Rory Smith

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1,467 appearances 11 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Rory Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Football Daily · MNC: Arsenal untouchable & Man Utd's defensive concerns · 7 Sep 2026 podcast
You set off, you say, look, you've got to break this down. matched
The onus is all on you. matched
It's a bit extreme to have 26% possession. matched
I mean, it was an eye-catching statistic. matched
But I don't think that's necessarily... matched
Indicative of the way that that's how Alonso wants to play. matched
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I think one of the things that is misunderstood about Alonso, I remember speaking to him when he was at Leverkusen, if I'm allowed to clang as well. matched
And you sort of go through all the coaches he's worked with. matched
So he obviously played under Pep, Mourinho, Benitez and Ancelotti. matched
And his thing is like, I took a bit from all of them and he's very diplomatic about it. matched
But the one he is most like is Carlo. matched
I think we assume because he's Spanish, because he's really bright, because he's sophisticated, because he kind of wears sort of Guardiola-style sort of trendy clothes on the touchline, you assume he's kind of an heir to Pep. matched
But he is like Carlo. matched
He's quite pragmatic. matched
He believes fundamentally that the most important thing is getting into the heads of the players, building those relationships with the players. matched
i think he probably does prefer playing three at the back because that's where he's what he's generally tried to do but i don't think he's wedded to it in like a reuben amarin way i don't think he's like well this is the only way to play football i refuse to count on it's anything else i think he's he he'll play counter attacking football if he thinks that's what he's got the players for and what works best i don't think he's a fundamentalist in that sense matched
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Yeah, I was going to say, Conor, I was at that game. matched
And it was... I think United looked a little bit rusty in midfield. matched
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