Peter Smith

Do you share that optimism?

Yeah, I was just going to say maybe that winter break then has just come just at the right time for this Arsenal team in terms of both intensity.

But it's good training ground time for Arteta and that's something really he's not had a lot of time on the training pitch with these players.

He came in during the very busy Christmas period and it's been game, game, game for him since then.

Yeah, it's a really good run for them.

It's a really good opportunity, isn't it?

Oh, absolutely, absolutely.

Yeah, it's Olympiacos they've got in the Europa League, isn't it, next up?

And they play the first leg of that tie on Thursday.

Lewis, but first up, it's Newcastle.

They're on an eight-game unbeaten run, but the fans are largely unhappy.

So can you just tell us a bit more about what's going on there?

Well, they're 12th.

They're on 31 points, same as Arsenal.

Ron's just been saying, you know, Champions League, top four, not completely.

Well, I think it is almost written off, 10-point gap for Arsenal.

But what I'm just saying is, you know, well, I think as you made the point yourself, maybe the underlying data is not so positive, but the results just, they do keep coming.

And as I say, eight unbeaten across all competitions.

There's clearly something going right at Newcastle.

And a couple of their new January signings could potentially be in for first starts at the Emirates.