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“6-0, 5-0 and then 4-1. I’m seeing the fogging standards drop guyz” - Mikel Arteta, probably

1:22 Having a good stadium was Wenger's vision. Having an amazing atmosphere in the stadium is Arteta's hard work paying off. Give credit where it's due.

0:57 "Declan Rice could probably anticipate and counter press his own death" Finished me 🤣🤣

Honestly this account might be the best football related channel on KZfaq, breaks everything down to an interesting level but doesn’t overcomplicate anything unnecessarily

It's all about the TEAM. Not an individual player or a couple standouts. The best part about THIS Arsenal is the TEAM. I'd take that over the alternatives - without a doubt. It's a glorious thing to witness.

Porto closely studied our setplays. They knew about Ben White's job to obstruct the keeper. I think Jover will mix it up, but I believe we're going to score at least 2 goals from open play. The players have learnt from last season's failures on how to deal with adversity and challenges that come with negative results. They turned up against Liverpool knowing we needed to win to stay in the title race and came out strong against Newcastle after the media blasted the team for being naive in Europe. Arteta hit the nail on the head when he made a point about Martinelli's incomplete pass to Saka in the dying seconds of the first game. He said the narrative would have been different if the ball reached Saka and he scored a goal on the break. That's just "part of football" as the manager also stated. So many people were quick to create and invent all sorts of reasons why we lost the game, but what it really came down to was a simple pass that didn't reach its target. Yes we appeared nervous initially, but this team is still young and developing. I'm confident that back at the Emirates in the 2nd tie, the team's mentality, unity and resilience will prevail.

The ability to be close to each other yet far enough away to play the ball is such a fine balance! Amazing to see how we’ve managed to do it

You relax my heavy life everytime you upload keep it going its your thing.

This guy giving away our plans Different Knock OUT

I watched the All or Nothing documentary again the other day. It’s laughable how much our team has grown since then. It just showed me teams need time to grow and evolve together.

If there was a blueprint on how to eradicate the stale stagnant culture of a club. Bringing back the basics of good coaching and hunger and a team that plays for each other and the coach while improving individual players, then Arteta has made it. And yet, he is still learning as a young manager. He hasn't even reached his peak. I have no doubt Man City will try to sell their soul to have him replace Pep once he steps down. He has absolutely reinvented Arsenal. The only thing this young team is missing is the silverware, which Im confident will come. The team is only getting better and can dominate the league over the next decade.

Perfect and Detailed analysis as usual, Bro. I never miss a video of TDK.

I love the fact it’s a journey. My roommate got me interested in football and showed me his favorite team Arsenal in 2016. I’ve only missed a handful of games since then. This team feels like a reward and I hope they can all earn trophies and become club legends.

Gotta hand it to you i didnt notice anything about the physical and tall players being at the back posts of our corners till you pointed it out really impressive work of analyst 👏🏾

Such an exciting time to see once again a great Arsenal manager creating a fantastic squad and going neck and neck in a title race against other great managers with their fantastic squads.

One of the best Arsenal analysts on YT. Period!

I see this guy everywhere I turn around ..keep it up bro love your content❤❤

Such an enjoyable channel with superb, exceptional presentation...Hats off, love the content.

Bro! Can I say I love you 😂 Your videos are top notch man

This guy knows how to explain in simple terms one can understand asap, subscribed.

Sometimes I wonder if you can do a 30 min video 😂😂 man you are too good, can't have enough listening to you

This is the analysis we pay money for on sky etc for the pundits to give us but we have to come to KZfaq to get it for free Watching your videos makes that a blessing in disguise

In Arsenal ❤we trust 🙌💯

Quite interesting how since Dubai we've barely seen short corners... in fact I can't recall any. Wonder if it is because of the teams we've faced or we've just decided to not use them. Wouldn't surprise me if we saw them vs Porto in the return leg though.

Love your insights. I particularly like how Ben White is used during corners as someone who just blocks the keeper at the right time without it being a foul. I don't know why it's always being overlooked. Underrated player.

We struggle with the mid-block. Once arteta figures that we're sorted.

Damn. You disclosed too much about our set pieces' tactics! 😮

Excellent content mate. 👏 Keep it up.

Commenting this for the algorithm. Good job guy. 👏

This is great content, thanks for putting it together

I learn something every time I watch TDK, your vids are absolute 🔥

Bro, last video u said .it's difficult to park the bus in UCL, And Porto did it, You are giving away strengths to everyone. Videos are well defined perfect.

great video like usual. knowing that it's hard, it would be so so so nice to win it to celebrate our invincibles 20th anniversary.

This was a very refreshing video. Those who say there's no quality or world class players in Arsenal, are entitled to be wrong

Cracking vid mate! New sub🙋‍♂️

I love Arsenal. I often wonder what supporters of other teams feel they have to be proud of…. Even in the meme years I still loved them, but now… I’ve not wanted a group of players to be successful like this since forever.

Fantastic vid lad!

Very, very good content. Keep it up!

It's been a great season to watch. I love a good fight to the championship 🏆

Love the videos, keep them coming. It's crazy how good this team is. That set piece coach is amazing. I've never seen such creativity in them. AND they score goals!! I say it's 50/50 for the league title. Bonus, at this time in the season, just when we need it most, injured players are returning ! Then there is the " 105 Million bargain " Declan Effin' Rice.

A very good technical explanation of are teams performance. Keep the faith with Arteta guys. As pep said " hes more than a good manager

All this hidden behind the one simple fact that Arsenal are still struggling to get the 1st goal from open play. So when teams like Porto disrupt our set pieces we absolutely start to struggle to even get a shot on target. Same thing happened against West Ham, Fulham, Aston Villa in December.

Enjoyed the positiviity, loved that ManYoo stat, come on you Gooooooners! =)

It was strange to miss the Porto game in the analysis, we're a great team worth celebrating. That said it's a weakness we can't access central zones..We rely on going ahead early to open up teams and hurt them on transitions. The box midfield can improve massively!

You're doing a great job as well

Good stuff!

I see TDK post, I watch.

Well said 👏

Great sense of humor my man

What an amazing video and breakdown!

I love your content, I will be on every video saying the same thing, I love the insights, I love the detail and a whole lot more. I am afraid opposition teams will start watching your content and they will know our tricks lol.

Excellent video, thanks

Arteta is a genius . The definition of an immensely hard working deep thinking brave experimenter is exactly what arteta is.

I think arteta has put his perfect playing as a football player has been put onto the field maybe the most underrated Spanish player ever people forget he was the arsenal captain he ended his career as arsenal.

Good video bro

Can I request or suggest some content that would be good to watch. The Porto home game, an analysis before the game of how arsenal can exploit their weaknesses any opportunities and how you think the team will be set up ect ect. I love your content tho bro, I’m subscribed

I haven't seen Saliba,William Saliba progress the ball with full confidence for the entirety of the season,vs Newcastle he was 10-15 metres away from the defensive line dribbling the ball, getting close to Saka-Ødegaard. Saliba normally(this season) is very cautious &patient on the ball. That's the one change which surprised me,we were so eager to snatch the ball,press Newcastle that everyone probably played 10-15 metres higher than their actual average position

Basic knowledge in systems thinking will help in our understanding of whats happening. A system is a group of interconnected elements working together to achieve a common goal. Each component within a system has a designated function or role, and each role is essential for the system to function effectively. This concept emphasizes the importance of organization and synergy within a system, where every piece fits into its designated place, and every place accommodates its corresponding piece to ensure smooth operation and optimal performance.

History is being made with this team. What a crazy time to be an Arsenal fan.

after watching a video from Rory, this feels like a massage to the brain

Much love from 🇳🇬, your content is easily the best football related stuff on KZfaq, keep up the good work....cheers ❤️👏

I never thought personally that the patterns of play were an issue, rather the fact that the distances between players were indeed too big in the first half of the season or even in Porto game.

Distances between your team mates during possession is crucial to beating the press. It requires players to have a touch and go mindset....touch the ball, pass it AND make yourself available in a good position to receive the ball....and we go again.

We are freaking good. Something that could be improved is our sharpness in front of both goals. Usually we concede from individual errors and miss belters down to lack of precision. However that is usually how things fail in a tactically solved meta and as such this is not an easy thing to do. I´d much rather have 2-3 mistakes more pr. game while retaining the way we play now than removing all individual mistakes and losing our pressure play, energy off the ball, passion, well as you say basically everything else.

Of the people you listed towards the end of the vid, you missed Timber. Keen to see how he slots in when he’s back.

Thanks

I think it's time we recognize that maybe Arteta's greatest skill, and perhaps his weakness is his ability to recognize the skills of the people he brings to the project. I mean, set piece coach? And of course the players. But perhaps in recognizing what could be improved has also resulted in him stepping on toes and hurting egos. Perhaps he could be less single minded in that, but he is uncompromising. He expects Arsenal to be at the top, and anyone who is distracted from that goal is perceived as a weak link. Perhaps once Arteta has dragged us back to the summit, he will sit down and see the bodies of those we lost along the way and be more forgiving moving forward.

Got me tingling. COYG

This is probably your best video ever

My man

Great video bro❤👏

In the past you’ve talked about other teams’ “inevitable” players like Salah tearing up any defense or KDB finding a ball to Haaland. Our version of that is our attacking movements and rotations. We just keep plugging and keep doing the right things with variations. The rotations between Saka/White/Ødegaard, everyone is either receiving the ball or moving into space. No one wastes time on the ball. If an attack isn’t on, recycle and move to a new position. If we keep doing the right attacking movements, we’ll get a chance

I agree with you TDK, we're almost there. By there I mean winning the league of course. I don't think we need to go crazy in the summer, just shift 3-4 players that don't fit our current system, and bring in some fresh profiles that would add even more to our depth. Imagine if we could swap players like Eddie (sorry), Ramsdale (Sorry), Reece (sorry), etc and bring in some real talent. Then our squad would be ready. Just need that extra 5% of quality within our ranks and we can shoot for the stars.

Love from Australia mate. I genuinely look forward to this content more than any other.

I feel Jorginho needs a special mention the last few games he’s freeing up a lot of space for everyone I think

Really enjoyed this, good content. However how did Porto manage to nullify our tactics?

We're such a good side, I can never understand how some people still have doubts about Arteta

That City comment at the end subtracted from the overall excellent momentum of this video.

0:57 That caught me so off guard 😂

God. This video made me smile. The Different Knock doing therapy videos.

Arteta just isn't a normal manager. He's still young and only got a handle hand full of seasons behind him as a manager compared to several others. Yet his ability to transform arsenal from a failing team that had to fight tooth and nail to qualify for champions league football, to a team that is challenging for the league that has a team that just won the treble, and despite our loss against Porto, overall we've dominated our games in the champions league.

We are cookin 🔥

We are still poor at the mid-block. We still rely on a set piece goal to open up the team from using the mid-block. Once we master this weakness, we will be truly scary.

As Arsenal fan ,it is good to see Arsenal doing well . Arsenal is playing great football. The only question is can they have strong mental strength and focus to push all the way to win a major title ?

Was great to see you on The Gooner Talk!

Can't lie just realized our Corner tactics is literally how I've been seeing up for corners since Fifa 22. Tbf it works for me, how did I not clock this earlier ! wow.

just need to see this team dominate for the next decade and become the most decorated in england only 10 or so trophies off COYGGG !

No doubt we are the best team in the league in ever aspects❤ at moments, we just need to consenting continued then we gone win the championship🎉🎉🎉 go gunners and bringing home the championship and the champion league🎉🎉

Hey diff knock, i think you should get a board printed up to go behind you like when players/managers get interviewed on tv - get a grid of your logos on it to start and then add sponsors when you get them!

Tbh I can’t believe this is the new Arsenal 😮

I would agree. We are not too bad at football. 😂 That first half was unbelievable!!!

Phase of play we’re still bad at: in possession against a low block. Game states we’re still bad at: drawing and losing positions. The majority of our first goals come from corners, if that doesn’t work we’re in trouble.

Once he has experience in the Champions League, I hope he'll become more ruthless and the players most importantly, too.

Have yall ever considered that when you analyse the tactics, albeit its content, you’re informing and helping teams “catch on” to what we are doing? Lol

That Declan rice line was incredible

The "net" is speak for "rest defense" and we now have the best rest defense in the league and are top 5 in the world. #1 reason.

Can you do a analysis on liverpool? Im a arsenal fan but since we are 3rd even if best on form i would want to hear why are pool top and keep winning?

Arteta University is the best and most credible institution in modern times. You gotta be excellent in all aspects of football.

Arsenal's set piece coach deserves a raise.