WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.560 Welcome to HYBR1D, Powered by chinkseyMEDIA. 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:09.580 Alright, every word from Arteta's pre -Port Vale 00:00:09.580 --> 00:00:12.679 presser. Our Carabao Cup journey begins against 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:15.839 Port Vale in the third round, and Mikel Arteta 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:18.719 has been facing the press before our trip to 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:22.050 Vale Park. During his press conference at the 00:00:22.050 --> 00:00:25.289 Sober Realty Training Center, Mikel spoke about 00:00:25.289 --> 00:00:28.269 his desire to win the competition after we reached 00:00:28.269 --> 00:00:33.130 the semifinals in 2024 -25, as well as providing 00:00:33.130 --> 00:00:36.399 an injury update on his squad. On Noni Madweke's 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:39.840 injury, yes, it looks like he's going to be out 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:42.939 for a few weeks. We don't know yet. We're probably 00:00:42.939 --> 00:00:45.899 going to have a scan next week again. He felt 00:00:45.899 --> 00:00:47.939 something at the beginning of the match. He tried 00:00:47.939 --> 00:00:50.659 to carry on, and at halftime, he was too sore. 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:53.600 So let's see. Well, you know, I want to hold 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:56.100 my hands up and say that I didn't believe that 00:00:56.100 --> 00:00:58.359 Madweke was injured. I thought it was a tactical 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:02.100 decision. But in a very timely manner, we have 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:04.159 a lot of options on the right flank now, especially 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:06.879 for tomorrow. But personally, I think he'll opt 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:10.640 with Bukayo Saka, considering he's missed quite 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:12.939 a big chunk of the last few weeks in terms of 00:01:12.939 --> 00:01:16.090 matches. and the England fixture. What I think 00:01:16.090 --> 00:01:20.209 will happen is he will play a half -stroke 60 00:01:20.209 --> 00:01:22.409 minutes, and then I think someone like a Max 00:01:22.409 --> 00:01:25.170 Dallman will feature. Yeah, I'm sure a lot of 00:01:25.170 --> 00:01:28.189 you are thinking Ethan Wanyeri. I'm sure, almost 00:01:28.189 --> 00:01:32.189 certain, that Ethan Wanyeri will feature, if 00:01:32.189 --> 00:01:35.200 not start. but it may not necessarily be off 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:38.000 that right flank. On if it's weeks rather than 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.900 months, we hope so. As I said, we need to scan 00:01:41.900 --> 00:01:44.260 him again to see the real extent of the injury, 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:47.280 but it doesn't look too bad. Well, I mean, earlier 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:49.799 on I heard two months, but you know the kind 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.099 of thing with wording, the thing with words and 00:01:53.099 --> 00:01:57.120 technicality is that weeks could be months. So 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.260 it could be five weeks. That's a month. Do you 00:02:00.260 --> 00:02:01.980 get what I'm saying? It could be 10 weeks, a 00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:06.129 couple months. So that's a very cheeky way of 00:02:06.129 --> 00:02:08.990 wording things. On how disappointing it is for 00:02:08.990 --> 00:02:12.189 him. He was gutted, obviously. Very disappointing 00:02:12.189 --> 00:02:15.610 to see because he was in such a good state. He 00:02:15.610 --> 00:02:18.210 looks like a real threat. He was getting some 00:02:18.210 --> 00:02:20.949 consistency, some flow into the team, and he 00:02:20.949 --> 00:02:23.669 looked like a real threat. So it's a big miss 00:02:23.669 --> 00:02:26.250 for us. Yeah, it's a crazy shame because he was 00:02:26.250 --> 00:02:29.210 in his momentum. He was getting into his rhythm. 00:02:29.330 --> 00:02:31.729 He was a real threat, as Arteta rightly said. 00:02:33.210 --> 00:02:35.229 You know, it's an opportunity for someone else. 00:02:35.550 --> 00:02:38.389 Someone like Ethan Waniere now to take his opportunity 00:02:38.389 --> 00:02:40.789 that he's been waiting patiently for and to make 00:02:40.789 --> 00:02:43.430 sure he performs so that when people like Odegaard 00:02:43.430 --> 00:02:47.189 and Maduike come back into the side or back to 00:02:47.189 --> 00:02:50.009 fitness and form, he's consolidated his position 00:02:50.009 --> 00:02:52.310 in the team. And I believe he can do that. Piero 00:02:52.310 --> 00:02:55.449 Hincapia's injury. Oh no, I didn't know about 00:02:55.449 --> 00:02:58.270 that. He picked up a little groin injury. We'll 00:02:58.270 --> 00:03:00.409 have to assess him. But, yeah, that's obviously 00:03:00.409 --> 00:03:03.449 ruled out hincapié for tomorrow. Bro, let me 00:03:03.449 --> 00:03:07.030 get some water, mate. Trust me, dog. Can't even 00:03:07.030 --> 00:03:09.110 breathe, let alone talk, bro. What's all this? 00:03:09.409 --> 00:03:11.289 What is all this, mate? I'm doing a recording, 00:03:11.569 --> 00:03:13.569 mate. I'm so unprofessional, mate. You know what 00:03:13.569 --> 00:03:16.509 I mean? Damn. Can't breathe. Gonna have to edit 00:03:16.509 --> 00:03:19.050 all that crap out. On if there's a time frame 00:03:19.050 --> 00:03:22.300 on it. No, I think it will be a short time. Yeah, 00:03:22.340 --> 00:03:24.780 once again, Hinkapie is out for tomorrow. On 00:03:24.780 --> 00:03:27.400 Kai Havertz's injury. With Kai, we know it will 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:30.240 be months with him. I don't know if it can be 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:32.639 weeks. You never know because this is Kai and 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:35.740 he's a different specimen. We really miss him. 00:03:35.860 --> 00:03:38.520 Hopefully he will be back. And back for the long 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:41.500 term as well. So it is very important to look 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:43.960 after that knee. So far, he's progressing pretty 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.699 well. Okay, my view is it'll be interesting to 00:03:46.699 --> 00:03:48.840 see who comes back first, actually, between Kai 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:51.159 Havertz and Gabriel Jesus, the forgotten man 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:54.439 at the club. With regards to Jesus, I did allude 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:57.759 a couple press conference analysis ago that I 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:01.080 thought he would be back around October. Definitely 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:03.340 not. I think November at the earliest because 00:04:03.340 --> 00:04:05.500 we're effectively in October. We're days away 00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:08.659 from October. But with regards to Kai, I think 00:04:08.659 --> 00:04:11.080 it will be a similar kind of time frame. Probably 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:12.819 looking at the end of the year as well. November, 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.460 December time. On if the injuries are just down 00:04:15.460 --> 00:04:18.139 to bad luck. We looked at everything. The one 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:20.620 with Noni is bad luck. It's a very unfortunate 00:04:20.620 --> 00:04:23.769 incident. With Kai... Something similar. With 00:04:23.769 --> 00:04:26.670 Ben White, it was similar. With Odegaard, same 00:04:26.670 --> 00:04:29.389 as all the guys that have been out. Very similar. 00:04:29.709 --> 00:04:32.589 Because he damaged his shoulder twice during 00:04:32.589 --> 00:04:35.350 the same action on the floor. Which is very unlikely 00:04:35.350 --> 00:04:38.850 to happen. With Bukayo, it was more of a muscular 00:04:38.850 --> 00:04:41.610 injury with the hamstring. Maybe something to 00:04:41.610 --> 00:04:44.430 look at more in depth. And we absolutely did 00:04:44.430 --> 00:04:48.259 that. We try to keep it as low as possible. That's 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:50.259 what we are trying to do. Well, I've spoken to 00:04:50.259 --> 00:04:52.339 a number of fans in recent weeks and some of 00:04:52.339 --> 00:04:55.439 them, no names, have blamed Arteta's training 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:58.319 regime for a spate of injuries that we've had, 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:02.100 which the manager has worded as very unfortunate 00:05:02.100 --> 00:05:05.699 injuries. So basically bad luck. Well, I'm not 00:05:05.699 --> 00:05:07.800 at the training session. I mean, I know the training 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:10.680 ground inside out because of whatever, but I've 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:12.920 never actually been privy to seeing the players 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:16.259 train. at the sober royalty but there might be 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:18.160 something in that but I can't really comment 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:20.300 because I've never been present on being able 00:05:20.300 --> 00:05:23.100 to give minutes to different players in the Carabao 00:05:23.100 --> 00:05:26.439 Cup tomorrow yes it's a lot of players that are 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:29.160 going to take part in that and they fully deserve 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:32.019 the minutes Kepa for sure is one of them he's 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:33.959 been with us his attitude the way he supports 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:37.120 us in every aspect of his role is the best possible 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.379 manner All this as well. They deserve more minutes 00:05:40.379 --> 00:05:44.120 than what they're getting. Yay! We have one of 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:47.800 the squad members in the lineup. So, yeah, so 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.160 Kepa will be starting in goal. So it's a question 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:53.100 of predicting the other 10. But, I mean, yeah, 00:05:53.139 --> 00:05:54.899 we knew Kepa was going to be in goal. I think 00:05:54.899 --> 00:05:57.120 a quick one. Well, it'll be difficult now because 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.000 of a few injuries. But just assuming that these 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:02.300 players are fit, I think it'll be Kepa, White, 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:07.259 Mosquera, Saliba, Lewis Skelly, and then Norgard 00:06:07.259 --> 00:06:12.009 if fit. Then Wanyeri, Marino. On the right, he 00:06:12.009 --> 00:06:15.810 may go down. No, I think Saka, Trossard, Martinelli. 00:06:15.910 --> 00:06:19.730 That's my predicted 11 for tomorrow. On if he's 00:06:19.730 --> 00:06:22.430 surprised by the reaction to our approach against 00:06:22.430 --> 00:06:25.870 Man City. In football, surprised? I'm not surprised 00:06:25.870 --> 00:06:28.629 about anything, no. Because I don't read the 00:06:28.629 --> 00:06:31.990 reaction, lads. But I do get told a little bit 00:06:31.990 --> 00:06:34.170 what the narrative is around it. Yeah, because 00:06:34.170 --> 00:06:36.790 you can't escape it. If you tell me that this 00:06:36.790 --> 00:06:39.980 is the main one, If I'm surprised, I will be 00:06:39.980 --> 00:06:43.399 extremely surprised. With my knowledge and my 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:45.759 know -how and how I analyse a football game, 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:49.120 it was impossible for anybody to predict such 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:51.899 a dominance from Arsenal throughout 96 minutes 00:06:51.899 --> 00:06:54.120 because it never happened in 17 years of Pep 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:57.089 Guardiola as a manager. So if the narrative goes 00:06:57.089 --> 00:06:59.629 somewhere else and we talk about dominance, about 00:06:59.629 --> 00:07:01.889 something else, how you can be dominant against 00:07:01.889 --> 00:07:04.370 such a team if you have a handbrake. Dominance 00:07:04.370 --> 00:07:07.110 and handbrake are two different words, but I 00:07:07.110 --> 00:07:09.649 accept everything. I will learn more to have 00:07:09.649 --> 00:07:12.069 a different vision. You know, I would like to 00:07:12.069 --> 00:07:16.170 battle Mikel Arteta in an analysis this off. 00:07:17.880 --> 00:07:21.720 analysis of like we'll see who the bigger analysis 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:25.060 is me or my car tell no but all jokes aside yeah 00:07:25.060 --> 00:07:27.120 it's all well and good saying you dominated Pep 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:30.300 Guardiola for 90 minutes or whatever but two 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:32.920 things with that Pep Guardiola is evolving, so 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:36.300 he's not that same Pep Guardiola that we imagine 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:39.800 from maybe five years ago, 10, 15 years ago, 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:42.939 where he created some of the best sides in football 00:07:42.939 --> 00:07:46.220 history. That's one. And two, in football, as 00:07:46.220 --> 00:07:48.680 Arsenal fans would know more than most, or if 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:51.680 not anyone, nobody remembers second place. Nobody 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:53.759 remembers the team that doesn't win. History 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:56.839 only remembers... The winners write history. 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:00.839 So to say that, yeah, we dominated Pep Guardiola 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.800 or we used to dominate Man United back in the 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:07.000 day when they won leagues. But, you know, Ferguson 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.439 was playing counter -attack with Ronaldo and 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.759 Rooney and but would lose and things like that. 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:13.920 No one remembers all that. So at the end of the 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.019 day, that's a hard luck story. It's just about 00:08:16.019 --> 00:08:19.680 winning. To summarize that waffle, history only 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:22.439 remembers the winners. And why Myles Lewis Skelly 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:26.019 hasn't played as much. this season so far yes 00:08:26.019 --> 00:08:28.540 and sometimes performances of other players as 00:08:28.540 --> 00:08:31.540 well you can be at a really good level but somebody 00:08:31.540 --> 00:08:34.620 can be at a different level or it's just that 00:08:34.620 --> 00:08:36.460 I have the perception at the moment that it's 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:38.360 better to play or start somebody else in the 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:40.500 team it doesn't mean Myles has done something 00:08:40.500 --> 00:08:43.059 wrong at all completely the opposite so when 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:45.320 he has the chance he has to try to show the level 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:47.500 that he's at elevate it and make the decision 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:50.620 even harder I like the way Mikel Arteta is trying 00:08:50.620 --> 00:08:54.529 to avoid saying Riccardo Calfluori name when 00:08:54.529 --> 00:08:56.450 he says a different player, the performances 00:08:56.450 --> 00:08:58.950 of other players and things like that, as if 00:08:58.950 --> 00:09:01.889 it's code. I mean, yeah, no, but all jokes aside, 00:09:02.169 --> 00:09:04.350 Riccardo Calafiori has been exceptional this 00:09:04.350 --> 00:09:07.029 season and warrants his position in the team 00:09:07.029 --> 00:09:10.889 based on his performances. So when Myles, yeah, 00:09:10.970 --> 00:09:13.350 I agree with everything Arteta said, apart from 00:09:13.350 --> 00:09:15.549 not naming Calafiori, who we all know he's referring 00:09:15.549 --> 00:09:18.990 to. So when Myles does get the opportunity, he 00:09:18.990 --> 00:09:21.769 has to take it and then make it a real battle. 00:09:22.509 --> 00:09:25.090 for that left flank position, left back position, 00:09:25.409 --> 00:09:28.509 which, you know, they're two top exceptional 00:09:28.509 --> 00:09:31.330 players, and it would be a phenomenal battle 00:09:31.330 --> 00:09:34.509 if Myles can really grow and keep improving, 00:09:34.769 --> 00:09:36.889 and I expect him to play tomorrow, start tomorrow, 00:09:37.049 --> 00:09:39.529 and have a fantastic performance. On if it's 00:09:39.529 --> 00:09:42.049 a fluid situation regarding where Myles can play, 00:09:42.230 --> 00:09:44.909 yes, fluid, especially because if you look at 00:09:44.909 --> 00:09:47.070 the amount of time that Myles defends and attacks 00:09:47.070 --> 00:09:49.809 in certain spaces, he's much more a midfielder 00:09:49.809 --> 00:09:51.960 than a fullback. But there are moments that he 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:54.120 needs to be in that position. He can absolutely 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.759 do it. He's shown it. He's shown that and done 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:58.519 it at the highest level in the Champions League. 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.179 So there's no question about that. Yeah, I think 00:10:01.179 --> 00:10:03.960 it goes over a lot of people's head how strong 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:07.539 that boy is. Like, put it this way. Myles Lewis 00:10:07.539 --> 00:10:12.039 Skelly is in the top five strongest players in 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:14.779 the Arsenal team. And the boys, I'm pretty sure 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:18.190 he just turned 19 last month or this month. I'm 00:10:18.190 --> 00:10:21.470 pretty sure. But yeah, he is a real physical 00:10:21.470 --> 00:10:26.330 specimen, you know? Fast, strong, athletic, fast 00:10:26.330 --> 00:10:29.629 twitch fibers. But on top of all of that, he's 00:10:29.629 --> 00:10:33.029 technically superb. Like, I'm a big Miles Lewis 00:10:33.029 --> 00:10:35.649 Skelly fan. I like his mentality, his personality, 00:10:36.049 --> 00:10:39.990 his hunger, his desire, his lion mentality. But... 00:10:40.190 --> 00:10:44.129 All that encompassed, for me, Riccardo Califiori 00:10:44.129 --> 00:10:47.610 warrants his place in that starting XI as we 00:10:47.610 --> 00:10:49.970 speak in this moment in time. So it's up to Miles 00:10:49.970 --> 00:10:53.409 to take that opportunity with both hands. On 00:10:53.409 --> 00:10:55.909 when Martin Odegaard might be back and if he 00:10:55.909 --> 00:10:58.529 needs surgery. No surgery, he's totally fine. 00:10:58.750 --> 00:11:01.409 He's already been training and it will be a matter 00:11:01.409 --> 00:11:05.429 of days, I think. Okay, that's interesting. So 00:11:05.429 --> 00:11:09.080 that... Like I said earlier, I go by wording. 00:11:09.259 --> 00:11:12.059 So if it's a matter of days with an S, that's 00:11:12.059 --> 00:11:15.080 a plural, that puts him out of tomorrow, but 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:18.580 puts him on contention for Newcastle. Interesting. 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:20.960 On how to find the balance of getting maxed out 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:24.120 in minutes while being around the first team 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:26.620 squad. Well, learning from him probably. First 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:29.299 of all, preparing and having a very good understanding 00:11:29.299 --> 00:11:32.000 of his new situation and all the things that 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:34.440 are different in his life. So we need to change 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:38.059 his times. We need to change his education, probably 00:11:38.059 --> 00:11:40.519 his allocation and where he is with his family. 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:43.019 His diet is different. His sleep patterns become 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:45.759 different. The training load is different. The 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:48.759 amount of information pressure. and exposure 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:52.240 is different so we have to manage a lot of factors 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:55.559 into that a lot of factors you add a lot of minutes 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:58.340 with very different teams as well we need to 00:11:58.340 --> 00:12:00.460 be cautious and that's what we are trying to 00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:02.559 do in the best possible way to find that balance 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:05.240 to keep max as connected as possible with the 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:08.259 first team because he's undoubtedly a player 00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:11.259 that we can help with and join the first team 00:12:11.950 --> 00:12:14.690 But that's why we need the right mixture of minutes 00:12:14.690 --> 00:12:17.230 like he did the other day with the under -23s 00:12:17.230 --> 00:12:19.649 and with England. To have that exposure when 00:12:19.649 --> 00:12:22.210 he needs to play with us, he's ready to do that. 00:12:22.470 --> 00:12:26.789 Okay, that was a very wordy paragraph. But from 00:12:26.789 --> 00:12:29.450 what I'm gauging from that, Max isn't going to 00:12:29.450 --> 00:12:32.009 start tomorrow. But hopefully, fingers crossed, 00:12:32.169 --> 00:12:34.820 he gets... onto the pitch at some point, get 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:36.960 some minutes. We have to remember that Max is 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:40.500 a young boy, a child, you know, one of exceptional 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:43.200 ability. I've never seen anything like that. 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:45.799 But we have to remember he is a child. He's a 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:49.340 little boy. He's just gone into year 11, due 00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:52.720 to be 16 in a couple of months. So we have to 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:56.320 take care of him. His welfare comes first, you 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:58.860 know. I've never even heard Max speak, to be 00:12:58.860 --> 00:13:02.000 honest, but he just seems he's got that footballers, 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:04.000 that new school footballers mentality where you've 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:05.980 got that poker face. You don't show nothing. 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:09.480 You know, you're just focused, job at hand, you 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:11.860 know, kind of unassuming. And I love that about 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:15.120 him. So obviously the Halen kind of, you know, 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:17.399 school of thought is really thriving right now. 00:13:17.460 --> 00:13:20.179 I know Halen quite well, actually, because. yeah 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:23.960 but yeah max darman needs to be looked after 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:27.440 but yeah i did say actually in some of the interviews 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:29.840 i did on the weekend that i would like to see 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:33.179 max darman featuring 20 fixtures across the season 00:13:33.179 --> 00:13:35.940 so i think he's currently on about three or four 00:13:35.940 --> 00:13:38.120 so hopefully he gets another one tomorrow on 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:40.460 how all the players react to getting nutmegged 00:13:40.460 --> 00:13:43.639 by him at the beginning they responded immediately 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:46.879 kick him that was the first one and max to be 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:49.629 fair he was excellent stood up and got to the 00:13:49.629 --> 00:13:52.509 next one. You can really take it personally of 00:13:52.509 --> 00:13:56.590 someone who was 14 last year at some point when 00:13:56.590 --> 00:13:58.889 he was doing certain things to players and now 00:13:58.889 --> 00:14:01.649 everybody loves him. You just want to hug him, 00:14:01.710 --> 00:14:04.330 help him. He's such a nice boy as well and he's 00:14:04.330 --> 00:14:06.690 very much liked by everybody here. It brings 00:14:06.690 --> 00:14:08.870 responsibility to look after someone with that 00:14:08.870 --> 00:14:12.679 talent and make sure we just do. What we have 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:14.779 to do to make sure we're given the best chance 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:17.759 to exploit his talent, that's all. Yeah, I mean, 00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:20.059 I've noticed that I've seen obviously a number 00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:21.799 of kind of, I don't want to say cliques because 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:24.179 that's got negative connotations, but I've seen 00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:26.580 a number of groups within the Arsenal squad. 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:29.080 So you've obviously got, you've got the, you've 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:32.220 got players that can kind of flit in within the 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:34.679 different, let's just use the word cliques. So, 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:36.679 and I think that guy is Declan Rice where he 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:39.639 can go with the... you know the british lads 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.200 or the black british lads or the hey lemboys 00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:46.179 in ethan and miles then you've got the spanish 00:14:46.179 --> 00:14:50.840 contingent with marino raya zubamendi then obviously 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.879 and then probably you've got someone like mascara 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:54.259 that will go there and then obviously you've 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:57.080 got saliba and gabriel who seem quite close i 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:59.419 think jokeres is an interesting one it looks 00:14:59.419 --> 00:15:03.269 like he's kind of mates with trossard who's close 00:15:03.269 --> 00:15:05.690 with Declan Rice, but as I said, Declan Rice 00:15:05.690 --> 00:15:09.149 flits into all of those groups. With Bakayo, 00:15:09.389 --> 00:15:12.350 so obviously you've got Kai Havertz and Odegaard 00:15:12.350 --> 00:15:14.889 who are close. I think Bakayo, similar to Declan 00:15:14.889 --> 00:15:17.950 Rice, is kind of very fluid in the kind of groups 00:15:17.950 --> 00:15:20.210 he mixes with, but yeah, it's a very interesting 00:15:20.210 --> 00:15:23.889 one. And yeah, so Max Dahlman, I've noticed, 00:15:24.129 --> 00:15:27.289 Lewis Skelly and Ethan kind of have taken to 00:15:27.289 --> 00:15:29.610 him. Yeah, and Declan Rice too. We will do that 00:15:29.610 --> 00:15:31.850 gradually because he's been out for a while, 00:15:31.929 --> 00:15:34.250 but I like what I saw the other day when he came 00:15:34.250 --> 00:15:36.370 on. Yeah, I mean, like I was saying earlier, 00:15:36.509 --> 00:15:38.809 I would like to see Bakayo Saka get on the pitch. 00:15:38.909 --> 00:15:41.629 I know a lot of you Arsenal fans will be like, 00:15:41.710 --> 00:15:43.769 nah, don't let him play. You know, it's Port 00:15:43.769 --> 00:15:46.409 Vale, he might get injured. But I think match 00:15:46.409 --> 00:15:48.610 fitness will do him the world of good ahead of 00:15:48.610 --> 00:15:51.750 the cauldron that is St. James' Park, a place 00:15:51.750 --> 00:15:55.149 that we do awfully at. I think Newcastle are, 00:15:55.350 --> 00:15:59.259 if not the only team... to have a favourable 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:02.379 record against us in the last five, six, seven, 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:05.320 eight fixtures as they've won five of eight, 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.320 which is amazing. I think Liverpool got a kind 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.120 of similar kind of, you know, similar kind of 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:12.940 record with us over that kind of spate of matches. 00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:16.259 But other than that, I think we have a favourable 00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:19.009 record against. pretty much everyone else in 00:16:19.009 --> 00:16:21.389 the league. So it's a tough game coming up ahead. 00:16:21.529 --> 00:16:23.710 So we need everyone firing on all cylinders. 00:16:23.950 --> 00:16:26.250 And if we're looking to use Gabriel Martinelli 00:16:26.250 --> 00:16:28.710 on the right after his goal against City, he 00:16:28.710 --> 00:16:31.710 can, he won't. And a lot of the runs that he 00:16:31.710 --> 00:16:34.110 makes sometimes as well are from a central position 00:16:34.110 --> 00:16:36.809 in relation to what phase of play we are playing 00:16:36.809 --> 00:16:39.429 and what his starting position is. And actually 00:16:39.429 --> 00:16:41.710 his impact has been really good for the team. 00:16:41.870 --> 00:16:44.610 Yeah, Gabriel Martinelli on the right? Nah, not 00:16:44.610 --> 00:16:48.159 for me. I mean, to do a job, When there's injuries, 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:50.860 but we've got options there now, like I alluded 00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:55.720 to earlier with Ethan Wanyeri and Max, young 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:58.120 Max. So we don't need to be fiddling around with 00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:59.919 that kind of stuff. I don't want to see Trossard 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:03.500 or Martinelli on the right wing. I think Martinelli, 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:07.039 centre forward, coming on as a sub, stretching 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:10.059 the play, running, you know, I think that's his 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:12.519 role. I would like to see him start tomorrow, 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:15.279 albeit on the left flank, and I would like to 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:17.960 see Trossard start up top. And if he's frustrated 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:20.299 by the narrative of us not taking the handbrake 00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:23.539 off, no. I was just surprised because when I 00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:25.900 saw everything and watching it back and all the 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:29.079 stats, I was surprised. But I respect everybody's 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:31.480 opinion. And if I can see and learn something 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:34.099 that I haven't seen, I'm more than happy to do 00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:37.400 so. So that's never an issue. I don't think that 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:40.019 one player makes that. When you see the behaviour 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:43.460 of our team, if you're going to define that with 00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:45.940 one player playing one position, I understand 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:48.740 the collective sport in a completely different 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:51.700 way. Then we played Ebbs on the right -hand side. 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:54.720 Could he play 90 minutes? That's a question I 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:57.660 put to myself because none of you know the load 00:17:57.660 --> 00:18:00.559 that he can do. So it's easy to say he could 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:02.759 have played from the start. Maybe not because 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:05.579 he already played two games from the start and 00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:07.880 he's never played as a right attacking midfielder. 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:10.079 So that's another one, a new element for him, 00:18:10.099 --> 00:18:12.960 but that's all good. Okay, two things with that. 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:16.480 One, I believe... You have to, in that kind of 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:18.299 competitive sport, I believe you have to always 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.960 believe in your source. Otherwise, there's no 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:23.000 point in being involved with it. It's like me. 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:26.039 I've got to believe that my channel can grow. 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.319 Otherwise, what's the point? So that's one thing. 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:30.859 And secondly, yeah, obviously, Mikel, we're not 00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:33.400 privy to this information. So we're all assuming. 00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:36.319 We can only assume and give our opinions because 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:38.200 you're not going to tell us. We're not there. 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:41.380 So for us to assume that Ebbs could have started, 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:43.220 well, what else could we do? One love.