Rory Smith
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1,580 appearances
12 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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He knows there's not going to be a huge amount of margin for error.
Okay, it's not like a 99-point season, but you can't be taking risks with games.
And I guess, yeah, like you think back to, I mean, Lewis Kelly's not been fit the whole season, but you think back to, say, February or February,
November or whatever, you think, well, why would Arteta look at a game there and think, yeah, this one I can probably afford to drop a couple of points in.
He's not going to do that.
It is always a risk playing a young player in a new position.
But I think you probably do have to be a little bit bolder at times because that means that against Fulham at home in May, it doesn't feel like such a risk if you have done it previously.
And it's not just him that has to adapt, it's the team has to adapt.
As Charlie says, he's a different type of forward to what they have had previously at Arsenal.
His movement, the runs that he makes, the way he wants to play is different to Kai Havertz or Gabi Jesus or whoever it might be.
I find Jota is really interesting because the allegation was always Arsenal needed a $20 season striker.
They've got one.
So by that measure, he's been a success.
I think there have been times where he's looked a little bit like
he's struggled to impose himself against... Are you going to call him a flat-track bully?
Really high-quality opposition.
I'm not going to call him a flat-track bully, Chappers, but I'm inclined to agree with Charlie that this feels like a good, sort of a solid debut campaign and you want to see him kick on in his second, I think.
I do want...
I wonder whether he suffers in comparison to Haaland, though, you know, not because they're kind of Scandinavian or whatever, but because Haaland has redefined what the numbers that we think count as good for a striker.
So although Jokeres has had a solid season in terms of 21 goals, I think it's 14 in the lead now, they're decent numbers.
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