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S1-EP50: Wildcard Wednesday - Tuchel, VAR & Paul Pogba
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We're joined by two very special guests in the form of the Knowledgable Watford Fan, Tom Banerjee and current star of The Stranger Things: First Shadow West End show, Ammar Duffus.
Today we’ll be taking a special look at some of the biggest news stories over the past week, from Thomas Tuchel’s appointment as England head coach, the reduced ban for Paul Pogba and always controversial VAR.
Host: Esmonde Cole
Guests: Ammar Duffus & Tom Banerjee
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Introduction to Daily Arsenal Podcast
00:00:09
officialgspn
Hello and welcome to the Daily Arsenal Podcast, the only place to catch all things Arsenal five days a week where we get no sleep. I am your host, Esman Cole, joined today by two very special guests in the form of the ultimate Watford fan, Boxster Box, Tom Banerjee, and my good friend and current star of the Stranger Things First Shadow West End show, the attacking playmaker, Ahmad Duffus.
Match Performances: Arsenal and Watford
00:00:32
officialgspn
Ahmad, I've got to come to you first, man, as a fellow Arsenal fan, man. What happened over the weekend, man?
00:00:38
Ammar Duffus
Listen, and man, I don't know, man. I don't know. We just, just pure capitulation, you know, just pure capitulation. The boys, they let me down, man. They let me down. This was a surefire kind of three points for me. They didn't look like, you know, they were going to do anything Bournemouth, but, you know, we go down to 10 men and the rest is history, isn't it?
00:01:07
Ammar Duffus
But yeah, not a great weekend for the boys.
00:01:07
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:01:10
officialgspn
Yeah. Three of their cards this season and unfortunately three nil to Luton against, against Watford Tom. I mean, what happened then? I mean, they're in 18th place.
00:01:21
officialgspn
Sort of. You should be winning that game too.
00:01:23
Tom
Yeah, I mean, 18th place, but it's ah it's early days in the season. you know I think we were only separated by maybe nine, 10 points at the start. Similar story to Arsenal really, is it was capitulation from us, is really disappointing in a game like that, because it's our big derby. Yeah, we don't we don't have a good record away at Luton. These games kind of often go ah go with home form, or go with the home side traditionally. But yeah, it was it was really, really poor. and Yeah, very disappointing.
Arsenal vs Manchester City: Challenges and Legal Issues
00:01:52
officialgspn
Yeah, man, and it's ah ah and you got a tricky fixture coming up next with leads. I mean, you're currently eighth in the championship, but you've just got a massive injury blow of the bonnet. I mean, how's that going to affect you during that game, do you think?
00:02:03
Tom
I mean, o obama I think it was only a second game against Luton. He's a really good player, but he's coming towards the end of his career now. So I'm not sure you know how much of a key player he
00:02:10
officialgspn
Mm.
00:02:14
Tom
will turn out to be or would have been for us across the season. guess time will tell if he gets fit again. But yeah, I mean, Leeds, yeah, I'm not not expecting much from that, to be honest. I was expecting more on Saturday. Game hasn't been played yet, so you never know. But I think, to be honest, this year, like it's two years since we came down from the Premier League now. I expect very much another consolidation season. you know Upper mid-table, like anything better is a bit of a bonus at the moment. But of course, we want to we want to get back to the Premier League.
00:02:42
Tom
sooner rather than later, just think it might take a few years.
00:02:42
officialgspn
Yeah, I remember when Troy Dini was terrorizing us, only on the pitch, but with his words as well.
00:02:50
Tom
Yeah.
00:02:50
officialgspn
Ammar, do you think we've got the cajonas to bounce back against Shat de Danets?
00:02:53
Ammar Duffus
Well, I should hope so. Do you know what I mean? It's shacked to the nest, man. Come on. you know I'm expecting goals. you know i need I need to see like four or five put in past their net. I need a proper response from the guys. you know
00:03:11
Tom
do you not think do not think though sorry if I can just come in that game against Bournemouth that yeah I was disappointing but can you not just like write it off as a bit of a one-off you know like the red card it was it was a red card right I don't think anyone's really disputing that too much and then it's always it's always tricky they're quite a good team nowadays is it I think they're decent team Bournemouth. Obviously, you know, they're not going to fight for the league, but nothing's given in the prem. and Like Liverpool lost at home to Forrest and now, you know, now they're top of the league. I think they've won eight out of nine. It's just, if you win a couple of games, everyone will forget about it. and
00:03:42
Ammar Duffus
I mean, yeah, but the the the team we're dealing with is Manchester City. Like, we cannot be slipping up like this. Like, I think the last time City lost was the sixth of December last year, 2023.
00:04:00
officialgspn
one game as I'm beating. Yeah.
00:04:01
Ammar Duffus
Yeah, like they're unbeaten this calendar year. So that's the team we're up against. We've already lost three games already this like you know this this year, I think, this calendar year, like one this year and I think maybe two earlier on in the year.
00:04:19
Ammar Duffus
but so you know we need to be pretty much flawless and i know there's a lot of games to play but city will only get stronger i can't really say the same for my team you know i don't i don't really know so
00:04:33
Tom
think it'll be close.
00:04:33
officialgspn
yeah
00:04:35
Tom
though you know i mean like You guys were 30 seconds away from beating Man City. They won yesterday, but it was last minute, VAR. I do think it'll be close.
00:04:45
Tom
Also, nobody knows what's going to happen with this ah this
Transfer Activities and Major Football News
00:04:49
officialgspn
I hope so.
00:04:49
Tom
legal case that they've got hanging over them.
00:04:51
Tom
you know that They might be in League 2 next year. for You might not have to worry about it for too long.
00:04:55
Ammar Duffus
I mean, that's, that's what everybody wants. Everybody wants them to get, you know, relegated by like three, four leagues.
00:04:59
Tom
Yeah, we'll get a trophy as well if that happens.
00:05:00
Ammar Duffus
You know what I mean? Exactly. So I think everybody, I think people, yeah, the chips will fall. So, you know, I just, I, that's what we all want.
00:05:06
Tom
Yeah.
00:05:08
Ammar Duffus
But I think it's just, you know, especially with Pep potentially coming into his last year as well.
00:05:16
Ammar Duffus
You know, Arsenal fans, we want to beat Man City while Pep is there.
00:05:16
Tom
Yeah.
00:05:17
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:05:19
Ammar Duffus
We don't want to beat them when he, when he goes. You know what I mean? like
00:05:22
Tom
Yeah. I see what you mean.
00:05:23
Ammar Duffus
It's, you know, so I feel like the pressure is on a little bit. And I personally thought that we weren't going to win the league this season simply because of what we did in the transfer window. That that was just my personal opinion.
00:05:38
Tom
Yeah.
00:05:38
Ammar Duffus
And i think I think we should do well to challenge them, but they're not showing me that as such yet.
00:05:45
Tom
Yeah, it's interesting what you say about Arsenal's transfer activity, because I looked at the bench Saturday when you guys played Saturday night, and it like it does it does look weak, you know, seems like if you get a few injuries, I don't really see where the where the goals are coming from with Arsenal.
00:05:53
Ammar Duffus
Yeah.
00:05:59
Tom
So yeah, I mean, it's always going to be tricky.
00:06:00
Ammar Duffus
Yeah. Yeah.
00:06:03
officialgspn
Well, I'm enjoying your optimism, Tom. is It's more more so than ah it's coming from some of the other fans in the in the fan base. But enough about our clubs. Let's talk about some footballing news. And this is your Wild Car Wednesday. Today we'll be taking a special look at some of the biggest news stories over the past week from Thomas Tuchel's appointment as England head coach, the reduced ban for Paul Pogba and the always controversial VAR. But first, Yeah, let's let's talk about Thomas Tuchel.
00:06:30
officialgspn
I think there's i think there's a lot of there's a lot of chat, obviously being a German coach and all that stuff, but what what are your initial thoughts, Tom, on Thomas Tuchel?
00:06:35
Tom
Thank you.
00:06:38
officialgspn
And are you surprised that Eddie Howe was not interviewed for the job?
00:06:42
Tom
Well, firstly, on Two Hall, my initial thoughts, i wasn't I wasn't pleased when I found out about the news. If I had to, like, quite A, surprised and B, a little bit concerned. I'd say and I never thought that I'd live to see the day where a German manager was, you know, fronting up the England team. I know, you know, times have moved on a little bit, but there's there's still that kind of stigma around it. I can't really imagine him singing God Save the Queen or even, you know, imagine we played Germany and in the World Cup final. it's it's it's going to be strange, to be honest. It is a shame that, yeah, you know, we've kind of had to to look at these, look at foreign coaches when I think everybody thought we were kind of moving away from that with, you know, Southgate, Carsley and for a little bit.
00:07:23
Tom
The other thing is like you know more more to the point, perhaps, his records. you know He won the Champions League. Yeah, great achievement. But also, it wasn't a full season when he was there. He won the Bundesliga at Bayern Munich. But people forget that he joined in March of that season. right So he had about you know two months at best. they won the Bundesliga on the final day of the season because Dortmund messed up against Mainz. And then the following year,
00:07:48
Tom
they didn't win it for like the first time in what was it, 11 years, I think. Sure, labour, labour queues deserve a lot of credit for that. But you know that like they finished third they didn't even come second they they finished third and he doesn't he doesn't stay in jobs very long you know psg champions league final good achievement but they did a win is i don't think he's really other than might stayed in a job for more than two years and he's also he's signed an 18 18 month contract which is one tournament which you know yeah to me to me is is uh it's quite concerning as well because it doesn't really suggest uh a ah lot lot of commitment from him and i think i think what people are saying is that he's going to go regardless of whether we win the world cup or not
00:08:25
Tom
I think at at this point in time it's looking, well I'd be very surprised if if we were to do that. for Eddie Howe, yeah I mean the FA, they said they interviewed 10 people but I don't really know who these 10 people are supposed to be because Eddie Howe you'd think would be one of the the first names they would they would go to and he said that he wasn't contacted. I think he's a good coach, I don't know whether he's the answer either or whether he would have been the answer. I guess you know we won't know until at least 2026 but Yeah, it's it's strange. It's quite a bizarre one, to be honest. Not not overly happy with it at the moment, sadly.
00:09:00
officialgspn
Oh yeah, Tom Tom's a yeah, he's he's not minced any of his words at the MR. What's your feelings on too cool?
00:09:05
Ammar Duffus
I laughed when I, when I saw that he was getting appointed. cause I just, I just find it hilarious. I was like too cool. Like really?
00:09:15
Tom
Yeah.
00:09:16
Ammar Duffus
well, I kind of having sat on the news for a bit, I see why they've done it. He's very much like a, a cup manager.
00:09:27
Ammar Duffus
If you want to kind of put him in that no kind of category.
00:09:31
Ammar Duffus
And tournament manager. Yeah. And he does really well with 18 months. And I think that's why he wanted 18 months. He said it himself, you know. It was a bit strange that Eddie Howe wasn't interviewed because I thought he would have been genuinely next up. But from the summer when we heard rumblings of like Pep Guardiola being interviewed and even them looking at Ancelotti, I kind of had a feeling that we're going to veer away from an English manager.
00:09:32
Tom
Tournament manager.
00:10:03
Ammar Duffus
and yeah, I suppose that's what they've done. And I've, I've seen more foreign managers manage in England and I've seen English ones.
00:10:12
Ammar Duffus
So, you know, I, I personally wasn't as shocked. I think the shock factor is, is that he's German.
00:10:20
Ammar Duffus
but I.
00:10:21
officialgspn
yeah Does that matter to you? Does that does that concern you?
00:10:25
Ammar Duffus
Uh, no, I think Gary Lineker put it best. He said, if you can't beat them, sign them. Like, so do you know what? If he, if he leads us to some kind of, you know, a trophy, whether that be a Euro or a World Cup or, you know, whatever, you know, he'll go down in the history books and England fans will be happy.
00:10:43
officialgspn
and
00:10:43
Ammar Duffus
You know, they won't be looking at the fact that he's German, you know? so yeah, I would.
00:10:49
officialgspn
just Yeah, just a quick one, Tom. do yeah Just before we go on a break, do you think he can do one better than Southgate? I mean, looking at Southgate's record, 62% win rate. Obviously, he hasn't won anything but, you know, 2018 World Cup, fourth place, 2020's Euros, second place, 2020 World Cup quarterfinals, 24 Euros. And when you look back at, you know, some of the other managers,
00:11:10
officialgspn
you didn't even get past the the round of 16 with Capello and he was supposed to be, you know, that you were supposed to maybe watch Tucho is now and he had a 66% win rate with with but England and obviously Alf Ramsey's the only person who's won the World Cup and but that was, you know, eons ago.
00:11:24
officialgspn
But but looking at Tucho's record, you know, he's got to every final, which I'll see when he was there.
00:11:24
Tom
Mm.
00:11:28
officialgspn
He's won a Bundesliga league on. Like you said, Tom, he's a Champions League winner. He's got a 57% win rate across all competitions. I mean, just ah just a quick one. Do you think he can?
00:11:40
officialgspn
can do one better and finally win us one.
00:11:42
Tom
Yeah, he definitely can. I mean, he has incredible players at his disposal. you know Anyone could. he he Taking his own credentials as a manager into isolation, absolutely. I don't think he's necessarily a bad manager, like you say. Like you both said, he's got good record in tournaments. Absolutely, he can. But whether he will or not, whether he's any more likely to than Southgate, if he'd stayed for another tournament, I don't know.
00:12:10
Tom
time Time will tell, I guess.
VAR in Football: Debates and Impact
00:12:12
Tom
The other thing is that you look at you know managers that have won big international tournaments recently, like Scolone winning the World Cup, Delafuente winning the Euros. Nobody knew who these guys were before these tournaments started.
00:12:22
Tom
You know you don't necessarily have to have a big name. not Not to say that a big name is bad, but it's it's not essential. I think sometimes people do put a little bit too much emphasis on it. I thought Southgate did a great job personally.
00:12:32
Tom
People forget where the England team was before he came in, and we were very, very unlucky not to win anything.
00:12:37
officialgspn
Yeah, yeah, we we were we were very unlucky and like, yeah, people, we're we're fickle, we're fickle football fans.
00:12:43
officialgspn
But speaking of fickle, VAR, we'll be talking about that just after this quick message from Zencaster.
00:12:43
Tom
Thanks,
00:13:03
Tom
lady.
00:13:34
officialgspn
Yes, welcome back to the show and we're talking all things football here. And we're going to get onto the controversial subject tomorrow. VAR, this is five year anniversary. Whoop, whoop. Maybe not. but Howard Weber says something quite interesting. He says there's been an 80% reduction in the number of VAR errors, uh, this past season. four out of five fans want to keep VAR in the league.
00:13:58
officialgspn
an independent key match incidents panel, KMI, they said that there were 31 incorrect uses of VAR during ah during ah the 2023 and 24 season. Do you do do you feel Howl's Web's comments resonating with what you're seeing, especially what's happened over the past weekend on the Fielder mark?
00:14:19
Ammar Duffus
Well, from what you've just relayed just there, it sounds like there's kind of pros and cons to it. You know, it's very up and down and the VAR was kind of brought in to eradicate all of that.
00:14:33
Ammar Duffus
You know, it was, to it was there to kind of make sure the game is played correctly.
00:14:38
Tom
Thank you.
00:14:39
Ammar Duffus
It's ref correctly and there should be, you know, everything should be clear and obvious and it shouldn't be an issue. but there's still issues. you know I would much rather there be no VAR. The ref just makes their decision and we just get on with it. That's what we used to do. you know And I think with the addition of VAR, we were trying to eradicate those poor ref decisions by getting a second opinion or a third opinion, going to Stockty Park, doing whatever. And it just it just hasn't,
00:15:17
Ammar Duffus
for me lived up to the expectation that it's supposed to to to be, it hasn't been consistent. And for me, I'm all about consistency and you know I want to see everybody being treated fairly and I don't think that's been the case with the AR.
00:15:34
officialgspn
I mean, what say you, Tom? I mean, I know it's not in the championship. Would you, as a person who's maybe on the outside, would you like to see it maybe introduced into the championship?
00:15:44
Tom
Yeah, that's a good question. I don't know. I mean, yeah, we're on the outside now, but we've been, Walford have been in the Premier League for six of the last eight, nine years, I think. So we have been exposed to it and we've been on the wrong end of quite a few decisions numerous times, as I'm sure every club's fans feel they have been.
00:16:04
Tom
In the Championship, we don't really miss it. No. I think it is clearly
00:16:09
officialgspn
Interesting.
00:16:12
Tom
improving. But I think the issue really, it's not, it's never really been with the technology itself, right? The technology will just show you a replay of what's happened. The issue is the interpretation of the technology. And I've always thought that the guys in Stockley Park, you know, the guys looking at the screens, I mean, why they need four or five of them, I've got no idea.
00:16:30
Tom
but But whoever's there, they seem to struggle to to interpret what they're looking at. right And half the time, they don't not only do they not make the right decision, they don't know whether to tell the referee to go and look at the screen or not. And as we all know, when they do tell the referee to go and look at the screen, there's only ever going to be one decision. It's going to be a change on what happened before. and Nine times out of 10. Yesterday in the Wolves game, it wasn't really clear what the on-field decision was from watching it on telly, but it did look like the referee had
00:16:56
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:16:56
Tom
changed you know like stuck with his guns because initially he didn't give the guy i think maybe the linesman gave the get a flag for offside initially but also you know yeah but i think it was a late flag but yeah i think that is what happened
00:16:58
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:17:05
officialgspn
eman blackfor likeage yeah
00:17:11
Tom
But yeah, I mean, you know he was in like he he went against the home the home crowd. you know He had a lot of lot of fans on his back. So he showed some kind of bottle there, which was good. But it's it's the interpretation. I think the first time I really saw VAR was in the the World Cup in Russia, 2018. And the decisions were made really quickly. There was not much controversy. And it worked really well. So it can serve a purpose. But I think also, you know five years, that' that's a long time. And to be still here, discussing it now, and kind of unsure as to whether it's right or not,
00:17:40
Tom
It speaks volumes, really. I think, to be honest, they're not going to take it away because they've invested so much money in it. that just it's It's here to stay. people've got a The fans have got to learn to live with it,
Paul Pogba's Doping Ban Discussion
00:17:49
Tom
and the ah officials have got to learn to use it.
00:17:50
officialgspn
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And speaking of something that's been invested in heavily, Paul Pogba.
00:17:52
Tom
Use it properly.
00:17:56
officialgspn
and was a world record silent at one point. I mean, he's currently serving a ban for doping. He says he's not a cheater, but accepted responsibility for the failed doping test that led to a ban. Paul Pogba's recently his four year ban was reduced to 18 months earlier this month after a court of arbitration for sport accepted his ingestion of a banned substance was not intentional. I mean, what are your thoughts on this, Emma? Do you have sympathy for Pogba or do you think maybe ah doesn't have the right people around in making sure he's not ingesting banned substances.
00:18:29
Ammar Duffus
Um, Um, I honestly don't know. I honestly have no idea. I just, I, when the news came out, I was just as shocked as everybody else.
00:18:41
Ammar Duffus
he's supposed to be taking these, you know, performance enhancing kind of drugs, but I'm not seeing any performance enhancing on the pitch.
00:18:51
officialgspn
let's that's
00:18:52
Ammar Duffus
So
00:18:53
officialgspn
Oh, Paul, if you're listening, man, Ahmad doesn't mean it, man. He's trying to better you.
00:18:57
Ammar Duffus
No, but I'm not seeing anything.
00:18:59
officialgspn
but
00:19:00
Ammar Duffus
I'm not seeing, you know, what, what has this, vo what has it been doing? It hasn't been doing anything. You know, and even at United, he was, he was, he was, he was just trash. He was awful.
00:19:11
Ammar Duffus
You know, I, he came with this big expectation, the big, you know, reveal video, Pog back, Stormzy rapping in the video. And I thought, okay, United looks serious.
00:19:23
Ammar Duffus
All right, fair enough. You know, they signed a guy from Juventus who's been bawling out. You're seeing his clips every week, the way he's striking the ball, playmaking, and he comes to the prem and he's a shell of a man.
00:19:35
Ammar Duffus
You know, he's an absolute shell of a man. You're like, where was that confidence? Where is this? I mean, I loved it as an Arsenal fan, seeing the guys down for it.
00:19:42
Ammar Duffus
It was amazing. But yeah, i I haven't seen that same player from when he left Italy all those years ago.
00:19:49
officialgspn
Yeah,
00:19:52
officialgspn
yeah. yeah That's definitely true. Just a quick one before we go on a break, Tom. Do you think do you think Paul Pogba's career can be considered a success or a failure?
00:19:53
Ammar Duffus
Yeah.
00:20:02
Tom
Wow, that's that's a good question. I mean, I have to say, I'm a bit in the dark on this one as well as to the the circumstances surrounding it. does seem a little bit
00:20:12
Tom
You've got to say, yeah, that's but you know it's certainly successful to a point because it's won the World Cup. I mean, how many people how many people do that? I mean, none of our...
00:20:21
officialgspn
So yeah, yeah Euros, Nations, Leagues, Europa. He's won a lot. He's won a lot.
00:20:28
Tom
They did win the Euros, did they, France?
00:20:31
officialgspn
it Yeah, they did with him.
00:20:31
Ammar Duffus
yeah
00:20:32
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:20:32
Ammar Duffus
yeah
00:20:34
Tom
I don't think
00:20:34
Tom
ah They got to the final, but they lost to Portugal.
00:20:37
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:20:37
officialgspn
No, they won with him.
00:20:38
Tom
and but it was
00:20:39
officialgspn
According to Wikipedia.
00:20:41
Tom
but the The European Championship?
00:20:42
officialgspn
They won. Yeah.
00:20:44
Tom
Nah, I don't think they did. World Cup, yeah.
00:20:46
officialgspn
All right. You go on and I'll double check.
00:20:47
Tom
but Yeah. But regardless, you know, the World Cup is like the holy grail. You know, if I was a pro, that would be one. If I won one tournament, I'd want to win the World Cup.
00:20:54
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:20:55
Ammar Duffus
Yeah, yeah.
00:20:56
Tom
None of our guys of none of the English English squad can say that they've done that or any English squads for
00:21:02
Tom
But yeah, he's.
00:21:03
officialgspn
i know You're right. He, he, he finished as a runner up and you were 20 2016, right?
00:21:07
Tom
Yeah.
00:21:08
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:21:08
Tom
Yeah, exactly.
00:21:08
officialgspn
You're right.
00:21:09
Tom
Yeah, they lost. ah They lost the final to to Portugal is in Paris, though, the final. Yeah. they see It seems like controversy follows him, follows him around. I think it's got, it's got quite, quite like some issue with his brother.
00:21:22
Tom
I think is um his brother's.
00:21:23
officialgspn
Oh yeah, that's yeah it's a bit murky, that one.
00:21:26
Tom
Yeah, so I don't know whether there's any overlap with that. It was a great player when he was good, but yeah like Omar says, he just just never really showed it for but long enough. So I mean, I guess the only person that could really say whether he's had a successful career or not is him.
00:21:39
Tom
He'll only know for for certain. But it's it's a shame what's happened. and you know If he can if you can get back to the levels that he was at before, then you know you know without these performance enhancers,
Young Talents and Arsenal's Future
00:21:50
Tom
then great.
00:21:51
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:21:52
Tom
But yeah, we'll we'll see.
00:21:53
Tom
He's been out for a long time.
00:21:54
officialgspn
Yeah, he has been out for a long time. I mean, hopefully you can maybe find some of that form. But ah speaking speaking of people finding form, definitely these golden boys, these nominees, the list has come out recently. And we're going to be discussing which which young boy could maybe solve a problem for our respective teams.
00:22:40
officialgspn
Yes, that's every club, every day. And you're listening to the Daily Arsenal podcast and we're moving on to the Golden Boys nominee. I mean, Tom, who would you sign from this list, man? I won't name all of them, but our names and the big ones, obviously let me in your mouth. Uh, where in zero, uh, Emery got Garnaccio, got Savino, you got Rico Lewis, you got Pavlovich, you got cubby menu. The list goes on. Adam Warton from crystal palace. Artagula. Who do you think right now could possibly on that list?
00:23:10
officialgspn
solve a problem with your welfare. Maybe bring them bring them promotion, maybe bring them the title even.
00:23:13
Tom
and yeah I mean, any any of them would would solve solve a number of problems, I'm sure. yeah These guys are very young, very young, most of them. So you know, it's it's very early days, we don't know how their careers are going to go, all of them.
00:23:29
Tom
But there's some some great players on there. For me, I think Garnaccio is a great player. Perhaps a little bit underrated. I mean, he's not considered necessarily in the same bracket as people like Yamal. I think Arda Guler is maybe the one that's going to go really big in a couple of years. But I think Garnaccio is a fantastic player, particularly for 21 or however old he is. he always seems to perform to a pretty high level in a Manchester United team that is Well, not at a very high level.
00:23:56
officialgspn
no no but yeah
00:23:58
Tom
Yeah, exactly, yeah.
00:24:00
officialgspn
So what so you you think you think you need some new wingers? If you could choose one, you you'd be you'd be choosing Garnacha.
00:24:05
Tom
At Watford, I mean, we need we need a centre forward, that's for sure. And a goalkeeper, probably some centre backs in the midfielder as well, to be honest. But some subs, yeah.
00:24:16
officialgspn
yeah
00:24:17
Tom
Now, we have some decent players, but yeah, of of that list, Ganache is the one that I think is the most exciting player at the moment for me. yeah
00:24:25
officialgspn
Interesting is this guy, he comes into a podcast and starts talking about Manchester United players. Ammar, I'm sure you're not going to do the same, right?
00:24:30
Ammar Duffus
a No, not at all, man. Not at all. I'm leaving the Man United players right there where they can rock in that tee. Do you know what I mean?
00:24:40
officialgspn
but
00:24:40
Ammar Duffus
Right there. For me,
00:24:43
officialgspn
we We've got a strong squad already. whoj oji yeah Who do you think could slot into maybe Arsenal or maybe do a job in terms of a squad player?
00:24:49
Ammar Duffus
I mean, to quote Mesut Ozil the other day, when he was asked who's better, Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi, he said Artagula.
00:24:53
Tom
Ha ha ha.
00:24:56
Ammar Duffus
So,
00:24:58
officialgspn
but yeah
00:24:59
Ammar Duffus
ah obviously tongue in cheek, but I'm going to go with Artagula. I think he is fantastic.
00:25:05
officialgspn
and
00:25:06
Ammar Duffus
I think he's such an amazing baller, very technically gifted. His vision is incredible. And I think we're having issues in that department right now with Martin Urdugard out.
00:25:20
officialgspn
Oh.
00:25:23
Ammar Duffus
And we don't have anybody who is even close to him in terms of you know allowing the ball to be played through the middle, through him.
00:25:24
officialgspn
Oh.
00:25:34
Ammar Duffus
So well we have to go elsewhere. And I think if we had Artaguller in there, we would be able to play the fruit play the ball through him and and potentially create more chances.
00:25:44
Ammar Duffus
So he would be the guy for me who I'd love in my team.
00:25:48
officialgspn
i Nice nice. Well, I'm happy you didn't use any of the man united guys. so so not shame on you. So well done on doing that Right now they'll just they'll just unwritten rules on the daily arsenal podcast Hey, man.
00:25:54
Tom
Sorry, i didn't I didn't realize there were rules here.
00:26:00
Tom
Yeah, yeah.
00:26:02
Ammar Duffus
Hey.
00:26:03
officialgspn
Hey, man, I don't make the rules. I don't make the rules
00:26:03
Ammar Duffus
hey
Luka Modric's Milestone and Career
00:26:05
officialgspn
but But moving on to another great player, someone who is a well very old now. Luca Modric has written himself into Ramage's history books by becoming the oldest player to play an official match for the club. I mean, this is crazy. So hes so he played against Celtic Vigo this past Saturday, 39 years old and 40 days breaking a long standing club record. I mean, Tom, what what makes Modric such a great player, man?
00:26:30
Tom
know Yeah, I mean, the longevity, obviously, I guess it's just fitness looking after himself that contributes towards it. I didn't know this actually until until you you told us just now. But Yeah, I mean, Modrios has always been a fantastic player. He's kind of been he's been like the linchpin for Croatia for a number of years. I think he's retired from from international football now. I mean, yeah, he he clearly keeps himself in in great shape.
00:26:55
officialgspn
Yeah, yeah, availability is like the best ability someone ah used used to say. I mean, Modric, how is he still doing it? and I mean, he made an impact in that game as well. I think he assisted help them win that game. So I mean, Modric, it's such a shame he came from Spurs, isn't it?
00:27:10
Ammar Duffus
It's a huge shame, huge shame. But even at Spurs, I could appreciate what a player he was. You know, he was, he was bawling out most weeks. And you look at a player like that and you go, Oh man, I wish I had him in my team.
00:27:25
Ammar Duffus
You know, he would, he, he's probably one of the best midfielders I've seen in my lifetime watching, you know, playing football.
00:27:26
officialgspn
Mm.
00:27:33
Ammar Duffus
And I think he's up there with the Javi's and the, and the Iniesta's and the, you know, the,
00:27:39
officialgspn
Imagine that as a midfield.
00:27:40
Ammar Duffus
Yeah, like, no, no, no, no, forget going natural.
00:27:41
Tom
Go Nachos.
00:27:42
officialgspn
That would cook.
00:27:44
Ammar Duffus
Let's not put him into those conversations, man.
00:27:47
officialgspn
Unbelievable, Tom, you're doing so well.
00:27:48
Ammar Duffus
Unbelievable. That's shameless. That's absolutely shameless work right there.
00:27:51
officialgspn
yeah
00:27:53
Ammar Duffus
But now Moderich is a phenomenal player. And even at 38, he's bawling out. He's still bawling out. you know And that's that's a testament to himself, this testament to how you know well he keeps himself and just the the quality of the player that's there.
00:28:11
Tom
The other thing is with Modrij, he hasn't gone to Saudi Arabia or China or the USA. you know He's still doing it at a high level you know in a great league, in the best team in the great league, in a in a fantastic league.
00:28:22
Tom
So yeah, that that says a lot about him as well. He didn't didn't take the easy route out and didn't follow the money, although I'm not i'm sure he's not strapped for cash and anyway.
00:28:27
Ammar Duffus
Exactly.
00:28:30
officialgspn
Sorry, Tom, I just got, I just got, Cristiano Ronaldo calling me. Yep. Sorry. Uh, do you want me to beat him up for you? All right. Cool. Yeah. Yeah. All right. No worries, man. He's just, but he just speaking his mind.
00:28:39
Tom
again
00:28:40
officialgspn
Okay, cool. No, whatever you say, CR seven, whatever you say.
00:28:44
Tom
Yeah, I'm on the phone call.
00:28:46
officialgspn
yeah yeah go oh yeah
00:28:46
Ammar Duffus
one.
00:28:48
officialgspn
Yeah, break our budget. We'll go bankrupt if that happens. But we might as well wrap it up because we don't want to go bankrupt because that is it for us today. Did you like what we had to say? Well, be sure to show us some love and subscribe to the Global Sports Podcast Network for all things Premier League, WSL, City at RM, more. You can find us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify by searching Daily Arsenal. My name is Desmond Cole.
00:29:09
officialgspn
They were Marduffis and Tom Banerjee and this was your daily digest of all things Arsenal. Take care.