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S1 - E143: PSG review… a frustration night for many reasons…
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In this episode we will be discussing our Champions League semi finals 1st leg as we lost 1-0 and was fair to say it wasn’t by more. In addition we will also take a look at results from the other semi final tie against Barcelona and Inter Milan. Now if you want to get involved with any of our topics discussed please do get involved through our social media, which can be found in our show notes in the description.
Host: Jamie Patterson
Guest: Craig Matthews & Rodney Gooden
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Introduction and Match Disappointment
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello everyone and welcome to the Daily Arsenal Podcast, the only place to catch your daily fix of Arsenal, where we eat, sleep, repeat and we'll probably rant about all things Arsenal.
00:00:25
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You'll understand why in a minute. Brought to you on the GSPN Podcast Network, I am your host Jamie Patterson and as always I'm joined by my Arsenal connoisseurs in Craig Matthews and Mr Rodney Gooden.
00:00:39
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Guys, I don't know. ah This might be a silly question, meet me asking this, but how are you feeling?
00:00:46
Rodney Gooden
You already know, Jamie. right deflated Deflated, despondent, defeated. right That's it. it's Honestly, it's been a bad day.
00:00:54
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And you know what? Craig hasn't even answered that question because he's just there nodding because he pretty much agrees with Rodney.
00:01:01
Craig matthews
Thank you.
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Oh my goodness me.
Champions League Semi-Final Analysis
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In this episode, we will be discussing our Champions League semi-final first leg as we lost one nil And it was fair to say it wasn't by more.
00:01:18
Rodney Gooden
Hmm. Hmm.
00:01:18
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against PSG at the Emirates. In addition, we will be also looking at the result from the other semi-final tie against Barcelona and Inter Milan. Now, as always, guys, if you want to get involved with any of the topics discussed, please do get involved through our social media, which can be found in our show notes in the description.
00:01:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Guys, let's just cut the chase. ask the Arsenal 0, PSG 1.
00:01:43
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:01:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Realistically, it should have been more. But anyway... I didn't get to watch the game. i was working outside the Emirates and I obviously had to cope with the PSG Ultras.
00:01:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was there repping my boys, proud as can be, but the result couldn't be said, really, could it?
00:02:00
Rodney Gooden
Me?
00:02:05
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Do one of you want to start before i even before I even speak? Because even though I didn't watch the game, ah saw the highlights about 10 minutes ago and I am raging.
00:02:13
Rodney Gooden
Oh,
00:02:14
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But guys... I'm going to leave it open to you guys. Greg, take it away, mate.
00:02:21
Craig matthews
Rodney Eastbot. but
00:02:23
Rodney Gooden
man.
00:02:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Goodness me.
00:02:24
Rodney Gooden
oh well Where, where do I even begin?
00:02:25
Craig matthews
but
00:02:28
Rodney Gooden
I mean, guys, I think I want to start with some of the stats that saw in the first half. In the first 15 minutes, I saw PSG was 67% possession, right? To Arsenal's 33. Already, you could tell that they were dominating the ball in this space. We looked shaky within the first like five minutes of playing. And that's before the Dembele goal, all right?
00:02:47
Rodney Gooden
And we'll get to that one in a second.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:48
Rodney Gooden
But you could tell that from the moment the whistle was blown, we were off our game. There was talk about how the atmosphere in the Emirates was quiet, and we'll get to that. They'll talk about how apparently the what I heard a lot from a lot of fans was the momentum shift with the one-minute silence for Pope Francis or whatnot. Yeah, apparently that kind of threw everybody off as well.
00:03:05
Rodney Gooden
The Emirates was very kind of quiet going in there, and it looked like from that first kind of kick, we just weren't really looking like we were on it. You know, then kind of looking at the goal as well for Dembele in that opening five minutes too.
00:03:16
Rodney Gooden
I don't know if we can call it school board defending, whether it was missing Partey as well, but I'm seeing Dembele in acres of space, acres of space. No one's closing him down at that point. And you can tell that the moment that goal goes in, we're rattled, we're shaken.
00:03:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:03:29
Rodney Gooden
We're thinking that after the high of the Real Madrid win, that we're going into this with a lot of confidence. Even I was saying before the game, What's the worst thing that can happen? It'll be conceding early in a silly game. And then, you know, with
Player and Tactical Critique
00:03:40
Rodney Gooden
Arsenal, I've always said this team has so much potential, but we're not quite mentality monsters.
00:03:44
Rodney Gooden
There are certain death blows to a game which will then dictate the kind of impact of the game going forward. And Arsenal at the moment, I'm not really seeing too much of that kind of psychological resilience. You know, going one nil down at the Emirates is not ideal, but you want to see us be able to push back off that.
00:03:57
Rodney Gooden
And it took us quite a while to get into the game after that, too.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And on
00:04:00
Rodney Gooden
Not to mention, going into some other details too, I saw this for almost all the game, guys. I don't know about you, but it looked like we were outplayed across multiple areas of the pitch too, from the offensive ability to the defensive one, but mainly the midfield was where I think the game was lost.
00:04:15
Rodney Gooden
I saw Vettinia and Neves, yeah Hakimi running through that midfield, tearing it to pieces, long balls over the top and ticky-tack a passing like we weren't even there.
00:04:19
Craig matthews
Bonito.
00:04:25
Rodney Gooden
It was embarrassing to watch. And you can make a case for we're missing certain players, but they were overloading that midfield. And one of the advantages I thought that we would have, which would be physicality, It seemed like they were, if anything, matching us both a blow and sometimes being even better.
00:04:40
Rodney Gooden
It looked like there was no advantage in that midfield. Declan Rice playing six. I like it. I really do. But it seemed like we didn't get the best out of him in that game because we were on the back foot for most of it. And it's just so frustrating to watch because, well, look, I saw a better team come out there and do considerably better than we did.
00:04:55
Rodney Gooden
So, I mean, over to you guys. But it was it was difficult. It's difficult to kind of pull um positives from that game. Difficult to pull quite few.
00:05:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Craig, just generally, what were your thoughts?
00:05:06
Craig matthews
I second what Rodney has to say, but I have to say that the midfield got absolutely destroyed in midfield. Out-battled. I don't think Mourinho and Rice work in midfield.
00:05:17
Craig matthews
I don't think they work well together in midfield, to honest with you.
00:05:20
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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Craig matthews
Our captain went missing yesterday as well.
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Rodney Gooden
a
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Craig matthews
No way to be seen. ah that I was saying to Jamie, I think his injuries are lot. I think he might have surgery on the season. I think there's a serious injury he had with his ankle.
00:05:34
Craig matthews
He hasn't been the same person come back.
00:05:34
Rodney Gooden
e It's true, it's true.
00:05:36
Craig matthews
I mean, it's really struggled.
00:05:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:38
Craig matthews
So, and the manager not making changes as when we needed to make changes, you could see that it was so flat, like it was so, it just wanted to make a spot, like a winier, if you could bring on for like a half an hour or 20 minutes or something, bring him on for like four minutes, whatever it was at the time.
00:05:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh.
00:05:45
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:05:54
Craig matthews
yeah That's not a enough impact. And when he came on, he looked sharp as well.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:59
Craig matthews
But first I needed to come off, I wasn't, he wasn't doing anything in the second half, he just looked. I'd rather be in the top marina back up top and then take on Trostal and bring somebody else on. But who was the other option? he could He's not going to trust Sterling now, is he? didn't bring him on again yesterday. So, who else on the bench he could have brought? He could have brought on Tierney and he could have done something different, at least.
00:06:19
Craig matthews
Try something different. But he didn't do that, so was a bit frustrating. ah I think a lot of us fans, we've got very... We got over exhilarating and we got happy that we're going to be playing PSG, we're going to beat them.
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Rodney Gooden
the Yeah, yeah.
00:06:32
Craig matthews
All of us, even me, I'm guilty for it as well.
00:06:35
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:06:35
Craig matthews
what We're going to roll them over.
00:06:35
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:37
Craig matthews
But everyone forget, Enrique is a very good manager. He's already won Champions League already Barcelona.
00:06:41
Rodney Gooden
Mm.
00:06:42
Craig matthews
So he knows how quick.
00:06:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:43
Rodney Gooden
Mm.
00:06:43
Craig matthews
He's already beaten three of these teams already this season. and So, you know, so we we we we got a bit complacent and we got kicked in the ass for it.
00:06:50
Rodney Gooden
you Yeah.
00:06:51
Craig matthews
So that's all I've got to say.
00:06:53
Rodney Gooden
And one other point to mention as well. I said that PSG team that we beat early in the competition, very different from what they are now. I saw the business they did in January.
00:06:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:07:00
Rodney Gooden
I've seen the tactical tweaks that Luis Enrique's made as well. I knew it would be a tougher game, but I didn't expect to get played so completely out the park. but This is it. They've improved. And we could have. I'm coming back to the summer window as well.
00:07:11
Rodney Gooden
If you look at players like Kovarovic Scalier as well, he was available that window. You know? Yeah. when I saw him ripping it up on that left-hand side, all I could say was we've got to blame ourselves because he was available.
00:07:22
Rodney Gooden
We could have put the money in, you know?
00:07:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:25
Rodney Gooden
Watching him compared to Martinelli that game, oh, man, it's difficult. It's difficult to watch. Hmm.
00:07:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know what? As I sit here and i we're we're literally recording this podcast now and obviously we've just we've recorded it just after Barcelona Inter. They've gone and shown the highlights of last night and i already sit here and I'm trying to bottle up my rage right now because...
00:07:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wow, where do I even start? That first goal, that very first goal that we conceded. First of all, I said this to Craig on the preview, right?
00:07:54
Rodney Gooden
The ballet, yeah. yeah
00:07:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
The one thing you don't want to do is concede early. The one thing you want to do is try and score early.
00:08:02
Rodney Gooden
Nope.
00:08:05
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:08:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Timber, for that first goal, I am sorry, but they dragged you out of position.
00:08:07
Craig matthews
Thank
00:08:11
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
What were you thinking?
00:08:13
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:08:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Being so far in the middle of the field. do you not Do you not see um Chris Keelya running down?
00:08:24
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:08:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bro, look at the amount of space he had.
00:08:26
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah
00:08:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah no And then, forget about... And then, you know what makes it worse as well? Is the fact that he's there shuffling back.
00:08:33
Rodney Gooden
yeah.
00:08:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Where's the fear?
00:08:36
Rodney Gooden
Hmm. Yeah, i'
00:08:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Clearly the fear was there. And do you know what? As I paused my TV just now, what do I see?
00:08:41
Rodney Gooden
know.
00:08:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
No one, not a single man. You've got, I don't know who that is. You've got someone that's just standing by the referee, chilling next to the referee, if it's fight known as in as if like, as if you're on holiday.
00:08:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you've got probably what? Probably Rice, or i don't know who that is, on the edge of the box. And look at the space that Dembele has.
00:09:08
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, I know.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
you
00:09:08
Rodney Gooden
I know.
Comparisons and Motivation for Arsenal
00:09:10
Rodney Gooden
It was worse than the Eze one against Palace. It was worse.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
know what it is?
00:09:15
Craig matthews
But there was a similar type of goal as well because the way you hit the post or hit the ball in the net, same type of goal last week.
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:21
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah.
00:09:23
Craig matthews
And the thing is, we haven't learned our lessons from last week either, but the only thing we have to talk about as well is that Bryce ran into the penalty box.
00:09:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nah, clearly haven't.
00:09:29
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:09:32
Craig matthews
Marina was too far. so it's whose The two midfielders were split. They were split and gave too much respect. I was saying that, don't give Dembele too much respect because he's going to punish us.
00:09:42
Craig matthews
There's a good running for the winger.
00:09:43
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:09:45
Craig matthews
He played a good pass back.
00:09:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, clearly still.
00:09:46
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:09:46
Craig matthews
Great pass.
00:09:47
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. carrabus scalia He's.
00:09:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
All I can say is this guy had a field day last night.
00:09:51
Rodney Gooden
He did him.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
He a field day.
00:09:52
Rodney Gooden
Him and Desiree Douai. Like they just both their wingers just was so good.
00:09:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
00:09:58
Rodney Gooden
Unbelievable. Do you see at one point, ah there was one, Jamie, where I had my head in my hands. I think there was one. It was a run by Kavar Scali into the box and we were tripling up on him. That's how bad it was.
00:10:08
Rodney Gooden
There was three. It was it was Timber Saliba.
00:10:13
Rodney Gooden
It might have been Declan, it was like there were three people in the box desperate to stop him.
00:10:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know what's even embarrassing, right?
00:10:17
Rodney Gooden
it was He was that good.
00:10:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know what?
00:10:19
Rodney Gooden
but
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Global Sports Podcast Network
You just said it there. That's embarrassing.
00:10:21
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:10:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
The fact that you're having to have three men on one player.
00:10:22
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. yeah yeah
00:10:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Normally.
00:10:28
Rodney Gooden
And we used to complain about when they double up on Saka. And I said, I've seen three on Kavara.
00:10:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, my God. Yeah.
00:10:33
Craig matthews
Well, the only good thing I can think about is we only won no down the time we can always turn around in power.
00:10:33
Rodney Gooden
Oh, my God.
00:10:40
Craig matthews
It's the only positive thing can think of right now.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:10:42
Craig matthews
and
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah, it's true.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
I couldn't agree with you any more there, Craig.
00:10:43
Craig matthews
And
00:10:44
Rodney Gooden
It's true. It's true, but we're lucky because I said, looking back at that, the last couple of minutes as well. um What was it? The Barcola put it just past Raya, put it wide.
00:10:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:53
Rodney Gooden
Should have been two.
00:10:53
Craig matthews
Ramos, and Ramos as well.
00:10:54
Rodney Gooden
round was hitting the bar.
00:10:55
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:10:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh my gosh.
00:10:58
Rodney Gooden
man.
00:11:00
Craig matthews
Imagine we're going down three no down, three no down.
00:11:00
Rodney Gooden
But it's
00:11:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's where I was like, that's where I kind of just sat there and was like, how have we not lost this game?
00:11:06
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah, we were so lucky with that one.
00:11:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Genuinely, how?
00:11:09
Rodney Gooden
But also one thing I was envious of with PSG was it was the quality they could bring on from the bench.
00:11:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the one
00:11:13
Rodney Gooden
Whereas if you look at us, I know injury crisis, but also injury crisis is only one part of it.
00:11:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah.
00:11:18
Rodney Gooden
There's also not doing proper business in January. Whilst I'm looking at this one, it looks like Dembele might have been injured, might have pulled a hand, he might have done something. He'll probably be okay for the return leg, but they break they take him off. Yeah, bringing on Barcola.
00:11:30
Rodney Gooden
Ramos is now coming on as a substitution as well.
00:11:31
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:11:32
Rodney Gooden
They're bringing on attacking substitutions while already having quite a stacked front line.
00:11:32
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:11:36
Rodney Gooden
They're able to kind of turn the game.
00:11:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:11:37
Rodney Gooden
They wanted to kill us off. And they came very close to it. Whereas I'm looking at what type of changes we could have made. And aside from when Yeri kind of coming on and I argue agreed, he should have come on a bit earlier.
00:11:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:47
Rodney Gooden
What kind of attacking forces do we really have?
00:11:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:49
Rodney Gooden
Because we needed it. We needed an injection of energy. We needed something. We honestly, we need to get into part A and missing him too, because what I saw PSG doing was overloading that midfield. You'll see him, um Hakimi pushing up into the midfield.
00:12:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:01
Rodney Gooden
You see Dembele dropping back in there. They're overloading that midfield space and playing tiki-taka around us as well. We needed a holding presence in there. And while I like Declan, I love his lung-busting runs down the left-hand side as well. We need someone. We need a spot kicker. We need a corner kicker. We need that kind of person trying to link up play, you know, especially on that left-hand side. Especially, even more so, when the captain isn't stepping up.
00:12:21
Rodney Gooden
We needed a general presence.
00:12:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:22
Rodney Gooden
We needed a very strong kind of holding presence there. And you can see why Declan was getting so upset with Partey when he got that yellow in the rail game. It's almost like he could see this coming.
00:12:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
00:12:31
Rodney Gooden
It's almost like he could see this. We're going to need you in a very important game versus PSG.
00:12:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:36
Rodney Gooden
And your presence will be felt. It'll be missed. that's exactly happened.
00:12:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
For real.
00:12:39
Rodney Gooden
They controlled that midfield. They controlled the game.
00:12:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:42
Rodney Gooden
Metinia, oh, what a player. But already just don't.
00:12:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh
00:12:45
Craig matthews
was It was Neves for me.
00:12:46
Rodney Gooden
They're running circles around us.
00:12:46
Craig matthews
It was Neves me.
00:12:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:48
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:12:49
Craig matthews
Neves just tap never making last tackles, taking the ball of players feet when they were about to shoot.
00:12:52
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:12:55
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:12:55
Craig matthews
yeah ah It was class.
00:12:55
Rodney Gooden
And
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Craig matthews
That midfield three. Ruiz, Neves and Bettina.
00:13:01
Rodney Gooden
it's sex. yeah
00:13:02
Craig matthews
that That's the lot of quality. but Look at all midfield three we had yesterday. Declan, Rennes, Mourinho and Odegaard.
00:13:09
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:13:09
Craig matthews
Only one of the three did well.
00:13:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I agree.
00:13:11
Rodney Gooden
yeah and its text oh
00:13:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Exactly that. And then another thing that really annoys me, and to Josh Vince, right, i hope you'll I hope you're dearly listening to this because who was it that played him through? Rice.
00:13:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Played him through. and I'm looking at it now. Put your laces through it, man. don't and Don't do none of the... you know what, right? Another thing I realised with Arsenal's chances last night
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Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:13:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why is it that we're trying to be so complacent? Why are we trying to be... why are we why we trying to act
Arsenal's Missed Opportunities and Mentality
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Global Sports Podcast Network
composed in front of goal? Put your laces through it!
00:13:54
Craig matthews
Bye.
00:13:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Trossard, I'm sorry, that ball from Rice was beautiful, but Trossard, put your laces through it, man.
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Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:14:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Jeez almighty, come on.
00:14:01
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah. We had a couple of moments like that.
00:14:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, can understand now, Josh, I really hope you can sense it in my voice right, but Josh Vince, I can understand why you get so frustrated with Trossard.
00:14:05
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah.
00:14:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Goodness me.
00:14:15
Rodney Gooden
thank
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know what? Do you remember against Liverpool, right? He got played through. What did he do? put his laces through it. Why can't you go and put your laces through it in a Champions League semi-final? I do not know.
00:14:28
Rodney Gooden
yeah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
oh my gosh.
00:14:29
Rodney Gooden
ah Off the game, off the game. That's what it was, you know? And there was a couple like that too, you know? I think Martinelli, we'll talk about him too. I thought, aside from the two missed chances, he looked decent at parts, but you're looking at the point where we're 1-0 down and that one where he's 1-1 through with Donnarumma.
00:14:45
Rodney Gooden
And again, classic Martinelli, hasn't looked up, just taking a shot. Donnarumma, to be fair, has done well to save it, but he should be burying that. Not to mention the one before where, I thought he was a bit unlucky with the one before, but do you remember the sack across over the top?
00:14:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and it was, it couldn't quite, yeah.
00:14:57
Rodney Gooden
And he can't quite get the toe on it.
00:14:58
Craig matthews
yeah
00:14:59
Rodney Gooden
He's on... Yeah, he's unlucky with that one. But you're thinking, oh, if the quality was just a little bit higher, we might be 2-1 up in that game. Or we might have equalized too. But the chances that we did have, we're just unable to bury.
00:15:10
Rodney Gooden
And it's a it's a shame because I've got to give credit to Donnarumma. Not a lot of people rate him as a keeper, you know, even some PSG fans.
00:15:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:15:16
Rodney Gooden
But he chose to have the game of his life.
00:15:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:19
Craig matthews
Did
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Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:15:19
Rodney Gooden
He chose to have the game of his life last night. And I've got to give him credit.
00:15:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Going back Going back to what you were saying, though, about Martinelli, right? Again, going to say the exact same about Trossard.
00:15:27
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:15:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Our left side, again, what is it with composure? Why are we so composed in front of goal? Why do we not just put our laces through it? Again, Martinelli, another one.
00:15:40
Rodney Gooden
I.
00:15:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Had your chance. go for placement. Power it.
00:15:46
Craig matthews
but did
00:15:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
How are it? Come on, seriously. Like we were too, do you know what it is? I think in attacking situations, we just got too comfortable and we just thought, oh, you know what?
00:15:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know what it is with Martinelli and Trossard, right? Both, and I will say this about both of them. And ah you know what? Let's see what people will say about what I'm about to say.
00:16:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think they just missed, they thought, ah, you know what, Dunarama, he's going to have the exact same game as what he had when he was back here at the Emirates. So you know what, we're going to take advantage and we're just going to go for placement.
00:16:07
Rodney Gooden
e
00:16:16
Rodney Gooden
hmm
00:16:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Don't go for power, go for placement. And it didn't pay off. And I'll tell you what, again, why why is it always about placement? Why is it always about placement against some of the best keepers as well?
00:16:32
Craig matthews
Thank you.
00:16:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, keepers suss that out so much. But no, we don't think about power. We don't think about, oh, yeah, let's just put the lace through it. No, <unk> we'll just go for placement and just hope that we can get away with it.
00:16:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And last night, it was clear to see that we did not get it. We didn't even get away with it once. So frustrating.
00:16:52
Rodney Gooden
We're unlucky. Yeah.
00:16:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, so frustrating.
00:16:55
Rodney Gooden
We're unlucky, though. Yeah, we're unlucky. like I mean, one thing we haven't talked about from Arsenal's chances is the Moreno offside as well. know that That was unlucky, you know?
00:17:02
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:17:04
Rodney Gooden
But I felt so frustrated because i jumped up my chair thinking, all right, we've equalised.
00:17:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know what? Again, you know you know what? I was stood outside the Emirates when that went in and I was just panicking.
00:17:13
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:17:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was like, oh my gosh.
00:17:16
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:17:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
like I literally stopped, tried to run into like the nearest pub and I couldn't even get into the nearest pub because apparently you've got to be a season ticket holder to get into the Drayton Park.
00:17:28
Rodney Gooden
to get to the drain arms oh yeah
00:17:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
The Drayton Arms, you've got to be a season ticket holder. Please tell me how that makes any sense.
00:17:38
Rodney Gooden
usually when most of the pubs are on there it's usually you just got be an arsenal fan so if you come in there wearing a shirt or you got a program or you can show them your ticket or something you know you'll be all right season ticket holder is crazy
00:17:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I... I just can't believe it. I was trying to see through, through like this glass window and like the security guard was just stood right in front of me and I'm like, oh, come on.
00:17:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, come on, seriously, don't kill my vibe, man.
00:18:03
Rodney Gooden
Oh, that's tough.
00:18:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Don't kill my vibe. And then I was like, you know, at that point, I was like, right, i'm going to cycle back home, try and try and find a stream. couldn't even find a stream.
00:18:12
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:18:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was the worst thing about it.
00:18:13
Rodney Gooden
Oh.
00:18:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I was like, yeah, okay. my My girlfriend was like, you're going to have to listen to the radio and just like...
00:18:19
Rodney Gooden
nervous
00:18:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I was like, it's not the same.
00:18:21
Craig matthews
You
00:18:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's not the same.
00:18:23
Rodney Gooden
yeah ah
00:18:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
But you know what? We was really unlucky with with the Marino chance. And you said it on our group chat, Rodney, which is, you know, the momentum, the fact that we kind of got off to an early start, kind of built that momentum.
00:18:37
Rodney Gooden
E. E.
00:18:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it just was really, it was just so unfortunate we didn't go and capitalise on that.
00:18:43
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, there were only sections of the game where Arsenal looked like the better squad or looked like we were going to go
Fan Support and Stadium Atmosphere
00:18:50
Rodney Gooden
on there and score. I think the last 15, 20 minutes maybe of the first half, we started to look a bit better, but it still meant the entire first section of that first half, yeah, diabolical, horrible to watch.
00:19:00
Rodney Gooden
Second half, I think, yeah, when you have that early Marino kind of goal, you know, but then gets ruled out for offside.
00:19:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh
00:19:05
Rodney Gooden
I think first little section in the second half was looking decent. Middle section was a bit difficult. Towards the end, I thought we looked all right, and then the last 15 minutes of that game, it's all PSG.
00:19:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah yeah, absolutely.
00:19:15
Rodney Gooden
That was tough. The last second game was...
00:19:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. The amount of chances they were coming through with.
00:19:17
Rodney Gooden
so Yeah.
00:19:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know what though?
00:19:20
Rodney Gooden
From the moment PSG made the subs, yeah, the attacking subs towards the end, I said, yeah, that point it was all theirs.
00:19:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Oh yeah.
00:19:24
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah.
00:19:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. And you know what, though? I have to give my credit due to Raya. Wow. Pulled off some unbelievable saves.
00:19:30
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. yeah
00:19:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you know what? it wasn't for him, i honestly don't think, I don't think we'd be we'd be sitting here saying that it's 1-0 PSG.
00:19:39
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:19:41
Craig matthews
Could be four or five.
00:19:41
Rodney Gooden
No, no, no, no. It could be four five.
00:19:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. ah Yeah.
00:19:43
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, because he had he had two.
00:19:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:44
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, I think he had a couple of decent saves. But then the Barcola one and Ramos one, he had no chance.
00:19:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:19:50
Rodney Gooden
He's a no man's man. We got seriously lucky with those two.
00:19:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:19:53
Rodney Gooden
So honestly, it could have been three. and And honestly, I couldn't even say anything about right. I would have been like, you know what? That's unfortunate. When I saw the Ramos shot again, looking back on it, you see right desperate to try and get a hand to it. But you see that it's missing.
00:20:04
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:20:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:04
Rodney Gooden
And just straight for the crossbar. You know, if it was just literally a half an inch lower.
00:20:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Half an inch lower, it might have pinged the crossbar.
00:20:09
Rodney Gooden
Oh, my God. He scored a screamer.
00:20:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
It might have just pinged the crossbar and pinged in
00:20:12
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. it could have. all
00:20:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
It could have been one it's one of them could have moments, do you know i mean?
00:20:17
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:20:20
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah. So, again, I think we got lucky with that one. I agree. you know, I'm not completely. Hopeless with this one. I'm not completely despondent about it. i do feel that we can go off to Paris and actually get a result here, but we need that part of presence in the midfield.
00:20:32
Rodney Gooden
We need a serious tactical change. And again, we can maybe take some inspiration from the Arsenal women who, again, in their Champions League semifinal match against Lyon, they lost it to one and only to come back and absolutely batter Lyon in France.
00:20:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, my gosh. Yeah.
00:20:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you know what?
00:20:45
Rodney Gooden
And now they're finalists.
00:20:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
the dust
00:20:47
Rodney Gooden
We need the same energy.
00:20:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. And it was that it's their first final in 18 years. i mean, credit Duke.
00:20:53
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah.
00:20:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
The fact is, yeah, especially being at the Emirates, to lose 2-0 at the Emirates, but to go away to Lyon and put on an absolute masterclass, I mean...
00:21:00
Rodney Gooden
e
00:21:04
Rodney Gooden
Masterclass. Yeah.
00:21:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
big For me, big shout out to Alicia Russo. Wow, what a player we have in her.
00:21:09
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. yeah yeah Yeah. She's incredible.
00:21:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, so good. She is clutch. Absolutely. She just, she comes in in clutch moments and just never fails to perform, does she?
00:21:19
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:21:22
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:21:23
Craig matthews
No.
00:21:23
Rodney Gooden
yeah She's a fan favorite for a reason.
00:21:25
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:21:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, exactly that. Absolutely.
00:21:28
Rodney Gooden
And that's it. So I said, we need we need the energy going forward into Paris because we need to do something, right? Because we were tactically outplayed across several areas of the pitch there.
00:21:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
We do.
00:21:35
Rodney Gooden
And I'm thinking, looking back on it, guys, we've got to talk about positioning as well. Do we want Charles Leicester to go into the next game or do we want to...
00:21:42
Craig matthews
No.
00:21:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
No. No.
00:21:45
Rodney Gooden
We've got to talk because we've got to put our best 11 out there, all right?
00:21:46
Craig matthews
No.
00:21:48
Craig matthews
No.
00:21:48
Rodney Gooden
And even then, it's quite a lot of what it's quite a lot to ask for the best 11, but we need to get the line-up right.
00:21:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:21:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
next To be honest with you, just quickly before we go before we take a break, I will point this out.
00:21:51
Craig matthews
There's two.
00:21:53
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:21:56
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:21:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
We can now probably play Mourinho up top because we'll have Partey back for that second leg.
00:22:03
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:22:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
So if you go with your you go with the normal formation, you know, Partey, Odegaard, Rice,
00:22:12
Rodney Gooden
Rice, yeah.
00:22:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah No, i even Craig's saying no to Odegaard.
00:22:15
Rodney Gooden
Oh, no, Odegaard. You're saying, oh, wow, he's saying Rice, Partey, Wanyeri. Okay, okay.
00:22:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Would you go rise partay when Yeri?
00:22:24
Rodney Gooden
I'll take it. it's a lot for
00:22:24
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:22:25
Rodney Gooden
It's a lot to ask of him in the Champions League final, but to be 100% fair, gentlemen, we are already asking the same of MLS, and no one's complaining, are we?
00:22:25
Craig matthews
one
00:22:32
Rodney Gooden
you know
00:22:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is a very good point.
00:22:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, as we've said on...
00:22:33
Rodney Gooden
He had a good game.
00:22:34
Rodney Gooden
Despite the result, he had a good game.
00:22:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
We we have said it previous episodes of the pod.
00:22:36
Rodney Gooden
And he's only what?
00:22:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
We have said this kid does not feel pressure.
00:22:43
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:22:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, he doesn't feel pressure whatsoever.
00:22:45
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:22:46
Craig matthews
the
00:22:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
But guys, we're going to take a quick break in the meantime. Just, ah you know, we'll take a quick break, gather our thoughts for a minute. We'll try to. And we'll be back with the second part as we continue to review the PSG game.
00:22:56
Rodney Gooden
yes
00:22:56
Craig matthews
but felt
00:23:07
Rodney Gooden
Thank
00:23:40
Rodney Gooden
you
00:23:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
And hello there, welcome back to part two of the PSG review. I'm here with Craig Matthews and Rodney Gooden. Right, guys, we'll get this this, just to let you know, the second part of this show is going to be very, very,
00:23:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very, in all caps, heated now, because we are going to discuss about some of the, I don't know how to word this, but we are going to talk about some of the down, well, the upsetting points that we all realised from last night's game.
00:24:02
Craig matthews
system.
00:24:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm going to kick this off because we've touched on it and so many other fan bases have touched on it as well. And it's the atmosphere.
00:24:28
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:24:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, obviously, I was working outside the Emirates last night and... I sat there and I just thought to myself, wow, you know, i watched the PSG Ultras walk through.
00:24:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
They were loud.
00:24:44
Craig matthews
And
00:24:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
they were They were there quite early, actually. And they were walking through Drayton Park.
00:24:47
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:24:52
Rodney Gooden
yes
00:24:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
And there's me just standing there with my Arsenal shirt on because I'm like, listen, as an Arsenal fan, I'm repping my boys. I'm repping my boys.
00:24:59
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:24:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
i'm I'm showing that I'm proud here.
00:25:01
Rodney Gooden
Of course, course, they are not tough, you know, got to give them a tough game.
00:25:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know? and Yeah, and the thing is, right, you know, they walked through, they were chanting, they were banging drums, they were doing all, they had flares, they had all sorts.
00:25:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
They went into the stadium, then had Arsenal fans coming along.
00:25:13
Rodney Gooden
yeah of course
00:25:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
And for me, the vibe just didn't feel as... passionate or exciting compared to being being at home for the Real Madrid game.
00:25:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Again, i was just outside the Emirates for the Real Madrid game as well.
00:25:30
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:25:33
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:25:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I could tell the difference the difference in atmosphere was just really weak. I'm sorry.
00:25:41
Rodney Gooden
Oh,
00:25:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm really sorry to be critical, right? But I'm going to say this. We were pathetic. We were weak.
00:25:47
Rodney Gooden
we will.
00:25:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
The atmosphere was
Managerial Expectations and Future Prospects
00:25:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
poor. I'm sorry.
00:25:50
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:25:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
But listen, if myself, Craig and Rodney were at that game last night, we would have we would have brought passion there. wait We would have tried to bring what we have.
00:25:57
Rodney Gooden
oh we we We wouldn't be able to do the pod because we'd lost our voices.
00:25:59
Craig matthews
100 of course of course
00:26:01
Rodney Gooden
You know what mean?
00:26:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
There you go. There you go Couldn't have said it better. Could not have said it any better. Exactly that. Exactly that. You couldn't have said it better, bro. Honestly, couldn't have said it better.
00:26:13
Rodney Gooden
e yeah
00:26:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it was just so upsetting. It was really upsetting to have such lacklustre atmosphere at the Emirates.
00:26:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the worst thing about it was the ultras that were sitting in the away end were all night creating...
00:26:30
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:26:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just constant noise and chanting.
00:26:36
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
and the thing is... It's a semi-final.
00:26:40
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:26:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
I remember Craig, we we both said this actually before, um you know, in the preview, but we said to anyone that's going to the Emirates tonight, bring the atmosphere, bring the noise, bring the passion and really go and soak it up because myself, even for you, Rodney, and, you know, and Craig, we would all, we'd have given anything to have been at that game last night.
00:27:06
Craig matthews
Haunted.
00:27:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anything.
00:27:07
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:27:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yet, Unfortunately, after that embarrassment of an atmosphere, so ah just I'm left speechless.
00:27:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Guys, take over from me, please, because actually, do you know what?
00:27:21
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:27:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
It drives me up the wall. And the thing is, right, this isn't the first time this has happened.
00:27:29
Rodney Gooden
No, no, no.
00:27:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know what it is?
00:27:30
Rodney Gooden
Far from it. ah
00:27:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm going to be really brutal here.
00:27:34
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:27:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
But the majority of our home games, we're so quiet.
00:27:39
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:27:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like last week, Craig, I don't know if you realise it last week, but with the Palace fans, you could hear them singing, is this library?
00:27:39
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:27:43
Craig matthews
I did.
00:27:47
Rodney Gooden
oh
00:27:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is this a library? Is this a library? And then you can hear people going, shh.
00:27:52
Rodney Gooden
Embarrassing.
00:27:55
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:27:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the thing is, right, even my girlfriend said it. Normally, when fans do that, the home the home end would respond.
00:28:05
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:28:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
But there was no response from the home end whatsoever.
00:28:08
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:28:10
Craig matthews
weve got
00:28:10
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:28:11
Craig matthews
this yeah
00:28:13
Rodney Gooden
No, it's a really difficult kind of situation. Like, I feel that this happens on the regular. And you can tell that Mikel has, you know, been on record, especially before the PSG game, but also in the past, asking, demanding more from the fans. You can see it in the videos and social media.
00:28:26
Rodney Gooden
Tell everyone to bring their shorts, bring their shirts, bring their boots, be behind the team for every pass, every shot, every tackle to be there.
00:28:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was literally his words as well.
00:28:34
Rodney Gooden
Exactly. That's what the manager is saying. He knows we need to bring an atmosphere. One of the things that was most frustrating about the PSG game as well, outside from being played out the park, was watching Raya, watching Trusser, watching Odegaard, watching Martinelli constantly raise their hands to the crowd to try and get them to inject a bit of energy and seeing that they were met with nothing.
00:28:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:52
Rodney Gooden
Now, When players do that, I'm always in two minds, because if I'm at the game, of course, whatever you want, right, whatever to get behind the team as well. One thing I will say to the fans, if they're not inspired by what's going on in the pitch, then I understand that they're probably not going tonna be willing to do so.
00:29:05
Rodney Gooden
But I would argue that the hardcore fans who really want to be there and support the team and get behind the gunners no matter what, come rain or shine or hell or high water, they will do so. And what's happening now is with the new ballot system, too, we are not having the same regular bunch of fans come to the same games, too.
00:29:19
Rodney Gooden
which means that the people who are going to be singing the loudest, chanting the loudest, going forward, knowing all the songs as well, they're often able to make it to every game in favor of fairness. And so I'm in two minds about the ballot system.
00:29:30
Rodney Gooden
I like the idea that more people have access to tickets and more people get the wonderful experience of going to see the Gunners at home.
00:29:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no.
00:29:37
Rodney Gooden
However, with some of the tougher games, with some of the tougher games, it's ridiculous because the team need ultras.
00:29:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm sorry. I'm sorry to cut you off.
00:29:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:29:43
Rodney Gooden
They need a stadium full ultras and we don't have it.
00:29:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
no I'm sorry, Rodney.
00:29:45
Rodney Gooden
And you can tell.
00:29:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm sorry. I'm going to cut you off there. But I think the ballot system is rubbish. Absolutely useless.
00:29:52
Rodney Gooden
It has its problems. I agree. i agree.
00:29:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm sorry, but last year, last year, I signed up to it i signed up for my membership, paid my £34 and thought, you know what?
00:29:56
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:30:00
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:30:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Even my girlfriend was like to me, yeah, don't get your hopes up.
00:30:02
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:30:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
A lot of my mates were like to me, don't get your hopes up.
00:30:06
Rodney Gooden
know.
00:30:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm like, yeah, yeah, cool. Not going to get my hopes up. applied for at least a good half of them games and was only successful once from the ballot, and that was Arsenal versus Wolves.
00:30:14
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. and know
00:30:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm sorry, but I just think this ballot system has to, it's got to go or it's got to get better.
00:30:20
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:30:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the worst thing about it is, and it frustrates me so much, up in next season they're upping the price from £34 to £36.
00:30:25
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:30:31
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, I know. Yeah.
00:30:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, again, I cancelled my membership because I thought, you know what?
00:30:35
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:30:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why am I going to pay £34 to enter all these ballots and to go to no games whatsoever?
00:30:46
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:30:46
Craig matthews
So where's the money in there?
00:30:48
Rodney Gooden
No, it's a strong argument.
00:30:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Waste of money.
00:30:50
Rodney Gooden
You know, I i actually personally, in my opinion, I generally feel that the ballot system has its merits, but only if it was applicable to a small selection of games.
00:30:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Waste of money.
00:30:58
Rodney Gooden
When it's every home game throughout the entire season and all the competitions in Europe, FA Cup, Premier League or whatnot, it's like when it's everything...
00:31:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:06
Rodney Gooden
It becomes a horrible lottery in which most people who really want to be at the games, most people who really want to live and breathe and kind of, you know, bleed red for the club, they don't get to go to these games.
00:31:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:14
Rodney Gooden
It needs to be a small selection, maybe one cup competition, maybe one European competition. I don't know. Maybe a selection of games you take. If there's, say, 50 games or so played throughout the season, maybe 10 or 12 of them can go to ballot and then the rest of them are just regular kind of.
00:31:27
Rodney Gooden
ticket vendors where you can go to the box office if you pay for membership you immediately have access to the exchange it should be a different system where we kind of use it partially because when what happens against psg is one of the dangers where you have the manager demanding more from the fans yet the fans who would hear that call rise up and honor it are not at the game
00:31:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:45
Rodney Gooden
So, who yeah, no wonder the atmosphere is dead. And another thing I'll also add to that, too, is the club doesn't make it any better when you've got a lot of great fan suggestions for how to do, for example, things like TIFOs.
00:31:58
Rodney Gooden
You know, maybe we should get into that. You know, fans have ideas for things like TIFOs to kind of get the atmosphere up and generate a real kind of rancor within the stadium. Yet the club chooses to reject it in favor of doing their own projects.
00:32:11
Rodney Gooden
Naturally, we as fans think that it's going to be an incredible piece of work if the club is rejecting in favor of doing their own. Gentlemen, I know you saw the T4 that we put up for that semifinal. Remember, first semifinal we've been in in how long? e And what did we see?
00:32:25
Rodney Gooden
Not only was it a basic design, it was crooked and little limped. It looked sad.
00:32:31
Rodney Gooden
This is the thing. yeah i think the club can do a bit more to support and generate that atmosphere as well. Not so much from the manager. I like Mikel's calls, but I feel that the TIFO that the club actually put on there needs to be much better. I would have much rather seen some of those home designs. don't know if you saw a few of them that were going around online too, but they look far more captivating, so much more personality in them as well.
00:32:51
Rodney Gooden
I saw one there, Casa de Mikel, you know? was They were looking good.
00:32:56
Craig matthews
we we You know what you guys, I feel like the Arsenal away fans are more passionate than the Arsenal home fans. If you go to away games, you see they're more passionate.
00:33:03
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:33:04
Craig matthews
They're more up for it. They're the real Arsenal.
00:33:06
Rodney Gooden
Agreed. Agreed.
00:33:07
Craig matthews
They're the more hardcore Arsenal fans, I would say.
00:33:08
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, because they make sacrifices. They come up to, you know, and make the trip to Newcastle and then sit all the way up in the top, yeah all the way up in the far away section the stands and make noise.
00:33:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:15
Craig matthews
go. Hmm.
00:33:18
Rodney Gooden
You've got to be a real fan to make that journey. Yeah. So this is it.
00:33:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm, I'm, go on. so what you're going to say.
00:33:23
Rodney Gooden
No, no, that was it. I just said that, yeah, I think, I think, well, Craig was making a point about the away fans that go to the Arsenal games.
00:33:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh great.
00:33:28
Rodney Gooden
Like, yeah, they generally are much better at generating their atmosphere because they're hardcore. They're traveling. They're crossing countries. They're taking three-hour trains. They're taking long drives. They're taking planes. They're doing whatever they can to support the club. So them lot, yeah, they'll generate the atmosphere you want. But with the ballot system, you know, you flip a coin to see what type of crowd you get.
00:33:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:47
Craig matthews
I think the best game I went to this season was the semi-final Arsenal women's best round of Jogluv.
00:33:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
of
00:33:52
Craig matthews
was in the quarter-finals, of course, the best game I've won the season.
00:33:54
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:33:56
Craig matthews
That atmosphere the Emirates, I've never seen in a long, long time. But other games like Crystal Palace last week, after this corner the 22nd goal, it was so flat.
00:34:01
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:34:03
Craig matthews
No noise, quiet.
00:34:03
Rodney Gooden
the
00:34:05
Craig matthews
Fans were arguing like, just talking to each other, not really chanted in. and You could hear the Crystal Palace fans throughout the whole second half.
00:34:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah.
00:34:11
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:34:11
Craig matthews
and
00:34:12
Rodney Gooden
there
00:34:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know what? be honest with you, the Palace fans from minute one, from minute one, they were chanting non-stop.
00:34:15
Craig matthews
and
00:34:16
Rodney Gooden
a Yeah, it was similar in the Carabao as well. I watched that game to the Palace fans as well.
00:34:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I was there at that game as well.
00:34:22
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, I was impressed. Yeah, I was impressed.
00:34:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And do you know what, right? I'm sorry to say this, but... i Do you know what? I think the relationship between the Ashburton Army and the Arsenal is so sour. And you know what, right?
00:34:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
They racked up all this money. They've racked up all this money, right, to go and build the TIFO, do this, do that. But yet, all them people, they've gone and wasted their money. All right, yes, they got refunded. i don't At this point, I really couldn't care.
00:34:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
But the thing is... You look at all these other ultras, you look at all these other fan bases and they go all out.
00:34:56
Rodney Gooden
a yeah yeah
00:34:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're all proper dedicated fan bases. but for But for the Ashburton army, I'm sorry, but I've got to dig into them a bit.
00:35:04
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:35:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
they need to bring that They need to bring that passion. And they didn't bring that passion. They've not brought that passion all season.
00:35:10
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:35:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've not brought it once this season. Everyone has said to me, why does the Emirates feel so quiet? but Why is there not much of an atmosphere at the Emirates? The only time I feel an atmosphere an atmosphere from the Emirates is when you sing North London Forever. Well, I'm sorry, that comes down to the Ashburton army.
00:35:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
like That honestly does come down to them.
00:35:27
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:35:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm sorry, but, you know, do you know what? I'm going to use Palace. Palace is the best example I can give you because I was at their game. i was at the semi-final against Aston Villa to the point where Craig, did you, Craig, I had to voice note Craig.
00:35:37
Rodney Gooden
Go
00:35:41
Rodney Gooden
on.
00:35:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Craig, tell these lot what the voice, tell me what, tell them, just tell them what my voice was like at the end of that game.
00:35:48
Rodney Gooden
The
00:35:53
Craig matthews
his voice was gone he was high his voice was gone
00:35:55
Rodney Gooden
fair.
00:35:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:35:56
Rodney Gooden
and
00:35:58
Craig matthews
da
00:35:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, the boys was gone, absolutely gone.
00:36:03
Rodney Gooden
Fair enough.
00:36:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if you see, and you know what, right?
00:36:04
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:36:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
I sent the boys a photo of the Tifo that Palace had put up.
00:36:08
Rodney Gooden
a
00:36:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
And honestly, that had more meaning. what what What is that? what would last nights What was last night's Tifo?
00:36:15
Rodney Gooden
I know, I know. for For an FA for an a Cup semi-final, no less, right? This is a Champions League semi-final.
00:36:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, can we point that The fact that in an FA Cup semi-final, you know what?
00:36:24
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:36:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
For those of you that haven't seen it, go and check it out because honestly, is so good.
00:36:30
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:36:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely so, so good.
00:36:33
Rodney Gooden
That's mean. That's what mean. That's for Palace's FA Cup semi-final. Can you imagine if they were where we were? Can you imagine what they'd do for the Champions League semi-final? This is what i mean.
00:36:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Different story.
00:36:42
Rodney Gooden
We need to step our game up. Yeah.
00:36:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. And you know what? I'm sorry, but you know, you've got at Foot Palace, you've got the Holmesdale fanatics and they go crazy. They have the loud mic. They have the loud megaphones. They, they are chanting.
00:36:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
They get everything all started, but the Ashburton army, I'm sorry, but this season,
00:37:00
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:37:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
and maybe for previous seasons, have not been great. They've not been great. And I'm sorry, but yes, if I'm going to face backlash for it, so be it. But they need to be doing better.
00:37:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
They need to be doing 10 times better.
00:37:13
Rodney Gooden
yeah yeah
00:37:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Whether they liaise, whether they need to liaise with the club and even the club, they need to be held responsible as well.
00:37:21
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:37:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
For a lot of their actions, they do need to be held responsible. You know,
00:37:24
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:37:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
For people coming to games, you know, you want an atmosphere. And especially last night, Champions League semi-final, you want an atmosphere. And I did not get that at all last night.
00:37:33
Rodney Gooden
yeah Yeah, yeah.
00:37:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not one bit.
00:37:37
Rodney Gooden
I agree.
00:37:37
Craig matthews
um
00:37:37
Rodney Gooden
mean, one thing I'll also add to that as well is it's similar to what i raised earlier. I don't really want to see that at my games.
00:37:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:37:43
Rodney Gooden
I don't really want to see my goalkeeper desperately trying to get some energy into the crowd or whatnot.
00:37:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:37:48
Rodney Gooden
I don't want to see my players doing that. They shouldn't have to. right When it's a home game, they shouldn't have to.
00:37:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:37:53
Rodney Gooden
I shouldn't have to see my captain throwing his arms up. And you can tell when it's a kind of come on, you know, and you can tell when it's a please help us. All I saw was please help us.
00:38:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:38:01
Rodney Gooden
Last night, all I saw was please help us. And it was devastating to watch. I don't want to see that. I want to make sure that if you got the ticket, you stay till the end of the match, no matter what it is. When I see people, that that was another thing which we we haven't mentioned as well.
00:38:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:38:14
Rodney Gooden
I heard one thing which is absolutely diabolical about last night was people leaving at minute 70, right? In the Champions League semifinal. People leaving at minute 70. Gentlemen, let me remind you that two seasons ago, the only game of that season that I went to was Arsenal-Brighton.
00:38:28
Rodney Gooden
Let me tell you, that game ended in 3-0. People were leaving it too. yeah And I decided, no, a captain stays. A captain goes down with his ship.
00:38:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:38:37
Rodney Gooden
And I stayed there, you know, support my team to the end.
00:38:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:38:39
Rodney Gooden
What was my reward for that? I got to watch us concede a third. But I don't regret it. OK, that's what happens. When you pay for your ticket, that is what you do. You sit there with your club and you support them. You keep cheering till the very end. That's what the players need.
00:38:50
Rodney Gooden
And that's what you should be doing. Going to watch one of these home games is a privilege. So please get behind the team. That's your one job. You pay for the ticket. Go and support the club. I don't want to see people leaving 20 minutes when there's 20 minutes to go in a Champions League semifinal.
00:38:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:39:03
Rodney Gooden
That's horrendous.
00:39:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. And you know what? It's embarrassing when you've got, you know, you I'm sure you guys have had mates and they've all probably said the exact same thing. You know, why do people leave?
00:39:12
Rodney Gooden
you
00:39:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why do people do this?
00:39:15
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:39:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, I'm sorry, right? But I'm going to I'm actually going to be really brutal with what I'm about to say here. Now, if you've got a train, if you know that you're travelling from London, I don't know, say Manchester or Leicester or any part of the UK, right?
00:39:27
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:39:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Surely you would think, right, well, kick-off is at eight. I want to get, you know, and and I know the game will finish at about what? court Say like it's a Premier League game, right?
00:39:39
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:39:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Midweek Premier League game under the lights. um But say if you know game you know, game kicks off at eight o'clock, right? And you know that most likely the game will look to finish around what?
00:39:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
About... Half nine, quarter to ten, right?
00:39:52
Rodney Gooden
yeah Yeah, two hours ago.
00:39:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
So surely the planning behind that should be, right, well, if the game finishes at quarter to ten, I need to make sure that I can give myself enough time to get to either Finsbury Park or Kings Cross or wherever to make my train.
00:40:04
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah.
00:40:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
But no, like you said, Rodney, I think it outrages me, even when I'm at games, and I'm sure it's the same for you, Craig, but when you see people be like to you, all right then, mate, all alright i'll see you later, mate. Good to see you. I'll see you later. ah Why?
00:40:22
Rodney Gooden
it's
00:40:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why? And especially when you've paid hundreds of pounds to go and watch Arsenal PSG.
00:40:29
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:40:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, some people probably use the pay...
00:40:30
Craig matthews
a hotel isn't simple book a hotel
00:40:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, some people are desperately waiting for payday.
00:40:32
Rodney Gooden
oh
00:40:35
Rodney Gooden
that's what some That's what some of the away fans do when we're talking Premier League.
00:40:37
Craig matthews
book a hotel book a hotel
00:40:38
Rodney Gooden
I've seen late kickoff Newcastle fans come in there and go, oh, well, you know what? Yeah, games finished at 10, no trains or whatnot. They book a hotel, they stay one more day, go party, and then go back up the next day. I said, fair enough. That's away fans in the Prem.
00:40:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Exactly yeah
00:40:52
Rodney Gooden
Let alone home fans who live in London. oh my days.
00:40:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
that. Let me guess, right? let Let me guess. Say if, God forbid this, right? But say if, like, PSG were to go do madness, right? You're telling me, ah okay, then, well, I'm just going to go jump up. I'm going to go jump back on a plane back to London straight away. no um No, it doesn't work like that.
00:41:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you know what?
00:41:13
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:41:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is something that drives me absolutely up the wall because at the end of the day, and that's another thing, again, I've said it before on a previous podcast, you know, one minute, everyone's, do you know what? Yeah, people are still calling for Arteta out, but guarantee you next week, if we go to Paris, right, and we do the job and we get into the final, all of you, all of you that will be like Arteta out will be singing, we've got super me, we've got super me, well, you didn't say that last week.
00:41:27
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:41:38
Rodney Gooden
it really is the same people.
00:41:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
What are the man's gone?
00:41:39
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know what's ridiculous is that even if we go to even if it goes to price next week and we lose, people will call for it.
00:41:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Honestly.
00:41:46
Rodney Gooden
But I'd argue that if you look at what he's done, even in this competition as well, it's still improvement over last year. understand that progress is slower than what most people would like, but this idea that you lose one game or don't get ah quite as far in a competition as you want to, meaning that the guy needs to be sacked immediately.
00:42:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:42:02
Rodney Gooden
I said, listen, we it could be worse. all right We could have Ang Postacoglu as our manager. all right There we go.
00:42:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Gosh.
00:42:06
Rodney Gooden
We could be looking we could be looking at 19 losses in the last.
00:42:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
you can You could have a manager that turns around and says, I'll win things in my second season, ma No, no, no, no.
00:42:14
Rodney Gooden
Well, hey, to be fair, he could still deliver on that one. So, look.
00:42:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
no no N-O is not winning anything.
00:42:23
Rodney Gooden
let's not Let's not come on just yet.
00:42:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
The Europa, no, Bilbao all the way. Come on, Bilbao, please.
00:42:32
Rodney Gooden
I think definitely the favourites, but yeah. But just saying, but it's just like when you look at some of the performances of other managers well, I go, yeah, for Mikel and everyone calling for the sacking and this and that, I say, look, I understand, right?
00:42:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Please.
00:42:44
Rodney Gooden
I'm definitely looking at next season. You know, I'm not one of those types who say silverware needs to be brought in absolutely immediately. Otherwise, you're not worthy the position, not worthy of the job. But I'm looking at this and I'm thinking, yeah, definitely next season, I want to see something.
00:42:55
Rodney Gooden
But I think the fan base can be ridiculously reactionary as it is.
00:42:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:42:58
Rodney Gooden
Lose one game, call for the head. And then the same people are silent when we beat Real and then when we beat this and that, when we advance in this competition. I say, come on, guys. You'll fit with the fans.
00:43:06
Craig matthews
that
00:43:07
Rodney Gooden
Oh,
00:43:08
Craig matthews
I i'll guess Roddy didn't want AFTV last night then. but
00:43:12
Rodney Gooden
no. What were they calling for?
00:43:15
Craig matthews
led It It went off!
00:43:15
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, I bet. Fair enough.
00:43:19
Craig matthews
I didn't want...
00:43:20
Rodney Gooden
Lee did a rant. Yeah.
00:43:21
Craig matthews
I'll scroll down on Instagram today and I'll see a couple of videos of one guy called Lee Judge. He went off on...
00:43:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, I saw that video.
00:43:27
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:43:29
Craig matthews
He went in on Robbie yesterday and that. He went in.
00:43:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
He did. He was fuming with Robbie yesterday.
00:43:35
Craig matthews
I've never seen him that angry.
00:43:35
Rodney Gooden
i didn't I didn't watch it, but I think I saw with the video and I saw the thumbnail and he was doing the teeth grind.
00:43:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:43:39
Rodney Gooden
He was grinding his teeth and I said, yeah, know he's going to go crazy.
00:43:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:43:40
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:43:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. But you know what, though? Going back to what we were saying about Arsenal, right, and Arteta, a lot of people forget we've got Berta.
00:43:49
Rodney Gooden
Yeah,
00:43:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
We have a summer with Andrea Berta.
00:43:53
Rodney Gooden
the yeah and we'll see.
00:43:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the thing is, me and another mate of mine, we were coming back from football and we both said this, but Andrea Berta's got a big, very, and I mean very big job on his hands to try and secure down contracts, to try and bring in the correct profile of players, right?
00:44:06
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:44:12
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:44:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, to also get rid of all the deadwood as well.
00:44:15
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:44:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know. Yeah, there's going to, it's going to be a really big summer for Arsenal.
00:44:16
Craig matthews
Still got lot on Deadwood as well, yeah.
00:44:18
Rodney Gooden
yes
00:44:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think, again, comes down to two people. Comes down to Berta. Comes down, oh, actually three. Andrea Berta, Mikel Arteta and the Cronkays.
00:44:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
The Cronkays.
00:44:33
Rodney Gooden
yeah Yeah, it depends. Exactly.
00:44:35
Craig matthews
What? but
00:44:35
Rodney Gooden
One thing I was going to mention was, ago what's the summer budget? you know Are we being allowed to spend? Because we keep hearing about unprecedented summer. The funds need to be you know untapped. but We need to go in there and have a big budget.
00:44:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, the one thing that drives me really crazy, right, is the fact that we we talk about, oh, we've made profit in here.
00:44:44
Craig matthews
I
00:44:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've made profit there. But we're still raising ticket prices.
00:44:53
Rodney Gooden
We're raising ticket prices here, yeah? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:44:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're still raising season ticket prices. We're still raising membership.
00:44:58
Rodney Gooden
ye
00:44:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're now raising membership now. Like, how bad must it be?
00:45:01
Rodney Gooden
yeah yeah
00:45:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
do you know what mean?
00:45:05
Craig matthews
saw Wendy at least five or six new players in the summer.
00:45:09
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah.
00:45:09
Craig matthews
That's my general assessment on the part. I saw Wendy at another centre-back. I say another left back because Tierney's going.
00:45:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:45:14
Rodney Gooden
True.
00:45:17
Craig matthews
I can't afford to stay fit for whole season. I'm sorry.
00:45:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:45:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nope.
00:45:20
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. No, no, no, no, no.
00:45:21
Craig matthews
um Definitely, if Partey is going, definitely two DMs.
00:45:22
Rodney Gooden
Definitely not.
00:45:25
Rodney Gooden
No.
00:45:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I think regardless, Jorginho's going to be going, so...
00:45:27
Rodney Gooden
Exactly. Or we keep Partei and we get one. We get Zubamendi. Yeah.
00:45:31
Craig matthews
Keep Partey and have one more DM and get another, another four. So we need another 10 though. Maybe Waniere should get more minutes at the end.
00:45:37
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, definitely. i definitely have one other rotational option there.
00:45:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've come to that point now where we need to... I think Odegaard needs to be kind of tested a bit more. I think he's got too comfortable now.
00:45:48
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:45:48
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:45:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
disease ah don't get Don't get anything wrong, but I know he's our captain, but I think he needs a test.
00:45:51
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah.
00:45:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think a lot of players have got too comfortable in their positions.
00:45:56
Rodney Gooden
ah yeah
00:46:00
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:46:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Martinelli, another one.
00:46:00
Craig matthews
yeah
00:46:01
Rodney Gooden
moli yeah odogar
00:46:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Trostard, another one.
00:46:03
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:46:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Odegaard, I'm not afraid to say it. Odegaard is another one that's got very comfortable now because he knows he'll be a starter coach.
00:46:08
Rodney Gooden
I think the difficulty is, I think a lot of the difficulty mutual.
00:46:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
He knows he'll be a starter.
00:46:11
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, because when people looked at last night's game, they were thinking Odegaard hooked at 91, but he wasn't playing well for the full game. So people made it people were actually speculating, thinking that the reason Arteta made that sub so late was because of how the optics of dragging or hooking the captain halfway through the game.
00:46:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:46:26
Rodney Gooden
I'd argue that, yeah, it doesn't look great, but then the result isn't great when you don't change something which clearly isn't working. And I think at least after an hour, I think that's a fair stake. Yeah, I think Wunyari probably should have come on up minute 60, if that's really what we're looking at.
00:46:38
Craig matthews
Yeah, definitely 100%.
00:46:39
Rodney Gooden
captain say Yeah, yeah,
00:46:40
Craig matthews
And then we need a decent of
00:46:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh my gosh.
00:46:45
Rodney Gooden
yeah.
00:46:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is...
00:46:45
Craig matthews
then power
00:46:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
the that I'm sorry.
00:46:47
Rodney Gooden
About time. Is it finally this window?
00:46:49
Craig matthews
but
00:46:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Listen, you know...
00:46:49
Craig matthews
but but But the problem is who's who's going to be out there to get them because there's something about Gokker and so we're not going to get Issa. Issa going to cost too much money.
00:46:57
Rodney Gooden
No, I think it's Sesko or Jokarez are the two favorites, I think, for us.
00:46:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
no absolutely. Absolutely.
00:47:01
Rodney Gooden
The two most likely favorites.
00:47:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think at this moment of time, i said i've said this to my mate this evening, but say if this was our first season and we were, you know, we finished second to Liverpool, right?
00:47:07
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:47:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
I would have, what I would have done... was maybe I might have leant towards a Benjamin Sesco. Because if you bring him in to an already young team that are, you know, trying to get to grips with, obviously, you know, being in a title race and so on, get him used to that environment and then go for it.
00:47:21
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:47:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
But now, this is our third season. Third season finishing second, by the way, in a title race where we've always just lost it towards Christmas and that back end of that period. But...
00:47:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now we have to go, we we need ready-made players. It is clear as day, clear as day that we need ready-made players. And I think for me, Jorca Rez, I can't think of any other striker apart from Jorca Rez.
00:47:56
Rodney Gooden
ah yeah you're looking you're looking at Victor too. Yeah.
00:48:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know what? To be honest with you, be honest with you, a couple seasons ago, i would have happily, would have happily take, you know, the whole saga when he was at Napoli.
00:48:01
Rodney Gooden
Okay. Sesco.
00:48:07
Rodney Gooden
me
00:48:11
Rodney Gooden
a
00:48:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's when I would have s snapped him up.
00:48:13
Rodney Gooden
for
00:48:13
Craig matthews
Awesome, man. Awesome, man.
00:48:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
00:48:16
Rodney Gooden
okay
00:48:16
Craig matthews
I would say he loves option. Him. There's couple of options. You've got him. You've got You've got... you go
00:48:24
Rodney Gooden
csco
00:48:25
Craig matthews
Tesco, you've got Dilap at Ipswich. We need somebody who can bang and go for fun. That's all we need. Someone who's got 20, get 20, 30 goals in the season.
00:48:32
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:48:32
Craig matthews
There's not a lot good strikers out there anymore. Like back in the day, there much options.
00:48:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is the thing though, yeah.
00:48:35
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah.
00:48:36
Craig matthews
There's limited options of quality strikers out there. And the ones that we really want are going cost over $150. No, half our budget going on one player. And we need least five or six players.
00:48:45
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
00:48:46
Craig matthews
So, Are the ball going back our test of heavily with money or are they going to say, you know what, we're going to go for somebody who can get a stopgap for couple of seasons and then we replace him. Hopefully someone in the youth team can step up.
00:49:00
Craig matthews
So, yeah.
00:49:01
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:49:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know, but I think The question for me is, how long will it take before the board start to think, right, you know what? We've had Arteta now for a few years.
00:49:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do we maybe take a different approach? Do you know what I mean?
00:49:18
Rodney Gooden
He's got, he's got, he's currently on a three year deal on absolutely ridiculous money.
00:49:18
Craig matthews
Yeah,
00:49:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
He is.
00:49:23
Rodney Gooden
I think it's like 15 million years, son.
00:49:23
Craig matthews
software like that, yeah.
00:49:24
Rodney Gooden
It's absolutely ridiculous.
00:49:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Something like that, yeah.
00:49:25
Rodney Gooden
So yeah, I don't, I don't see the board saying we're done with Arteta anytime soon.
00:49:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:49:29
Rodney Gooden
I feel like the results would have to be, we'd have to be, you know, towards the bottom end of the table consistently failing, you know, for them to make that judgment call.
00:49:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah.
00:49:37
Rodney Gooden
You know, so I don't think he's in any danger.
00:49:38
Craig matthews
But I thought the only way he'll get kicked out is the fans turn against him. They turn against Wenger and when they turn against Wenger they're going to get rid of him.
00:49:44
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah.
00:49:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:49:48
Craig matthews
I think what I thought support base with Arteta now, half the fans are on his side half the fans are like divided now. um yeah I mean, a lot of fans are divided.
00:49:54
Rodney Gooden
I'll take
00:49:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Just quickly, just quickly, you are you guys on the Arteta in or are you guys on the Arteta out? Because for me, i'm I've always been Arteta in.
00:50:04
Rodney Gooden
but ti it in. I was the first. When we were coming back to back eighth as well, I said the same thing. I said Wenger was at the club for like 20 odd years, right? Doing a bits.
00:50:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:50:12
Rodney Gooden
And I said, you want this man to come in there within one or two years and fix it all? I said, no, no, no, no. no Come on. I was always in a fan of give our tech a time before we started coming second. Then we started hearing second again, ole, ole.
00:50:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
ya Yeah, yeah.
00:50:22
Rodney Gooden
And guys, let me be clear. If this is the biggest thing that rival clubs and fans can say to us, second again, ole, ole, is that really a reason to get rid of our manager? I am an ambitious fan. I do want more for the club, but I cannot deny the grit, determination, skill, and effort it takes to actually achieve second place back to back. That is by no means a bad result. there' no meat That is no sign of the club being in disrepair, whether there's something broken.
00:50:44
Rodney Gooden
So no, i want to give Arteta a chance. And I do feel that with the right sporting director, the right summer window and a bit of luck next season, maybe maintaining player fitness. I think we can go on to do it. It's going to be difficult, but I think to get rid of him, because what, you might not go all the way through in a Champions League competition because you've come second again to Liverpool or whatnot or Man City or whoever it is.
00:51:03
Rodney Gooden
I think it's ridiculous to get rid of him based on these metrics. when you're looking at at some performances of other managers who are still in their jobs, ah at 16, 17, yeah, come Yeah, yeah, yeah,
00:51:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, ah I know exactly what you're on about, yeah.
00:51:10
Craig matthews
Let me give you a second. yeah
00:51:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
But i do agree with what you're saying there.
00:51:14
Craig matthews
yeah let me give you a
00:51:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think with Arteta, I've always been Arteta-in. I've never really sat here and thought, hmm, Arteta-out, yeah, I want him out. I've never, ah you know what, to any of the guys that, you know, any of the guys that, you know, jump on a podcast with us, whether it's Matt or, you know, JD or Josh Vince or Esmond or whoever, you know, we've always been very much everyone has always been Arteta in we've always backed the manager and I think you know I think to get rid of him would be really difficult because what other good managers are there out there right now do you know what mean so for those of you that do say that you want Arteta out just sit there and think to yourself for a minute who can we get then in replace of of Arteta because currently right now there really isn't anyone is there
00:51:41
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, exactly.
00:51:49
Rodney Gooden
yeah exactly
00:52:04
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, exactly. And maybe some of the ones you want have already got their sights set elsewhere. You know, people might be looking at Xavi, but my guy looks like he's going straight to rail after Ancelotti goes, so it's not going to be him.
00:52:08
Craig matthews
Anton
00:52:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely.
00:52:14
Rodney Gooden
So just look at what we got.
00:52:15
Craig matthews
Lotti, you've got Nzaghi at Inter but are they going to want to leave?
00:52:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:52:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:52:22
Rodney Gooden
Xavi, yeah.
00:52:22
Craig matthews
Are they going to want to leave Inter and come to the Premier League? That's the thing. And if they get them, he's going to check the whole system, so of the whole team, bring his own squad, bring his own players, and i've got them reset all over again.
00:52:26
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:52:29
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:52:34
Craig matthews
goingnna be But then look what Alain Sot did at Liverpool for example, Kevin won season, won the league.
00:52:37
Rodney Gooden
yeah yeah and and want it i want it comfortably which is unfortunate yeah
00:52:39
Craig matthews
So it's a bit of and bit of like, I say i want it comfortably, you know.
00:52:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Also, back yeah, painfully, yeah.
00:52:45
Craig matthews
there that ah is like one
00:52:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
And also...
00:52:48
Craig matthews
yeah
00:52:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was going to say also to note as well, the fact that Slott didn't bring in anyone as well, actually.
00:52:54
Rodney Gooden
yeah yeah just stuck with the team
00:52:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, normally manages normally managers have that thing where they like to just, you know, sit there and, you know, maybe bring in maybe one or two of their own players just so that they can get used to the style and, you know, but with Slott, he's come in, hasn't bought anyone.
00:53:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
The only deal he did do, actually, which was for start of next season, was bringing in... um
00:53:17
Craig matthews
the goalkeeper from Valencia.
00:53:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
The goalkeeper.
00:53:20
Rodney Gooden
Oh, yeah.
00:53:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's it. Yeah, absolutely. But apart from that, though, you know, again, credit due to Liverpool and they they've made it work. But I'd like to hope with Arsenal next season that we can just go one up and just try and achieve something.
00:53:28
Rodney Gooden
Mm.
00:53:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think if we were, if just quickly before we go to a break, because this segment has been really long, but... If Arteta went and won, say, the Cowbell Cup or the f FA Cup, would you be pleased with that?
00:53:51
Rodney Gooden
Silverware is silverware. I'd be happy with anything, you know.
00:53:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:53:55
Rodney Gooden
Remember, the reason why, and again, i don't think the bickering or kind of, you know, I guess prodding of rival fans really bothers me too much. But really, the biggest thing that we get criticized on is no silverware, no FA Cups, no Carabao Cups, no Premier League titles, you know, no Champions League or whatnot.
00:54:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:54:10
Rodney Gooden
I said that's what they usually, you know, kind of, you know, take the mickey out of us for. I said, if we get silverware, we get silverware. I'd be happy with a carabal. be happy with an FA. My ambitions are higher. I want Premier League, Champions League. You know, want, especially the Champions League, the trophy we've never had.
00:54:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:54:21
Rodney Gooden
And the Premier League, I mean, that just feels like the culmination of the end of this, you know, five to now six year project.
00:54:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:54:26
Rodney Gooden
So, yeah, I do want it. But I never thought that getting one of these trophies is kind of justification for me to say, oh, yeah, I'm happy with the manager. I'm happy with the manager as long as I see progress as well. You know, I'm not one of these people to put a time limit on it.
00:54:38
Rodney Gooden
Because I think it's a bit silly when people put time limits on it because I say this manager has six years to go and do it because slot came in on his first year.
00:54:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:54:45
Rodney Gooden
They have to do it. But what's most likely to happen is I go slots a bit of an exception to this rule in this case. What he's done is absolutely incredible and props to Liverpool for their victory over the Premier League this season. But what happens if if we switch our manager, what's more likely to happen them is we come back to back second for two years.
00:54:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:55:00
Rodney Gooden
Then we get a new manager that comes in there and then we start dropping places. And it gives and we have to give him the same amount of time before we start maybe competing. Or maybe we don't compete at all. Maybe we bring in the wrong guy and you're dealing with someone who's kind of dropping the level, you know, with the same amount of budget and players.
00:55:13
Craig matthews
I
00:55:14
Rodney Gooden
So I'd argue that for me, no, no, no.
00:55:15
Craig matthews
yeah
00:55:17
Rodney Gooden
Leave it. I don't need it, but I want it. I would be happy with anything next season. I feel like I would love to see some silverware next season specifically because I've been waiting.
00:55:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I agree.
00:55:26
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:55:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
i agree.
00:55:28
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:55:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's been...
00:55:28
Craig matthews
out of
00:55:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i was going to say, it's been a really painful couple of seasons now because this is our third season where we've really been up there competing for the title and unfortunately, we've gone and lost it to a team like Liverpool.
00:55:35
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:55:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've gone and lost it to the City's.
00:55:43
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
Next Season Preparations
00:55:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the thing is now, Craig, next season is going to be huge because City will look to strengthen, Liverpool will look to strengthen,
00:55:54
Rodney Gooden
Oh,
00:55:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, it's it's painful to say it, but it's true at the same time, isn't it? Yeah.
00:55:59
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Exactly. The league gets stronger every year, so you've got to be careful.
00:56:00
Craig matthews
All right.
00:56:02
Rodney Gooden
But yeah, go on, Craig. Yeah.
00:56:03
Craig matthews
and my United are going to get stronger as well. What I want to say to you guys, back in the day when Pesat United manager, he didn't win the league for a long time, at the Cops for a long, long time and he won FA Cup in 1999.
00:56:16
Craig matthews
I know you guys don't want to be born yet, but when he won that Cup, that's when things started to change, when the fans wanted him out like some of the fans of Arteta are, and they gave him time and he backed him with money and able to build a great squad.
00:56:23
Rodney Gooden
Yeah,
00:56:27
Craig matthews
So maybe we have to just see what happens with Arteta. if he can win something next season. Even the Champions League, it's not over for the Champions League. Get to the final, and anything can happen on the day.
00:56:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:56:38
Craig matthews
So, we've still got still off the whole hope we can kind to turn it around next week and get to the finals, win it.
00:56:38
Rodney Gooden
that's true.
00:56:47
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:56:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. No, you're spot on. And I guess at the end of the day, All Eyes are going to be on next Wednesday. And hopefully, fingers crossed, we hope for a better outcome.
00:56:54
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:56:57
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:56:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
But guys, it's been very lengthy. I can't believe we've been recording for nearly an hour, but we're going to take a quick break. And then once we come back, we're going to quickly look at the other semi-final in the Champions League.
00:57:34
Rodney Gooden
Hmm.
00:57:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And welcome back to this very, very lengthy PSG preview, uh, review, sorry.
Barcelona vs Inter Milan Match Analysis
00:57:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, but quickly before we, before we end things, um, let's talk about the other semi-final and wow.
00:57:59
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:57:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, Craig, you, did you guys, did both of you get to see the game?
00:58:04
Craig matthews
I watched the game, yeah.
00:58:05
Rodney Gooden
Didn't get to see it, I know the school. I'm going to watch the highlights after this.
00:58:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wow, I mean, what a game it has been. Finishing Barcelona 3, Inter Milan 3. Craig, what were your thoughts on the game?
00:58:22
Craig matthews
That's one the best games I've seen the Champions League this season. Honestly, it had electrified that. Inter went then they went two and a lot.
00:58:29
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:58:30
Craig matthews
everyone fought basketball were all over. Then that young kid, Lamar, that scored a quality.
00:58:34
Rodney Gooden
a
00:58:35
Craig matthews
I don't want to spoil it for Rodney. I want to watch it and say, when he sees goal, put in the group here, well when he sees his goal, when he's scored tonight.
00:58:44
Rodney Gooden
The second coming.
00:58:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we need see your reaction in the group chat because Craig described it before we came on air.
00:58:44
Craig matthews
But now...
00:58:44
Rodney Gooden
Oh my can't wait. cooking him. Oh
00:58:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Craig described it as Messi-esque and I couldn't agree more with him.
00:58:54
Rodney Gooden
of second coming oh my god i go away
00:58:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
fifty
00:59:00
Rodney Gooden
it
00:59:00
Craig matthews
I'm telling you, and he just kept on creating chance, opportunity for us to score. Every minute got the ball, he absolutely destroyed that, DeMarco, the left-back.
00:59:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, DiMarco, yeah.
00:59:08
Rodney Gooden
yeah
00:59:08
Craig matthews
Absolutely destroyed him.
00:59:09
Rodney Gooden
oh what there cooking it oh boy
00:59:12
Craig matthews
i would if we if If we get to the final play Martins in the final, then they're going to have to double up on him. Skelly and Martins are going have to double up on him in that game because he absolutely...
00:59:19
Rodney Gooden
Fair.
00:59:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's so true, you know.
00:59:20
Rodney Gooden
Fair. Yeah. He needs to be locked up.
00:59:23
Craig matthews
Because he...
00:59:24
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah.
00:59:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. Locked up and throw the key away.
00:59:25
Rodney Gooden
He needs to be locked up.
00:59:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:59:28
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. No, seriously. Don't let him move.
00:59:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:59:32
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
00:59:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Craig, I must i must say though, Denzel Dumfries, I mean, his first goal, I mean,
00:59:38
Rodney Gooden
the
00:59:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
wow Yeah, he did.
00:59:39
Rodney Gooden
Yeah. Yeah. I saw he got a brace, didn't he? Yeah.
00:59:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
But he if you see his first goal, I mean, he pulled it off, I i don't ah just don't get it.
00:59:42
Craig matthews
It's a
00:59:44
Rodney Gooden
me
00:59:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
How did he pull it off? Honestly...
00:59:55
Craig matthews
i
00:59:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
honestly
00:59:56
Craig matthews
system it's a system that interplay. They've got a good system and they've good players in that system. they They've got the right players to do the right feedback. Even Marcus Teran's goal, though, with a quality goal as well.
01:00:08
Craig matthews
I thought that If you have the right manager, you can play a system and you get the right players. you can wi And they've got that misorder. Barella? Barella?
01:00:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Borelli, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:00:18
Craig matthews
Quality player. Quality player. Absolute quality player.
01:00:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
And do you know what?
01:00:22
Craig matthews
got a good team in the NFL.
01:00:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Another player as well that's actually doing not too bad is Henrikh Mkhitaryan, a former gooner as well.
01:00:29
Rodney Gooden
yeah
01:00:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, he seems to be doing quite well for himself since he's gone Inter. he's gone winter
01:00:35
Craig matthews
Hmm.
01:00:38
Craig matthews
I feel like when he was in the Premier League, he struggled in it from the Premier League.
01:00:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I mean, go on.
01:00:43
Craig matthews
It wasn't that good in Premier League. as soon as he went to Italy, it was like Roma first.
01:00:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
01:00:47
Craig matthews
He did well at Roma and then got to move it in. So it's a fun wall because he's moved around. It's Italian league, slower place league. So, he's done his thing.
01:00:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, this game is... i mean, Rodney, you mentioned it off-air as well, actually.
01:01:04
Rodney Gooden
It's
01:01:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, you said that, realistically, the Arsenal-PSG game should have had that feel of a 2-2 or a really close, <unk> ah you know, anti-climax kind of game.
01:01:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, unfortunately, never got that. You know, we got that in Barcelona... We got that for the Barcelona-Inter game.
01:01:22
Rodney Gooden
it game, yeah, yeah.
01:01:24
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And it's like... Wow. The second, next week will be, I'm telling you, next week's games are going to be absolutely huge.
01:01:33
Rodney Gooden
yeah
01:01:34
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Absolutely huge. I mean, who do you see in the final? hod ye Out of them two teams, out Barca and Inter, who do you see in the final?
01:01:46
Rodney Gooden
Ooh, ooh. You know what? Like, so I think when we did the last part, I was thinking I thought Inter might win this tie.
01:01:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
01:01:53
Rodney Gooden
However, I can't deny when I saw the Copa del Rey final and also just seeing in the trajectory that Barca have been on lately, I want to root for them, you know?
01:02:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
01:02:01
Rodney Gooden
I actually want them to make it all the way. And I think I'm still stuck on this kind of, you know, maybe revenge match for 2006. I love the idea that said, yeah, can actually, can we have Barca win it?
01:02:08
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a
01:02:11
Rodney Gooden
And can we pull off a miracle in Paris? I said, that'd be amazing to see the rematch.
01:02:15
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Absolutely. I mean, obviously this time it won't, obviously the final won't be in Paris.
01:02:16
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
01:02:20
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It will be in Berlin, be in Germany at the Allianz Arena.
01:02:21
Rodney Gooden
a Yeah. Oh, be tough. Yeah.
01:02:28
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I will be, definitely.
01:02:29
Rodney Gooden
no So I just hope we can make it.
01:02:30
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But, yeah, absolutely. Craig, quickly, who do you see winning out of Barca and Inter?
01:02:40
Craig matthews
my head said Inter my heart said Barca I think Barca I think it's
01:02:42
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oh
01:02:43
Rodney Gooden
Yeah, yeah, same. Exactly
01:02:45
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it's one of them. It's one of them.
01:02:48
Craig matthews
one of them ones I think I think whoever wins to get defence going to have to be all about defences and then it's like like They're into ultras, they're going to be up for it and the Barca are going to have to go there.
01:03:01
Craig matthews
It's a very intimidating ground.
01:03:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
It is.
01:03:03
Rodney Gooden
Yeah.
01:03:03
Craig matthews
um I think whoever scores the first goal wins the game. That's how see it.
01:03:08
Rodney Gooden
really so
01:03:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wow. Okay. i'm I'm holding you to that, Craig.
01:03:12
Rodney Gooden
e
01:03:13
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I'm holding you to that.
01:03:13
Craig matthews
Yeah.
01:03:15
Rodney Gooden
We're going
01:03:16
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So this time next week, I'm going to remember this. I'm going to
Closing Remarks and Engagement
01:03:20
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remember this. Guys, for those listening, make sure you remember this as well and let us know on social media.
01:03:23
Rodney Gooden
to have to hold you to
01:03:28
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So, Craig, next week will be very interesting, won't it?
01:03:31
Craig matthews
Yeah. Yeah. yeah
01:03:34
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ah Absolutely. Absolutely. but wow, guys, that is it for us today on this bumper show. I mean, an hour.
01:03:45
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So guys, have you liked what we've had to say during the course of this hour? It's been very heated. It's been very... The discussions we've had have been very debatable.
01:03:57
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01:04:09
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You can find us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify by searching Daily Arsenal. I've been your host, Jamie Patterson. They've been the amazing Craig Matthews and Rodney Gooden. Have a good day all and take care.