James Olley

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395 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 1 Sep

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ESPN FC · The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title? · 27 Jan 2026 podcast

Even if they get in the Champions League?

Well, they've tried everything.

They've tried the big manager with Mourinho, Van Gaal.

They've tried the old play with Ole.

They've tried the next big thing without Ten High.

Well, what have they not tried?

Well, that's the thing.

So why can't Michael Carrick succeed with better recruitment?

We were talking, I think it was in the middle of the time, and I actually made a point of saying, Arsenal are so well-drilled.

It was really impressive to watch how well-drilled they were in terms of whenever United broke, Declan Rice was there mopping up, and then whenever United were in the opposition half, Arsenal were so rigid with their banks of four and just defending.

It was almost like an art form to watch it.

Now, it's clear that...

They must work on shape every day, which is quite boring if you're a player just walking through positional sense.

And we just thought, well, it was quite robotic.

So he's drilled his players to the point where can they think for themselves?

Now, when Dargu scored that second goal, we made a point because all of a sudden they had this kind of impromptu gathering, the Arsenal players.

Now, I think a little bit was because they weren't sure if it was a handball by Dargu, but a lot of it was almost like they were all looking around at each other thinking, what do we do now?

It wasn't a huddle, but it was definitely a sense of, they were looking for somebody to say, right, come on guys, let's get ourselves out of this.

But nobody clearly had an idea what to do.

And they started glancing over the touchline to our tech, as if to say, what now?

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