Gab Marcotti

And there are only four players, one of them being David Raya, who started more than 75% of the games this year.

So he's really managing minutes.

And it's not...

Something easy to do.

There is a give and take.

I still think in the big games, you need the quality players.

Bukayo Saka isn't just a little bit better than all of Arsenal's other wingers.

He is a lot better and he can change a game for you.

If it means you're managing his minutes so that you get him in April at the business end, then...

then it will have worked.

Odegaard, you said on Monday, he should be dropped if he's not playing well.

When he doesn't play well, I still think he can give you more in that sense than anybody else.

But when I look at this, this seems to be much more of a collective effort, with the possible exception of Declan Rice, who maybe has no substitute on this team.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I think the key element is going to be down the stretch in those big games, in those big head-to-heads.

They have the head-to-head coming up with Manchester City, which I think is at the head-to-head, if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah, yeah.

Again, you can budget for a loss there and still have a three-point cushion.

City certainly don't look like a team that's going to win every other game the rest of the season.

So as long as you manage the results, you keep that cushion, you can manage your way through.