Interlull, Squad Rotation & Viktor Gyokeres Links | Arsecast Extra

In this Interlull episode we reflect on the pointlessness of international friendlies in March before chatting about the involvement of some Arsenal players for their countries over the weekend.
Then discussion moves onto the title race and what lies ahead for Mikel Arteta and his players, with the fixture schedule and to what extent he will be able to rotate his squad with the stakes so high. We then answer listener questions about forwards, whether we'll be interested in Viktor Gyokeres, Ben White, there's another edition of the player ratings game, and lots more.
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[@AnthonyBadenSaggers]

The Ben White of Podcasting. ♥

[@AdamElSueco]

James's point about who he'd chose to be the one to stay fit through the run-in and his reasoning for it was spot on. I was saying it word for word in my head about 'Saliba but Rice and Saka is Saka, BUT Ødegaard'. Great minds think alike James 🙂

[@ZaaRaphz]

Hey guys, loving the pod so far, halfway in.. Anyway I live in Perth Australia, which is 7hrs ahead of UK time. So I love all early morning kick-offs and UK 3pm are great since it's usually 10pm on a Saturday night. But all UCL games and especially those Monday night games will start at 3am - 4am for me I will set alarms as I love to watch every single match live but I won't always wake up #DeepSleeper For prem games, we can watch everygame live, rewatch any game in full, and we get 45min - 24min - 10min or 3 min highlight videos for each game. Long story short, I hate missing games lol but I do understand James point. Tho I do try and not spoil the result when clicking on the highlight videos

[@JoeCool90]

I’m in Sydney so Champs League games are great, 12.30 kickoffs on Saturdays are great, most other times can be hard. I grew up in London so 3pm kickoffs were embargoed so I have to say, I appreciate all games being shown through Optus though and with on demand now it’s great.

[@snaggiz]

Huge respect for fans who live so far away and yet are so committed to following the team. Fantastic.

[@prash_t]

1:00:00 Andrew will probably remember the famous Likely Lads episode for the late 70s where the characters were trying their best to avoid finding out the result until they got home and watched MOT.

[@danielc196]

Been watching Florian Wirtz for a while and he now seems to be on the radar of many people. He would fit our team like a glove and could play across several forward positions.

[@adventurerwannabe]

He is valued at well over 100ms though...cant see us spend that amount in 1 player so soon after Rice

[@danielc196]

@@adventurerwannabeIf we don't go for a striker and use Havertz as a 9 instead, the funds could be there for a big wide player signing. Wirtz has the potential to overtake Martinelli in my opinion.

[@davidkeith9015]

Great show gentlemen as per normal I look at Cedric Vierra Smith Rowe Eddie and the injuries of Tommi and Partey I feel need to be replaced so we can streghthen the bench because I feel Arteta doesn't trust the bench and unfortunately this is why we are not equipped in winning the league in my humble opinion

[@cerebronat]

JAMES: If I'm honest with you Andrew, I wasn't really listening. EPIC😅😅 41:25

[@BB-ck7xe]

It’s a toss-up between this or zorbing for the Badly Drawn Arsenal treatment this week for me…

[@davidkeith9015]

Gentlemen I suffer from high blood pressure so Sunday could be a medical compromise we all need to stay calm if only if it was possible

[@davidkeith9015]

I go back to 1970 71 season for the first double season and before I die I want another title

[@SuperKartoffelpuffer]

Looking forward to a decade of english commentators falling over themselves pronouncing Gyokeres

[@snaggiz]

The Americans will be worse

[@zTom_]

"Joe Kerez"? 🤔 😅

[@runningonemty8566]

👍👍

[@Cloningyourself]

I watched the arsenal v porto game until penalties then had to go to a social event so missed all the pens, and it was very freeing. I might just never watch another penalty shootout again aha

[@davidkeith9015]

And Nelson

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Record and watch later but fast forward injuries etc is fine. You still don't know score. If its a great game you watch it all. If we look toothless or go behind jumo15 mins is a temptation to far at times.

[@superconnie5003]

Is Martinelli training?

[@scorpionsrock1511]

“The Ben White of podcast”… lmfao

[@alexphipps2762]

Please for the love of god timestamp the topics of discussion! Enables the viewer to have the best experience

[@Arseblog]

We don't do timestamps

[@Rishiiv93]

​@Arseblog you're giving Ben White vibes. No commitment no progress

[@rexrickard6333]

We should bid for mainoo just because it would be funny

[@NayNay-hw6im]

I sat down with a pint of beer at home to watch the England game... fell asleep during the first half and woke up at 11:30pm with 3 quarters my drink still sitting in my glass. Proper shit game but rarely do I enjoy England playing tbf, dunno why I bother really.

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Brazil were agricultural. Piqueta should definitely have been off. But England bland and bori.

[@thewisetzar5363]

Wirtz is a game changer, sell Smith-Rowe and vIEIRA to finance that

[@virupakshawalla5734]

They need to find Vieira to sell him. What injury sid he have. It's been an age.

[@rexrickard6333]

Biggest waste of 30m.. imo that could have been costa paquetta or guimaraes.

[@RGSMANIA]

Prioritising a 30th birthday is disrespectful

[@carlhay6813]

I thunk we sell Eddie, jesus cedric and nelson, buy gyokeres, and a winger who specialise in crossing a ball. We dont have one. Attempt to buy Frankie de jong. £230 million. Job done. One more thing. Martinelli needs to change position to centre forward. He's wasted on the wing.

[@AJDaEnvoy]

Jesus? You think so?

[@JoeCool90]

No thanks to De Jong. Jesus stays.

[@carlhay6813]

@@AJDaEnvoy jesus is a liability. Always injured. Plays at no. 9 that hardly scores. Just as bad as Lacazette was. He runs around like a chicken with no head. Jarring. No wonder Pep let him go. Trossard has had more of an impact than him.

[@carlhay6813]

@@JoeCool90 De Jong is an upgrade to viera. Could be an option in case Odegaard is injured or fatigued.