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It's like an accepted standard.

And it was like, yeah, it's a bit soft, but it's a bit too much.

But the corners thing, I like it because you mentioned the in-swingers, but the nuance is, there have been tons of in-swingers in the past, but maybe they go between the six-yard box and the penalty spot.

But in this era...

It feels like a lot of just going into the six-yard box.

And it's just pure chaos, just wrestling people.

And I think if Darren's idea was to come through, then it adds a bit more creativity, adds a bit more of a focus in terms of, say, the delivery.

Because some of the delivery into the six-yard box doesn't have to be great.

When I think of those deliveries, I maybe think at times of Declan Rice really like flat one being driven in.

But there are loads of games where I watch where it's literally just floated into that space, and you know that, say, the goalkeeper can't come out, there's no space to do anything, and I think that idea of allowing the goalkeeper a split second to be able to make a better decision, as opposed to having so many bodies around them from the get-go, and also the players themselves trying to time their runs better, I think... Would it be harder from a defender's point of view because the attackers would get a run on you?

Well, then you can go back to times of my marketing and things like that, couldn't you?

You could still have people set up in a zone like many people do around the six-yard box, and maybe in some ways you could try and disrupt their runs by, say, blocking them off just as the ball's coming in.

But it forces people to think in a different way instead of, like, as I say, people are perfectly entitled to do it, and it's proven to be very good for lots of teams overall.

But just 20 players standing in the six-yard box, you've got to ask yourself, is that what you want to see and is that the best version of the game?

You could say that, yes, but then I think for me just the biggest thing is the fact that they managed to get the win.

And I think at this point in the season, having seen...

You know, it seems like City in years gone by win the league in the way that they've done.

It's not been brilliant to look at at this stage.

It's just been enough, just enough, just enough, just enough.

I think for Arteta to be able to do that is important and in some ways.