Conan

My spin on what he's saying is if he's like, why are teams playing low block?

He sounded like Wenger.

Why are teams throwing it in a box?

Why are teams going long ball?

It shouldn't be that.

Tap-ins, no more throw-ins.

Let's kick it in like Wenger was going on about all the time in terms of the physicality that his teams couldn't cope with.

slot to me sounds like that now when he's talking about low blocks he goes come on guys we want to be it's as if he's saying oh we want football to be exciting no one should be allowed to play a low block and i'm like oh my god slot you've got everything right last year in terms of your light touch on that squad you inherited even his kind of press conferences were cool measured i know you know that's the case when you're winning games

Even now, I do think he's an excellent manager.

I've got no doubt about that.

I've seen some really good performances.

I mean, going to Marseille, I know the Premier League is stronger than the French League, but that's impressive.

Going into Milan, at a time when they were really struggling getting that 1-0 win, I thought defensively they were so good.

I thought they were exceptional away at the Emirates in that second half.

Because in that first half, they were going man for man, where...

At times, McAllister and the midfielders were in the back line.

I'm thinking, oh, you're a banging trouble.

We're against Arsenal.

But they didn't.

They worked it well.