Arsenal Premier League preview: Zito Madu talks Pepe and Ceballos, Ozil's role, and why MLS will fail at being apolitical
Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ...
TSS
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Daryl talks to SB Nation staff writer Zito Madu about all things Arsenal. Unai Emery's style of play is yet to emerge as anything identifiable at the Emirates, but the signings of Pepe and Ceballos give reason for optimism. Ozil's role is still TBD, but how that unfolds will be important either way. Meanwhile, youngsters like Reiss Nelson and Joe Willock will have a role to play.
Starting 43:45, we also talk about Major League Soccer's attempts to be apolitical, and why that approach is destined to fail.
Two stories by Zito:
Alejandro Bedoya showed why MLS can never be a nonpolitical space: https://www.sbnation.com/2019/8/7/20758742/alejandro-bedoya-mls-gun-violence-goal-celebration
Black History Month: Accepting responsibility to inspire future generations: https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/02/27/black-history-month-accepting-responsibility-inspire-future-generations
Today's show is sponsored by Ruffneck Scarves. Use code "TOTALSOCCERSHOW" for 20% off any scarf in the store.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the total soccer show. My name is D Darrell Grove and today's team that we're previewing |
| 0:24.2 | it's Arsenal Football Club. |
| 0:26.3 | It's Arsenal. |
| 0:27.5 | So Taylor's not here, so I'll be calling up Zito Madu. |
| 0:30.5 | Zito's a guy who's been on the show before. |
| 0:32.5 | He's someone who I really enjoy his take on the game. |
| 0:35.4 | It's a mix of sort of analysis and just taking pleasure in soccer. |
| 0:39.7 | If you've seen his series of nutmeg tweets, nutmeg videos on Twitter, |
| 0:43.9 | you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. |
| 0:46.6 | So we get into everything that's going on with Arsenal. |
| 0:49.6 | Why Zito is excited about the Pepe signing, |
| 0:52.4 | why it's so hard to figure out what Unae Emory's tactical style is, |
| 0:58.4 | where Messrs Ozil does or does not fit in, and what the expectations are for Arsenal this |
| 1:04.6 | season. Towards the end of this show, we also talk about Alejandro Badoia. You of course will know |
| 1:10.0 | that Alejandro Badoia picked up the field mic and asked Congress to end gun violence now. |
| 1:15.0 | So we have a really interesting conversation about where MLS stands regarding players expressing themselves and fans expressing themselves and the dangers that MLS open themselves up to by attempting to be |
| 1:28.6 | apolitical. So that is towards the end of the show, but first there's lots of Arsenal talk, |
| 1:34.3 | so let's get to it. Here's my conversation with Zito Madu. Hey, Zito, it's Darrell. Hey, how are you? |
| 1:40.6 | Good. How you doing? I'm all right. All right. What are you up to today? |
| 1:45.1 | Oh, not much. |
| 1:45.6 | Just reading. Reading. All right. What are you into? Just an old book. I'm supposed to be doing a project and it's like a book for research, I guess. You strike me as someone who spends a lot of time sitting around reading in a good way? Yeah. Yeah. more than my life |
| 1:41.7 | and watching some Arsenal |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from TSS, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of TSS and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.