Edu

I'm just saying when you say Arsenal, Arsenal were cleverly run.

Edu lined his pockets with agent-

Oh, I ha- I hate Edu, right? But I don't, I think the owners, I think Josh Kroenke particularly deserves a lot of credit in this whole era.

Yeah, when he stepped in and got rid of Edu and, and actually was hands-on is when we actually took off.

When he stepped in, I think post Wenger, really, like he did get involved.

The Arteta appointment was when he started to get involved.

Yeah.

I, I think Edu was a, was a, was ... held us back a little, but also did-

Remember the pictures when, um...

Who was it? Was it Edu and Vinai? I can't remember who it was now.

It got pictured coming out of his house at like 1:00 in the morning by the, by one of the national newspapers during the interview process.

Uh, that would've been interesting to be a fly on the wall in that one.

Yeah,

Edu.

But then I guess his name is Edu Gaspar, but officially he was only called Edu.

So that's my number one.

But do you want to hear my...

So it depends how you categorise it.

In second place would be Lee Dixon with nine characters.

And in first place would be Edu.

nah i'm i i ain't got a problem with that i

think i think he is better than bruno g now hear me out it is like i said it's an unpopular take right so listen people can hear this and they can disagree easily i've been a bruno component like a pro like fan since Jan 2020 when he was supposed to come and Edu arrived with Pablo Mari so I'll let me just let me just outline my stool quite clearly I like the player I rate him highly and by the way I'm elated that we got him and I still really rate him highly so and if MLS is sitting on the bench for him I'm not angry at all by the way because you know I think that's a valid person that could force him to sit down however what I will say I think there are certain things with Bruno that we and listen we've it's only a very small sample size again so let me clarify I could be wrong and it's unpopular for a reason but I think at Newcastle there were two things that were quite evident he's not quick across the ground which is why he had Joel Linton and Tenali either side of him they did a lot a lot of running for him I also think how he plays is no he's by the way he's a fantastic footballer so it's not about what he does on the ball But, you know, when we talk about some of our off the ball shape and the structure, I think Bruno has a propensity, like almost childlike, to see ball, go ball.

And that isn't always a bad thing.

But, you know, when you're operating as a unit, right, and we talk about, Arteta talks about a one brain team.

And then, yeah, towards the end of my A license, I was without a club.

Um, and Arsenal, Mikel, it was actually Edu who called me and said, "Oh, do you wanna come back and continue your A license with the 18s, but also train with the first team-

Mm

... to keep yourself fit for whatever's next?" And of course, I, I took it.

He brought in Giovanni Van Bronckhorst.

He brought in Edu, eventually.

He brought in Robert Perez.

Freddie Youngbird came in.

It's like, are we at the point now where we can say it's, you know, Mikel Arteta is the king.

He was the king when it was Edu, he was the king when it was Etó.

Um, he's the king under Andrea Berta.

Are we at the point where we can say maybe Mikel Arteta has bad taste in attackers-

Broke.

Edu, didn't he? Of course he did.

They went, oh, director of football.

Strong manager.

Arteta walked in and went, see that Aubameyang fella? He's gone.

Yeah.

And Edu was like, nah, nah.

And I just got rid of the characters.