Gary Lineker
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I jest a little.
But,
I mean, he's been out for three months and he came in and you thought, again, you know, he's playing in men's football and he looks like almost the best player.
Every now and again, he does a thing and you go, oh.
The way he glides past players.
Yeah, he does.
I was just watching the game and I was going, oh boy.
oh boy it's one of those isn't it where you you can see I mean obviously there are dangers and we know that with you you can get carried away with young players but even Mikel Arteta I've never heard a manager you know he enthuses about him doesn't he talks about him and I think he's probably in good hands with with Mikel yeah and I don't have a problem with big enough players but what got cautious of is he's knocking them down sometimes well you're
You cannot ignore the evidence of your eyes, I would say.
It's been a lot of chat this season, hasn't it?
We've been involved in it about Arsenal and their style of football, but let's flip it a little bit here.
They're the first team in the Premier League to reach 100 goals in all competitions.
So maybe some of that criticism is a little bit undeserved.
I think we've defended them pretty much for most of the time.
And some of it obviously comes from their own fans.
You see these things like Arsenal TV and all that where he's all true.
I mean, I know it's clickbait nonsense and they get people ranting for no good reason, but I do find it absurd.
I mean, you can...
You know, we've done it ourselves.
We forensically look at some performances and we evaluate where their strengths are and their weaknesses.