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Daily Arsenal - S1-E112 : Battered by Newcastle, a true humbling.
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Eurgh, a rough result for the boys to discuss as they bring you their immediate reaction and thoughts about Wednesday evening's Carabou Cup Semi Final, where Arsenal were beated 2-0 on the night, and 4-0 on aggrigate.
Host : Josh Vince
Guests : Joshua Duncan, Craig Matthews
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Arsenal's Defeat in Carabao Cup
00:00:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome to the Daily Arsenal Podcast brought to you as part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. um You may be able to tell from that exclamation of air. We've not had the best night here on the Arsenal Podcast. It is Wednesday evening. This is coming out tomorrow and we have just watched Arsenal, let's be honest lads, get humbled.
00:00:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
by Newcastle United and St. James's Park. Arsenal lost 2-0 on the night, 4-0 on aggregate in the Carabao Cup semi-final, meaning that Newcastle are the first finalists of the tournament and will be playing mid-March. I'm your host, Josh Vince, today joined by Craig Matthews and Joshua Duncan. um Craig, just a couple of sentences, a brief overview. How are you feeling, man?
00:00:59
Craig matthews
okay okay
00:01:02
Josh D
Hehehe.
00:01:03
Craig matthews
That's how I feel, like, ways of opportunity to get to Wembley when a trophy... ah I don't know, man. That's what I love to say.
00:01:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Josh, what about yourself? I mean, we both seem to be at a bit of a loss. Have you got anything to say?
00:01:18
Josh D
Um, well, I mean, from, was it a couple of weeks ago when we lost to the Emirates, I kind of said it's kind of, kind of done now. So I'm not, I'm not too disappointed, you know, um, obviously it's bad to have come out of, you know, another competition that we could have, you know, you probably would have saw someone wanting to see more fighter from the boys, but you know, we, we need to keep moving on.
00:01:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:36
Josh D
Do you know what I mean?
00:01:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I know what you mean. I mean, I think we all sort of had a feeling like 2-0 at St. James's Park was going to be a hell of a mountain to climb.
Emotional Reactions and Analysis
00:01:44
Josh D
Yeah. Yeah.
00:01:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and it definitely proved that, especially with how the game started. So we're going to first of all go through oh God, we're going to go through this game. I think before we get started, I think the problem that I have with this game was just how we rolled over and just let them annihilate us.
00:02:01
Josh D
Yeah. Yeah.
00:02:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was just brutal. Anyway, let's let's get let's let's get through this game quickly and get this episode out. um It started off awfully, Ezak bearing down on goal.
00:02:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
He had a brilliant finish with his right foot into the roof of the net, disallowed thanks to a very, very close off side. Like ah Craig, the warning signs were there immediately, weren't they?
00:02:33
Craig matthews
Definitely.
00:02:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:35
Craig matthews
um the
00:02:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:36
Craig matthews
After that, nothing.
00:02:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it was, it was just, it was a very, very, very weak showing from a sort of like defensive line. I mean, Josh, the sound in the stadium, obviously we weren't, we weren't at St. James's and God, I'm so sorry to any Arsenal fans that traveled up from London to Newcastle, because that is not a short journey to watch that. The atmosphere in there, Josh, sounded incredible.
00:03:03
Josh D
Yeah, I've noticed every time we have gone to St. James Park, um I don't know. I don't i don't watch much Newcastle games. I don't know if they like that every week, but every time when we roll up there, they they really do go out. They'll have a man for the... 12 men for their team. you know And um they really showed and they got behind the team and a fair play to them. you know they They want no one in the game.
00:03:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, they've got they've got a lot of I was doing a, um I was doing a podcast with jewels earlier, sort of like our crossover with the city guys, to review the game. And I mentioned to them, you know, they haven't won silverware in 80 years.
00:03:35
Josh D
ah wow
00:03:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
So yeah, it is a huge motivation for them going forward. um So ah Craig, At the start of the game, Arsenal had absolutely zero control. It was the same midfield that dominated Man City at the weekend, that three of Erdogan, Rice and Pate. But in the first half of the game, Erdogan was having to drop deep because the other two were doing nothing.
00:04:00
Craig matthews
Yeah, he actually dropped the, and when he got a control, there's a very good ball carrier and he's really com composed on the ball.
00:04:01
Josh D
Oh wow.
00:04:06
Craig matthews
But to be fair, he should have finished the chance he had in the first lot. He finished that chance that he had and then in a different game because they were not too...
00:04:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:04:13
Craig matthews
Even the second one seemed to be better when the other end is scored. If you remember correctly, they went and scored the goal. So, it's a margin, it's a fine margin sometimes. The goal had gone in, they went to one avenue there.
00:04:25
Craig matthews
Newcastle have been panicking, then they have to go out and attack and hit them on the counter-attack bar. Then they told today that they were so shocking.
00:04:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
It really was.
00:04:32
Craig matthews
Part of them were shocking today.
00:04:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
It really was.
00:04:35
Craig matthews
I don't know if they were... Yeah.
00:04:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, um Josh, I was watching it on Sky, but it's on my PlayStation and my Wi-Fi was giving up on me, so I didn't actually see the Erdogan chance. Was it a good opportunity to put the ball away for him?
00:04:50
Josh D
Yeah, I think you should've scored, you know, no chances there. You've got to put them back in the net, you know what I mean? A little bit unlucky, but you got to hit, I mean, you hit on target, it goes in, do you know what I mean?
00:05:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm Yeah Okay, so you didn't even hear the target that's just that's that's heartbreaking Um new castle then went one little upgrade.
00:05:02
Josh D
Really, a game like this, considering what we did on the weekend as well, I thought there would be a bit more fight from the boys. I think that's the only thing I'm kind of a bit annoyed about, you know, I thought, yeah, they'll probably be up for it.
00:05:12
Josh D
Even if it was a close game, even if you won 1-0, do you know what I mean? It's like, you know, you got out there, you've done your best. But yeah, I would've got to shoot a squad.
Key Players and Performances
00:05:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean EZAC completely getting the best of Saliba, going into a challenge with him, he sticks his foot out to actually win the ball off of Saliba and send it to Gordon, who plays it back to him very quickly. EZAC somehow, I'm not entirely sure how he controlled it it, almost like he controlled it with his stomach and then just flew past an incredible shot, by the way, from EZAC ricocheting off the crossbar and Murphy comes in to finish the rebound. i mean How much do we need a player like Ezak? Because he was he was outrageous today.
00:06:01
Craig matthews
so Tonight, you're watching the player that we need, the player that we have, it's a difference, the levels of difference. I always rate it's like, I always rate it in my associate down, I always rate it in my other club that Dortmund or Dortmund as well.
00:06:12
Craig matthews
I always thought it was a good little player, I thought the only thing that maybe spots him in the past is consistency, but since he's come to Newcastle, I think he's got a goal if he's 1-2 or 1-3, his goal record.
00:06:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:24
Craig matthews
It goes to show sometimes, it's not a final margin, but sometimes we'll link to him as well. We didn't go through him when Aubameyang was playing up at the club at the time. We'll link to him. We didn't go through him. It goes to show we need someone like that in our team. We can put the ball in the back of the net. It's different from all the strikers in the Premier League. Obviously, you've got Harlan, you've got other strikers as well, but he left off with different... He can score any type of goal. He can score headers, he can score long shots, he can score short shots. Inside the box, he's a menace, he's got pace, he's quick.
00:06:54
Craig matthews
We don't have that and on our team, so we're sure today that we need someone like everyone on our team to transfer or take us to the next level.
00:07:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
massively and i mean josh martinelli going down injured as well it just gets worse doesn't it i mean we've got thankfully we got a little break and hopefully it's not too much but if he's out for a while what the hell are we gonna do
00:07:16
Josh D
I mean, it's getting a bit silly now with, um I don't know what's going on upstairs with is the board of the Zarteta, but, um you know, we generally, you know, ja sheds a window you know real cra even if you get someone unknown or anyone you don't particularly bit fancy, get someone just to feel just for squad depth. Do you know what I mean? And now we put ourselves in a situation where all right we don't know how long he's injured for hopefully he's not gone for too long but if he is i mean we're this tower race what we still got a lot to play for really you know we're still in champion's league you know we can you know we can i'm not saying we could win it but you know just in the competition so we can the tower race is it's there abouts a little bit you know um
00:07:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly.
00:08:00
Josh D
I just don't understand why we haven't got anybody you know I understand generally deals are difficult to do and a lot of stuff behind them but you know that behind the bat ward and all that sort of stuff there that's all great but I mean and it doesn't take an iron's hand to realize you've got hazed use injured you've got saccharine injured we all our squad was already short as it is already and now we've got martin and we don't know how god we god's willing he's it's not that serious it's not looking good you know I mean it's not looking good
00:08:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And when you when you think, like you make a good point that January transfers are hard to get over the line, but when you've got the likes of Manchester City, forking out 55 million for Mamouche, who is currently one of the best informed strikers in Europe, and we were throwing around figures of 60, 70 million for the likes of Wally Watkins, something's gone wrong.
00:08:41
Josh D
Yeah, it is. is
00:08:49
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:08:49
Josh D
yeah yeah Yeah, it's it's gone.
00:08:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:52
Josh D
it's gone i don't I don't know. Again, we don't know what.
00:08:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:56
Josh D
you know There's probably stuff behind the you know closed door that they tried to do earlier, just didn't get it through done. But to go through the window to get nobody and to to put make me right, is is you know It doesn't make any sense.
00:09:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:09:09
Josh D
I i know Arsenal. I knew they weren't going to bring anything, but I had that hope that I was just going to be proven wrong.
00:09:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmm.
00:09:15
Josh D
you know But you know and I don't know if you've seen that movie, Shawshank Redemption, and and then Red Bull.
00:09:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:21
Josh D
It's the hope that kills you. The hope that kills me every time Arsenal.
00:09:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
It really is. We even talked about it on Monday when we did a recording before the transfer deadline date.
00:09:29
Josh D
Yeah.
00:09:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's not been any whispers, but there's always hope that in the last two hours someone will come up and it will just be a lone move and it will just be another body.
00:09:33
Josh D
Yeah.
00:09:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
But no, nothing. Nothing at all. And ah I mean, Craig, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention their second goal. What on earth Raya was doing at the back?
00:09:47
Craig matthews
Thank you.
00:09:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
I have no idea, trying to play it out under that pressure. All of the passing from the back in this game was
Critique on Arsenal's Strategy
00:09:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
risky. Like, Newcastle to their credit pressed incredibly well.
00:09:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Raya gave the ball away, Bruno picks it up, feeds Gordon, bang, 2-0, and the game is over. What did you make of that situation, Craig?
00:10:10
Craig matthews
When he does it in matches, it I just get nervous. I'm like, don't do it, please don't do it. It works sometimes. Sometimes it does it online. Don't do it. I like, honestly, I don't like the modern gig, big goalkeepers when they're playing the ball on the back in it. I don't like it. I don't even want to do this new pep thing, but pep's the best at doing what it does. When I'll test it's not pep, so it shouldn't do this stuff, but that's it. So playing the, making the goalkeeper play it short, play it out. It works when it, it looks good on it when it comes off, but when it doesn't come off, it looks horrible.
00:10:37
Craig matthews
And tonight it was very horrible. The teams are going to look at that now. I think that's why we're going to be playing this Arsenal. If they play out the short at the back, we're going to come press them high and get the wall off them and go through on goal. So I wasn't really impressed with that goal. That goal was preventable if it is hit up long. So, yeah.
00:10:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And it it happened again towards the end of the game as well. rate Realistically, Josh, this game should have been four or four or five nil to Newcastle, shouldn't it? I mean, Jamie even messaged to Jamie Patterson. He messaged us on the group chat. I don't even recognize this Arsenal team at the moment with how poor that performance was. Like, are you surprised they only put two past us?
00:11:18
Josh D
Um, no, well, yeah, I'm a little bit surprised actually, a little bit surprised. Um, you know, playing out in the back. Um, I mean, I'm not really a fan of playing on the back. I'm a bit, I'm, I'm kind of old school semana dice.
00:11:29
Josh D
I think you always concede more goals than school goals by doing that. But, you know, that's the way Arteta wants to play. And that's what happens with the risk. I'm not even, I'm not even too annoyed because that's what's going to happen from time to time.
00:11:42
Josh D
You're going to lose the ball and you're going to give away goals like that. It's just annoying.
00:11:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:45
Josh D
You gave away goals like that in the game fairly. We weren't really in it. And, um, for me, the game was a loss at Emirates stadium. You know, we had our chances.
00:11:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:53
Josh D
We didn't take them. um You know, it's the differences. They've got, you know, a great number nine and we've got habits, you know, and and that's ah I'm never trying to take, it you know, take, take the mic here, but it's a big, it's a big transition there.
00:12:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
And no, yeah.
00:12:05
Josh D
They've got someone who's fighting for golden boot. And I don't think habits is hit double figures in in in the league yet for goals.
00:12:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:12:12
Josh D
And he's played like what every, I think he played every Premier League game apart from one and and and another one I think he was ill.
00:12:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:17
Josh D
So, you know,
00:12:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's it's a natural finish because Havertz does things. like And like you say, not actually trying to take the mic this time, like genuinely, Havertz does do things. But in this game, he was bloody useless. Like every time someone challenged him, he'd hit the deck looking for a penalty.
00:12:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Every time he got the ball, it was over control. Every time he tried to make ah even a sideways pass, he over hit it. like It's not just the fact that he's not a number nine. He has no confidence at the moment. So even when he's doing the stuff that he's meant to be good at, he can't do it.
00:12:54
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:12:54
Josh D
it For me, but you know, it's like, you know, when you've got your your milkman and and he delivers your milk for you, your postman, he does his job and you don't thank him, you know, you don't, you don't, you pretty don't even see him, you know, and having the sort of he does that people say, Oh, you look at his stats.
00:13:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:08
Josh D
I don't know. Edmund's one of them. You look at his stats and he's all great. And he does all these things that he does think that he's supposed to do as a football player.
00:13:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:15
Josh D
It's supposed to do those things.
00:13:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:17
Josh D
It's supposed to work hard. It's supposed to run. Havertz is not Ronaldinho. He's not one of those Brazilian guys that can just ease into any team and just do a lot of two things and he's won the game for you.
00:13:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:27
Josh D
Havertz has to work. If he doesn't work, he doesn't play football. It's as simple as that.
00:13:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I mean, what other, what other, what other career could Kai Havertz have realistically?
00:13:33
Josh D
I'm fed up with him. I'm fed up with him.
00:13:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm trying to think what sort of job Kai would fit.
00:13:41
Josh D
I've got to be used to that everything.
00:13:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right. this This is our homework for this weekend. Come up with a job that we think kind of habits can actually do. Right.
00:13:53
Josh D
Yeah.
00:13:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
um We're only going to do two sections today because they're going to be two longer sections. So we're going to take a little break. And when we come back, we're going to talk about some of the big talking points from the game, which is Newcastle, how good they were, and whether they're our bogey team, William Saliba, and what went wrong there. um The Housery, which is continuing this time from Newcastle's perspective, and just how good Newcastle have been recently. So we're just going to have a quick break and hear from our sponsors at Zencuster.
00:14:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And welcome back to this final section of the Daily Arsenal Podcast. We're reflecting on what was a torrid match against Newcastle. And we do have to, Craig, give Newcastle their flowers because we were not in that game from minute one because they were so good. We were poor, but they were brilliant. And it does feel as though Newcastle, especially at St. James's Park, have become a bit of a bogey team for Arsenal recently.
00:15:21
Craig matthews
I agree. You have to give credit to the name again.
00:15:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Eddie, how?
00:15:28
Craig matthews
Anyhow, he set up the team very well. He played five at the back. He had five at the back, had three summer bats, and had two triplet right back and lose four left back.
00:15:39
Craig matthews
i They did a good job on the players. According to get past them, they just there's worked in at the They gave us no space to break through that defense.
00:15:51
Craig matthews
So credit where credit is due new casters there to win the both games. They played a bit of football with it. We were very toothless. Maybe we're a bit overconfident that could we be DC or Saturday or Sunday that we're going to go into this game and roll them over. We're not going to have a sec. We don't have a plan Ask them to have a plan B off the bench. You can come on and change the game. I mean, I had a strike or a win or so on. Sterling came on.
00:16:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was going to say, you mean Sterling's not good enough to change a game, Craig?
00:16:17
Craig matthews
what
00:16:21
Craig matthews
maybe Maybe six years ago, maybe. Maybe to sit the city's third level of change of the game, but not this third lane I'm seeing right now.
00:16:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, not the Chelsea corrupted Sterling.
00:16:29
Craig matthews
no
00:16:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, I thought, Craig, you mentioned him just then, I actually thought as much as he was a pain in the ass, I thought Trossard had probably the best game I've seen from him for years, defensively as well.
00:16:40
Josh D
Yeah.
00:16:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was brilliant, I thought tonight.
00:16:43
Craig matthews
I agree.
00:16:44
Josh D
Yeah.
00:16:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and but and speaking of defensively, Josh, William Saliba, I, in fact, messaged the group a message that I never, ever thought I would send at 70 minutes.
00:16:45
Josh D
Yeah, I agree.
00:16:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
I said, I think Saliba needs to get hooked here because I didn't see the France game, but I think that's the worst game of football I've ever seen William Saliba play.
00:17:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
What did you make of his performance tonight? Was it just being rattled or was he off it from minute one and it wasn't just Isaac?
00:17:13
Josh D
Um, you know, when you play football, you get those off days and they're just a bad day at office for him.
00:17:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:17:19
Josh D
You know, I mean, nothing really went right for him. I think, I think, is that, I think he is a kind of our ball game and, you know, Gabrielle and sleep.
00:17:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:17:26
Josh D
I do have problems defending against him in the past. and um And you get the better of them and that's what happened today. you know I don't look too much into it because he has been consistent most of the season.
00:17:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:35
Josh D
you know We all have those off days where we we we don't you know we don't do well. So um hopefully he can you know sort himself out and be up for the Leicester game.
00:17:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's very true. We do all have off game ah off days and off games. I mean, a few weeks ago, I trapped a finger between two barrels and was out of action for the rest of the day at work. clay like We all have those off days where things just don't go away.
00:17:53
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:17:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
And to be fair, you like you say, Isaac is a particular problem for those two. He's got he's got them down.
00:18:03
Josh D
Yeah.
00:18:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
But then when you look at Gabrielle Saliba against Erling Harland, they don't give him a sniff.
00:18:10
Josh D
Yeah, I think i think the film, I don't know, maybe it was a little bit of a rivalry there. cause it wasn't I know they were theyre talking about Ali Etihad, but I think there was a problem beforehand as well. Last season, um there was a bit of a it was bit it was not not as nasty as it had been this season, but it was a bit it's been ongoing.
00:18:27
Josh D
so And they had kind of kept him quiet for from the majority of the day, they've they've had him they played against him.
00:18:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:32
Josh D
so um But yeah, you know but fair play to Newcastle, you know I think.
Newcastle's Tactical Edge
00:18:36
Josh D
I think what I like about them as well is that, you know, they haven't done what CD done, just spashed the cash. You know, thank God for FFP, they're not able to do that.
00:18:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:43
Josh D
They've slowly got the right players and they've got a really tight unit team, you know, and I think i think they can have a real push for top four.
00:18:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
ooh yeah you're right it is nice to see a team who's bought out by a country basically and you know the the whole buying thing was a little bit shady but everything got cleared in the end and you're right City when they first got bought out by the Qataris spent so much money but
00:18:51
Josh D
You know, I don't think they'll get it, but I think they'll be there close.
00:18:58
Josh D
Yeah.
00:19:10
Josh D
Yeah Yeah Yeah
00:19:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Newcastle have done it smartly, like good signings, bit by bit, like bringing Tenali in, bringing Gumerish in, like Dan Byrne bringing him back, and Lewis Hall a great acquisition, and then the likes of Isaac. So little good signings, like never really busting the bank on one, but getting good, consistent players in. So they've done it well. And speaking of what Josh just said there, nastiness, Craig, Arsenal have got a lot of stick,
00:19:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
especially Arsenal fans and I think this is an Arsenal bias from other fans personally about the fact that, oh, Miles Lewis Skelly was really rude doing Harlan's ah celebration and Gabrielle shouldn't have shouted at Erling Harlan. That was very unpleasant to do.
00:19:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, I mean, the Housery coming out of Newcastle tonight was ridiculous. Bruno doing keepy uppies, for one, in the 40th minute, when they were 1-0 up.
00:20:04
Craig matthews
Yeah. I thought that.
00:20:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then Trippier, the entire game, just gobbing off to everybody.
00:20:07
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:20:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, do you, because I know my answer for this, but I'm curious to you, do you enjoy it when, obviously it's bad, it's not as fun when it happens to you, but do you like that side of the game?
00:20:24
Craig matthews
It's fun. You get that. It's bad. It's like players try to wind up other places that have sent off and they try and get the fans as well. Even when Garanov was talking about the other day saying that it was out of order, but he did it against Liverpool many years ago.
00:20:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:20:40
Craig matthews
I don't remember.
00:20:41
Josh D
yeah
00:20:41
Craig matthews
When they beat Liverpool 1 at Old Trafford and he was celebrating in front of the local fans, he was running, putting his shirt down and doing that. I think he got fined for it. I think he got fined for it.
00:20:52
Craig matthews
He did get fined for it, but now he's saying that we can't do that. there's a lot of hyporocrisy hypocrisy in the game right now and it's like anything often do bad they want to punish us for anything other clubs do they want to say oh it's all right don't worry about it so yeah
00:21:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. You're right, never was a nasty little get when he was playing.
00:21:10
Josh D
Yeah. Yeah, we was
00:21:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, i mean Josh, so I actually spoke to Jules about this earlier, because he was he kind of a little bit came with the idea of, you know, oh, it was a bit out of order. But if you remember rightly, in the two all,
00:21:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Harland threw a ball at Gabrielle's head, told Arteta to stay humble, and then asked a 17-year-old, who are who even are you? And we get grief for that sort of thing, but we see it in Newcastle and we take it in our stride.
00:21:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
So is it is it just people trying to make headlines, do you think, and trying to paint Arsenal as the knobheads of football?
00:21:46
Josh D
I think it's part of the game. you know I think it's part of the game.
00:21:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:21:48
Josh D
I played football on Saturday um and literally the same situation happened. ah This one guy, um you know people were saying he'd been a bit too aggressive. And then after the game, me I think it was the music came out of me one and he screamed in someone's face and it almost got into a fight.
00:22:03
Josh D
you know And the funny part of all that that day was is that I did a nasty tackle all day and and everyone and no one said anything to me.
00:22:11
Craig matthews
for
00:22:12
Josh D
I literally took out the guy. I thought i felt awful afterwards. I was literally trying to get in the wall, but I took him out. you know i was kind of It could have broken his leg. um
00:22:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
okay For some reason Josh, I can entirely see you being a slightly sneaky dirty player.
00:22:28
Josh D
Oh yeah, I am, I am, I am.
00:22:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
this yeah
00:22:30
Josh D
Any bit to win, man. Any bit to win. So, um yeah, the the the comments that Gary Neville's making, he's talking nonsense, mate. He's part of the game. You know what I mean? Not like he's going out there, swearing at him or, you know, insulting him or anything.
00:22:42
Josh D
He just did his celebration.
00:22:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly.
00:22:43
Josh D
I mean, it's not like he's trademarked it. You know what I mean? Like, anyone can do it.
00:22:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
is yeah He's not done a Gareth Bale. By the way, Gareth, come at me, son.
00:22:49
Josh D
Yeah.
00:22:53
Josh D
We don't have the money yet.
00:22:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's true, actually. yeah Please don't come at me. I'm a bartender.
00:22:58
Craig matthews
ah
00:22:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Don't come at me. um I mean, the last I mean, that's that's basically the game, boys. i mean The last thing that I want to ask is how happy are you that the boys are finally going to Dubai?
Looking Ahead: Arsenal's Future
00:23:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
It feels like it's a little bit late in the year, but the reports are they're finally going to Dubai, Craig.
00:23:17
Craig matthews
If you could build us a title in the season, go. go and recharge their backs for a couple of days or so, how long they'll be out there for. I think the whole team needs a rest. I mean, the first one's Jade.
00:23:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:23:28
Craig matthews
I think Salih will have very jaded tonight. Gabriella's jaded. Timbal has jaded. The whole team, I'm not making excuses for them, but probably they've hit an awful lot of matches recently. Champions League, Premier League, League Cup.
00:23:39
Josh D
yeah
00:23:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:40
Craig matthews
They haven't had a rest. The other teams are able to rotate their players. We aren't going to be able to rotate our players. I think this will do them very good.
00:23:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're right. It will do. And I mean, Josh, I remember we were talking right at the start of the season when we started the Daily Arsenal podcast. The only shame really is that Ben White's injured. that He's not going to be able to go and top off his tan.
00:23:59
Josh D
Yeah Yeah, we we do miss him Ben white, you know that one that that energy came out in blue as well and
00:24:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:24:07
Josh D
Yeah, hopefully the boys can get a good rest. I mean, I know it's been extra games as well because the champions need the format of that now. So I understand that, you know, they are human in the day and it probably are tiny bit of a rest.
00:24:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly, yeah.
00:24:17
Josh D
Um, but hopefully when they do get that rest, I want to see some good performances, you know, I want to see some challenges, you know, don't get this rest and we don't win.
00:24:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:24
Josh D
It don't matches, you know, we don't win nothing.
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you're going to go to Dubai for 10 days, boys, you better come back ready because it's us who pay for the shirts and the merch that pay your wages.
00:24:28
Craig matthews
yeah
00:24:32
Josh D
Yeah.
00:24:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, pull your fingers out, have a bit of sleep, keep training and come back ready to win something.
00:24:37
Josh D
Yeah.
00:24:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Ready? Do you know what? Ready to win the Champions League.
00:24:47
Craig matthews
Yes.
00:24:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why not that?
00:24:47
Josh D
Yeah.
00:24:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we'll have that.
00:24:48
Josh D
yeah
00:24:48
Craig matthews
What?
00:24:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you pull that off, lads, then we'll be happy. We'll be smiling at the end of the season. Anything less.
00:24:55
Craig matthews
The human.
00:24:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're out. Okay.
00:24:57
Craig matthews
the
00:24:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. Maybe, maybe not, but you know, anyway, that is it for the daily arsenal podcast today. Thank you all very much for listening. I've been your host, Josh Vince. They were Craig Matthews and Joshua Duncan. We'll be back tomorrow with that Manchester city review crossover episode that we did do before the new castle game.
00:25:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
So when I mentioned being hopeful about the new castle game, ignore it. It was, it was blind optimism. Anyway, I have a lovely day and we'll be with you tomorrow until then take care and goodbye.