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Mark Ogden

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667 total appearances

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ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

Yeah.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

But it's noticeable that he's now started explaining the situation sort of in terms beyond what Jokeres is doing.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

So for example, he started talking about the quality of centre-backs in the Premier League, how good they are.

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The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

And now the most recent one is you started talking about how difficult, to your point, about number nines in general and whether that role is actually changing a little bit.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

And we're not expecting a number nine to go and score 25, 30 goals a season, what they've actually got to do off the ball and then their link-up play and what we ask of that nine.

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The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

and what they can do to bring others into play is actually starting to redefine how we should judge those strikers.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

It's starting to get a little bit sort of word salad almost of trying to explain why their big number nine signing is not working out.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

No, even if they get in the Champions League.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

I just think that... And I like Michael Carrick.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

He seems like a nice guy.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

I don't know him personally, but I've covered him a bit when he was playing for England, but...

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

I just think they've got to be aiming higher.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

Michael Carrick, as good as... I know this feels counterintuitive, speaking shortly after they've just beaten Arsenal and City, but he's not going to bring the good times back long term.

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The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

He might give you that feel-good factor for a while.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

But I think this summer is going to be such a pivotal summer for so many clubs because there's going to be so many managers, top managers available.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

And if United were to just miss out on that carousel again, I think they'd be looking at it come Christmas time thinking, yeah, we weren't brave enough here.

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The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

And they only need to look at their own recent history and

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The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

to find the warnings of being duped like this.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

They haven't tried everything.

ESPN FC
The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?

They haven't tried everything.