We go to WAR tomorrow! | Saka to bag the winner! | Arsenal v Chelsea Preview FT @DonCFC

People deluded I'm back again it's Arsenal versus Chelsea tomorrow so I've got a Chelsea fan one that you probably would have seen on Dan Potts's channel and you know again we're gonna get into the Mikael Saka stuff but we have to whisper this don't appreciative of tuning in to my channel man how you doing my friend? I'm doing well man I'm doing well you know I'm still disappointed about the other day but listen it's not nothing that I'm not used to man this team have been doing a lot for the Wembley team man you know it's business as usual. I can't even have chess when we go Wembley these days you know what I'm saying but listen love for the shout man and big up the chat man big up the chat. Come on my guy I mean let's get straight into it because I know you're a busy man yeah the first thing I want to ask you before we this year and also the ownership because it's fair to say it ain't gone on an upwards trajectory since they've taken over. Yeah I think look first of all I want to start off with the owners man because obviously it starts from the top you know I'm saying and when people listen to me they think I don't I ain't got smoke for the owners they think I've only got smoke for Potts and they don't think I talk about the players but I talk about everyone you know I'm saying right so the owners they were a little bit naive because they thought the Premier League was just going to be an easy place where you can just get all these young players and not think about bringing in some level of experience when I'm talking about experience I'm not even talking about players with you know that are 35 40 I'm talking about guys that are just seasoned pros that know what they're doing do you know I mean and for me I like a lot of the players that they've brought in but bringing in guys like Mudrick and Madwake you we've got a lot of work to do it's not good you know I'm saying when you've got a bunch of younger players as well like for example Cole Palmer no one talks about his age because he's good you know I'm saying and he's the young he's the young players that I want us to be signing if we're gonna go down the young route go bring me players that are ready to play in the Prem right now go bring me Cole Palmer go bring me Gusto do you know I'm saying go bring me guys like Kaisedo that are ready to play right now do you know I mean and again I think Mudrick and Madwake and these guys have got good potential do you know I mean but right now these sort of guys shouldn't be starting for Chelsea at the minute and that's what they've done. There's too many Roald Dunnes about. Yeah there should be a more over there in it and you know we should have definitely signed a striker but then when you go back to the summer bro the market was dead you know I'm saying Harry Kane he went to Bayern Munich there was rumours he might come Chelsea Todd Bowley might try that never happened you had he was Osman obviously he wasn't gonna go anywhere at that moment Tony was banned you know I'm saying Vlahovic we'll link to him as well but Poch turned him down you know I'm saying so when I actually look back at the summer I'm thinking yo who was actually about let's be real about it right now I'm not gonna do revisionism and say oh there's all these strikers about the market was pretty much dead for everyone because everyone was complaining about it. Kane crippled in that regard you're right. Yeah he was crippled in that regard so there wasn't anyone to bring in like that but at the same time I still think that Jackson is a good enough player to play for Chelsea long term because I can see the potential but he shouldn't be starting right now. Another one that's full. He shouldn't be starting right now that's the thing but he's done all right for someone that everyone was saying action Jackson and you know he's not gonna do anything and all these things for me he's had a pretty good season but we know he's not a good finisher he should be learning from someone like a Harry Kane, Osserman or Tony and then he comes in for maybe the cup games or he comes in against teams like Burnley, teams like Newton, them sort of teams you know what I'm saying but the bigger boys you play your main man do you know I'm saying so this season touching on Poch now you better talk about Poch bro. Yeah man let's go let us have everything on Pochettino because I see all your tweets I see your vids yeah man let us know everything man. I'm saying so with the players before I even round up about the owners yeah I think again I think it's very clear to see the mistakes that they've made in terms of you know no striker in terms of bringing in too many guys like a Mudrik for example in a team full of young players already you know I'm saying from again this manager you know he's I think he kind of hoodwinked them because me I was actually saying bringing Poch. You did an inside job man he's an expert man. Well inside job bro and the main reason why I said bring this guy in is because of the young players that he's developed before I spoke about his time at Tottenham you know Luke Shaw you had Nathaniel Cline he ended up getting a move to Liverpool do you know I'm saying you had all them players at the time and then with Tottenham, Dele Alli, Harry Kane, Ericsson all these guys were like in their early 20s at the time when he was playing with them so I was like listen right now ideally yes I would love more experience I would love more guys to be 27-26 played in the first team but the reality is they're not there we haven't got these guys. Let's not moan about it let's not cry about it let's try solve problems and one of the main problems that he could have solved I thought he could have solved was the amount of young players that we've got he's helped develop young players before you know I'm saying but then week after week I'm seeing this guy make some basic errors bro playing Ben Chiuo at left wing bro for like four games when you got you got wingers on the bench like Mudrick I know Mudrick's not everyone's cup of tea but he's a better option at left wing than Ben Chiuo. He's a winger better yet by trade. He's a winger by trade you know but again he had to shoehorn him in because our main captain got injured the vice captain was Ben Chiuo so he had to start by any means it's a hierarchy hierarchy he didn't he didn't trust Mattson so he had to play Levi Cole at left back and the main reason he didn't trust Mattson was because of height you know I'm saying but I'm looking at him thinking yo you're worrying too much about the height if we play Ian Mattson we will play better as a team so we'll score more goals if we get done on the set piece maybe we'll win the game by 3-1 for example but at least we know with Mattson that's a proper left back you know I'm saying that can actually help in the build-up when he gets the ball he's going to the midfield he's inverting as well he's overlapping he can actually defend as well and it's not like he ain't got any experience bro he was in Burnley he was in the um championship team of the season and he's flying high with Dortmund in the champs right now look at him he's performing in the champs right now and in pre-season he was probably our best performer and he didn't even play at you played on the wing in pre-season on the left and on the right do you know I'm saying so that was another one I was thinking yo why are you not playing Mattson you know and then you've got um Enzo Fernandes the way he's used him this season playing him as a 10 you know playing Gallagher in a pivot you know playing making Enzo play transitional football when he's not that type of player you know I'm saying you would never see Tony Cruz playing transitional football yeah I'm technical football so there's been certain games where players like Enzo Fernandes have been set up correctly and they haven't performed well like in the final when played against Liverpool he was set up correctly next to Kaiseido but he was nervous against Newcastle a few weeks ago he was very poor in the ball he kept giving it away I remember Burnley away he was poor that game as well but in a certain games I'm seeing him being set up incorrectly and then people rivals they just want to crash it on him and they want to ignore the fact that he's not being used correctly but I don't I don't look at football like that but maybe because I played the game at a decent level I understand I can empathize with these players because me as a player bro if I'm being I don't like it bro do you know I'm saying even with Phil Foden I talk about him all the time I say listen Phil Foden is not a winger for me his best position is down the middle only so much criticism I can give him if you're playing guys out of position and that's what kept doing and I said to people in the summer we will never build chemistry like this we'll never build cohesion like this because number one you're working with a bunch of players that haven't got a lot of experience right and number two that it's a new team so how many players as well in my opinion way too many players bro Levi Corwell last season one of the best left centre-backs in the league young left centre-backs Liverpool wanted this guy they were begging for yeah they tried they tried to put a bag on him yeah try to get the put a bag on him in the tournament for England so many people waxing lyrical about this guy he comes Chelsea he's looking like a fridge of course he's going to look like a fridge because he's not a left-back you know yeah yeah you're shoehorned and you're the manager's doing meaty things exactly so that's what he's done consistently but at the same time like I've said he doesn't take blame for everything because these men in front of goal they're a joke there's been so many games bro where it's just been a joke you know I'm saying in front of God I'm thinking yo come on we should be doing better even though we're not playing well as a team I'm still seeing us creating some good chances we should be we should be winning these games do you know I mean so every single person takes blame every single person takes blame but what I'm saying get put out it's because we can't get rid of the whole team everyone's saying flip the team that's not realistic let's live in reality you know I'm saying the reality is you're trying to talk about selling like 20 men and a pair of them have just signed and signed big contracts as you said it's a fallacy it's not FIFA when people are doing that to me it's just fake outrage and you know they'll call me toxic positivity because I'm a realist I'm just looking at the situation and thinking yo I don't want to be in this situation but how can we get out of it you know what I mean and for me I don't think Chelsea are so far gone where we can't do anything because this season we've proven it already against some of the big sides here like against City the other day we were the better team we held our own but again was crap in front of goal against you man when you came to the bridge bro we didn't turn up for an hour bro that's one of the worst hours I've seen in my opinion for Arsenal bro if we didn't turn that's what I want us to learn we'll get on to it but that's what I want us to learn at the Emirates tomorrow bro because that was that was poor that's the weird one with Chelsea because you lot have kind of it's like you're not up for the big games with the exception of I think you lot were terrible if I remember rightly Liverpool away but it seems like you're up for the big games the other games it's just a mixed bag you kind of do what yeah because when we play the lower the lower level teams they're going to sit back and then you need to beat that low block but if you're not playing fluid football you're not going to that's why we wait for individual moments that's why the other week you saw Potch talking about um what's his name Cole Palmer and saying yo we just basically give the ball to Cole Palmer and we hope for the best because that's what I watch I watch a team a team full of individuals that don't know what they're doing and a big part of that most of the time is how we're set up and playing people out of position he's still doing it bro like Gallagher started on the wing the other day yeah that was a madness against Sheffield he started him on the wing again once again to get him into the team you know I'm saying people will tell me oh Gallagher's needed for the press but in that midfield against Man City he didn't play in the midfield bro and the midfield was nullified Man City didn't do anything for them through the midfield do you know I mean but again Gallagher has to play because he's Potch's guy so he plays him on the wing do you know I'm saying so there's there's too much inconsistency from the manager like I said from the players in front of goal again we'll touch up on the preview in the game because people will be asking me how do you think how do you think we're going to go into that and after that I think that's a perfect segue how I think the game's gonna go yeah yeah from a Chelsea perspective man like how do you think the game's gonna go because to me as an Arsenal fan I don't think we're winning the league but if we are we can't we can't afford to draw against you lot it's probably the best week but the worst week in theory because we got you lot and then obviously we got them lot from down the road on Sunday you lot can just throw the party in it no one's really got much to play for as I just said for me away from home we're terrible 16 minutes yeah Trosser off the bench did his thing Declan Rice scored a glory goal but that's where I want us to learn because I actually think our record in the top six been good hopefully I don't jinx us we haven't lost but that's where I think we've shot ourselves in the foot ironically Spurs as well like we took an hour to turn up against you lot I'm not going to say that we would have won had we have started the way we did but you just never know Spurs we conceded a dumb goal with Jorginho and that's where I want to learn because I haven't well it's been like two years but in my lifetime Chelsea haven't been this poor and if we can't do something tomorrow then pack it up man but you know before I go on like where are you at with your headspin yeah you know what let's take it back to the first game when we played you know in it but this is I was talking I was basically talking about my team yeah because at the time we were actually playing some good football you know I'm saying but the main problem that we had at the time is we weren't being clinical um and a big the big reason why we started to play well was because Cole Palmer came into the team because before you know Cole Palmer didn't start in the season right he didn't have no yeah yeah he basically just signed and then got bedded in and he's gone exactly at that point exactly and when people were saying ah when I'm watching Chelsea you lot missed chances I kept saying at the time the chances that we get are scraps I'm not seeing Jackson being plated up do you know I'm saying because Jackson's a poor finisher so if you've got a poor finisher you want to make sure then he might bag something exactly bro not some scrappy chance where you're just whipping it and hoping that he gets his leg on it when we know he's not that good when Cole Palmer came into the team our chance creation was was amazing I'm seeing some really good chances being created for Jackson him and Palmer have got a good relationship like he's got a few assists for Jackson and vice versa for Jackson as well they work well together do you know I'm saying and at the time I kept telling people he gal oh we're gonna come to the bridge we're gonna smoke you know in my group chats all my guys most my guys are Arsenal fans innit oh we're gonna smoke you know I say listen I've been watching both teams defensively Arsenal looking good but in the attack I am not convinced at the minute yeah Saka's not performing well at the minute allow him a 30 goal assist man I said he's putting up the numbers but when you actually watch his performances yeah no he's actually he's got that's the thing with Saka man he goes through these moments and for me with an Arsenal fan like I don't know how it is with Chelsea and I don't know how to make it make sense but it's like we take good players and you know I'm not saying Saka shouldn't play and stuff but yeah yeah like it's almost impossible to expect him to do Mo Salah stuff we always take guys like you see you lot had Giroud like Giroud there's a reason he thrived at France and obviously one thing's with Chelsea he's a great player he's a facilitator of sort we took someone that's a facilitator slash rotation option and we're looking at you to be our Van Persie our Bamian and get 100 odd goals or 20 goals a season and then we're shocked when you can't do it and kind of at the moment across the team that's what we're seeing like again you know yourself football isn't Disneyland innit we're never gonna get out of the hood with Kai Havertz up front not even getting at him because he's done all right yeah they haven't got a bagsman like that and you look at City they've got bagsmen Liverpool have experience and that's that's the issue I've I don't feel I'm not saying this to say Arsenal the biggest and baddest in the land yeah but I feel the only team the only games I think we've been poor was West Ham in the League Cup pull them away and and actually pull them at home other than that it's been a mixed bag like even with you at your place like half last half an hour was the Arsenal I've seen this season the hour before that the first 45 minutes Zinchenko and Jorginho were in trouble and that's what I want Arteta to learn from ironically I'm being a hypocrite because I think he has to start Jorginho I don't think Partey's got the legs but that's where I'm at man it comes down to individual moments I think Saka can pull that off obviously Cole Palmer's the man of the moment in that regard so it can go either way man because you lot are up for the big games more time yeah exactly that's what I'm saying and at the time like I said I wasn't when you when you lot were coming even though in the League you were you were flying technically in the League I didn't look at you guys and think you've clicked you know I'm saying I said your defense has improved but your attack wasn't playing well at the beginning of the season bro Martin Nelly he's been poor it's been a tough season for him man tough season it's not the season you had obviously Kai Havertz wasn't playing well and he wasn't even playing up trying to play in his centre mid which is a disaster if I'm honest exactly but he didn't even start that game but before then he was looking like a mess so I was looking at it like yo as long as we finish our chances we've got every we've got every chance of beating Arsenal so I wasn't surprised by that performance that we put out because we were playing like that at the time do you know I mean I remember Jorginho were giving him no time on the ball yeah he was drowning remember Declan Rice was kicking the ball off the pitch bro Zinchenko like you've mentioned already he got a early yellow and he got taken off at half time because Sterling was cooking his ass yeah yeah it was gonna get long for him it was gonna get long for him out there yeah so this time round I'm looking at it like yo obviously we're going away this time I expect you lot to have majority of the ball I can I can see us playing like how we did against Man City where we're just soaking up the pressure in like a mid-block I don't think you'll be low it'll be a low block because what Poch likes is transitional counter-attacking football yeah I think you're gonna have more of the ball to be honest I'll be I'll be surprised if we have more of the ball because we're away do you know I'm saying so we'll just let you do what you lot do side to side side to side as soon as we win the ball back you're gonna see ping pong football that's what that's why I need my defenders to be strong man that's why well I don't think Zinni was gonna start but Zinni can't play tomorrow at least from the start anyways if you start Zinchenko bro I guess it's gonna be bro we're just lucky that we did all the other things well and obviously we got the three points it's long man Zinni can't stop yeah if Zinchenko starts against Madueke I know he was poor the other day but he's laughing to the bank I think people even harsh with Madueke playing poor because as a neutral watching the semi-final game it's a bit like what you said in that you know you were you were you were in the game for me as a neutral doing a watch along it was a bit of a nothing game it weren't really on paper what you'd see from Chelsea and City both teams were in it obviously City have better players than you their players are in a better round of form individual brilliance made it count I agree with the point you made earlier generally about Jackson and I think that applies to the Wembley game because people are feeding us off scraps allegedly but that is the problem with my club it's like we'll give you those scraps as much as we've improved defensively we still like it's like we're here but Premier League titles these things you have to go up to them sides and we're a bit emotional in that regards and even at Emirates like we can see the more emotional games this season I've been at the Emirates away from home it's been more boring for the neutrals like you know the draw with City battering the team since the end and well the start of 2024 so that's where I'm like I really don't know where this game goes personally I'm confident in my team but boy yeah how I look at it look if Gallagher starts in that midfield I think his job's gonna probably to be pressed like to press yeah press oh no actually he's gonna press Declan Rice from the front and then what you're gonna have is probably Enzo or Caicedo just making sure they're sticking on older guard because he's the one that makes things ticked and obviously he finds space where there's no space basically I think he's got I checked the other day he's got the most through balls in the league actually because he's good at that pass that's his bread and butter so as long as we don't give him any space I'm looking at who else can do something because for me you know I feel about Saka I don't see Saka taking Cucurella on for the whole game and cooking it I hear it tomorrow he's cooking it but I need it for Saka we'll see about that because last time Cucurella had him locked up until he grabbed an assist my guy man love him bro love him bro that's what I'm saying towards the end of the game he got that listen that assist that he done yeah that's Saka's bag cash money you see that left foot yeah back post Saka loves that that's what he needs to get back into his bag as you just said tomorrow and the thing about us bro at the back post I don't know what sort of coaching we do bro it is so bad we're so bad on the back post we're so bad at set pieces yeah and that's why I'm looking at it thinking yo if you don't beat us I can see you lot scoring a set piece in open play in open play it just depends on us nullifying your key players we need to make sure that Trossard is nullified and we need to make sure that older guard is nullified they're the yeah exactly so I need wingers I need wingers on both sides in it because with you lot again you're good defensively but I don't look at Ben White and think oh he can't get cooked by a winger I don't know if you remember last season um at the emirates when Mudrick came on and they were flashing lasers in his eyes yeah yeah yeah yeah Rushford's had his number other than that Ben White's been you know right you know obviously you know that's the issue with me and I'm good you touched on it I mean I feel confident with us in the midfield especially if you go with Havertz up front or Jesus and they drop in and all of that I think I would rather I would rather Tommy Asi tomorrow but he missed out at the last game on Sunday was it Saturday Sunday it's probably a quick turnaround I have to see Kirill Kirill can be got but he's a lot more solid than Zinchenko yeah he is I'm a lot I'm a lot happy with like Declan Rice backwards it's just a transition and it's for me it's that in a weird way Arsenal open book you know right hand side that's the bread and butter as you said you kind of nullified that it's a mixed bag down the left sometimes they turn up sometimes they don't whether we replace Jakar there's been injuries at left back and inconsistencies from wingers it's just a mixed bag personally I think it's going to be a bit like you know because we touched on City Chelsea where it's going to be it's one of them where the trailer sounds better than the actual game I think the game will be quite boring they'll cancel each other out there might be a moment for other for either us or you look and then it gets exciting beyond that point but I just hope for me I hope we control our emotions because you lot have nothing to play for other than just spoiling our day we know nothing less than a win obviously mathematically if we're going for the league everyone could drop points and not necessarily win the game and win the league but it's an emotional one and I saw us against Bayern I wouldn't say we crumbled but we succumbed to the pressure at home very naive defensively away from home didn't know whether to stick or twist and that's my issue you touched on Caicedo and Enzo yeah now I want to say though what was it last Enzo's a good footballer I do think there's a bit of a tax at Chelsea because it's a weird one because me as a neutral I look at Chelsea on paper the team's not bad I don't know what's gone wrong I don't know what Poch is doing I don't know how you get out of it but it's not like you've got a bunch of non-league players in the Premier League yeah yeah so that's what's weird isn't it so I have to give every individual player their slaps because you need to do your thing but if everybody's failing or everybody's not doing what they need to do there's something in the collective but I look at Enzo and Caicedo and I think they're two quality players they'll be two linchpins when you lot get over this but something's going wrong with them two together I don't know if Caicedo can sit as a six and I don't think you know Enzo can do it but in England it's not really a cultural six that really does the job you kind of want him in the final third like what's going wrong with that pivot man because there's numerous things that's a good question because this season Caicedo was getting scapegoated for large parts it's kind of calmed down on his side now a little bit and now it's Enzo Enzo all season has been getting scapegoated every time we lose oh it's Enzo Fernandez it's Caicedo you know I'm saying I'm thinking bro he's not watching the games man they're not watching the game it's the attack like the other day I'm still hearing crazy stuff oh it was Enzo Enzo again he didn't do enough and I'm thinking bro against Man City we literally nullified their midfield it was our attack that was the main problem I don't know why you don't want games you know I mean yeah but like I said it's a combination of the players and it's a combination of the structure but for me I've mainly seen he's building his team around Conor Gallagher right Gallagher's a guy that none of us we bro we support a top six side yeah none of us are starting Gallagher none of us are just coaching in the squad exactly none of us are building a team and saying yeah I want Conor Gallagher in my team do you know I'm saying right there's too much space in the midfield usually what happens what's what's been happening a lot this season is Poch has been playing Caicedo as a lone six god knows why because he never played as a lone six at Brighton yeah exactly he's decent on the ball do you know I'm saying he's not bare press resistant if you if he's if he's got time on the ball and he's running about you can get at him he's because he's a bit he looks funny in it when he's on the ball do you know I'm saying he's a bit he's more of an eight to me in it long term he's gonna be running around just tackling in there yeah so he's had like Enzo over there Caicedo over there so every time we lose the ball we're just getting counted do you know I'm saying it's so bad do you know I'm saying and then at the same time like I've said he's had Enzo playing in the 10 sometimes like early on in the season and I'm thinking yo why are you playing Gallagher in the pivot and playing Enzo in the 10 when you can clearly see he ain't got the legs right and Enzo doesn't like playing with his back to go do you know I'm saying he he wants to get the ball from the first phase and progress it from being on half turns and yeah on the half turn sort of thing not like where he's got one second to think Enzo needs a little bit more time to think to dictate the game similar to Tony Cruz you know I'm saying that's the type of type of player that he is so this manager for me hasn't got the best out of them and I don't think you'll see the best of these two players with this manager that's why for me he still needs to go you know when I look at their profiles I think the perfect guy for them would be someone like Deserby Deserby loved Caicedo and Deserby would love Enzo because he loves technical players that's why he was begging for Levi Cole he's another one that hasn't been used correctly this season as well so there's been certain games like I've said where he's set them up correctly and they just haven't performed like individually but then there's been games this season like Aston Villa when Enzo was balling out that game where he got the he scored a free kick for me that was a world-class performance against and that was a week when there was rumours that he wants to leave the club and whatnot so I think people are just doing too much with Enzo like he's not the same player I saw from last season but then I have to acknowledge that last season Graham Potter Graham Potter used this guy correctly and even Frank Lampard used this guy correctly Enzo was our best player last season and he joined in January you know I'm saying that's not me just saying it to defend him because yeah exactly I'm talking about what I see but then people like how is he your best player last season you finished 12th it's not his fault guys can't finish their chances one man can't dictate the thing man but you know how agendas are bro like you know how it is yeah and it's frustrating so listen for me like I've said there's more levels to go of Enzo I'm not worried about him because if I think if I think of Enzo playing for Man City for example he'll be balling out because there's better players around him he's got a little bit more experience he's got a manager that likes how Enzo plays you know I'm saying we've got a manager that wants to play Liverpool rock and roll football Enzo is not that type of player you know I'm saying so for me he has to go but if he's gonna stay he has to make sure that he uses Enzo correctly and same thing with Caicedo you know I'm saying so that's how I kind of look at it man but that'll be key because we need to make sure that we're winning that midfield battle Caicedo loves playing at the Emirates isn't it that's one thing yeah he does he does still he does still and I gotta lie yeah as much as I'm not one of these fans who slag off players and stuff the tribe when they see me does not want Caicedo to succeed tomorrow purely because it's not his fault he didn't join us and whatnot and I actually feel it's a blessing in disguise because obviously I can't assume we would have signed Declan because of what we want to try to get Caicedo and Declan in the summer I on one hand I assume we would have had both of them obviously if their variables panned out but then I look at it and I don't know if we would have got Declan Rice who I think better for us and doing all right and I don't think them two would have looked good in a pivot together I think there's games for it but on a consistent basis I just don't think there's enough really I mean if you was doing the FIFA thing yeah you've got two groups in the middle Odegaard in front it could cook really and I'm shocked with Caicedo if I'm honest I give him a tax because respectively to Brighton you've joined a big club in Chelsea where everything down to the way you walk is going to be scrutinized and whatnot as I said there's a bit of a tax what have you made of Madrid like do you do you actually feel there's light at the end of the tunnel because it's a weird one because I think when things are not going well for you in life yeah you need to keep working and I do see that like I can't comment on social media but he's doing the gym stuff and whatnot there's a bit of real potential there the only thing I think the issue with him is you look at someone like Madhuweke I think his mentality is better in a sense of he's very self-aware he knows that you know I can't really feel safe for myself in this Chelsea thing because yeah yeah this is this is the life in it leaves it seems like Madrid needs an arm around him kind of thing so yeah he does this isn't even gonna get that though because Chelsea ain't got time for that like no one's this is my problem spot on you've said we ain't got time for that that's what I said earlier that the ownership they can't sign any more Mudrics you need to leave them them sort of players for the Bournemouths for the West Ham's for the Brightons let them do the development developing over there and then you bring them over here you know I'm saying when they're when they're a little bit like more ready to play there's exactly there's a lot of work to do with Mudric but for me listen I can clearly see the potential yeah I can clearly see why Mikel Arteta wanted him I can clearly see why your fan base will love in this guy as if he even plays for your club they were begging for him he was twerking it seemed like it was gonna happen and obviously you lot come in and zumped us with the bid but for me Ukrainian league not really seeing him too much but Arteta was willing to put down what I think we bidded 70 million so he had to have been convinced in my man or something and when you look at our squad I think Saka's quick but I wouldn't describe him as explosive I would say that to Martinelli but Martinelli's not done that and I don't know how much you watch Arsenal but there's times where either player could have at least you're from primary school but weekly bro but that's what I think like when I look at Mudric if I had to describe him in one word I'd say explosive because I think we've missed that we ain't got that like and I think when you look at our failed pursuits of Pedro Neto, Mudric I wouldn't quite extend that to Rafinha but you could force it and say that it seems like we're looking at that and I know many of us Arsenal fans say you know what we grabbed Chossop which I'm with Chossop's doing this thing Mudric isn't. I wanted him. Huh? I wanted Chossop bro. I'm happy with him. You're forgetting we were not linked to Mudric everyone expected Mudric to go. That's why I was vexed when it happened because you man just come out of the woodwork. I was like bro at the time because I remember Dzerbi throws out Chossop yeah and we needed a left wing because we literally had Sterling was injured Pulisic was injured we basically had no attackers in it and it was January times I was like yo we need to make sure we sign Chossop because he's basically available and he'll come Chelsea like there'll be no problems with that and all of a sudden I'm I didn't know anything about the guy bro I've never watched him in my life I saw clips I was like cool let's see what he's about funny enough I was at his debut I went to the game against Liverpool at Anfield yeah and he was levels above every single person on that team. I knew you lot were in trouble with Mudric with that because that's the same thing that happened with us with Pepe when you did a little dribble ting with Van Dijk I knew it I knew there's something bookie here. You know what like I can see there's something in this guy isn't it? There is. There's something there with him and I can it's clear to see there's been games where he's had some good games this season like against Palace he had a very good game against Palace. Scored a beefy goal against us to be fair. He was better than both your wingers that game in my opinion. In build up he was very key. Remember that handball that Saliba gave away? I was in the contract man. He's an Arsenal fan we allow him blood. Bro that handball that Saliba gave away it all came from Mudric. It all came from Mudric. I swear that was the pen. It was a pen. It was but I'm saying it started off for Mudric building up and he actually won the penalty as well. That's true. That's true. Like I've said he has games where he looks good and there's other days where he looks like he's never kicked a ball in his life but I keep telling people he's not going to iron that out of his game without the minutes. Do you know what I'm saying? Like against you lot he scored that that day. I know it was a fluky goal yeah but then he gets dropped. Still put in the back of the net. He played well as well. He gets dropped. You know Sterling can be stinking out for weeks but then Mudric don't get the minutes. He gets here you go minutes and then people are surprised that he comes on low on confidence and he's stinking out the place. I'm like bro do you know what I'm saying? It's a hierarchy thing. So for me I'm not saying that right now he's at the level that's needed because clearly he's not right but he's got the attributes that I like in a winger. Like you said he's explosive. He's got skill. Do you know what I mean? For me he's got a good whip on him as well. I know he would shake. Yeah yeah yeah Wembley weren't the best advertisement for that but generally yeah he does. I've got examples where I've seen him do like a nice reverse pass. He's got a nice link-up play and like I've said I'm still saying it now bro. He's still got more to his game than Martinelli. I see more in his game than what I see from Martinelli. Martinelli is more refined. I know he's had a poor season but Martinelli is only more refined because he's had more minutes. He's been here now for what three years. Do you know what I'm saying? So for me Mudrick ain't gonna become refined without the minutes in it. Do you know what I mean? But I can clearly see why Arteta wanted him and for me if he went to Arsenal he'll be a much better player right now. I was just about to say that bro. It's like nurture versus environment. It's like nurture versus nature. You look at our environment you know Arteta is more likely to do that for whatever reason. It don't look like that's going on at Chelsea. That's why if Mudrick was available I know it sounds mad but I would take a chance. I'll genuinely take a chance. I think I know well for me watching Chelsea it looks like he's almost exclusively on the left-hand side but I actually think he'd be quite dangerous on the right. The only issue with Mudrick for the only thing that I could take away from him is again you look like one of them confidence men and I think at Arsenal now we need them guys that whether they play ---- or play good there's a leeway in it because a guy like Mudrick you give him 10 games 5-10 games he'll play out of this world. He'll look like a Brazilian you know the best Brazilian winger we could think of. Others he'll look dead and that's the issue Chelsea really can't afford to just blindly well you could if you're right of decision but you can't just blindly give somebody minutes and I look back I think he got bullied into that move I'm not gonna lie he's not smiling in the press conference you know I think they worked a number and I don't know where do you loan him out next year? Do I loan him out? Yeah just go somewhere where a manager's gonna bet on you you're gonna get your games you're away from this you come back more ready for this thing. You know what it all depends on who we decide to bring in. If we decide to bring in two wingers and we get rid of Sterling then I'm looking at it a little bit different I'm thinking how much game time realistically is he gonna get because for me the main problem with Mudrick is the game time because you can clearly see there's a player in there like I said yeah so it all depends on how many attackers that we bring but I'm reluctant to send him out alone and I think he's our problem so we need to deal with him people keep trying to run away trying to sell him bro he's on an eight-year contract they even triggered he's on like 90 bags a week as well yeah bro like realistically he's not gonna go anywhere and right now his stocks have dropped so Chelsea they're businessmen they ain't gonna get the money back that they paid from they're gonna want more or he's gonna pay 90 million you'd be stupid to do that you'd be very stupid so we're stuck with him so for me he's our problem we just need to make sure that we get the right guy to coach him and help him improve and again going back to Dzerbi he works with him at Shakhtar he knows him yeah he's been about still bro he when you watch when you watch Brighton they love their left-hand side Mitoma the amount of times they go to Mitoma now it's Edinburgh they love that left-hand side so I can imagine um um Dzerbi doing the same thing with Mudrik on our left-hand side do you know what I mean again he's got he's got a higher potential to reach but he just needs someone to just get out of him bro I get I get frustrated just like everyone knows people think oh you just love this guy don't look at the bad bro I look at the bad and the good but me I like to be fair in my takes people are too polarized in their takes you know they'll see a bad game he's this he's that they don't see him do what they did against Newcastle where he ran past a couple man natural ability flair scores composure and then they just they just keep quiet you know I'm saying they want to keep him on the bench they want to keep Mudrik on the bench because they don't want to be proven wrong that's what it is they don't want to be proven wrong bro they don't want to give him a chance to actually improve so they can say oh I was right about him you know I'm saying but bro we'll see what happens for me I think he's had a decent season you know he had a little bit of nice form like a few weeks ago again he's gone back to the same old nonsense where he's being dropped Conor Gallagher starting left wing against Sheffield again the other day starting left wing against Man City bro as a player I'm looking at him thinking yo I'm a winger I'm fuming as an attacker bro you know what I'm saying and again Obama sort of winger either it's an industrious midfielder in exactly and that's where you go empathize people don't look at these like tangibles in the game and like I've said for me it just makes it a bit easier because I've played the game bro so I can empathize with these players do you know I'm saying that's how it is man that's how I kind of look at it but I don't yeah man I think I think I think there's still more to come from Woodrick in it we'll see but he's having a he's having a decent season I don't think he's been poor this season I think it's just been decent two questions before I let you get out of it I'm wary of time broski uh what was I gonna ask you Kai Havertz man what did you make in the summer when we bought Kai Havertz and what have you made of him now obviously he hasn't set the world alight and things but I think it's fair to say he's turned out a lot better than people I have come to accept now that Kai's calm like I don't think he's amazing there's definitely going to be frustrations he was definitely a player that when he was at you man the first one you kind of drew out but I think there's a useful now if I was to name asking with my image and like you know our strongest players I think if we name everybody fit I think we're more than this but two players short like we've got nine men and if Kai Havertz right now is playing up front I need a striker so Kai you're dropping to the bench but yeah people ripped the man off before he had a chance I'm not gonna sit here and say I weren't shook I weren't questioning Arteta like when I look back in the summer obviously Declan Rice no brainer happy David Ryer I thought do we need to upgrade on Ramsdale but cool I hear Arteta wants to do his mad stuff Timber got injured but I was watching Timber at Ajax cool where I looked at with Kai Havertz it was a thing where I'm not really believing in you Kai Havertz Arteta you've you've earned the benefit of the doubt to this point now I still think he showed his shortcomings I actually think against Wolves that was probably Kai Havertz's best game in midfield I feel off the ball he's great at all them things there there's nothing really that separates you like for example with Jorginho like he might not be the most physical robust but you know he's a bit sexy pause with the possession and whatnot Kai don't really have anything that stands out but what do you exactly and that's the main thing bro when you lot came in I couldn't believe it because don't forget Ramadrid came in bro Ramadrid came in initially right we wanted 45 million they walked away and that was in euros as well exactly and then all of a sudden I'm seeing Arsenal interested I thought it was a joke then I'm seeing space I thought it was a fake rumor fam yeah bro then straight away you lot gone in and I remember like in the group chat I was going back and forth with um you know Jess big up Jessie Jessica yeah yeah yeah yeah bigger up I was going back and forth with her in the group chat and whatnot was talking about it because she was like ah um you lot are just you know our graveyard for players like Arteta will transform him in midfield I said listen Kai Havertz yeah he hasn't got the attributes to play in midfield because we've tried him he can't help build you know you how you was talking about Enzo and Kaiseido and building up and half turns yeah Kai Havertz in midfield he can't do that and as you know I don't want to tell Snoop but as an Arsenal fan I've seen the Vieiras I've seen the more cuter players at the Emirates exactly it was never gonna happen bro it was never gonna happen and I kept giving I kept giving different examples I said look there's Madison there there's Kudus there you got players like Piquero players like that yeah they're actually good on the ball because listen Xhaka for me he's not levels on the ball but he's better than Kai Havertz on the ball yeah substantially better on the ball exactly and I was like listen when you're looking at Havertz yeah he's not that type of guy that's gonna drag you through the mud and be this creative maestro running that guys dribbling past guys he's not that do you know I mean and I said he's not gonna work at left center mid right they put him there and what happened before you know it back up top the same position they told me that we mis-profiled him in and I kept telling them in the group chat at the time I said listen you lot are going on about the midfield I have seen this guy playing midfield under Frank Lampard when he first came in Covid he was playing as an eight basically yeah and he was crap do you know I'm saying we tried him on the right he was crap we had to remind us about the labour accusing days with that right that right centre mid stuff as well do you know I'm saying so he's he's been like tried and tested the same way Arteta has and we found that his best position is up top do you know I mean but right now I'm just seeing the Havertz that I've seen at Chelsea like I don't think I don't think Havertz is the worst player like I gave him patience I actually ran out of patience last season it's only last year where I was like do you know what this guy can go now yeah I've given him enough time I remember all my boys are getting Arsenal fans after ball are about Havertz is ---- I'm like bro just give him a little bit of time to get warm in it let's see what he can do do you know I'm saying because I could see I could see things in parts but they're not consistently enough that was my main problem with him he wasn't consistent and he would turn up in March other than that he wouldn't do anything do you know I mean but right now I'm not seeing anyone different bro I'm just seeing the same guy I was seeing at Chelsea just in a better system with better players do you know I'm saying but I'm not looking at him and thinking you're like he's improved he just looks the same yeah he just looks the same yeah he just looks the same do you know I'm saying but it is what it is man you know you bought Havertz and you've still got two big holes left centre mid and up top so really and that's what that's what's annoying broski like more so the striker thing kind of what you were saying about no strikers are available I could as much as it's frustrating and as much as I think there is no strike is available obviously we're not we're footballing fans we're not in the footballing world these guys have to be there you've got enough software and scouting and all these things to find and assess people so I don't know how far that excuse goes but I understand not going for a striker if you're not convinced and obviously we live in a day and age where it's weird because strikers can get 20 goals if they're not getting assists people got something to say if they're like Gabriel Jesus who has his own problems but Arsenal fans are a bit harsh on selling him which I don't agree he can do the general stuff but goals you're never going to be that so I can get that I can kind of sympathize with it even though we need a striker central midfield since I've started my YouTube career bro which I think I started about six years ago I've been there's a running joke on my platform that I keep mentioning Arsenal centre midfield and I wanted two centre mids in the summer bro and I thought yo I thought all right cool they have Arsenal experimenting or he's stroking his ego he's doing what he's doing there that's cool you've got them Clarice and you mentioned Lavia earlier we was linked with Lavia I didn't think we'd get him but I just saw that as okay cool if we're linked with other yeah he's a bowler but we need two in it like he knows we need two then I saw Kai Havertz and Declan Rice and I thought all right cool this is the partnership and you're right I do think because of the Chelsea ties and all of that jazz we kind of didn't give him time but there's nothing there and there was times he looked shook he does look ahead of himself but I think his fortunes kind of changed for us around I think it was Newcastle where we lost and he was getting into the the handbags with the fans with the Newcastle players sorry oh yeah yeah yeah we got what we he's okay in all the other aspects but as you said midfield is a myth and he doesn't really have any outstanding contributions like on the ball really there's nothing you've seen you've seen his finishing bro he's finishing used to get me mad bro honestly bro yeah he's not the only reason we finished 12th but he's one of the main reasons bro yeah Enzo was creating for this guy our fullbacks were creating for this guy and he would just do like a you know that little pass he does pass back I call it a pass back or like he likes this little lob thing that he tries to do as well you know I'm saying he just hasn't got that instinct to just bang you know what I mean so end of the day listen I'm happy with the 65ms you lot seem to be happy you'll have us I feel like some of some of your fan base try it try and overdo it and make it seem like they're overly happy but deep down they know they need more man what did you just say there we need more and I'm not trying to make this a Kai Havertz because I think you've done all right like I won't say Kai is my arsenal signing of the season but in term being devil's advocate in terms of the expectations I had for you in comparison to the others I do think you've somewhat exceeded those expectations and there's been times where your form's been all right but I don't I see a more confident player than the one in the Chelsea yeah I see someone that buys into this slightly more than what was going on at Chelsea even though he won Champions League there but other than that we've got what we paid for you can be part of the squad you can be in the starting 11 at times but difference maker and it sounds mad to say about someone that's won the champs and scored a Champions League winner I don't really rely on you like that but I don't want to make this about Kai Havertz my last question for you because this is overrunning my bro sorry for that score prediction score prediction yeah bro this is hard man because the first thing that I said yeah Magi is we're unpredictable do you know I'm saying we're unpredictable man I just I just don't know what Chelsea are going to turn up in front of goal how are we going to defend set pieces you know who's going to make an individual mistake at the back do you know I'm saying crying like it like at Wembley I'm not gonna lie actually helped stabilize us for the past few games I'll be real like we're looking we're looking very shaky at the back like we we conceded two against Burnley two against Sheffield you know I'm saying I was winning both games twice and we still we still managed to lose that game but since they've come in bro we've looked a little bit better at the back you know I'm saying but I still haven't got enough confidence because I haven't seen it enough so it's so hard to predict bro it's so hard I want to say I'm at the game as well bro are you at the game tomorrow yeah nah nah watch your long settings man watch your long settings bro I hope you waste your money I can't lie to you my guy hope you waste your money you see us win bro I'm at the game man ah ---- man you know what I'm just gonna keep it humble and say 2-2 man see man I'm not I'm not on that man I'm not do you know what I have to talk positivity man I think what we want I swear we beat you lot 3-1 at the Emirates last year ain't it am I right yeah I'm running I'm running that I'm talking I'm talking it into existence but Kyle Saka, Martin Ailey and **** it Kai Havertz three goals to one bro but I I think what you said at the beginning of this stream rings true yeah the same way you said you don't know what Chelsea's going to turn up it's a bit different because we've been better than you lot but I don't know what Arsenal's going to turn up and for me with the Emirates games they're very emotional even games we win like Man United and it's very different but when we when Ramsdale made that mistake against Brentford and we nicked it it's very emotional and we're at the this is the unfortunately this is the time in the season where Arsenal start crumbling and we've got a small squad so I just hope they manage their expectations I hope they managed I hope they manage stuff I actually think it's going to be a typical Premier League game let me tell you something yeah if we score first I reckon we win the game no no no if you score first we're winning 100% I'm more nervous than you can see if we score first if we score first I reckon we win the game because like you've said yeah right now you lot are basically playing for the title this is crunch time now I don't look at your fan base bro yeah I like your players they get nervous yeah Emirates if you manage to just shut down Emirates you can hear a pin drop bro you know I'm saying that's one thing about Emirates and your players bro they can start to get shaky start to make mistakes I read your team I like your team you know I mean I think your team's got a lot of potential to grow to build I think like a winning manager that can come in with a strike and whatnot I think you can even go up a different level but right now how I look at it you guys are still little boys you know I'm saying you're still little boys if you're listening this is the motivation you need because I don't know like do you are you confident that if we get that first jab yeah depending on when we score as well that your boys will bounce back and win the game yeah I actually am I actually am in fact let me rephrase that I don't know for winning but one thing I have seen this season and last year we react a lot more to resilient moments obviously when you look at the Bayern Munich's and them games there we're not ready for that Champions League stuff not on a cop-out because we still could have got something but I think we showed resilience when we played City twice when we played Liverpool twice and just generally even in the game at you lot as much as you know you've seen your team win leagues a long time ago but I've seen my team win leagues as much as it's about over a 38 game period being amazing winning games blitzing sides all of this there's an element of being able to salvage something when everything goes wrong and as I said I'm in truth I am like when it comes to doing reviews of the season I'm going to mention the heart the first hour of sorry against against you lot at Stamford Bridge because I was nervous I think you know we're feeding off the fans energy I can't I don't want to get onto our tether but it felt like tactically we're playing into your hands we just had no we had no outlet and we managed to salvage something from that now sometimes you get that and sometimes you get what you deserve so I'm fairly confident if we concede we'll get something but this is what I said earlier in that we're our own best friends and worst enemies same way you said you don't know what team is going to turn up I don't know what team is going to turn up like I'm not betting I love Bukayo Sakho but based on your current form I'm not betting on you to make the difference I just want us to lock down that midfield I don't want us you know because again you got good players if Enzo picks out a pass and kills seven man out of our team and you go and score sometimes you just have to go all right good bit of play I don't want no stupid goals I don't want no lapses in concentration the only real confidence I really have actually beyond the obvious is Declaris Saliba and Gabriel because I just think we've been a bit better defensively man so it's going to be I rate him and whatnot but on the transition yeah bro it's it's ping pong football it's chaos and you know you know what I say don't allow it man on the transition at times yeah that guy can be a bit you know I mean he's looking a bit leggy at the minute yeah but why is that because with you oh because you haven't got that eight you have obviously it's not just on that it's on Declaris and it's and especially you said that because I've seen that in the last few games it's like obviously Declaris is Mr West Ham Captain Fantastic fly everywhere I think in the last few games Arsenal been over leverage in that if I'm completely honest and it can't happen tomorrow because one thing I'll give Potts you know I know he's not doing his thing at Chelsea but he is a fairly decent tactician the same with Varteto so they're gonna try and get the edge I already see him doing the mind games about if Cole Palmer's gonna be there or not I'm willing to bet my house that Cole Palmer's gonna be there. The one I'm concerned about is Gusto man because he's been playing of an injury for like the past few games isn't it? Very good player. We haven't got bro we haven't got any other right backs bro like we do but this guy won't use them like he can go to the academy and go get someone but he'd rather play De Sassi there. I am praying that that brother plays. If he plays De Sassi there we are finished on that side bro you know I mean I'd rather him play Chalaba right back and then play De Sassi in the middle because De Sassi's slow you know what I'm saying he might be able to read the game but his legs they can't keep up with what guys are doing against him do you know what I'm saying so bro that that right hand side I'm a bit worried because most of our play comes from the right and Gusto and Palmer they've got a good relationship so I'm just praying that Gusto can start the game even if he's got to come off like later on at least he's starting and he can help us but yeah man Cole Palmer has to be there for this one he's ill innit so I reckon they probably just said to him do you know what just rest and then come back tomorrow. Just have your paracetamol you'll be good man. Yeah man I think he'll play he'll play man players bro players play for illness injuries all the time. These are the games you want to play for man these top six clashes I know obviously Chelsea are doing what they're doing but these games when you sign for Arsenal, Chelsea or Spurs or whatever you have to be up for this this is what's kind of season defining of sorts. My last question for you bro because you mentioned Gusto yeah I like him but I'm sure when he signed people would have thought oh you're gonna get ahead of Rhys James obviously Rhys James is struggling with injury where are you at with Rhys James is your patience thin? Do you know what I've got one more in me innit I've got one more in me man and that the only reason why is because he's finally had the surgery we've been begging for I don't he's never had his hamstring surgery like hamstring um he's never had surgery on his hamstring sorry yeah it's the first time that he's ever he's ever done it and for me I've always said Rhys James needs to lose a lot of weight because the way he plays up and down up and it's true bro I'm telling you he's very top heavy you know and we we killed him because he came through as a right back yeah and even at Wigan he's playing as a right back he's playing in midfield as well but Tuko in the Tuko system he's playing in the back three right wing back up and down up and down if you remember all our creativity was coming from him and Chiwo do you know I'm saying so I not dynamic like that exactly he's not that dynamic do you know I'm saying like he's good he can do the job but he's a heavy guy so right now I need to see how he comes back because he looks like he's trimmed down um funny enough I saw him before the game I was even talking to him yeah when I when I went and collected my tickets we took a picture and whatnot so I was talking I didn't ask him about the injury because I could see he was rushing in it but he looks like he's slimmed down a bit um and again he's had the surgery now so we just have to hope we just have to hope that he doesn't break down again if he breaks down again then I'll hear it a little bit more because it's like bro how many more times but Rhys James is world-class in his day in it so it's not someone that I'm just that's why I said that's why I asked you because he's a problem as well do you know I'm saying so I've seen him come through the academy but I love that I love that story not just for my club when I see other players make it through like Saka all these guys I'm like yo that's good you know I'm saying I like I like seeing that in football because I'm hopefully we'll see if he can come back before the end of the season because he's been he's been doing some individual training but if he comes back next year like fit up and better so be it innit but yeah he needs to stay for now man that's what you said that's a neutral point of view look banter is like banter yeah I'm here for the Rhys James slander but and a neutral he's a good player he always fronts up to the music it's unfortunate because people don't understand the mental ---- this does to you just continuously getting injured and and obviously we live in a day and age yeah yeah and then you've got the social media you know you get them needs probably in his instagram dms you're always going to be injured and that it's a mental battle and I feel sorry for him because I do think he's crossing into that territory like like you said you've got one more year where I think even your most loyal supporter it's nothing to do with your ability it's if we don't see you it doesn't really matter as an Arsenal fan party getting there with Tommy Asu in truth if I'm honest Gabriel Jesus is another one and there's been plenty of players and as I always say the best trait you can have as a footballer is being available and it'd be it'd be a shame man because he should be someone we're talking about going into the euros with for England but it is what it is let people know they can find you my bro bro first of all my love for having me on man I enjoyed that man thank you for chatting man we've been trying to get all right bro you know I'm just tired of speaking football people that have mad agendas and you just can't always see you in the woods like all the time bro all the time you know me I'm shameless but I like to talk football when I when I come on streams you know I'm saying I'm exactly the same you know I mean but yeah find me on Twitter obviously at Greasy Don and my YouTube is out now so Don CFC and obviously you can put it you'll find in the description hopefully exactly but yeah man love for having me on man yeah man we have to run this back hopefully though there's no smile on your face this well no this time tomorrow wouldn't have kicked off but you get where I'm going in it may the best team win man large up your thing for training in broski man again as the man said issues in the subscriptions I think he's got 500 odd subscribers people like him deserve a lot more so show the man some love it's a shame about the team he supports but he knows bull in it so yeah man let me let you do what you're doing with the day one love for tuning in my guy let us know your thoughts like comment subscribe and all that good stuff peace