Episode 607: Play the kids?

Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast

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Sports & Recreation, Football, Premier League, Arsenal, Gunners, Soccer, Sports, Sport

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🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode I'm joined by James Benge of CBS Sports to talk about Arsenal's 4-2 win over Dundalk in the Europa League. It's six wins from six in Europe, in marked contrast to our Premier League form, and we discuss some of the good individual performances – in particular Folarin Balogun (whose contract situation is discussed) – and the positives from the game in Dublin.

We then wonder how Mikel Arteta fixes things for the weekend. Is playing the kids the answer? Would there be the patience if we lost games with them in the team as well? Can he keep picking the same under-performers week in, week out and expect them to do any better? Could the kids be any worse?

At the heart of it is the need for Arsenal to implement a plan, but how much time can any manager get when they don't win games.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a brand new R-Splug R-Scanst right here on R-Splug.com.
0:26.4	How are you?
0:27.4	Hope you're well.
0:28.4	Hope all is good.
0:29.4	We're here on Friday morning and we'll be having a conversation about the Europa League
0:52.5	6 wins out of 6 for Arsenal in the Europa League group stage.
1:05.8	It's worth mentioning some things about the game itself.
1:08.4	Of course, that were positive.
1:09.6	The young players are they knocking on the door for the Premier League team?
1:13.4	Are we just going to see more of the same in the Premier League this weekend?
1:16.1	I hope we don't.
1:17.5	How can Mikaelaire Teta fix it with that?
1:19.1	Can you get more out of the old disappointing bastards that have been doing it weekend,
1:25.3	weekend since the season began?
1:27.6	Those are questions we will explore with our guests in a couple of moments time.
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