Mick McCarthy

Yeah, I just... Should have scored, obviously.

Yeah, he missed a setter.

And that's, I think, ultimately what...

Might separate him from being maybe one of the elite strikers truly in Europe.

They don't get scored that much, you know, that often, maybe anymore, because teams defend deeper.

But, like, that's his bread and butter.

But all the pace on the ball so you just have to direct it low like try and direct it low.

as easy yeah the one I can remember this year is the Bruno Fernandes one ball comes to the back post and he knows he can't get his laces or his side foot on it so he actually gets his shin on it and he directs it into the far corner that's that kind of finish I know it's like Jokers trying to get his side foot on it but you have to keep it low like you have to hit the target I think and at least make the keeper make it safe yeah no look I just I can hear Ray Houghton saying oh he's got to score that and I'm like I'm not sure

I don't know in the terms of his general hold of play he was excellent it was the type of game that suited him the Atletico Madrid centre-backs aren't the most maybe physical as what they used to be so yeah it was a game that kind of suited having like a proper front man up there and he was excellent but yeah Atletico weren't an unbelievable European side and obviously West Ham aren't either so he'd be backing him again to score again this weekend I think yeah I just think again it's like

19 goals.

Arsenal have a great record in London derbies, especially this last couple of years.

If West Ham have any hope, I think they're going to have to make it like a bit of a, they're going to have to start really well and start really quick.

Just the thing is, the last couple of weeks, it's just all flipped all of a sudden, even after that Man City performance against Arsenal in the Etihad.

That Monday where City have just dropped points against Everton leading into the Tuesday night where you get to the Champions League, it's such a momentum swing and Arsenal seem to be riding the crest of a wave now at the moment.

if they start early, start well, or start quickly on Sunday against West Ham, it could be a long afternoon for West Ham because it gets a very toxic sort of a stadium.

Yeah, if he plays for the 70 minutes he played for Lear on Tuesday, he could be timing his run really, really well for the end of the season, for the Champions League final as well.

He is their one elite talent, I think.

They're going to be in the Europa Conference League final three days after the Premier League season finishes, so they could put out their under-11s.

So this is it.

Burnley.