WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.419 Hello and welcome to HYBR1D Powered by chinkseyMEDIA. 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:14.060 Media. Yes, we're back again for Mikel Arteta's 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:17.559 pre -West Ham press conference. We host West 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:20.820 Ham United on Saturday in our last match before 00:00:20.820 --> 00:00:24.559 the October international break. And Mikel Arteta 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.100 has been speaking to the press ahead of the contest 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:31.870 at the Emirates Stadium. The match will be Mikel's 00:00:31.870 --> 00:00:35.189 300th as our manager and he's been speaking about 00:00:35.189 --> 00:00:38.070 the milestone, team news and much more at the 00:00:38.070 --> 00:00:42.880 Sober Realty Training Centre. On the latest on 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:45.560 Gabriel's injury, we'll have to wait and see 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:48.439 after training. We've done almost nothing today, 00:00:48.500 --> 00:00:51.799 so we'll see how everybody is. But we weren't 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:56.240 too concerned about him. Yeah, the age -old Mikel 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:58.579 will find out tomorrow after training. I mean, 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:01.479 I talk about this every week where, obviously, 00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:05.200 Mikel would know whether Gabriel will play or 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:07.739 not. But he's not going to tell you, as I always 00:01:07.739 --> 00:01:10.780 say. So he's obviously using the fact that there's 00:01:10.780 --> 00:01:12.879 another training session after this particular 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:18.299 press conference to not kind of determine in 00:01:18.299 --> 00:01:21.099 the press conference whether Gabriel is fit or 00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:23.879 not, because we all know it's going to be either 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:29.920 or in the sense of Gabriel or Mosquera. But if 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.519 Gabriel needs a little rest, a little breather, 00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:35.540 then I don't mind. But however, with West Ham... 00:01:36.229 --> 00:01:38.750 struggling from set pieces, you would like to 00:01:38.750 --> 00:01:41.450 see Gabriel start. If it wasn't his prowess from 00:01:41.450 --> 00:01:44.109 set pieces, then I would have said, all right, 00:01:44.109 --> 00:01:47.489 maybe give Gabriel a little breather. He's probably 00:01:47.489 --> 00:01:50.310 going to go off to South America with Brazil 00:01:50.310 --> 00:01:53.189 during the international break. So give him a 00:01:53.189 --> 00:01:56.290 little breather and bring in Mosquera. But because 00:01:56.290 --> 00:01:58.530 of his prowess from set pieces, I would like 00:01:58.530 --> 00:02:01.069 to see Gabriel start tomorrow. And I'll be surprised 00:02:01.069 --> 00:02:04.579 if he didn't, to be fair. on pierre rohingya 00:02:04.579 --> 00:02:08.800 fitness he will be available after the international 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.780 break so we've been trying to do everything as 00:02:11.780 --> 00:02:15.620 fast as possible but this came too fast now we 00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:18.039 have the international break and hopefully after 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:20.479 that he will have a couple of sessions with the 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:24.539 team and be ready to go okay so in terms of when 00:02:24.539 --> 00:02:26.379 he comes back you're probably looking at the 00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:31.199 Brighton match in the Carabao Cup, which we'll 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:33.759 probably look to start him in with Lewis Skelly 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:39.319 next to him on the left. So, yeah, I mean, there's 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:41.560 no rush to have him back, but it'll be nice to 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:44.319 kind of see him get some games under his belt, 00:02:44.379 --> 00:02:48.639 get some match fitness and just to see what he 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:52.169 can bring to the side, another dimension. In 00:02:52.169 --> 00:02:55.509 terms of his thrust going forward. In a similar 00:02:55.509 --> 00:02:59.569 sense to Riccardo Calafiori. On the rest of the 00:02:59.569 --> 00:03:04.830 team's injury news. They're still out. Three 00:03:04.830 --> 00:03:09.949 words. Let's not elaborate. Okay, on Thomas Tuchel 00:03:09.949 --> 00:03:12.289 praising the character of our players called 00:03:12.289 --> 00:03:15.310 up to the England squad. Very much. And coming 00:03:15.310 --> 00:03:17.949 from someone like Thomas, who I know very well. 00:03:18.069 --> 00:03:20.569 For him to describe Myles Lewis Skelly in that 00:03:20.569 --> 00:03:23.909 way. Credit to the boy, the families and everybody 00:03:23.909 --> 00:03:26.669 that has been part of his education, because 00:03:26.669 --> 00:03:29.710 that's very, very important as well. And Miles, 00:03:29.930 --> 00:03:32.710 as you said, he hasn't played probably all the 00:03:32.710 --> 00:03:34.870 minutes that he wanted, but he's professional 00:03:34.870 --> 00:03:37.310 in the way he's engaged with the team, whether 00:03:37.310 --> 00:03:40.229 it's here with the national team. And this always 00:03:40.229 --> 00:03:43.110 gives you the possibility to count on him. Then 00:03:43.110 --> 00:03:45.129 we have played him in the Champions League and 00:03:45.129 --> 00:03:47.669 I think he had a really good game. Well, put 00:03:47.669 --> 00:03:50.479 it this way, I had an exceptional seat. The best 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:52.120 seat I've ever had at the Emirates, literally 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.759 in the halfway line, quite close to the action. 00:03:55.020 --> 00:03:57.039 And in the first half, Myles Lewis Skelly was 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:58.620 right in front of me effectively. So I could 00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:01.139 kind of see him up close and personal. And I 00:04:01.139 --> 00:04:03.000 was really impressed with a lot of things about 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:07.280 him. His domination of the winger, his physique, 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:09.860 like actually seeing him quite close. He's in 00:04:09.860 --> 00:04:13.159 great physical condition, just turned 19. He's 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:16.560 in his prime and he's obviously one of the leaders 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:21.399 in the team. You could see it. He's well -respected 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:24.740 within the team. He's embedded himself in the 00:04:24.740 --> 00:04:26.459 team. It's not like, oh, he's a youth player 00:04:26.459 --> 00:04:29.480 coming in. That was last season. Now he's a bona 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.079 fide first -team player. Probably slightly unfortunate 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:35.560 to not be starting. However, what I do think 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:37.699 in recent weeks, he's closed the gap on Ricardo 00:04:37.699 --> 00:04:41.060 Calafiori, who started the season on fire and 00:04:41.060 --> 00:04:44.100 has kind of, in the last few games, not been 00:04:44.100 --> 00:04:48.430 as great. It will be interesting to see if Miles 00:04:48.430 --> 00:04:52.370 can squeeze in a start tomorrow. However, what 00:04:52.370 --> 00:04:54.930 I think, I think he will stick with Calafiori 00:04:54.930 --> 00:04:58.949 only just. And I would personally stick with 00:04:58.949 --> 00:05:02.910 Calafiori. So in terms of the manager, I think 00:05:02.910 --> 00:05:06.990 he will opt with Calafiori. And then we'll revisit 00:05:06.990 --> 00:05:12.550 it after the international break, of course. 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:16.459 But yeah, Miles, if Miles was to start, I wouldn't 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:18.480 be disappointed, you know, either or. But for 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:22.899 me, Calafuri just edges it right now. So it's 00:05:22.899 --> 00:05:26.439 a fierce, fierce battle for that left back berth. 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:30.680 But I'm going to go with Calafuri for now. On 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:33.579 managing Bukayo Saka's minutes on England duty. 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:37.459 We're always talking, Thomas and I. We're always 00:05:37.459 --> 00:05:41.060 in very fluent communication, both ways. First 00:05:41.060 --> 00:05:43.779 of all, from my side, to giving feedback on where 00:05:43.779 --> 00:05:46.720 each of the players are and after, when they've 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:49.459 been in camp as well, to reflect and learn how 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:52.600 everything has gone. So I'm sure we'll do that. 00:05:52.779 --> 00:05:56.100 And so far, it's been very fluent and very positive 00:05:56.100 --> 00:06:00.319 communication. Yeah, I mean, Bakayo Saka came 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:05.839 on, had a great cameo on Wednesday against Olympiacos. 00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:09.980 And surprisingly, he ventured on the left -hand 00:06:09.980 --> 00:06:12.500 side. I was thinking, what? He hasn't been on 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:14.579 the left -hand side of the pitch in about eight 00:06:14.579 --> 00:06:17.980 years. So I was like, okay. Arteta's changing 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:24.579 it up, being less predictable, more dynamic in 00:06:24.579 --> 00:06:27.480 his kind of tactics, which is good. Good growth. 00:06:28.300 --> 00:06:31.000 But to see Eze on the right, once again, right 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:34.000 in front of me, it was, yeah, it was scope for 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:37.720 improvement. So it's good to see that we have 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:40.019 different options. So even if Maduweke comes 00:06:40.019 --> 00:06:42.120 in now, because I don't like to see him on the 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:45.720 left, his game gets affected. What he's best 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:48.379 at gets limited when he's out there on the left. 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:50.100 So it's either on the right or nothing, really. 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:53.259 So if you can now have an option of Saka maybe 00:06:53.259 --> 00:06:56.980 swapping around. having a stint on the left, 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:58.779 seeing how he goes there, putting crosses in 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:03.720 for Jokeres, then I'm all for it. I'm facing 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:07.100 West Ham United. We want to continue to play 00:07:07.100 --> 00:07:09.459 and flow and dominate games in the manner that 00:07:09.459 --> 00:07:12.420 we are doing. And it's going to be a key fixture. 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:14.899 Obviously, we learned in the last two seasons 00:07:14.899 --> 00:07:17.319 as well because we had two defeats against them 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:20.019 here. And it's something we need to put right. 00:07:20.100 --> 00:07:22.180 And tomorrow is another opportunity to do that. 00:07:22.670 --> 00:07:25.490 Yeah, I mean, over the years, West Ham have had 00:07:25.490 --> 00:07:29.569 a few wins at the Emirates. I can name four off 00:07:29.569 --> 00:07:31.569 the top of my head. And they all had the same 00:07:31.569 --> 00:07:34.350 kind of pattern to it, where the goalkeeper's 00:07:34.350 --> 00:07:37.050 always playing out of his skin. We don't score. 00:07:38.029 --> 00:07:41.649 And West Ham are resilient at the back and pinch 00:07:41.649 --> 00:07:43.430 a goal on the counter -attack. And that's been 00:07:43.430 --> 00:07:45.670 a template that they've used over the last, let's 00:07:45.670 --> 00:07:49.110 say, 10 years or so. So I'll throw three games 00:07:49.110 --> 00:07:53.160 up. I'll throw some games out there. So obviously 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:56.800 the Paille game, which was probably 2015, 2016 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:59.259 kind of time, where they beat us 2 -0 on the 00:07:59.259 --> 00:08:02.500 opening day of the season at the Emirates. There 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:04.500 was also, I think they were the first team to 00:08:04.500 --> 00:08:07.279 beat us at the Emirates, if I'm not wrong, or 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:10.319 one of the first. So that was just going back 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:15.319 to 20 years. But obviously the two recent ones 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:19.639 where they won 2 -0. Two years ago around Boxing 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.800 Day or on Boxing Day. And then last season, a 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.019 few months ago, where they hit us on the break 00:08:26.019 --> 00:08:29.399 and beat us in a game that we toiled and was 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:32.419 pedestrian, we was poor, we were just sluggish. 00:08:32.700 --> 00:08:34.679 And they caught us cold in a counter -attack 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:37.779 and Jared Bowen punished us. So, I mean, West 00:08:37.779 --> 00:08:39.960 Ham have jabbed us and they've caught us a few 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:44.779 times. But however, on the whole, I wouldn't 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:48.340 really say West Ham are a bogey team. I mean, 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:50.659 they have won a few games over the years, but 00:08:50.659 --> 00:08:54.179 if you actually look at how they do with us, 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:56.759 their results against us in comparison to their 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:59.460 results against other top teams, you'll understand 00:08:59.460 --> 00:09:03.600 that we actually, we dominate West Ham in terms 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:06.440 of wins. We don't lose often. So let's say, I'll 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:08.679 give you an example of if we played 30 times, 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:12.879 we probably would have lost about five. So all 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:16.659 in all, we generally get the better of West Ham. 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.139 It's just here and there they get a freakish 00:09:19.139 --> 00:09:21.899 result against us and they tend to be at the 00:09:21.899 --> 00:09:26.940 Emirates. On our recent home record against West 00:09:26.940 --> 00:09:29.740 Ham, which I've just mentioned, that's the difficulty 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:32.019 of that and the game that we're going to have 00:09:32.019 --> 00:09:34.980 to play tomorrow as well with a new manager and 00:09:34.980 --> 00:09:38.019 we know Nuno really well, the way he sets his 00:09:38.019 --> 00:09:41.059 team, so we expect a really tough match. as we're 00:09:41.059 --> 00:09:43.639 going to demand again three days later to come 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.019 back and have the same performance to win the 00:09:46.019 --> 00:09:49.139 game. Yeah, I think we've stepped it up in the 00:09:49.139 --> 00:09:51.799 last few weeks. If you probably include the Man 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:53.480 City game, just the manner of the performance 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:56.799 in which we dominated, the Newcastle performance, 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:59.600 which was our best performance of the season, 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:02.820 and probably the first half against Olympiacos 00:10:02.820 --> 00:10:05.139 when we should have been out of sight. I feel 00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:07.360 like, yeah, we're getting to a good level now 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:12.809 where we need to kind of... step up a gear going 00:10:12.809 --> 00:10:15.190 into October so after the international break 00:10:15.190 --> 00:10:19.830 we can go on a run and potentially be top because 00:10:19.830 --> 00:10:22.149 I think Liverpool will drop points in the coming 00:10:22.149 --> 00:10:27.309 weeks if not tomorrow on potentially I've just 00:10:27.309 --> 00:10:29.610 mentioned that as well on potentially going top 00:10:29.610 --> 00:10:32.580 of the Premier League It's, oh, I just mentioned 00:10:32.580 --> 00:10:35.620 momentum. It's about generating momentum. And 00:10:35.620 --> 00:10:38.039 there are periods in the season that there are 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:40.659 crucial and tomorrow's game is a really important 00:10:40.659 --> 00:10:43.000 one for us. And that's why from the beginning, 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:45.899 we need to generate that in the stadium as well 00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:48.980 and go for it. Because after we have two weeks 00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:51.539 break with the international week. So literally 00:10:51.539 --> 00:10:54.500 you just mentioned everything I've said, wherein 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:57.220 that we're searching for momentum. We could go 00:10:57.220 --> 00:10:59.440 top and there's an international break. So I 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:03.230 won't go over that again. On 300 matches as our 00:11:03.230 --> 00:11:07.950 manager, another blunt response. It's a lot. 00:11:12.110 --> 00:11:18.659 On his own win rate. Continue to go. The only 00:11:18.659 --> 00:11:21.120 thing that matters now is to go on Saturday again 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:23.700 and maintain the feeling and the things that 00:11:23.700 --> 00:11:26.480 we are doing really well. And hopefully many, 00:11:26.580 --> 00:11:29.460 many more to come. Yeah, I mean, Arteta's got 00:11:29.460 --> 00:11:31.840 a fantastic record. I mean, it befits winning 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:34.299 at the Premier League, but it's a shame that 00:11:34.299 --> 00:11:37.679 it's eluded him to this point. But you could 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:40.960 say all the heartache and all the despair from 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:45.299 the past on reaching over 1 ,000 matches in the 00:11:45.299 --> 00:11:48.710 future. The target is to win on Saturday and 00:11:48.710 --> 00:11:52.950 things will come. So I started on day one. I 00:11:52.950 --> 00:11:56.070 had no clue for how long and with who I was going 00:11:56.070 --> 00:11:58.730 to be sitting in this chair. And the only thing 00:11:58.730 --> 00:12:01.610 that I can say is thank you. And I enjoy every 00:12:01.610 --> 00:12:04.990 minute of it. And for many more to come, hopefully. 00:12:05.289 --> 00:12:08.950 1 ,000 matches. It'll be interesting to see if 00:12:08.950 --> 00:12:12.649 he does 1 ,000 matches for Arsenal. Because if 00:12:12.649 --> 00:12:15.070 he's done 300 matches and he's been here about 00:12:15.070 --> 00:12:19.470 six years, then obviously 1 ,000 matches is a 00:12:19.470 --> 00:12:24.389 good 15 years or so, 10 odd years. And I can't 00:12:24.389 --> 00:12:26.009 really see Arteta being here that long. He'll 00:12:26.009 --> 00:12:29.870 probably look to managing Spain or something. 00:12:30.129 --> 00:12:34.330 But I think the main thing is not leaving Arsenal 00:12:34.330 --> 00:12:37.149 without winning a Premier League or winning the 00:12:37.149 --> 00:12:39.129 Champions League because that would be a disaster. 00:12:39.169 --> 00:12:42.490 That would just be... A shame, a crying shame. 00:12:42.629 --> 00:12:46.129 But I think at the end of this season, something, 00:12:46.429 --> 00:12:51.169 there'll be something. On what would make the 00:12:51.169 --> 00:12:54.269 next 300 matches a success? I think I mentioned 00:12:54.269 --> 00:12:58.590 that. Again, winning. So you said about the winning 00:12:58.590 --> 00:13:01.330 rate, it's the highest. And even with that winning 00:13:01.330 --> 00:13:04.750 rate, we haven't won major trophies. So that 00:13:04.750 --> 00:13:08.730 shows the level. That's what you have to do. 00:13:09.610 --> 00:13:13.309 what has been done before but this level is not 00:13:13.309 --> 00:13:16.409 enough it has to be much more and it is much 00:13:16.409 --> 00:13:19.029 more difficult that's what we'll be trying to 00:13:19.029 --> 00:13:22.590 focus on doing so yeah i mean what he's referring 00:13:22.590 --> 00:13:24.590 to is that the level is higher i'm not really 00:13:24.590 --> 00:13:30.970 sure about that but what i will say is it's fine 00:13:30.970 --> 00:13:34.629 lines so when it comes down to the crunch it's 00:13:34.629 --> 00:13:38.840 the fine lines that separate the top sides so 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:42.000 for instance last season there was a point in 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:45.299 January where Liverpool were dropping points 00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:49.799 namely a specific week where Liverpool drew with 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:52.539 Aston Villa and Everton and we had an opportunity 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:55.000 to really close the gap Andrea Berta's come in 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:58.679 and blew the bag on numerous players of top quality 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.559 so it's all there for him to do it it's just 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.019 how he kind of channels that quality channels 00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:08.980 that hunger channels that ability every week 00:14:08.980 --> 00:14:12.080 week in week out every three days win win win 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:15.899 win win rotate rest make sure that player's playing 00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:19.340 make sure you share game time I think Wanyeri 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:22.059 probably it's a bit unlucky not to have featured 00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:24.820 much in recent weeks but I think he's a player 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:28.340 that can come in at any point and there will 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:32.899 be not much of a drop off if any so I think it's 00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:37.860 his quad utilisation, his tactics per game. I 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:41.820 think if he can get that on point, then I think 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:44.320 we'll be smiling at the end of the season. On 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:47.200 Gabriel's scoring record, that's a fundamental 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:50.659 part of a central defender, dominating both boxes. 00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:54.080 And he does that probably like no one else. And 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:56.899 that's the joy of having him on our team. Yeah, 00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:58.840 I mean, I don't think there's a player on world 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.830 football. that dominates both boxes. I mean, 00:15:01.970 --> 00:15:07.029 he is the dictionary epitome of what dominating 00:15:07.029 --> 00:15:10.629 both boxes means. So he's a scoring threat in 00:15:10.629 --> 00:15:12.870 the opposition box, especially from corner kicks 00:15:12.870 --> 00:15:15.750 and set pieces. And then in his own box, he's 00:15:15.750 --> 00:15:19.009 a pugnacious, domineering, dominating centre 00:15:19.009 --> 00:15:23.110 -back who intimidates invariably every centre 00:15:23.110 --> 00:15:25.789 -forward he comes up against. Just ask Nick Voitermeyer 00:15:25.789 --> 00:15:29.559 from last week. and Erling Haaland as well, to 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:33.620 name but a few. On Bukayo Saka's growth in his 00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:38.039 200th Premier League match, while you were doing 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.480 your question, I visualised Bukayo playing as 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.379 a left -back. That's the first thing that came 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:45.899 to my mind against Bournemouth on my first game, 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:49.200 so far from the pitch, very far in his journey, 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:52.159 very far as well personally, and the person that 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.700 he's becoming, the role he's got in the team. 00:15:55.210 --> 00:15:57.330 And we had a great journey together and it's 00:15:57.330 --> 00:16:00.429 been a joy to see that every single day. Yeah, 00:16:00.429 --> 00:16:05.220 I mean, it's remarkable to... to see how Bukayo 00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:07.220 has developed in his seven, eight years in this 00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:10.039 Arsenal first team. I mean, he was always a winger 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:12.080 because I remember at the training ground, I 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.879 used to see his name in a youth team and it was 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:17.220 on the right wing, you know, with the board, 00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:21.059 the circle on the board where it says where you 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:23.039 do your tactics on the tactics board. I remember 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:24.860 seeing his name on there where I was at the training 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:28.320 ground. So to see him go from that at the age 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:32.679 of 17 to what he is now at 24, a key cog in the 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:35.460 team, one of the best players in the Premier 00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:37.220 League, the best player in the Arsenal team, 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:42.460 the diamond jewel, cherry on the top of the cake, 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:47.460 one of the best players in world football, and 00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:49.539 soon to be signing a new contract, which I'm 00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:52.600 sure will take him into his prime and beyond. 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:57.320 But I think the thing is for players like him, 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:02.179 Saliba, Rice, Gabriel, is winning. But the thing 00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:04.480 is, you can't just blame the club or manager 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:08.259 because if all of you players are together, you 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:12.519 are top players. So if you're top players, you 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:15.059 should be winning, right? Because you guys are 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:17.660 the ones that go onto the pitch. So you can't 00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:20.099 always blame the manager. The onus is on you 00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:22.519 to perform. And if you do perform, then nothing 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:25.339 will be in the way of you winning. So it's all 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:28.480 on you guys. How much you want it to learn from 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:30.779 the mistakes and the pain and anguish from previous 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:37.339 seasons and to channel it into success. On if 00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:40.279 a win over West Ham shows growth this season. 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:43.460 Yes, there are always moments when you have drop 00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:46.099 points and that's certainly been one of those. 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:49.160 And at home, we know the form that we need and 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:51.359 the amount of games that we have to win to reach 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:54.500 this target, the target that we have. And again, 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:58.119 tomorrow is going to be a key match for us. So 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:02.839 I guess Mikel is probably looking at 15, 16 home 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:05.440 wins. I mean, our home form over the last few 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:07.640 years hasn't been the greatest. We'll drop points 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:12.619 to also runs, to mid -tabled sides. such as West 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:14.660 Ham, in the last two seasons, we've lost to them. 00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:18.319 So we've already dropped points to Man City, 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:25.279 but I mean, you could probably drop points in 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:28.759 two or three games at home, maybe a couple of 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:32.240 draws, a defeat and one draw or so. But I feel 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:34.579 we've got to go out to win every single game, 00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:36.319 and that's including the Liverpool game, because 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:38.880 we owe them one, especially after they beat us 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:42.359 at Anfield. on how he's got to 300 matches in 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:46.240 charge. I feel very privileged. I'm really enjoying 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:48.640 what I do with the people that I do it with. 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:53.319 And we know it's in our job that winning a lot 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:55.819 of football matches is important if you want 00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:58.859 to stay in a job. And the other one is while 00:18:58.859 --> 00:19:01.779 we are here doing this, make sure as well that 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:03.980 we enjoy our profession because it's got, in 00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:06.700 my opinion, some of the most beautiful things. 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:09.640 that you can experience in life and trying to 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:12.460 do both things at the same time? Well, I think 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:16.940 winning and staying in the job and enjoying the 00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:20.859 job are inextricably, invariably linked together. 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:26.140 So it's like winning breeds happiness, success, 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:29.059 a great camaraderie in the camp, a good team 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:33.140 spirit, and that makes everyone happy. So it's 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:36.769 like a string. Piece of string. The winning is 00:19:36.769 --> 00:19:39.849 one side, the happiness the other. However, if 00:19:39.849 --> 00:19:41.849 you're not winning, you're constantly coming 00:19:41.849 --> 00:19:45.349 second, constantly fluffing your lines when opportunity 00:19:45.349 --> 00:19:48.930 to strike and win is there and you're missing, 00:19:49.130 --> 00:19:54.130 then you get frustrated. Players become disheartened, 00:19:54.170 --> 00:19:57.349 disillusioned, wondering if it's ever going to 00:19:57.349 --> 00:20:00.069 happen. I mean, if we don't do it this season... 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.480 That would be a cry in shame, but I doubt that 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:07.359 will happen because I just think that the type 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:10.380 of players' mentality that we have, they will 00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:16.279 not allow another season of, let's have it right, 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:18.259 failure. I mean, it's a strong word, failure, 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:25.140 but it's only winning, victory or failure. There's 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:29.769 nothing in between. One team wins the league, 00:20:29.829 --> 00:20:34.309 the rest fail. On the journey over the last five 00:20:34.309 --> 00:20:37.509 years as manager, you see the rotation in the 00:20:37.509 --> 00:20:40.869 squad has been phenomenal. But at the end, you 00:20:40.869 --> 00:20:43.630 get to where you get to thanks to everybody who's 00:20:43.630 --> 00:20:46.250 been on the journey. Some people, they've been 00:20:46.250 --> 00:20:49.420 for six months. some others for three years, 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:52.140 some others for 18 months, but they've all been 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:55.380 critical and very important, sometimes to help 00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:57.759 the team, sometimes as well to help you learn 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:01.099 the direction that you have to take and what 00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:04.039 the moment is as well to change and re -evaluate 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:06.440 all the things that you are doing. And I'm very 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:08.720 grateful for everybody that has been part of 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:10.920 this journey because they've all been very important. 00:21:11.710 --> 00:21:14.990 It's interesting to see the timeframes that Arteta 00:21:14.990 --> 00:21:17.630 has chosen to use. So he's mentioned three years, 00:21:17.890 --> 00:21:22.609 18 months and the players from the summer. So 00:21:22.609 --> 00:21:26.730 in terms of the 18 months, we've got a few players 00:21:26.730 --> 00:21:28.430 that have been in that timeframe, but I think 00:21:28.430 --> 00:21:31.150 the vast majority have been here for three years 00:21:31.150 --> 00:21:36.279 or beyond. So the rises of this world. and so 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:39.279 on and so forth. But obviously, I think we brought 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:44.059 in eight players in the summer. So I think a 00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:46.220 good few of them are in the starting lineup. 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:50.380 So it's a good mix of the kind of newer players 00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:52.640 as well as the players that have been here for 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:57.359 a number of years. So, yeah, it's just about 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:01.680 them kind of adapting, assimilating to this squad, 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:05.990 the tactics. what we're about and just giving 00:22:05.990 --> 00:22:09.869 their strengths and adding their strengths to 00:22:09.869 --> 00:22:16.029 what is already a successful side. And if he 00:22:16.029 --> 00:22:20.049 needs luck or to be a better manager to win trophies, 00:22:20.150 --> 00:22:25.890 probably you need a bit of both in many senses 00:22:25.890 --> 00:22:27.890 because with the amount of points that we have 00:22:27.890 --> 00:22:30.910 generated or the win rate that you've discussed, 00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:35.799 Other managers have won titles, big titles. We 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:38.799 have won titles, but we won the biggest ones. 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:43.720 And that's it. Sometimes in sports, you have 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:47.000 to congratulate somebody else who has been even 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:49.740 better than you. You can be really, really good 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:53.240 or excellent, but somebody has been extraordinary. 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:57.099 This league is the level that demands, but certainly 00:22:57.099 --> 00:23:00.839 we are going to try to get that. Okay, so I think 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:04.509 in some of my previous... Podcast, I've seen 00:23:04.509 --> 00:23:07.269 some subtle shots at Alex Ferguson. Clearly, 00:23:07.289 --> 00:23:09.769 this is another one because he said other managers 00:23:09.769 --> 00:23:12.369 have won titles with the points that we've got 00:23:12.369 --> 00:23:14.670 when we haven't won it. And obviously, a lot 00:23:14.670 --> 00:23:17.230 of Manchester United sides would lose five, six, 00:23:17.250 --> 00:23:19.710 seven games and still win the league. And they're 00:23:19.710 --> 00:23:23.750 probably getting around between 70 and 80 points 00:23:23.750 --> 00:23:25.529 for winning a league. So he's obviously referring 00:23:25.529 --> 00:23:28.890 to them. But since Pep Guardiola came in 10 years 00:23:28.890 --> 00:23:31.809 ago, he's upped the standards and levels of... 00:23:32.490 --> 00:23:35.369 in terms of what you can get away with in terms 00:23:35.369 --> 00:23:38.049 of winning the league. So obviously I asked the 00:23:38.049 --> 00:23:41.210 question a few weeks back in terms of how many 00:23:41.210 --> 00:23:43.829 league matches can you afford to lose and still 00:23:43.829 --> 00:23:46.349 win the league? And I think we kind of came to 00:23:46.349 --> 00:23:48.609 the conclusion four or five, depending on how 00:23:48.609 --> 00:23:51.569 many games you draw. But I came to the conclusion 00:23:51.569 --> 00:23:55.210 that you can, at worst, you can afford to not 00:23:55.210 --> 00:23:58.730 win 10 games. But if you're not winning those 00:23:58.730 --> 00:24:05.329 games, you have to... You can't have an inferior 00:24:05.329 --> 00:24:07.569 record to the second place side, if that makes 00:24:07.569 --> 00:24:10.829 sense. So the team that you're challenging for 00:24:10.829 --> 00:24:13.509 the title, your main rivals, cannot pick up four 00:24:13.509 --> 00:24:15.309 or more points against you if you're going to 00:24:15.309 --> 00:24:18.309 lose five, six games. That's how I've summarised 00:24:18.309 --> 00:24:22.589 that. On not facing Graham Potter this weekend. 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:26.099 A little word for Graham because I think he's 00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:28.940 an exceptional manager and he's done it in various 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:31.500 contexts in his career for a long, long, long 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:35.319 time. Then as a man, I'm just talking a lot to, 00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:38.079 I'm talking to a lot of players and people who 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:41.160 have had the joy to work with him, the way they're 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:43.920 describing him and the time that they've spent 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:47.109 together. So it's sad to see him go. especially 00:24:47.109 --> 00:24:49.349 with some of the things that happened on social 00:24:49.349 --> 00:24:51.829 media and a lot of things that I think, in my 00:24:51.829 --> 00:24:53.730 opinion, to have the best league in the world, 00:24:53.829 --> 00:24:56.509 we have to improve. To have the best league in 00:24:56.509 --> 00:24:58.349 the world, we have to make sure that the people 00:24:58.349 --> 00:25:00.529 who are so important in our league are taken 00:25:00.529 --> 00:25:04.410 care of in the right way. And I think all as 00:25:04.410 --> 00:25:07.970 a whole. I think we can do better on that and 00:25:07.970 --> 00:25:11.470 hopefully we can learn from that. OK, I mean... 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:14.319 Graham Potter has struggled with his last few 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:16.940 managerial jobs. I'm not really sure if he gets 00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:19.759 another Premier League stint in terms of how 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:22.279 badly he's done. But that goes back to what I 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:24.680 was saying with Mikel Arteta has given himself 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:27.039 so much credit in the bank that he's banked himself 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:30.680 a number of top jobs in the future if he so were 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:33.619 to choose. However, with Potter, he's done the 00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:36.750 adverse. And you had the opposite effect where 00:25:36.750 --> 00:25:39.710 he started off really well with Ostersunds, then 00:25:39.710 --> 00:25:43.809 went to Swansea and had a stint at Brighton, 00:25:43.829 --> 00:25:46.269 did really well there, which earned him the Chelsea 00:25:46.269 --> 00:25:49.089 move. The Chelsea move didn't go to plan. He 00:25:49.089 --> 00:25:51.289 took a few years out and then was at West Ham 00:25:51.289 --> 00:25:53.269 now. And I didn't think that was the best fit 00:25:53.269 --> 00:25:56.089 for him. So now, obviously, he's been fired. 00:25:57.609 --> 00:26:01.109 And they brought in Nuno Espirito Santo, who 00:26:01.109 --> 00:26:04.859 is going to have West Ham setting up. in a defensive 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:08.799 manner, probably a 3 -5 -2, playing on the break 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:13.480 in the transition. So it'll be interesting to 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:16.200 see how we can cope with that tomorrow, especially 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:19.539 as we just missed Nuno when we played Nottingham 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:23.279 Forest. But this is his second team, second game 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:26.200 with West Ham, having played Everton on Monday. 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:34.980 As you say, we haven't seen enough for different 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:38.420 circumstances, especially because Martin hasn't 00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:40.779 been available much this season for different 00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:43.859 reasons. But there is something as well. They 00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:46.200 have that personal chemistry and hopefully with 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:48.759 more time on the pitch and more understanding, 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:51.480 that will flourish as well. Yeah, that's true. 00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:53.359 I mean, the three balls that Martin has been 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:55.119 playing in recent weeks have been out of this 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:58.000 world. So I think especially with Eze on the 00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:01.690 pitch, it will free up. Odegaard on the opposite 00:27:01.690 --> 00:27:04.869 side as they won't be able to afford to double 00:27:04.869 --> 00:27:07.089 up on him because you've got Saka and Eze hopefully 00:27:07.089 --> 00:27:14.190 flanking him however with in terms of Odegaard 00:27:14.190 --> 00:27:17.109 and Jokeres I like the they probably got that 00:27:17.109 --> 00:27:20.309 Scandinavian chemistry they're probably friends 00:27:20.309 --> 00:27:23.609 off the pitch you know you've got the Norwegian 00:27:23.609 --> 00:27:27.259 in Odegaard and then you've obviously got the 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:30.319 Swede in Djokovic so they're probably friends 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:33.220 in the pitch playing next to each other so there's 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:36.380 a link there and obviously like I mentioned the 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:38.500 three balls that Odegaard's starting to play 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:41.220 and it looks like he's resurrecting his best 00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:47.319 form from a few years ago On finding the freedom 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:50.920 for players within such a tactical system, I 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:53.180 think there's a way around it. I think you have 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:55.420 to create a system and a structure around the 00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:57.839 qualities of the players and with our attacking 00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:01.099 players especially. We try to do that even with 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:03.880 our defenders. We know certain qualities that 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:06.480 we have in the defensive line and we will pick 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:09.359 certain ways to press or certain ways to defend 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:11.680 to force people in relation to where we want 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:14.640 the ball to end. With Martin, it's very clear. 00:28:15.069 --> 00:28:17.109 that we want the ball in certain areas of him 00:28:17.109 --> 00:28:19.670 because when he's able to do that, he's a real 00:28:19.670 --> 00:28:23.250 threat. Yeah, you want Martin between the lines 00:28:23.250 --> 00:28:27.089 of the ball to feet with players running off 00:28:27.089 --> 00:28:33.970 him. That's how he basically... Martin from Wednesday 00:28:33.970 --> 00:28:37.130 is the ideal Martin where Martin had space because 00:28:37.130 --> 00:28:41.150 Olympiakos... didn't play with a low block. So 00:28:41.150 --> 00:28:43.450 he was threading balls for fun. I mean, he was 00:28:43.450 --> 00:28:46.609 fantastic on Wednesday and rightfully so got 00:28:46.609 --> 00:28:49.329 the man of the match. Adding to his cameo against 00:28:49.329 --> 00:28:54.509 Newcastle on Sunday, he's had two great games 00:28:54.509 --> 00:28:57.950 and I think that's probably earned him a start 00:28:57.950 --> 00:29:03.789 for Saturday. I'm switching Bukayo to the left 00:29:03.789 --> 00:29:07.190 wing against Olympiakos. With Bukayo, we decided 00:29:07.190 --> 00:29:09.690 in the last few minutes to change sides for two 00:29:09.690 --> 00:29:12.430 different reasons. And because he's on his natural 00:29:12.430 --> 00:29:14.990 foot on that side, especially against teams that 00:29:14.990 --> 00:29:17.589 are constantly pushing their fullbacks and the 00:29:17.589 --> 00:29:20.309 space is wide, he's a real threat. He's able 00:29:20.309 --> 00:29:23.009 to get down the byline and put balls into the 00:29:23.009 --> 00:29:26.450 box for people like Victor Yocarez to fight for 00:29:26.450 --> 00:29:29.589 headers. So I think that's a good dynamic to 00:29:29.589 --> 00:29:33.799 add. On if Jurian Timber is the most underrated 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:36.559 player in the league. I don't know because I 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:40.799 rate him a lot. So I don't know how people rate 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:44.240 him. Hopefully a lot because when you are talking 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:47.119 about a total player, he has almost every quality 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:49.660 that you want from a defender. Well, do you know 00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:52.319 what? I'll go one up on that. I think Jurian 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:55.500 Timber's got almost every quality that you want 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:59.700 from a modern day footballer. That man is an... 00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:03.420 Absolute phenomenon. World -class full -back. 00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:05.660 And I was saying to one of the fans that I sit 00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:09.200 next to on Wednesday, I don't actually know if 00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:14.640 Jurian Timber is primarily a centre -half playing 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:17.900 at right -back or a right -back playing at right 00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:24.779 -back. I really don't know. So, yes, it's amazing 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:27.119 to know that we've got a player of such quality. 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:31.490 And I think him... William Saliba and Gabriel 00:30:31.490 --> 00:30:33.789 are all on the same wavelength. The three of 00:30:33.789 --> 00:30:36.190 them are shoe -ins for the starting XI. Whoever 00:30:36.190 --> 00:30:39.650 we play, they are three of the best players in 00:30:39.650 --> 00:30:41.450 the world football in their positions, for sure. 00:30:41.529 --> 00:30:46.210 No doubt about it. There's obviously a debate 00:30:46.210 --> 00:30:50.549 going around in terms of who can stay there even 00:30:50.549 --> 00:30:52.910 closer during Timber and the Premier League in 00:30:52.910 --> 00:30:55.289 terms of quality. I think the only one you could 00:30:55.289 --> 00:30:59.099 bring up... is Rhys James but because of his 00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:02.980 fitness issues then you probably gotta go for 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:06.740 Timber I mean I rate Rhys James a lot but yeah 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.660 I'll probably side with Timber on that one to 00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:10.680 be fair only just but I think Rhys James is top 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:13.920 um and then you've got people like Ola Aina but 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:16.099 I don't think Ola Aina is as good as Timber no 00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:20.539 way but he's a top player as well so yeah Drury 00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:23.759 and Timber for me is um is underrated because 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:27.670 I think Outside the Arsenal fan base, you don't 00:31:27.670 --> 00:31:29.869 really hear him mentioned a lot. But he's a player 00:31:29.869 --> 00:31:32.769 that delivers 8 out of 10 performances week in, 00:31:32.849 --> 00:31:37.109 week out. On the minutes for Ethan Wanyeri and 00:31:37.109 --> 00:31:40.990 Myles Lewis -Skelly. I work with the boys and 00:31:40.990 --> 00:31:44.829 I can provide in the context that the team is 00:31:44.829 --> 00:31:47.250 playing at the moment. Ethan has not played two 00:31:47.250 --> 00:31:49.549 games in the Premier League very early because 00:31:49.549 --> 00:31:52.660 of an injury to Martin as well. he played in 00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:55.299 other competitions and he will play more with 00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:58.220 miles it's the same but sometimes it's form sometimes 00:31:58.220 --> 00:32:00.279 it's the fact that we want to do certain things 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:03.099 in relation to the position and that's it what 00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:05.619 i want is for them to be in a state that they 00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:08.599 are in they have to be used and when they are 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:12.019 playing whether it is to start a game or for 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:14.619 a few minutes they are fully ready and both of 00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:17.200 them have been really good at that for me okay 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:21.599 knowing how both players is um character is i 00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:25.960 think ethan is more reserved he's quiet outside 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:29.680 his circle i think so if you're not in ethan's 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:33.160 close circle i think he's quiet whereas miles 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:38.220 is more outgoing he's more you know he's when 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:39.720 he walks in the room you know he's there kind 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:44.700 of thing um more flamboyant character confident 00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:49.400 boy However, in terms of not starting, for me, 00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:51.700 for what I see of Ethan, what I can imagine his 00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:54.119 character to be, I don't think he's a player 00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:57.500 that enjoys not playing. I don't think he'll 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:59.460 be happy that he's not getting the minutes he 00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:01.500 feels he deserves. And I feel that he deserves. 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:03.859 As I mentioned already, I feel like he should 00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:07.720 have got some game time. But I agree with Arteta 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:10.960 in the fact that there are many games to come. 00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:13.700 He will start against Brighton in the League 00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:16.750 Cup, guaranteed. And obviously there's Champions 00:33:16.750 --> 00:33:18.970 League games in which he's going to start as 00:33:18.970 --> 00:33:20.829 well. Champions League is of the highest level. 00:33:20.990 --> 00:33:23.930 The opponents that we play against may not be 00:33:23.930 --> 00:33:27.150 of the highest level. But it's an opportunity 00:33:27.150 --> 00:33:29.710 for you to stake your claim and show that, OK, 00:33:29.769 --> 00:33:33.630 cool. You feel that you should be starting. We'll 00:33:33.630 --> 00:33:36.069 go and prove it. So it's just about biding his 00:33:36.069 --> 00:33:38.750 time and patience. He's 18 years old. Miles is 00:33:38.750 --> 00:33:41.430 19. Whereas I think, as I mentioned earlier, 00:33:41.690 --> 00:33:45.529 Miles is close. to probably get him back in the 00:33:45.529 --> 00:33:49.009 team. But when he does now, he has to kind of 00:33:49.009 --> 00:33:50.730 make sure he doesn't lose it because I think 00:33:50.730 --> 00:33:53.190 the reason he did lose it is probably small positioning 00:33:53.190 --> 00:33:57.089 errors where teams would probably look to use 00:33:57.089 --> 00:34:01.289 him when he runs forward to exploit the space 00:34:01.289 --> 00:34:03.970 that he leaves behind. So I think in terms of 00:34:03.970 --> 00:34:06.930 how Calafiori is coming, Calafiori has improved 00:34:06.930 --> 00:34:10.210 defensively immensely this season and he had 00:34:10.210 --> 00:34:14.630 a fantastic start to the season. and if he'll 00:34:14.630 --> 00:34:17.670 continue to rotate his squad. With the schedule 00:34:17.670 --> 00:34:20.170 that we have, we have to play Sunday, Wednesday, 00:34:20.349 --> 00:34:24.250 Saturday. So the last time we played three games 00:34:24.250 --> 00:34:26.929 in seven days is a while ago. Some of the players 00:34:26.929 --> 00:34:29.789 haven't played ever three games in seven days. 00:34:29.929 --> 00:34:32.530 So we need to manage that because they can come 00:34:32.530 --> 00:34:36.130 from a period of a lot of load. We have had two 00:34:36.130 --> 00:34:39.170 very, very high games. So if the schedule continues 00:34:39.170 --> 00:34:41.750 like that and they don't give us an extra day, 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:46.820 We're going to have to do that, yes. Okay. Depends 00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:50.000 what you class as rotating. You mean one or two 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:54.420 or five or six? Because I don't really see one 00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:57.179 or two as rotating. Maybe it's a chance to give 00:34:57.179 --> 00:35:02.519 certain players minutes that won't kind of affect 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:06.440 the quality of the first team much. However, 00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:09.519 I feel like, as I mentioned in one of my fan 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:12.840 cams during the week, I feel like there's a chasm 00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:16.380 growing between Ben White and Julian Timber in 00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:20.619 terms of Ben White was getting, it was being 00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:22.519 given a run around by Daniel Prudence. However, 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:25.460 as soon as Timber came on, that was put paid 00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:28.780 to, you know, that was put to bed. Timber's a 00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:32.980 terminator. So we've got to keep an eye on that 00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:35.440 one. I'm worried about Ben White because everyone's 00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:39.659 saying, oh, he's not fit, not match fit, looking 00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:44.010 a bit... However, how will that change unless 00:35:44.010 --> 00:35:46.630 he starts? But when he does start, he looks rusty. 00:35:46.750 --> 00:35:49.710 But then Timbers plays exceptionally well. So 00:35:49.710 --> 00:35:52.050 something's got to give with that one. So that's 00:35:52.050 --> 00:35:55.010 one to keep an eye on. In terms of on the other 00:35:55.010 --> 00:35:59.170 side, there's fierce competition between Myles 00:35:59.170 --> 00:36:02.349 Lewis Skelly and Riccardo Calfiore. And I feel 00:36:02.349 --> 00:36:05.960 like in terms of tomorrow... Either one could 00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:07.840 start. If Miles came in, I wouldn't be surprised. 00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:11.380 However, don't forget Miles was sent off against 00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:15.679 West Ham in March. On if the team is clicking 00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:18.380 on the pitch, I think it's been clicking for 00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:22.820 a while. If it clicks, it means to win it. Then 00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:28.960 hopefully, this is the year. Yeah, I mean, yeah, 00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:31.059 I agree with him. I mean, what do you mean by 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:34.460 clicking? Because we're a very good team, but... 00:36:34.909 --> 00:36:38.429 If we're not winning the league, then what's 00:36:38.429 --> 00:36:41.329 the point of being a very good team? So, yeah, 00:36:41.489 --> 00:36:44.510 I agree with that. It only clicks if you win, 00:36:44.530 --> 00:36:47.610 right? Because what good is it clicking if you're 00:36:47.610 --> 00:36:49.630 not winning? One love.