This STAT Explains Arsenal's SLUMP.

[@DiffKnock]

Thuch a fwuthtwating time at the moment guyth :(

[@moyosoreakinlawon5632]

Daffy ith thath thou?😂

[@boni_slinger]

Pleath don't bwame athetha😂

[@thierryhenry674]

Improve central access. Play 2 number 10. The benefits of playing inverted FB is to be able to push your midfielders high up the pitch. Play a skillful/technical false 9 instead of Havertz to improve central access. Play more skillful/technical ballers. Play attacking football (22-23 season). More horizontal position swap to add chaos and unpredictability. Martinelli performed well in 22-23 was because Jesus would go all the way to the left. Stop playing high crosses. Stop shooting at tight angle or from far away. Scoring is more about chance creation rather than finishing. If the chance is so high in quality, then it is almost impossible to miss. If Haaland takes 1000 shots from the corner flag, he would score zero. After Arteta arrived, we started to attempt a lot of poor “chances”, rather than trying to make it a bigger chance before attempting. We always shoot from tight angle, shoot from long instead of creating six yard box tap in, and we shoot when the defenders are still good in place.

[@tristandippenaar3153]

I wonder how James looks

[@victor3254]

Lmao 😂 never change Alex. I love this guy.

[@I-Rqjd]

I genuinely don’t think I’ve ever found football content as good at this, probably enjoy this more than the actual team atm 😭

[@eduardochavez82]

Yeah it’s heartbreak watching them lately 🥲

[@benji8062]

Yeah he’s pretty good

[@vargen123]

Except the odegaard take a few weeks back😂

[@MrChemenger]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Look forward to his posts

[@TS-rp7dz]

Yes I come here to regain braincells after watching the club

[@BM17BM17]

Breath of fresh air with the Different knock. Logical thinking, we struggle with emotions as a fan base. No rush. Trust in Super Mik the trophies are gonna come. COYG

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

No.

[@nrthrnlights4]

Not fair, I understand the wailings of the fanbase, throughout Mikel's tenure, there's always been an obvious improvement every season, this season though has been anything but progression.

[@jshshsshshsj]

@@BM17BM17 nope

[@Kun..07]

@@nrthrnlights4true. More like regression. The team has been playing like stoke. I don’t even like to watch games anymore coz they’re playing the same long ball shit. It’s not something I’d seen arsenal play in my lifetime. Disgusting.

[@nrthrnlights4]

@Kun..07 you get it

[@DiffKnock]

2 views in 54 seconds bro might be back???

[@Delusionaryvisionary_407]

-73 views in 0.7843 nanoseconds next vid, you’ll fall off again don’t worry

[@masonasa7009]

Nah bro fell off

[@kondwanilungu761]

Bro might just be back😂😂😂😂

[@cykali5655]

😂😂

[@mosesobbare928]

@@masonasa7009 Fell of like his tooth indeed

[@jamaalantz5964]

Welcome back to the different knock..ed tooth

[@MattSaysHello]

Watching this video with my missus. It was a bit awkward when Alex says “sometimes we look at our partner and think god you’re annoying” 😂😂

[@mischif9133]

😂😂😂

[@paulylawlor]

James is a bit like our attack presently - toothless

[@michaelikudehinbu]

Cold

[@K.Kabelo]

😂😂😂 this is funny

[@ArnieGold]

Welcome back toooooooo… well damn I didn’t see that one coming 😬😂😂😂

[@ArnieGold]

Anyway we may need to catch a quick trip to Dubai innit. Theriouthly.

[@ArnieGold]

Okay I was waiting for a bar fight story 😅

[@morgan3714]

@@ArnieGold dubai for arsenal is like popeye with spinach

[@tattyboi1594]

I actually think we were fine initially without odegaard - the results at the time would agree with this. Where we've started to fall down is additional injuries causing more personnel changes. This in turn effects the chemistry of the side and after a few poor results you start to lose confidence and momentum. I think you'll see a different Arsenal over the next few weeks as the likes of odegaard, calafiori etc return and we hopefully dont have anyone else getting banned (saliba) or going off injured (gabriel).

[@aokaparagit]

Exactly

[@AkeruZikora]

We even have the same points (as well as goals & goal difference) as City did after 10 games in 20/21, except they didn't have to deal with 3 red cards or the amount of injuries we're dealing with now. They won the league that year.

[@Kun..07]

@@AkeruZikorait’s not the points or league position or the red cards, it’s how we’ve been playing. Long ball crap. I love Mikel but this season looks like the team has regressed. Creativity seems to be lacking. Playing out from the back looks laborious. It’s hard to watch. Never thought I’d see us as a team mostly relying on set pieces to get us points. It’s like watching a glorified expensive stoke.

[@maulanna]

A solid take. I’m convinced that TDK’s comment box have better football knowledge vs 90% of Arsenal Twitter, uno

[@tattyboi1594]

@@Kun..07 but that's not the case at all. At city we were incredibly unlucky not to come away with all 3 points. Without Gabriel and timber going off we'd have beaten Liverpool at home and without rice getting sent off against Brighton at home we'd have won that game as well. Everyone just remembers the results and forgets the narrative of how we got there. The league is hard to win and the above are the fine margins we have so far been on the wrong side of

[@Fozzy10XT]

I love this guy, I literally havent watched ANY of my favourite football channels for weeks because I knew I wouldn't hear anything I don't already know, TDK is such a breath of fresh air

[@thesocksguy4467]

I feel the exact same mate

[@cecilarthur3579]

Toothless: -100 Aura Objectivity: +10000 Aura

[@logical_nonsense42]

James got the nastiest right hook no one has seen

[@upper_cut5159]

Calafiori had mitigated our need for a midfield progressor. Too bad he got injured as well!

[@elisha2358]

Man, your videos are excellent. Well thought out and we'll articulated. I'm glad I found this channel

[@dannydarkspace]

Next week, "Welcome back toooooooth"

[@vinceaj6319]

Is about time we get you an interview with Arteta. Good job as always.

[@64bartman]

Wasn't expecting the philosophical aspect of this but hey, I'm here for it! But seriously, you seem like a top guy and hope you get the recognition you deserve.

[@TheCodeFather254]

Sending love from Nairobi, Kenya

[@vinohbeats]

samee...this guy makes me love arsenal more

[@mannyolea5765]

You had me in the end, not gonna lie. But I totally with your point. We have to judge on what we can control

[@terryfoley7725]

Thanks a lot, I needed this reality check. I was really impressed with Merino vs Chelsea - the guy's touch and calmness is awesome. Sorry about your "Deliverance teeth"!

[@ADO0-007]

Didn't expect good life advice out of a football analysis channel ‏‪10:33‬‏ But it was a good surprise keep it up 😁

[@killabuddha88]

To be fair we were dealing with the absence of Odegaard pretty well up until the point at which we also lost Saka. The sending offs in pivotal moments were also major influences and when you also add in defensive injuries, we have really had to battle multiple clusters of misfortune, the results of which and the actual match results have dented our confidence. Our robotic style of play definitely needs addressing though, Arteta has to find a way to 'release the handbrake' as Wenger would say

[@Bladeen007]

thank you so much, you have mention all the problem

[@JJE_02]

Top tier content. I don’t know how he doesn’t have wayyyyyy more subs

[@Notjones14]

I like your content because it’s just positive - we aren’t up there right now but I just want to stay positive and your content helps so thank you!

[@neilshirley]

This is a brilliant video, first one I've seen on this channel, but well worth the watch.

[@mikey4483]

Great point at the end Alex! Couldn’t agree more.

[@JeffSea_]

FINALLY - I've been shouting this at my telly for weeks!!! My telly doesn't think I like it anymore...

[@praveendharne5517]

I cannot stress this enough, but I wish most Arsenal content was like the last 2 minutes of this video. Cheers!!

[@GareyCollins-l7f]

You're getting better every time I Watch . keep up the great work

[@whatevername8551]

I observe a gap in your coverage

[@davehicks4483]

Yessss!!!!! Greatest podcast ever! Doubt the trophyhunters will be satisfied with the end…. But so perfectly and logically said

[@rohanmajumder8063]

Was waiting for you to drop something😭❤

[@kevanskelton9982]

Good content. Aside from where we are playing on the pitch, the tempo we are producing is way too slow and deliberate. Without tempo the opposition can remain organised and more compact. We need to up the pace.

[@breakev]

Another great vlog man! So many good points well delivered. Arteta can do it , I still feel like he applies the handbrake a bit too much. I eould love to see some maverick, unpredictable player like Alexis Sanchez in this team.

[@SyleoLee]

I agree so much that you cant assess a manager success by the trophies he wins, so as a player Arteta is very successful in bringing Arsenal back to the title race, build the connection with fans that we long lost, so now we are expecting more from him I think he did really great the last two seasons, getting the second in league, losing to Mancity just by thin margin, and he has the means to revive the team last Christmas after a series of defeat, so...I would say I totally trust his decision, though I am sometimes annoyed by the same squad list every match and the late substitution...

[@abiboy2412]

As usual, well done young man. Always enjoy watching your analysis. Arteta will retire as an all time great it will just be a tragedy if Arsenal gets rid of him before he attains that level. Only for another club benefiting massively from all his experience garnered at Arsenal. Arsenal will then end up having suffered all the rookie mistakes without enjoying any of the upsides. Lets all be calm and give him more time

[@jrnhelgemagnussen9579]

I really emjoyedyour take on The project has to keep going on, I agree. The team still develops and improves... The fact there are fans think it's realistic to bring a team sustainable to the top without hickups, shows the level of utopia in our fanbase. Note - I really hate these hickups along the way.

[@simonm3889]

Great video as always

[@urcrazygunner]

ok ill be patient this season but if we dont win anything this season, questions have to be asked

[@keysTechy]

Yet another Great video bruv i noticed something about ben white in the game against Inter.... Arteta is evolving again

[@s.o.n.s5306]

Finally I’ve been waiting to this talk..we have the musical chairs tactic to fix the LHS and odegaard and saka to fix the right but we don’t have someone else to help odegaard in the middle and we never play through the middle..We always play in a U SHAPE when attacking and that must change..If you look at Barca this season, they’ve been so good because they can penetrate the middle with so much ease..We need a solution

[@clivepalmer3545]

Fantastic job 👏🏾👏🏾

[@seanoconnor2161]

Love this channel. It’s factually sound and gives really good insights into The Gooners. Finally some level head opinion that makes logical sense

[@pontushenningsson9868]

Brilliant as ever!

[@Seoighe90]

That is hilarious…. I actually have the same thing from a same said bike crash as a kid… over the handlebars and tasted some beautiful tarmac and it’s the same 2 teeth, with one of them basically dying and eating itself until it became too loose to even suck through a straw. Bad news on my part was when I went in to get the ‘loose’ one fixed he was as like yup…. That other one needs to come out too son so here I am… toofless in me 2 front teeth but I use a false tooth plate as I couldn’t be arsed with drills for an implant….. have to admit though, it was a very surreal moment to hear your story and it exactly match mine 😂😂 COYG 🔴⚪️

[@javiercamachomiranda8770]

Tom lifted my mood in just 14 minutes after a 90 minutes listening of moaning, negativity and rage in The Fourever Arsenal Podcast. Magic Tom, thank you! 🤘🏼⚡️

[@josephkawunde5507]

Thanks TDK for the wonderful analysis 😊

[@chuckdavie]

BIGGEST GABRIEL fan in the world, went full on tooth out in tribute 😂

[@alvinaditya1610]

arsenal struggled to create chances agains newcastle, create chances but struggled to score against inter, tough time to be an arsenal fan

[@michaelandrews4044]

That bit about the partner. I've not even watched the rest yet because I'm laughing too much. 😂. Who knew you'd be funnier without a tooth?

[@EphraimAkoto]

The Deluded Knock 😂😂

[@BLOCH1998]

What I'm impatient with is Mikel not changing something that isn't working way sooner. 442 Trossard and Havertz up top doesn't work. We the fans could see it instantly and we're still not sure if Arteta has seen it. If he has, why isn't he changing it.

[@aokaparagit]

Doesn't work bcuz we lost a few games but it'll work when we win eh?

[@JJJ-7]

What happens when you have a midfield of 6ft2 midfielders over technical tight space players

[@qwerty1994ize]

Thank you

[@granthibberd6069]

Yes but Partey is one of the best at avoiding the press and turning to play forward, Rice one of the most powerful runners driving with the ball from mf. So there goes that theory.

[@PatrickVS101]

Been wanting to share this anecdote for a few videos, but If you want an interesting investigation into your thoughts about not putting the cart before the horse, I strongly suggest you check out the Aussies Rules football team the Brisbane Lions under coach Chris Fagan. They won the premiership this year with a coach who stepped into the club that was an utter shitshow at the start of 2017, he was an older guy who had never played AFL and came with a teaching background and took the team from bottom to second in two years, then struggled to help the team make the last steps through all sorts of adversity. AFL is entirely a sport for psychos but far out it’s a good story. I cohost a Lions podcast if you’re curious to chat at all too

[@alberttesla8632]

You seem to be a wise young man, good analysis

[@AlbertJafar]

“Familiarity breeds contempt,” is something I’ve heard throughout my life. Great, reasonable analysis.

[@elasoulphlo8558]

I am worried about our ball progression as Partey ages and Jorginho. Having Zinchenko previously helped with progressing play.. Rice is amazing but still has to learn the range. Merino will do passing triangles and make us stable but slow.. I don't know.. Wishful thinking is a player like De Jong in future for transitions because Odegaard is doing it alone

[@tonylam4549]

From football analysis to marriage counselling. Such eclecticism.

[@the_re_up]

I think the liverpool comparisons is a bad one. First of all, klopp won a major trophy, arguably the biggest one, this was after being in a final in which they lost….tell me when was the last time we were even in a final? Lets start there before we talk jokes about klopp failing 7 times lol. Klopp installed a winning mentality which also was proven right by winning things. Ive said this before one mistake that will haunt us is not taking the so called “micky mouse” trophies seriously. What do u think pep was doing when he went on the carabao cup run? It was getting his team used to the idea of winning trophies! Getting them used to tournament football etc. Why isit when we play in a knockout round there’s still no confidence in us going through? What crop of our players have gone the distance? …havertz/merino….hardly much by way of experience. Arsenal need a trophy to cement the progress thats been made, trying to demand a big one, when teams like Liverpool under klopp waited years, city under pep waited years for a champions league….like brah in the words of haaland…stay humble eh! I want big titles but i defo wouldn’t be mad if we won an fa cup, carabao cup and came 2nd in the league. Its sooo much better than just 2nd. We just have high emotions to celebrate, at least others celebrated with a cup

[@TS-rp7dz]

Very good analysis bro, I agree with you about the other cups and wish we’d gone harder last year. I think if we make it past next round in carabao, we should be fielding our best team

[@Awolowooo]

The LHS really needs to click imo Odegaard or not The tactical versatility is good but is costing us with players not being able to break down low-blocks with line breaking passes We do not have players to break them down sadly and Not even odegaard helps out so we now rely on set-piece and outside-the-box screamers and transitions If we cannot get into zone 14 we’re not gonna win without it being fixed. We need a disruptive attacker who causes chaos in the box your Doku, Leao, Yamal types We have too many ball retainers in the team

[@AlfaZero94]

You really committed to everyone calling us toothless hey

[@Jes_8]

Nice post credit scene 😂😂😂

[@ajyahzee]

All we can do is luck bounce and set pieces, Pulis' Stoke City indeed

[@giovanniebrady966]

My issue with Mikel isn’t that he can’t fix the problems, it’s that by the time he fixes them, the chance to win a trophy is gone. I love Mikel and I’ve defended him a lot, but we can’t spend forever being nearly men, the pique of any project is winning MAJOR titles. Every season he seems to make an error that costs us long term, initially as you said, he was new and there was a pathway, but 5 years in…. You begin to lose patience, I’m not Arteta out, but we need to win.

[@SilvyNelly]

Get lost

[@jshshsshshsj]

@@SilvyNellycant handle facts, emotional artetasexual arteta can get lost with you weirdos when he fails once again.

[@4rillymanilly]

Bro first of all sterling's not getting trusted enough to make an impact..and whaneri isn't being trusted enough to start games

[@frankmwale1580]

The tooth, that was a different knock!

[@ellleigh1216]

Hoping you finally get that marathon distance Ed! Just take it slower thank you think and you'll smash it.

[@mardonicokakenya1620]

Guy picked a tooth with a rival fan

[@Nick-kj1kq]

As much as we can talk about tactics and the manager, it's becoming obvious that some of our players aren't good enough. I know Martinelli scored against Chelsea but he has consistently regressed since his amazing season a couple of years back. Jesus likewise has had one good year with us and even that was curtailed a lot through injuries. Sterling... yeh I dont need to say anything. Trossard has been a good signing but his limitations are becoming clear. Considering how often we get the ball wide, you could argue our wingers are our most important players. I think part of what we are seeing in terms of decline so far this season is simply over reliance on our best players performing at their best (Saka, Ode, Rice) and not having enough quality players in the squad to really make us contenders when they don't. Having said that our tactics need improving, we dont get the ball forward quick enough on transitions, we are reluctant to play long diagonals in behind and overall play too negatively when we take the lead. Liverpool are much better than us in those three areas and that's why they are top of the league (added to the fact that they have more overall quality in wide areas).

[@AFC.OLLY49]

Football is about riding waves and momentum… I just worry that everything we’ve built up over the past 2 years is fizzling out

[@morgan3714]

Hi im Mikel, on my sons phone rn I have no clue what im doing brev

[@trevorlewatle1886]

I agree with the last statement. U cant sack Mikel if he gets second on the league because only one coach wins it

[@etiennesmith1715]

5 hours till KO and I’m already pacing round the house, up and down. Fucking hell.

[@kf_0_2]

"We know when he's lying about a player's fitness." ESR is now fit all the time. Arteta just didn't want to play him, hence dubbed him with injury problems.

[@SamuelOkumu-ex7ym]

Our Ethan NWANERI is a huge player.

[@dextaa575]

Trossard in the middle and partey as a rightback even after many failed performances, Mikel needs to get his head out his behind. Generational players like saka and odegaard need a prolific striker to help share the load and finish off their brilliant attacking moves. But no our best options were to go sign 80 yr old sterling

[@triplemoyagames4195]

I am convinced we shouldn't have sold Smith Rowe. He would have slotted in Nicely when our No.8 was out and was generally very creative. I am baffled as to why he was sold.

[@mikey4483]

To me this team are already winners. The line between winning and losing the league, especially last season, is so small. It’s no one at Arsenals fault we didn’t get that goal against Newcastle. Which would have won us the league. Point being u can be the best team in the league and still lose because of a bad referee decision. So to me this team won the league last season, we just didn’t get the trophy. I know that’s mad thinking but I hope some, logical people, out there get my point.

[@officialj-danproductions604]

The only thing is giving time for Arteta to continuously keep making the same mistakes is not something you compare to a long relationship. It becomes incompetence and the very same fine margins he speak of but don’t make these adjustments is infuriating. We’re running a risk of losing our very same players to other teams with more ambition to go win trophies with them instead. Saliba and Saka are on very short contracts, we don’t want them to be our next Van Persie or Fabregas. You say we have a good squad however no signing came in to improve the 1st 11, we all knew a striker a clinical one was needed and needed cover for Odegaard, and Saka. And Sterling in Arteta’s words wasn’t his signing and isn’t really trusted. Merino has been awful so far and Caliafori still raw, none of those signings were needle moving. None of those scream Arsenal are serious title contenders and the form is indicative also to the underwhelming window. No ambition from the Kroenke’s as long as Arsenal is getting top 4. Who needs a Gyokeres when you have Kai Havertz who hasn’t scored in 5 away games?

[@krtmlry2719]

Can you just imagine if Ode will be out again? He'll just revert back to that 4-4-2 in a heartbeat because he has no clear replacement for Ode. The longer he keeps playing Trossard and him not playing consistently just makes it worse for the entire team. I get that Nwaneri is 17 but why sub him at around 80 where he only has 10-15 mins to showcase what he can do?

[@finnmoran]

Fair enough not throwing a 17 year old Nwaneri in but to not even TRY Zinchenko in midfield and persisting with trossard is criminally obtuse to me...

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Boring statistical bollocks, we know what we've seen. I'll make it easy, we're not scoring goals.

[@ArnieGold]

Welcome back tooooooo....th 🤣 wait I should save this comment for the next video

[@E.A.B22]

10 points behind lfc now :(

[@innocentkalu8895]

Thanks

[@DiffKnock]

That’s very kind! Thanks so much man

[@qwerty1994ize]

I remember when some folks were saying we didn’t need Odegaard. Madness

[@oneandonly6309]

It was Robbie from Aftv he's so dum😂

[@qwerty1994ize]

@ madness

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

Do you remember Ghostagaard ever winning a trophy? Nope, neither can I....😅

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

I remember when some folks were saying Ghostagaard was world class Madness

[@ivanobella4216]

Arteta stubbornly refused to start Nwaneri over Trossard and we lost points in almost every game he did that😬

[@nrthrnlights4]

It's pure arrogance from Arteta 😂, in all of the games bar the carabao match he refused to start Ethan. We already know Arteta got some level of stubborn in him.

[@youssefismail5348]

Maybe it's a bit far, but I hope I see you as a football analyst in a pl club.

[@ozusharif]

Viera's loan move came at the worst possible time.

[@jacobjerlesfilms]

THE VOICE OF REASON FOR ARSENAL

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

THE VOICE OF Excuses For Failure FC

[@TheNaughtyKing1]

Wait, what happened to the tooth? Did I mess the explanation?

[@DonAnthonyLezama]

Managers at the top clubs should be judged on major trophies. Despite what we feel about our club personally if we are honest with ourselves The Arsenal Arteta inherited hadn’t been a serious challenger for years and was slipping into mid table. His evolution of the team and results are to be praised. That being said it’s quite reasonable for the fan base to now be judging based on major honours given that in the last 2 seasons we’ve shown that we are a club at the top end of the table. So we definitely should be demanding a major trophy (moreso league than UCL). Winning a trophy buys you more time in the seat that’s why 2 in 9 saw klopp keep his job. Mikel doing what he has with the team is probably coming back to bite him now. Maybe the rise to a tad bit meteoric. I’m not saying sack him at all just saying now is the time he needs to win something major

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

If u are honest with yourself, The Arsenal Arteta inherited finished 5th in the league, got to a Euro final and won him his only trophy in 5 years. Yet despite spending a billion euros on his Arsenal he's won nothing since Not a carrot Excuses For Failure FC

[@Coopdegras]

We've been mediocre at best making stupid mistakes (trossard) time wasting looking for fouls making bad decisions (martinelli) the wrong team choice the manager trying to be a smart arse (pep tactics) etc etc we're not winning anything based on form and logic as much as I love this team/manager you can't start a league title challenge like that. We're not even entertaining maybe little individual flashes of brilliance but that doesn't win you leagues! We're so flat this season we are turning into a mourinho side!

[@rorisangpitswane3595]

Here’s my opinion, Arteta has done a great job at competing for the title with the likes of Martinelli and Havertz up front but quite frankly we need fire power AND and Odegaard backup. We are The Arsenal, a UCL side that are going to finish top 4 and your telling me we can’t attract the likes of a Musiala? You’re telling me our best option on the left is Martinelli? You’re telling me Havertz is the only option and has no competition? This team is lacking star power and depth, we need to be ruthless this next Summer window because some players need to be replaced, others need to be sold, and star players need to be brought in. I love Martinelli but he’s not the player that’ll take us to win the league, Havertz needs competition, we need and Odegaard replacement and we also need more depth for Saka so we don’t overplay him and also Partey in case he leaves this summer.

[@HonestDre]

What thall we do😂😂

[@blazingpan7461]

💯 Agree, anyone who believes trophies are what makes a manager then spurs should have a new manager every season for the rest of their life. Arsenal fans are just overreacting ATM, and the negativity is getting too much

[@jay_archie]

I just knew James had something to with it 😂

[@elvisrodneykimera6432]

I sometimes wonder if I'm watching football commentary or life philosophy. Am in Uganda and I would want to just have a conversation with you about life