. 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:51.299 He's looking really good. He's walking freely. 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:54.319 He's starting to load the knee and started to 00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:57.380 do some bits. As I said before, I think we're 00:26:57.380 --> 00:27:00.579 taking it from weeks to months. But knowing Kai, 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:03.400 I cannot give you any time scale because I know 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:06.640 what he's going to try to do. Same with Gabi 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:10.000 Jesus. So I think he's in a good moment. It was 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:12.720 a very tough decision for him to go and have 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:15.819 that procedure done. But I think it was necessary. 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:18.859 And it was the right decision from the medical 00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:22.140 team to persuade him to do that. So, yeah, I've 00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:24.799 seen a few videos of Gabby Jesus. There's one 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:27.180 in his channel. Go check that out. And he's looking 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:31.000 like he's very close to coming back. Like probably 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:36.119 a month or two should be looking at getting onto 00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:38.619 the bench and hopefully coming on the pitch because 00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:43.420 he's running. He's kicking the ball. Yeah, he's 00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:47.099 looking sharp as well. In terms of Kai Havertz, 00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:50.019 he's probably going to need to take some time 00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:53.359 out, get himself proper, proper fit. He might 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.740 have rushed himself back at the end of last season. 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:59.480 That might have contributed to his recurrence 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:02.559 of his injury now. So he just needs to kind of 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:05.460 take time out, make sure he gets back fit properly, 00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:09.900 properly ready this time. And then obviously, 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.720 because, yeah, we're fine in the meantime. We've 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:14.160 got players like Jokeres, Marino to step in. 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:17.359 Martinelli could potentially play there so yeah 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:19.380 it's just important that we get these players 00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:24.279 ready on the competition for places in the squad 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:27.059 I'm happy because at the end through the summer 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:29.839 through pre -season there are a lot of unknowns 00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:32.539 and players that don't really understand their 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:35.200 role their future and at the end we have managed 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:39.259 to accomplish what we wanted we've taken an opportunity 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:41.779 as well to say thank you to some of the players 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:44.930 that left us after a few years and a great contribution 00:28:44.930 --> 00:28:48.029 to the club and the team we wish them all the 00:28:48.029 --> 00:28:51.329 very best and now we have clarity this is the 00:28:51.329 --> 00:28:53.970 squad that we have here listed until january 00:28:53.970 --> 00:28:56.789 and i'm very pleased with it i think this is 00:28:56.789 --> 00:29:01.309 the best the strongest squad i've in terms of 00:29:01.309 --> 00:29:04.450 depth it's the strongest squad i've seen as an 00:29:04.450 --> 00:29:08.650 arsenal fan and that's spanning a long time um 00:29:08.650 --> 00:29:12.869 in terms of quality verse 11 is up there may 00:29:12.869 --> 00:29:15.529 not necessarily be the best but it's probably 00:29:15.529 --> 00:29:19.269 in a comfortably in the top five um yeah we've 00:29:19.269 --> 00:29:22.029 just got depth all over the pitch we've got competition 00:29:22.029 --> 00:29:27.049 for places and yeah we've yeah i'll say we've 00:29:27.049 --> 00:29:30.109 got the strongest squad in the league so um there's 00:29:30.109 --> 00:29:34.309 no reason or excuses to not be looking at winning 00:29:34.309 --> 00:29:38.730 trophies this season on discussions around contracts 00:29:38.730 --> 00:29:42.640 of saka and saliba that never stops But I think 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:44.880 the collaboration between the club, what Andrea 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:48.220 Berta is doing and the agents is very good. I 00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:50.200 think the good thing is that the players want 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:53.059 to remain here and they want to be a big part 00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:55.619 of the history of this club in the next few years. 00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:58.680 And that is always positive. And Andrea will 00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:02.680 drive that and see where we go. I think I've 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:07.380 seen and heard both players effectively want 00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:09.700 to stay at Arsenal. We're building a good thing 00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:13.950 right now. There's something going on at Arsenal 00:30:13.950 --> 00:30:15.849 where a lot of players want to join the club. 00:30:16.609 --> 00:30:19.029 But we just need to kind of get over that line 00:30:19.029 --> 00:30:22.509 so we can kind of convince these players that 00:30:22.509 --> 00:30:26.910 they're in the right place to win major honours, 00:30:26.910 --> 00:30:29.970 to reach their potential and to become legends 00:30:29.970 --> 00:30:33.349 at this great football club. On if Salih got 00:30:33.349 --> 00:30:40.789 trained today? Yes, he trained today. Okay. On 00:30:40.789 --> 00:30:43.490 if there's room for a joker in an Arteta team. 00:30:43.710 --> 00:30:46.430 I don't know if there's room for a joker in the 00:30:46.430 --> 00:30:49.490 society, in this industry, in football right 00:30:49.490 --> 00:30:52.309 now. I don't know if that will be respected and 00:30:52.309 --> 00:30:54.970 viewed as something positive. I think the credit 00:30:54.970 --> 00:30:58.490 as well went to former Chicago Bulls coach Phil 00:30:58.490 --> 00:31:01.930 Jackson for how he managed Dennis Rodman's personality. 00:31:02.490 --> 00:31:05.890 You can name it as you want it. But when he had 00:31:05.890 --> 00:31:09.779 to compete... He helped him to win major trophies 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:12.819 and he was instrumental in that. Phil managed 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:15.380 to deal with his character in a really smart 00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:18.839 way to get the best out of him. We have 19 different 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:23.000 nationalities, 26 different players. So we have 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:26.220 to live with them to get the best out of them. 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:32.000 Well, Jokers, I don't think they're kind of... 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:37.859 culture in this Arsenal team is Joker -y. However, 00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:42.240 if I was to kind of picture their personalities 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:47.779 and think of who is the Joker in quotation marks, 00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:53.599 I can see a Declan Rice maybe. I can see potentially 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:56.680 a Maduweke having a laugh with some of the young 00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:04.930 lads like Ethan, you know. Even Declan Rice. 00:32:05.809 --> 00:32:11.869 But I think on the whole, it's more of a driven, 00:32:12.069 --> 00:32:16.430 focused kind of vibe that I'm getting, especially 00:32:16.430 --> 00:32:22.930 with people like Saka, Saliba, Gabriel, Timba. 00:32:23.230 --> 00:32:27.109 They're just poker -faced out, driven, ready 00:32:27.109 --> 00:32:32.920 to win, move on. on if there's space for someone 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:35.380 who does things a bit differently on the pitch 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:39.099 like Rodman especially when he's effective and 00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:42.240 then what he had to do in the team he was the 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:44.619 best in the league so you have somebody that 00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:46.740 does something different to help you win football 00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:50.359 matches it's more than welcome so yeah it's just 00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:55.000 as I alluded to just about being driven and just 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:59.579 target driven really just to get results So as 00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:02.160 long as you're getting results, the personality 00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:06.079 is secondary. On why there's a negative perception 00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:09.079 of us from the Liverpool game. I don't know because 00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:11.900 I don't read that. But after reviewing the match 00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:14.920 and analysing it, it's a very different perspective 00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:17.900 to the one that I have in relation to that. You 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:20.740 have to respect every opinion. But in the end, 00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:23.160 the opinion is going to be different. Whether 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:27.339 you win or lose, that's it. You have to accept 00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:31.440 it. Well, I mean, Arteta earlier on in the press 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:34.599 conference said that he said he saw something 00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:39.000 about us playing 3DMs. So I think he did read 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:45.119 it or see it. But in terms of watching back the 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:50.900 tapes of the game, it just goes back to the overall 00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:55.700 kind of debate of were Arsenal too defensive 00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:59.980 in the players' in the personnel that played, 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:05.019 that took to the pitch at Anfield? Or did we 00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:10.280 kind of manage the game well, kind of, which 00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:12.980 the game plan was effectively to get to 60, 70 00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:16.119 minutes still in the game and then bring on the 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:22.440 techie players like Eze, Wanyeri, Dalman, Odegaard 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:26.159 to kind of either win the game or salvage something 00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:29.409 from it? So it depends on what side of defence 00:34:29.409 --> 00:34:35.789 you fall on. Also, another thing is, we went 00:34:35.789 --> 00:34:38.250 two, three years without losing against the big 00:34:38.250 --> 00:34:43.210 six, playing this hard -to -beat style. So why 00:34:43.210 --> 00:34:45.949 change now all of a sudden against Liverpool 00:34:45.949 --> 00:34:50.269 at Anfield, the champions? Open up and risk losing 00:34:50.269 --> 00:34:53.630 when you could be tight defensively, keep things 00:34:53.630 --> 00:34:57.309 tight, hard to beat, control the game. and then 00:34:57.309 --> 00:34:59.969 nick the goal we did all of the above apart from 00:34:59.969 --> 00:35:02.369 the latter which is the crucial and the most 00:35:02.369 --> 00:35:04.170 difficult thing to do in football which is to 00:35:04.170 --> 00:35:07.610 score on if we're in a better position than we 00:35:07.610 --> 00:35:10.170 were last season after the first international 00:35:10.170 --> 00:35:14.289 break yes for sure i think that's why we've done 00:35:14.289 --> 00:35:17.289 it because last year we were much shorter especially 00:35:17.289 --> 00:35:20.030 in certain positions and now i think we have 00:35:20.030 --> 00:35:23.010 better depth better quality better options as 00:35:23.010 --> 00:35:26.280 well because some players can play in two or 00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:29.420 three different positions which is great to have 00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:31.659 and it's going to give us very different outcomes 00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:36.679 yeah that's for sure last season squad was nowhere 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:39.880 near as strong as it is now the window was awful 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:45.739 but now we have got a strong squad i think i've 00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:48.400 heard a few people say the b team will get in 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:50.559 top seven and stuff like that the b team is amazing 00:35:51.050 --> 00:35:52.949 I won't go that far. I think the B team is really 00:35:52.949 --> 00:35:55.190 good. I would say the B team will beat other 00:35:55.190 --> 00:35:59.210 B teams. But I'm not sure about top seven. And 00:35:59.210 --> 00:36:02.289 I think our top A will comfortably beat our... 00:36:02.289 --> 00:36:05.530 I think our A team will beat our B team for sure, 00:36:05.590 --> 00:36:08.869 comfortably. And if it's hard to anticipate what 00:36:08.869 --> 00:36:12.010 we'll face from Postakoglu's Forest before the 00:36:12.010 --> 00:36:14.969 game, yes. But the moment the game starts, after 00:36:14.969 --> 00:36:17.929 five minutes, we will see very clear behaviours. 00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:20.199 what they want to do and that's what we have 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:23.199 prepared yeah like i said um arsenal just needs 00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:26.139 prepared for a few different styles and obviously 00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:30.619 adapt to that accordingly on if liverpool san 00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:34.159 isaac changes the title race well they are the 00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:37.059 strongest for sure they have recruited probably 00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:40.059 the two most decisive players that were in europe 00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:43.219 on the market and they've done really well to 00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:46.619 recruit them They were very strong. I think we 00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:49.099 need to look at ourselves and what we have to 00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:51.400 do in terms of our abilities to be better than 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:54.380 them. So obviously he's referring to Florian 00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:59.679 Wirtz and Alexander Isak signings, who are about 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:03.380 250 between them. But obviously he's giving them 00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:05.880 the pressure and saying that they're favourites 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:10.739 for the league. On how to tackle... players going 00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:14.099 through rises and peaks before their output goes 00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:17.579 down. That normally happens as well, especially 00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:20.539 with attacking players in relation to what they 00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:23.780 have provided. But that's a very volatile thing 00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:26.920 and you have to recognise that. First of all, 00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:29.599 look at yourself, see if you are doing something 00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:32.900 that is not helping their qualities or to get 00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:35.920 in a position that they can express better or 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:38.239 have a better chance to exploit their qualities 00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:41.460 there. then communicate with them as well it's 00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:43.119 something quite normal in football especially 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:46.159 for an attacking player that have to create these 00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:50.440 moments so yeah i think people like Maduweke 00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:55.139 would like the ball a certain way people like 00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:57.320 Eze would like the boost a certain way so like 00:37:57.320 --> 00:38:01.119 Maduweke might like to run onto the ball whereas 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:03.519 someone like Eze wants the ball to feed from 00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:06.880 deep so he can kind of travel the ball and bear 00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:09.619 down an opponent's goal So it's just about getting 00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:11.840 the relationships between the players. So for 00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:14.880 instance, kind of Fiore and Eze kind of getting 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:17.019 used to playing with each other, getting used 00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:19.559 to their tendencies and preferences and so on 00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:23.519 and so forth. On if there's a fear of overcoaching 00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:26.780 a player. It can be. Or coaching them badly. 00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:29.679 It's like communication on the pitch. You can 00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:34.539 say, no, I want you guys to coach. Coach. But 00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:38.559 coach well. Because coaching badly is a terrible 00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:41.599 thing to do. It's better not to coach and be 00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:44.539 on mute than coach badly. That's always a line 00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:46.840 that is very important. Well, put it this way. 00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:49.119 No coach will say that they're coaching badly. 00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:52.099 So that's the thing. You know what I mean? So 00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:54.960 everyone's got to have belief in themselves and 00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:57.539 their source that what they're doing is a positive 00:38:57.539 --> 00:39:02.599 thing. So this overcoaching thing, it's only 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:08.389 the outsiders are going to... On how impressive 00:39:08.389 --> 00:39:11.630 Madueke has been for Arsenal and England, I can 00:39:11.630 --> 00:39:14.110 talk about what I've seen and what I have experienced 00:39:14.110 --> 00:39:17.849 and I think the welcome that our supporters gave 00:39:17.849 --> 00:39:21.190 to Noni from day one was incredible. So I don't 00:39:21.190 --> 00:39:23.650 know all the ways that people communicated the 00:39:23.650 --> 00:39:28.510 disagreement with that. But our supporters, they've 00:39:28.510 --> 00:39:31.329 been exceptional and rightly so. because he's 00:39:31.329 --> 00:39:33.710 an unbelievable player yeah i feel like money 00:39:33.710 --> 00:39:36.909 is in an untapped talent and i think there's 00:39:36.909 --> 00:39:41.110 levels which he can reach you know um he's a 00:39:41.110 --> 00:39:44.590 young man i think he's 23 years old so i think 00:39:44.590 --> 00:39:48.650 the more he plays the more he plays with timbo 00:39:48.650 --> 00:39:52.650 ben white the more he can kind of get a relationship 00:39:52.650 --> 00:39:56.590 going with them or him and just build his confidence 00:39:56.590 --> 00:39:59.920 i feel like Yeah, as I said earlier, goals, assists, 00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:03.099 goals, assists. That's what we need. On how difficult 00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:07.480 it will be to stop Liverpool this year. It's 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:09.840 not about Liverpool. It's about the league in 00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:12.639 general and how difficult it's going to be with 00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:15.940 the level that it is to be so consistent and 00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:18.480 win the amount of matches you need to earn the 00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:20.960 right to win the Premier League. That's going 00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:24.159 to be a really long run for all of us. Well, 00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:27.360 yeah, Liverpool are rightly... sold favorites 00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:32.920 especially with their signings they beat us a 00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:36.599 few weeks back and also their current champions 00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:42.599 however we need to focus on our job last season 00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:47.119 we only lost four games but we drew over 10 and 00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:49.880 a lot of those were to the so -called low block 00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:54.980 side so it's fair to say it's obvious where we 00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:58.199 need to improve. We brought in extra flair with 00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:03.539 Eze, Maduweke and so on and so forth. So it's 00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:05.840 just about kind of integrating those players 00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:09.480 in the team, assimilating them with the tactics 00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:12.119 and kind of just letting them express themselves, 00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:16.760 especially Eze. On Gabriel Jesus being left out 00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:20.159 of the Champions League squad, he had major surgery 00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:23.739 That was going to take him many, many months. 00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:27.039 So after discussing that with the medical staff 00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:30.219 and understanding the schedule that we have had 00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:33.059 and when we thought that he could be available, 00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:38.039 that would be between December and January, we 00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:40.980 decided to make that call like we've done in 00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:43.539 the past with other players. Hopefully we did 00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:46.860 it wrong and he comes back earlier. But at the 00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:49.699 moment, the provision was very clear. So I think, 00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:51.659 yeah, the fact that we could leave a play of 00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:54.139 the quality of Gabriel Jesus is testament to 00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:57.900 how the squad is right now, how strong the squad 00:41:57.900 --> 00:42:01.780 is. I mentioned earlier in this video that I 00:42:01.780 --> 00:42:05.400 thought Gabriel Jesus looks like he's ready to 00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:08.239 almost make a comeback in the next month or so. 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:11.940 Arteta has mentioned December, January. I don't 00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:14.679 think Gabriel Jesus would. could feel the way 00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:16.599 because when i if you actually watch the video 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:19.280 on my channel you'll see in his face that he 00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:23.139 he's ready he's trying to come back asap he ain't 00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:28.739 trying to wait till december so um if i'm gonna 00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:32.940 predict i think october november the latest i'd 00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:35.960 say october i think we could see him in a match 00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:40.820 day squad in october so that being said he should 00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:43.909 probably feel Slightly disappointed that he isn't 00:42:43.909 --> 00:42:48.449 in squad. On HIF, he'll be back around December 00:42:48.449 --> 00:42:52.409 to start training with the team. It was around 00:42:52.409 --> 00:42:59.590 that time, the schedule that we had. 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