David O'Leary
speaker
967 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 14 May
David O'Leary’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The modern game, and I love, you know who I really like in a way, the game?
I like Irola Abomit, the way he plays.
He's a bit more direct.
I'm not into lumping.
I'd love to be in this generation, as you say, playing football.
I think there's too much of a going nowhere football.
I think the ball should be passed, not for the sake of it, for a purpose.
And that purpose is to get it forward, to create a chance to score a goal.
But I think there's too much.
And I think Arsenal fall into that way where you play too much.
And in the end, I think the stadium dies a death.
There's no atmosphere of a game that lulled into it going nowhere of that way.
I mean, you watch, say, the Man City-Everton game.
Man City were more exciting when they went 3-1 down.
That ball for Harlins for his goal, would he have really got that that he loves?
Would another pass gone sideways have given him that way, you know?
And so, the modern game, I love, Gary, that the centre-half can kick the number nine up in the air and nothing's done about it.
That doesn't happen anymore?
No, and I think it shouldn't in that way.
And I think
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