Gab Marcotti

I'm not going to fault somebody for trying something different.

I think if you go head-to-head and you attack Arsenal the way Arsenal are right now, with the players that Arsenal had out there and with the guys they could bring in off the bench, I think you were going to... You were losing anyway.

He would say, like, okay, if he were here, he would say, well, Jules, I did bring on Palmer.

I did bring on other players with half an hour to go.

That was the plan, right?

No, no, no.

Keep it nil-nil, and then strike, take it to extra time, and then see what happens.

We're about two-thirds of the season done.

24 games played in the Premier League.

Arsenal have a six-point lead over Manchester City.

As you know, if you project it out, I think Arsenal are going to win around 83 points, which...

they've had more points in past seasons and won the title.

Yeah, Arsenal had 89 two years ago and did not win it.

So it's kind of give and take.

I think what's... If I had to ask about where they are right now and what makes me more confident if I were an Arsenal fan...

is that I feel like in years past when Arsenal finished second, they were carried by exceptional individual talents like Udagard, like Xhaka, who had monster seasons.

This year,

It's much more of a two-deep approach.

I think something like Arsenal... Let me get this wrong.

I think Arsenal have played 38 games this season.