On The Premier League
Thoughts on top four
The top four are Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Bournemouth. Did you see Match of the Day at the weekend or the pictures of all the players that are injured? Lewis Cook is at right back, and they still won.
I still think Newcastle will be up there. Isak is the one, he’s been absolutely flying. Anthony Gordon is playing well. Jacob Murphy, really pleased to see him performing. Nice balance about them and a really good watch. They'll certainly be pushing for a Champions League place.
The Bournemouth result was a surprise. I think just the nature of how Bournemouth rolled Newcastle over, I do think that was a one-off. And of course they’ve got the League Cup semi-final against Arsenal. You never know with that, but it would just be great for Newcastle to win a trophy.
They're on for the treble still, aren't they? Haven't won anything for years, but they're on for the treble. Let's hope they do win something.
Who has been the best player in the Premier League this season and what has impressed you about them?
Bearing in mind who's top of the table and how far they're top, and top of the Champions League, it would be wrong to not pick a Liverpool player. It’s a bit of a toss up really between Van Dijk and Mo Salah.
I'd maybe sort of err on the side of Van Dijk. He's given them great stability this season, great leadership at the back and it's vitally important if they want to kick on.
It's hard to ignore Salah's numbers. You take Salah out of that Liverpool team, and I know they have the ability to rotate in those forward areas but he's the one constant, he's the one who's never left out, so his numbers are sensational. If they carry on then it's hard to see anything else but Liverpool winning the Premier League.
Who do you think is the Premier League’s greatest unsung hero / underrated player and what has impressed you so much about them this season?
A player I admire is Ryan Christie at Bournemouth. Bournemouth have been absolutely phenomenal this season. Beating Nottingham Forest 5-0 and dispatching Newcastle the previous week, has made people sit up even more.
I’ve followed his career closely, even at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, he went to Aberdeen on loan from Celtic, had a great time at Celtic and he went down south.
I've always been interested to see how he would get on and he's worked his way into the team. He's got a regular spot in that central midfield area and every week he is performing to such a high standard and he's such an important part of that Bournemouth team.
Which player or players have been the biggest disappointment / biggest flops in the Premier League this season?
I think Son at Spurs has been very underwhelming. I think that something's not quite right there. He looks a yard off it.
You could say Hojlund at Manchester United. Phil Foden. I know if you go back a couple of weeks he’d have been in that flop bracket. His game has picked up, he’s getting that confidence back. Given what he achieved last season, player of the year, he was phenomenal last year. Like a lot of Man City players, he has dipped.
Then you’ve got the Marcus Rashford situation. That’s turning a bit messy for different reasons. It’s actually quite sad to see. He's frozen out at Manchester United and I know that Ruben Amorim said he'd rather play a 63-year-old goalkeeping coach, didn't he? He said that based on the fact that Rashford isn't putting it in and doing the hard yards in training.
We know what a talented player he is but for things to pan out like this, we know he could help Manchester United but he may not even get a move, which will leave him stuck in limbo.
The Premier League is full of top talents. Is there a youngster that you’ve been impressed by this season who you’re looking forward to seeing develop over the next few years?
One who has caught my eye is Archie Gray, in a team, and it pains me to say this, because I like the manager, but it's not gone well for Tottenham this season, albeit they still have a chance of winning a cup.
He's been asked to play in so many different roles and he's actually played them pretty well, whether it's right-back, centre half, central midfield, left-back at the moment.
It's a tough learning curve but I do think he's one of those players who is shining in a disappointing team, and he looks to have a hell of a career ahead of him.
Also, the midfielder Bergvall at Spurs. There's a big onus on him now and he looks like he's a little bit inconsistent but that comes with age as well. I'd say Gray has been the shining light at Spurs this season.
I could have mentioned Amad Diallo as well, who was a player that I followed pretty closely. He's the one standout for Manchester United, so I shouldn't leave him out. He’s not carried the team in an attacking sense, but at times, it has been him or bust.
Who was your Premier League flop/villain of the weekend?
My villain of the weekend is Darren England. Because there's a big pile on about Michael Oliver. I'm not saying he got the decision to send off Myles Lewis-Skelley right, but what was the point of bringing VAR in if it wasn’t going to be that safety net?
Surely the VAR operators had to give instructions to Michael Oliver on the field to say, ’Look, Michael, you've got this one wrong or at least go and have a look at the monitor.’ I don't think they helped him in any way, shape or form.
And I think he's been hung out to dry a little bit with that one. And then we've seen the PGMOL statement come out and talk about the vile abuse to his family.
Referees do get decisions wrong. It was in real time, and he got the decision wrong. I thought so, I thought it was an absolute shocker, but that was the point of VAR. Someone to say hang on a minute. My villain of the week would be Darren England.
On Arsenal
Thoughts on Lewis-Skelley red card - have Arsenal been hard done by with decisions this season? Do they have a right to be upset about decisions made against them?
I think Declan Rice, whether he liked it or not, to the letter of the law, he did flick the ball away. I'm not saying he booted it 50 yards. And Arsenal fans are quite right actually to question or to call out the lack of consistency, because in that game Joao Pedro kicked a ball away, and nothing was done then. I do have some sympathy.
Trossard, I actually thought he deserved to go (against Man City). I thought that was ill discipline on his part.
With the one at the weekend, Myles Lewis-Skelley, absolutely, I think Arsenal fans are quite right to be upset about that, but I don't think there's a vendetta against Arsenal. I really don't.
I don't think it's something that Michael Oliver or other referees think about when they stand in the tunnel: ‘I’m going to do Arsenal in today.’
I also think there’s a bit of angst at Arsenal because Liverpool are clear at the top, and they probably thought this season was about taking the next step, and Manchester City had fallen away. All of a sudden, Slot at Liverpool has slotted in well.
To be fair to Arsenal, they're hanging on in there. I know it was Wolves and there were wild celebrations at the weekend, at the end of the game, but they're showing resilience and that's a really big thing.
You just don't know. Will Liverpool have a big drop-off? I think we all doubt it. Maybe, you know, they'll suffer from the number of games as a lot of other Premier League sides have done.
Do you think serious questions will need to be asked if Arsenal don’t win major honours this season?
I think everybody thought it was going to be their season, or a lot of Arsenal fans felt it was going to be their season, but the consistency that Liverpool have showed has put them rightly at the top of the table. I don't think it's one where at the end of the season if Arsenal put up a fight and finish second again it's a disastrous season.
They’ve just been slightly unfortunate as Liverpool were for many years, with Manchester City. The level of the Premier League is so high, Arsenal of course are still in the Champions League, and they may go far in that.
I suppose the question Arsenal fans would ask is have we done enough good business in terms of bringing players into the club. The age-old debate with Arsenal is whether they should have brought a recognised number nine into the club. I get that, but I do think they've been slightly unfortunate with injuries.
Saka is seemingly out long term. Odegaard missed a large chunk of the season. Havertz gets a panning from everybody, but his numbers compared to last season are pretty similar if not better.
The goals aren't coming from other areas.
Where I think Arsenal put themselves under great pressure. At the end of last season, I they won 16 out of the last 18 Premier League games. They’re going to have to do that again to have any chance of winning the league. That’s why I think Liverpool will end up winning the Premier League.
Arsenal are showing resilience and fighting, but if they finish second and are runners-up in the Champions League…ust about hanging on in the League Cup, they could turn that round. I think all things being equal, if they push Liverpool close, then they have shown consistency. But of course, Arsenal fans are desperate, desperate for silverware.
On Everton
Everton have recently appointed David Moyes as manager. They say in football you should never go back… do you think this will be an appointment that works out for everyone?
The first-time round, he took over when they were a point above the relegation zone. The first thing is to stabilise the club. Two wins out of three for him so far. Two out of three ain't bad.
Especially with the lack of goals, and maybe they had a little bit of luck playing Tottenham with the way that they've defended this season. Getting three against Tottenham surprised me.
The result against Brighton at the weekend - I did the BBC predictions, and I got that one horribly wrong, as I get most horribly wrong. That was a big victory for them, and they've just gotten well clear of the bottom four. But it's all going to be about finishing the season off at the fabulous Goodison Park.
I used to love playing there. It's a brilliant old stadium. They’re moving, it would be good to move on a high. Are Everton going to turn a corner? I think Dyche did a decent enough job given the points deductions, embargoes and what have you. It was about surviving.
Even this season, I didn't see them making great strides. I always felt they were going to be a bottom half team, not as low as they have been.
Everton need to realise that what they are, they've struggled with goals. That's plain to see. Defensively they've actually been okay. I suspect they've got the best defensive record or one of the best defensive records in the bottom half of the table. That stability is key. Branthwaite, Tarkowski are excellent centre-halves. Pickford in goal.
Calvert-Lewin came off at the weekend injured again and he's been a bit of a disappointment, the last few seasons. From David Moyes’ perspective, it’s about stabilising the club, keeping them in the Premier League.
A couple of weeks ago, Everton fans were thinking we're in a relegation battle and this could be a really miserable end to the season. You don't want that for them at Goodison. It's about a strong end to the season, but then it's about the future and taking the next step in the new stadium.
Is David Moyes going to be given a pot of gold to spend over the summer, and who can he bring in to really try and kick the club on?
I don't see the club under David Moyes staying up and then becoming Champions League contenders next season. That's just pie in the sky. That's not going to happen.
On Man City
Kyle Walker looks like he’s on his way to AC Milan. Where do you put Walker in the list of the best all time Premier League right backs?
I think Kyle Walker has to remembered as the best right back in the Premier League era.
People will look at Trent Alexander-Arnold, Gary Neville, who was an excellent full-back. Lee Dixon, he was excellent, and there’s Zabaleta. There's been a fair few, but his reliability at Manchester City, we always knew he had great pace. I always felt he was a little bit underrated as a footballer as well, but phenomenal at Tottenham.
He went to City and won everything, so a lot of admiration for him. This season hasn't gone well, you can't get away from the fact. I know there's been other issues as well, off-the-field, which may not have helped, but a change of scenery hopefully will be good for him.
He's been a phenomenal player and there'll be a debate over who's been the best right-back ever in the Premier League. A lot of people would say Gary Neville, but I'm afraid I'll have Kyle Walker ahead of him.
On Man United
We’re in the last week of the transfer window, do you expect Marcus Rashford to be moved out of Old Trafford between now and then? Have you been surprised by the lack of Premier League interest in the player?
I think it’s a really interesting one. I think there will be a fair few Premier League sides thinking about the financial aspect, and whether it’s worth the risk. The other stuff, there’s a debate about Amorim being right to call him out over the weekend, if INEOS would like that.
If you’re trying to get him out on loan or whatever, if you’re telling everyone he’s a bad egg, that may not go down well with other clubs.
But if that’s the way Amorim feels, and everyone knows how talented Rashford is, and yet he's not showing the right attitude and application. I think Amorim is well entitled to come out and say that. And why do managers call players out publicly? Because it's a last resort. They have no other option.
I think it's that case with Marcus Rashford. If he can’t get away he’s going to rot at Manchester United, that’s unfortunate. I don’t know what Rashford is thinking, for the life of me.
All you have to do is drive to the training ground and work hard. You do what every other player and staff member does. You apply yourself, that’s what the club pays a vast amount of money for. He may argue that he is putting everything in.
For the Manchester United manager to call him out as he has, why would Amorim have an agenda against him when he's desperate for results and he knows from his past what a brilliant player he can be? I do see this Amorim’s way, and it's up to Rashford, and maybe people around him, to actually tell him what he should be doing, that he should be knuckling down. It's down to him, nobody else.
Ange's high-intensity football has clearly contributed to the level of injuries. With Postecoglu clearly unwilling to adapt his style, is his stubbornness ultimately going to cost him his job?
The stuff about injuries, I'm not a medical expert, but I do take your point about the high intensity, and the way that Tottenham like to play. I also think that with lesser players having to play centre-half, no disrespect to Radusin and Gray, you can play with a high line when you’ve got Van de Ven and Romero to defend, but there is an argument that Postecoglou could have given them more protection.
That’s the way he plays, right or wrong. When Daniel Levy gave him the job, he must have known that was his way. He won’t change, he’s stubborn, and maybe that’s a weakness but it’s been successful for 25 years. This must be a really difficult time for him, and he could certainly do with a win.
I think Arsenal were running on average of something like 120 high intensity sprints a game. Tottenham's was 180, that's 50% more. And when you think about that, we would all naturally think that could take its toll in terms of injuries. Then again, Arsenal have had a fair few injuries as well. The injuries have really affected Tottenham.
Should Tottenham stick or twist with Ange Postecoglou and do you have any concerns that he may be the latest victim of Daniel Levy’s axe?
I don't overly worry about anybody else's future other than my own. There's absolutely no doubt in the league they've been very, very disappointing and Ange Postecoglou can point to a lot of injuries to key players, and I get that.
But a lot of other clubs have had to deal with injury losses. I think the game at the weekend against Leicester, there would have been the expectation from fans that they should have won that. I think that would have been a really sore one, and there may be more now doubters now.
They're still in the League Cup, still in the FA Cup, unlike Arsenal, and still in the Europa League. Postecoglou can stil win a trophy.
The one thing which has surprised me, and I know a lot of Tottenham fans are unhappy with Daniel Levy, and the owner, is that with their injury situation all season, and it has been all season, Postecoglou has said himself he needs a bit of help, some reinforcements.
We're now at the end of January and it's only Kinsky the goalkeeper who they have brought in. That may be ominous for Postecoglou. I don’t understand why Levy did not help him and bring in reinforcements. Postecoglou talked about a real lack of energy. I think he was booed for taking Richarlison off and it didn't help James Maddison not playing because he felt a bit sore.
I don't know where I stand with that because I don't really want to doubt a player, but when you’re in the trenches you want the right kind of characters. Didn’t happen years ago, stuff like that.
I think the big one is the League Cup semi-final against Liverpool at Anfield. We’re all thinking that Spurs will get walloped. It would just be like Postecoglou to go up to Anfield, cause a shock, stick two fingers up to everyone and be in a cup final. Then there would be a different slant on things.
I've got a lot of time for Ange Postecoglou. I thought he had a brilliant first season at Tottenham, they lost Harry Kane, and they finished fifth. You can't get away from the fact the standards this season in the Premier League, I don't think they're in a relegation battle, but they’re not that far off.
He knows himself that you can’t keep losing games, especially against Leicester. That was a more than bad day at the office. He knows the pressure is on. I’m always fascinated with his answers at press conferences. If someone asks stupid questions, he’ll get stuck in. He really tempered things down after the game. I like to see him on the front foot. He seems resigned to the fact that things aren't going well. He needs players back. He's talked about key players coming back in the next couple of weeks, which would be a big boost for him. In my view, he should have been given help earlier on in January.
On West Ham
Graham Potter has also been recently appointed as West Ham’s new boss. What lessons do you think he would have learned from his nightmare Chelsea experience?
I don't know what he would have learned from his Chelsea experience, and I say that because they're a bit of a basket case club, weren't they? There may have been a method in their madness.
I think that we're all looking at Chelsea as title contenders, albeit they've fallen away.
I think it would have been a disappointment for him as much as anything, and I don't think it's one of those where he needs to prove himself to anybody at West Ham. I think that's a pretty shrewd appointment.
It's a better fit than Lopategui and that's a very easy thing to say after a manager gets sacked. But Lopategui, we all viewed him as a very pragmatic manager and taking over when they wanted a different brand of football, to go down the Lopategui route seems strange.
It's early days for Graham Potter. It looks to be an okay start. I don't see them making massive strides this season.
It's about the summer, it's about spending. There may be a big overhaul in playing personnel. They spent a fortune last summer, players have come in and not really performed.
I think it’s small steps. The performance at Villa was good and they probably deserved to win. No recognised centre-forward, Paqueta up front. He will know it’s a work in progress. Chelsea, he’ll hold his hands up and say it didn’t go as well as expected.
With respect to West Ham, the expectation level at Chelsea and the expectation level at West Ham, albeit had risen because of David Moyes and his achievements in the Premier League, and the European Conference League, but its night and day.
There isn't the expectation there to be competing at the very top of the Premier League where there is at Chelsea. It just didn't happen for him there, but that doesn't make him a bad manager. He achieved great things at Brighton, stabilised Swansea and had his time in Sweden where he did pretty well.
On Celtic
Celtic of course will need to sign a replacement for Kyogo as he’s their top scorer – will they do it?
I hope so. I think Brendan Rogers said that they want to be better off at the end of this January window, and you can’t say that is the case after selling Kyogo.
Celtic are always going to be judged this season, because of their recent domestic dominance, on the Champions League. I think that's how large parts of the fan base saw it and I think they've achieved so much in terms of qualifying for the playoff stage, but I don't get it.
It's actually split the fan base, this one, and surprised me a little bit, because a lot of the fans are saying £10 million for a 30-year-old, that represents good business, but my simple thoughts are that I'd like to see Celtic go further in the Champions League.
That's not going to be easy. What gives you the best possible chance of going further? If you have your best players available. To sell him in January, the riches which can come with the Champions League.
It just seems to me that Celtic said, ‘Our ceiling was always going to be qualification.’ It's not that they don't go any further, but the fact that they're selling him, they're not giving themselves the best chance.
There's talk about Kieran Tierney going back, but I'd be surprised. With Arsenal as depleted as they are, he’s been coming on for little cameos, why would Arteta last him go? There does seem to be something in it and that would be a coup for Celtic.
And Jota going back. Jota who left for £25 million to Saudi, has gone to Rennes. The way that I think, in January you need players coming who don't need time to get themselves up to speed. You need players coming in who are really going to kick the team on. I just worry about Jota. I think three starts for Rennes this season. I’m not doubting its good piece business, to sell him for £25m and get him for £8m.
Who knows if he’s the same player, but there’s still a centre-forward conundrum.
They’re linked with the young striker from Brondby, but it still doesn't solve the Kyogo issue as a centre-forward. Adam Idah, in fairness to him, hasn't had a run of games, but he’s not the same as he was last season. Kyogo was so clean in his link up, and Idah isn’t one of those. He was a fantastic player and Celtic will miss him.
I used to love playing against the English teams in the Champions League, because you have to make sure you perform because people give the Scottish league a bit of a kicking at times. It's important that we compete, so it'll be an interesting one on Wednesday. I make Villa favourites, not just because of no Kyogo, but you never know. Celtic have still got some good players.
The KO play-off is guaranteed for Celtic. How much of an achievement is that?
Honestly, I think its massive that Celtic have got to the play-offs. If you go back to Brendan’s first Champions League campaign at Celtic, that was a tough group. They conceded seven in Barcelona and there were question marks because Brendan wouldn't adapt. ‘We're going to play our way.’ I think the following season PSG hit Celtic for a seven and a five.
Bayern Munich gave Celtic a couple of goings over. The next season, got knocked out in the play-offs by AEK Athens. Last season, Celtic were out after four games. I know Brendan said that they were competitive in the Champions League. They weren't.
The pressure was on Brendan to get it right in Europe, and the pressure was on because of the support. There are those out there, who would look at the hand which Celtic had been dealt this season in the Champions League and thought that was generous.
They've shown great maturity this season and I really do mean that, and I'll tell you why. They walloped Bratislava in the first game to get off to a flyer.
Then they went to Dortmund, and everybody was doubting him. I wasn't one who worried too much about that defeat because Dortmund can do it. They're just a strange team. They can win 5-0, lose 5-0, draw 5-5. The game after that was free-scoring Atalanta and they went with good rear-guard action. Kasper Schmeichel made some important saves. That was a massive point.
Then it was Leipzig. At home, one of the best performances I've seen from a Celtic team in years in the Champions League. They had great control of that game. Bruges, we got a draw.
Some people were critical about the Zagreb draw and thought they should have gone for the jugular more, but I've actually enjoyed, other than the Dortmund performance, the way that Celtic have played away.
I was part of a Celtic team who had a phenomenal home record in Europe but our away record, we had some poor displays where we should have got more from games.
The fact that Brendan's team this season have gone away to Zagreb and drawn, and gone away to Atlanta and got a result, I think it shows real maturity from the team and the way that Brendan's evolved as a manager. Credit to them, but that’s why the Kyogo thing really annoys me. I want to see them give themselves the best chance,
With the table as it currently is, if the Champions League finished tomorrow, Celtic would play Feyenoord in the play-offs. Are there any teams that you would want to avoid?
I think it's one of those. It's not like a knockout where you could be really unlucky with the draw or really lucky with the draw, it's about current form.
Feyenoord are in that spot at the minute, Celtic would be playing them if it ended today.
Celtic have been through a rigorous enough campaign and if they get ninth, good luck to them. There will be lots of teams who look at Celtic, and they will still show great respect to them. Any team in that top 24, there are some big hitters who still have work to do.
With the gap at the top of the Scottish Premiership now cut to 10 points, is there ANY chance that Rangers could actually claw their way back into a title race?
Maybe they'll see Kyogo going at Celtic and think, ‘Blimey,’ but we need to judge Celtic at the end of the window. They may end up bringing someone in who is better than Kyogo, but that's going to have to be some player.
I said before, they've got to win every game. They've got to beat Celtic twice and still hope that Celtic drop points elsewhere, but they literally have to win every game, and I don't think there's a Rangers fan out there who thinks that they can win it, but all they've got to do is keep chipping away.
It is 10 points, but Celtic have got that game in hand, of course, and I think the goal difference, Celtic are 20-something better off. It looks unlikely for Rangers.
On Arsenal v Man City
Do you have any concerns that Erling Haaland will be singled-out for some rough treatment after his ball throwing and full-time antics from the last game?
If Gabriel is anything like Martin Keown, then yes, I do thi k he will remember what happened at The Etihad and I do think he’ll be looking to remind Haaland that he is in a game. Keown wanted to chase me up the tunnel at Highbury, Martin Keown!
It's fascinating, isn't it? That is the clash everybody's looking forward to. Arsenal fans, with the Haaland antics after the game, you'd like nothing more than to really rub his nose in it. And that's natural, but that whole clash, Haaland can handle himself, he's a big boy, but so is Gabriel. Saliba will be alongside him, so that’s a fascinating battle. I cannot wait.
On The Championship
Blackburn have been through the mire over the last decade but are in the hunt for the play offs and in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Is John Eustace bringing the feelgood factor back to Ewood Park?
I said at the start of the season, the aim from the top of the club was just to stay in the league. And when you think about that and where they are, John Eustace has overachieved by a stretch.
The issue Blackburn have, and I didn't see the game at the weekend, they lost to Bristol City. The issue they've got is scoring goals in recent times. Lewis Baker went back to Stoke.
John Eustace needs a bit of help. Blackburn do not have a squad who could compete in the Premier League but it's sort of irrelevant because they're in and around the playoffs on merit, as are a lot of other clubs. It's one where John Eustace has really overachieved with the squad that he's got, so give him a bit of help.
We understand financially where Blackburn are at, but there needs to be some sort of balance.
Gueye he's not been prolific. Scoring goals in recent times has been a nig issue.
They had the victory against Portsmouth, where they scored three at home. A lot of teams are spanking Portsmouth. It's about hanging on in, trying to hang on in and around the playoffs.
If the club is serious about doing it, they've got to give John Eustace backing.
You were part of the Blackburn side to win the Premier League. How difficult has it been to see them struggle since you left the club?
I do keep an eye on them, and all my old clubs. I care a lot about Blackburn as a club. I often go back and visit the area. I had a great five years under Jack Walker.
They have different owners now, and we know how the fans feel about them. There was such high expectations of the Venkys. They were linked with all the top names in football: Ronaldinho, David Beckham and yet the club has fallen from grace. When I was there, they had an owner, Jack Walker, who actually did what he said he was going to do.
You speak to people living around the club today. He's held in such high regard.
You look at the gates, now the stadium is not even half full at times. It’s sad to see the way the club's fallen but Blackburn is a small town that's in a big footballing hotbed. So many towns around: Burnley, Bolton, Preston, you're not far from Manchester, you're not too far from Liverpool.
The squad depth isn't there and that's the biggest thing. They've surprised me under John Eustace, and I think John Eustace is showing what a good manager he is. The issue they're going to have is hanging on to John Eustace soon enough, because there'll be people who are seeing the job that he's doing with the resources he has.
It wouldn't surprise me if John Eustace isn't getting what he wants, whether he will have his head turned soon.
They get a chance to put their PL credentials to the test against Wolves. Chance of an upset?
You never know with Wolves. I would hate to see Blackburn make a lot of changes. I don't know whether they've got a squad capable of making too many changes.
Wolves may have an eye on Premier League survival. You know what it's like. The old panic sets in, especially with Leicester winning and prioritising because of all the money in the Premier League.
I suspect Wolves may make changes. I always think, they’ve fallen away a bit and you need a win to get back on track and get your confidence back. I think they should go to Blackburn and go full hit. That's what I would do, to try to get the team believing and fluent again. So we'll see, but nothing surprises me with the FA Cup anymore. Even Arsenal make changes, don't they?
