Rob Dawson

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388 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 22 Aug

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

To see a manager on a touchline do that is a massive switch.

And I think from a player's point of view, you go, all right, okay.

We're not panicked.

We're not scared.

We're not fearing this.

We're actually going to try and be on the front foot again.

And that's where the goal comes from.

And I just think that's, again, it's not necessarily a tactical thing.

It's a belief and a mentality thing.

There's a skill, I think, to being a good number two.

I think it's maybe overlooked sometimes that you can actually be a really, really good number two.

It doesn't mean that you could go on and be a number one.

You know, you really know how to operate in that number two role.

And it's interesting that the dynamic with him and Southgate appears to be quite similar to the one with Carrick.

I mean, Carrick and Southgate seem sort of personality-wise quite similar.

So maybe they need someone like Steve Holland next to them who's got that kind of edge.

No, I mean, I've got a lot of sympathy for Ameren because I do think it's unfair to hire a 3-4-3 coach and then not give him the players necessary to play that system.

I mean, it was no surprise that he came in and wanted to play like that.

I mean, what I would say is as great as Carrick has done, there is a long way to go and not to take anything away from beating City and Arsenal because I don't want to do that at all.

But...

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