We need to talk about Declan Rice.
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still cant believe we spent 105 million on a player; and it was a bargain
Lots of pundits said Rice was not world class before Arsenal bought him. They also said he wasn’t worth £100m.
All that talk went quiet real quick.
and watch them out the other side of their mouths say "well he ought to be this good, they spent 100m on him". No consistency whatsoever
The same pundits who back in 2019 foolishly said "Arteta's nowhere near good enough to win a major trophy with Arsenal even if he spent 700m"
Wtf do they know eh?
They also said we overcelebrate, and Arteta’s touchline behavior is unacceptable, and Arsenal always bottle it, and Arteta complaining about refs is horrible, and…
@@thejoulesthief6841 ....Gary Neville said "when Arsenal win the EPL and UCL more times than me then if i'm still alive i'll celebrate with them"
The confidence with which Arteta predicting what Rice will do has the same energy as when Wenger said we will go through a league season unbeaten.
I wish he was accurate about Kai
@@dominicthelordkabinga to be fair, I think Mikel emphasized the versatility / variation that Kai brings. And that rings true imo. Also vaguely remember something about adding extra strength ( / depth?) to the midfield.
@@dominicthelordkabinga He is.
It's not exactly the same kind of prediction.
@@domagojhrgovic7419 That's not what I said
I could watch Rice carry the ball through the middle 24/7. Such a joy to watch and feels amazing to have a player like him in our team.
In my opinion, he has raised his level massively this season at Arsenal. Without doubt, a world-class midfielder. Mr. Consistency. Never below a 7/8. Always available. He would walk into any midfield in Europe.
He’s been this good for a while, you just didn’t see him
"Without doubt, a world-class midfielder" as people forget that he's won the Europa Conference League which even Mbappe and Man City haven't!
Plastic online Arsenal fans - Biting the nails of success since 2004 and choosing to forget that their last trophy in Europe was in 1994
Comedy Gold xx
Good point there
@@Jon14722 Thanks xx
Best signing of the Emirates Era.
Sanchez probably.
Alexis, it depends on if rice ends his career with Arsenal
Nah Rice is too overrated now
He's played half a season with us, and we haven't won anything with him yet. It might be a good idea to act like the opposite of an Arsenal fan, and not wildly and emotionally overreact.
Bang on mate
Could listen to this guy talk about arsenal all day
Like wine Declan is getting better day by day I can't wait to see at 27,28,29 what he will bring to the team. I believe many goals and stability, dominance in mid and a shield to our back four.
if hes this good withouht even a season in, hes defo going to be better than rodri
That last bit you whispered is what is left from Rice to give. Jorginho has it in him and if he can coach that into Rice, my god we have a player on our hands who can do everything, he already can:
Delivers class setpieces
Can get on the the end of crosses
Goal line clearances
Crucial interceptions and tackles in the middle of the pitch
An eye for goal, ready with his first touch (Chelsea away was an an audacious attempt as he took it first time)
Driving runs from midfield into final third
Backup CB option (did so in a CL game)
Stopped a 5 v 1 counter attack with his aura (okay Liverpool should have scored but Declan makes all the right decisions in dealing with that play)
All he needs is that aggressive line splitting pass in the final third and he is mint.
tbf you could see salah trembling at the sheer presence of rice, if it were any other player salah would have scored ;)
I remember looking at players like rice few years back and wishing they could join the arsenal but that was all in my head, couple years later his in the starting line up😮 we've come a long way fellas and all credit goes to arteta.
And Edu. Just imagine where Arsenal would be if we had United's or Chelsea's sport directors!
I was just thinking this exact thing!
Not a single pundit has mentioned his price tag! Not to mention that most players drastically improve their second season because they settle in, understand the system a bit better, understand their teammates better, etc.
Once Partey and Timber join back up it’s game over!
Never seen a player improve so fast in a team. He was good in the beginning but was lacking in chemistry with his teammates. He a monster now and looks so comfortable, can’t believe he is our boy
This may sound stupid, but I KNEW, he would be fantastic for us. There was no doubt in my mind. I’ve watched him at West Ham and for England, especially last season, when the first rumors about a potential transfer to Arsenal came out. To me, he looked like everything we needed to strengthen not just our midfield, but the winning mentality. Mikel was right; Declan is a lighthouse.
Not stupid at all. In recent seasons I've watched Rice thinking "he's exactly what we need". I just knew he'd be great for us, if anything he's surpassed expectations. Pure class.
And the best thing is he is humble, aware of the areas he can improve, and prepared to work. Mikel has already improved him so much and he trusts the manager to continue to do so. The sky is the the limit for him
He is a tough strong and ruthless guy on the pitch but he has the personality of a harmless little boy off the pitch.
He is very likeable.
Dude, you are a breath of fresh air to UA-cam football creators. Next level analysis. Love it
Absolutely love this guy. He is phenomenal and keeps getting better.
9:27 lol good addition there. You're not wrong. For all his immense talent, this is something that Thomas still has over Rice. But Declan is improving in this regard.
Another thing I noticed is that when he is traveling towards the center circle from the side of the pitch, sometimes he will break his marker by cutting towards our net instead of upfield. Thomas is good at breaking upfield. Very very minor things. Rice is a massive player for us already
On the contrary though, I think there's a lot about Rice that Partey is missing.
Partey is not as consistent performance wise. Partey is also not as consistent fitness wise. I also think he has a better attitude and work ethic.
I think when Rice is 26 or 27 he'll be twice the player Partey is. No disrespect to Partey but when someone only plays a quarter of the available minutes I'm naturally going to start to rate them less
6:42 oh god that United preseason game. Anyone else remember when United were supposedly winning the league after that game, and Rice was a huge flop?
buthcer martinez lmaooo
Ha ha ha ha!
😂😂
went to that game in NY and what the vid says is so true abt rices positioning. he dropped in so deep for the ball and watching him now hes much more allowing of his cbs to have the ball and not just dropping in. lol sancho scored in that game and UTD fans were buzzing
well they were pre season champions so of course they were title favourites
Awesome breakdown of our DR. I guess we could call him The Doctor. The man who makes us all better. ❤
Brilliant….Like this one 😂
@@henrygooner3397 Thanks! 👍🏼 COYG!
In 50 years of being a footy fan(I'm not an Arsenal fan btw,Sunday league😢),I can't remember such a stellar signing slotting in so well at a new club as instantaneously as Rice has done for Arsenal,his own game also raised somewhat.Value for money, he is unarguably the best £100 million signing the premier league has ever seen. Also worth mentioning in the same light is Trossard,I'm beginning to think that his £30 million price tag must have been the result of some sort of fraud,I read the other day that his goals per minute average is now only bettered by Henry and Van Persie,FFS! Arteta has pulled a couple of masterstrokes for them and I can see a few more teams getting spanked by them before the season is out. A team just consisting of Trossard,Rice,Odegaard,saliba and Saka would dismantle my entire team including the subs,they wouldn't need a goalie😂😂😂
If I remember correctly, Trossard were involved in a conflict against his teammates in Brighton. Of course age is also factored in his price, maybe that's why they don't negotiate much and let him go at reasonable price. Turns out it was a steal for Arsenal, though.
Who would of thought a world class midfielder at west ham would replicate that excellence at another club? GENIUS.
We've witnessed this for years and had to argue the case with other fans (including deluded gooners)
I just want to appreciate God Almighty that did not allow Manchester City to buy Declan Rice. We would all have been so undone and outdone. Our eyes would have seen premium shege.
Swears bro. Person eye for see the back of him ynash I swear 😅
Our eyes for peel
Walai
God didnt have much to do with it, Declan always wanted Arsenal.
If you know Premier League culture, you know City are tinpot fraudsters
@@Chizz-Chioma we for too suffer
As a United fan i have a lot of respect for Arsenal and how you guys managed to build yourselves back to the top, God willing Man United with his new ownership model and new proper footballing structure and good youngsters, Mainoo, Garnacho Hojlund, like you guys also have done, both our clubs can return to the top, especially cause Klopp is leaving this year and Pep probably the year after that.
100%, and the less they panic buy and invest more in youth. When it goes well, others clubs are behind you too, as it's earnt, it's bred, its not bought.
@@clarkejuliette true, no oil money behind it, i´ll never respect Man City or Newcastle and ill always give more credit to Man United, Arsenal or Liverpool cause we don´t buy or success, we generate it without cooking our books.
This guy is a proper proper footballer. Someone who you’d absolutely want beside you. I like to think I know a little bit of ball, so not too much has surprised me (I am impressed, though). But, what has, and what’s most exciting (and picked up on in the video) is that he is still learning and eager to do so.
Lol love the last bit where you feel like you can’t really ask for more from Rice but couldn’t resist to raise his only weakness so you decide to whisper it😂
I cant remember if hes Englands dead ball taker atm but he should be tbe backspin he gets off a deadball is insane its almost Beckhamesque. Another feather in the cap of a truly impressive signing
Amazing intro liked and subbed, haven't even got 5 seconds in to the video yet.
Purely on these performances, if he can continue like this, he’s our best midfielder since Vieira
We need more vid TDK goated channel ❤
dude the quality of your work is very impressive. In a crowded area where people only want to be first, or worst - be loud, your diligence, insight and great communication skills stand out ❤🙌👏
Recently subscribed this year, and just wanted to say this is a brilliant summary of Rice
Man you got me in your first sentence “ welcome back in different forehead” 😂
Just so good, happy to have him
Another upload from the king 🙌
I want to be your friend!! Jajaja great analysis. You are so Young and I really Love what you and your friends are doing... Great work!! With my wife and daughther see your show. Big hug from chilean gunners!!
Thank you!!
Love this channel, my first time
Brilliant review bro, just subscribed. Peace and Love - COYG
I played CDM all through high school. When making the move to a more CAM role, this was one of the most difficult unlearning and learnings I had to do. The way you broke it down was quite well put.
Standing still and knowing when to move into the gap is so important and underrated.
Also, your lil opinion at 09:27 is a hard relate haha!
Well made video! First video I've seen of yours and definitely not the last!
Second time commenting, keep up the good work❤
I love this channel, you are a very funny and intelligent person
He's a wonderful bloke!!
Great great video!!! Absolutely loving your take on decers. This guy is a phenomenal, for someone to set in so quick at a massive club when all eyes are on him because of his price tag and to add that nobody has even mentioned the amount we paid for him is a rarity. This guy arguably is the best signing at the emirates, period. Well done edu and Mikel
One of our best signings. Top lad on top of it
Good information nice video good stuff
great video by the way
I like the portion of how he's grown since preseason. A lot of people credit Havertz to why we are slower in possession and weren't ruthless in transition. I personally felt like it was moreso to accommodate Rice in transition from West Ham. I could be wrong but he sat so still and deep, now he higher and active, and passes are getting less safe and more expansive... he's a treat to watch
Your last whispering comment is funny lol, and of course! he is only getting started!!! What a player. I can see him getting up there near Vieira. Yeah, I think that.
Perfect ending to the vid btw 👌
Has to be mentioned as well with Arteta signing Rice (apart from his obvious qualities) was Premier League experience. Him having this has allowed him to slot straight in the team with no adapt time. He already knows the league/teams/players he’s going to play against well.
I've been waiting for you to cover this.
His forehead isn’t that bad.
Rice is a perfect example of how a new signing should affect the team.
Good vid 👏
Sometimes I have to blink to check he’s not playing with a cape on his back. Ridiculous player. I had my doubts but he has exceeded expectations so quickly.
Lovely opening line, had me laughing for a while😂
Declan Rice has taken this team to a whole new level, his impact on and off the ball is evident and he rarely puts a foot wrong whilst making everything he does look so easy. Fantastic signing, not just the best summer signing but also one of the best of recent times at Arsenal. Credit to him as a player, credit to Mikel on how he’s integrated him and also credit to you for this video. 👏
"Declan Rice has taken this team to a whole new level"
Already out of both domestic cups and 7 points worse off than last season
What a player!
From 6.20. Perfecto
Would love another video on havertz, his movement, passing stats, sacrifices himself for a defensive benefit. Bullying defenders, his attitude to mikel & the team. He’s constantly being scapegoated despite not being the worst player on the pitch regularly and I think a video explaining his progress would help his image to fans.
In my personal opinion, best DM in the world. He reminds me a bit of Vieira. Great positioning, crisp passing, great field vision, good tackling....
That end bit 🤣🤣🤣
COYG!! ❤
So many people questioned the Rice, Raya, Timber, and Havertz signings but they are all silent now. With the exception of Raya’s first few games and Timber’s injury, these guys have been some of our best players this season
So many people questioned the Timber signing??? - He's played 47 minutes
Raya - Spains 4th choice GK replaces Englands 5th choice
Havertz - 65m and 300k pw for a striker who's scored 4 in 32 games. Bargain!
Only at Arsenal...
@@JoshFord-zs8dg why are you judging a central midfielder on the amount of goals he’s scored lol
@@statisticallysound Why are you assuming that i care what plastic online Arsenal fans think?
@@JoshFord-zs8dg nobody expects that you would care about other fans opinions but if you are going to form your own opinions they should at least make logical sense or you should be able to defend them instead of them collapsing at the slightest scrutiny 😂😂
@@statisticallysound Plastic online Arsenal fans - Biting the nails of success since 2004 and choosing to forget that their last trophy in Europe was in 1994
Comedy Gold xx
Cool vid. Did any other managers use this type of language for their big signings or is Mikel the only one? Would have been great to see comparisons
100% agree.
Everything looks good right now, and I agree DC has been one of our best signings ever, but there is a difference when it is one match a week, and then we have to deal with the load of midweek games in addition. Rice had a blip towards the end of December, before the mini-break, and at this point I don’t know if it was a rare blip in form or more to do with fatigue.
Being out of the domestic cups might help, because we have injuries and the squad is still a little incomplete.
I remembered checking out videos about him prior to jan 2023 and thinking he was perfect for Arsenal's style and needs. In the last summer window, i remember a few Arsenal fans asking the question "if hes that good, why hasnt West Ham won the league?".....asinine. He's delivered on everything we knew about him and hes still getting better. I hope he does more medium over the top passes in games. Hes highly highly accurate, which his set pircrd have confirmed recently
If he's that good then why didn't he join a big UCL winning club instead of small club Arsenal?
My brother (a west ham fan).............still crying over rice......He's the main reason we'll fight to the end for the league, an hopefully win it!
I said to my friend, Rice is the best £110m+ player ever. My friend scoffed. Then I went through the names of the players who have been signed for £100m+. Neymar, Coutinho, Enzo, Hazard. The list probably has a couple more names on it but the point is players than sign for this type of money never work out.
So Rice deserves so much credit.
Edit: Bellingham hasn’t done too bad either!!
That's great. When it comes off now do one about Haverts
Watching Declan Rice makes me cry of happiness
Everyone knows how lucky we are, we just don’t want to jinx it. If Deckers gets hurt now we’re coming for The Different Forehead!!
Come to think of it nobody ever thought rice was this good. He’s time at west ham greatly understated his greatness. Don’t get me wrong he did well their but watching him play didn’t ring any bell per say other than he was a good defensive player. He wasn’t spectacular.
If this version of rice was the version in west ham I can guarantee you that rice would most probably be playing in Madrid.
This was a good presentation on the arteta perspective with the rice signing.
It seemed an easy prediction, but like the stats prove big money signings don’t work out with such significant success.
Rice was bought as quality but also for his big personality and character.
he has been at the top of his game for most of the game. only a little tired before the international break, even then he was incredible. now that he is back, he is so much better
only a little tired before the international break even then he was incredible getting spanked by Villa, Newcastle and Fulham and West Ham twice now that he is back, he is so much better as you're only 7 points worse off than last season without him
Arsenal fans lol
Yeah that line-breaking pass is coming. One of the most important connections Rice is developing now is to Ødegaard. Watch their dynamics, both during and between plays. They're making themselves available to passes from the other. It's a vertical relationship on the pitch that will only develop further, and will become the most important in the squad.
GhØstagaard, 4 assists in 28 games What a player!
I really like your content. Less drama, more insight and actual different knock.
Keep it up
"The different forehead" 😂😂😂 Savage.
i feel like hes becoming more comfortable receiving the ball from our center backs lately
Let's talk about Declan Rice when along with Artetas other 26 signings, they actually win something under him....
The best compliment I can give Rice is… we’ve actually managed to sign prime Patrick Viera again.
Glad I read this before commenting cos was about to say similar.
In fact I will stick my neck out and say I think Rice will develop into an even better player than Viera was.
@@denisdowling3971I believe he'll mature into a more indispensable member of the team because he'll have too many qualities that will allow him play in different ways depending on our opponent.
I used to associate him with being a hardworker and some kind of juggernaut on the pitch.
But he is developing into an artist. Skilful and even smooth player.
@@denisdowling3971Yeah took it too far now mate 😂😂
Rice is that lion we needed in the middle. Idk what it is, but maybe it’s having that second captain in the middle to will this team forward is what was missing
Arteta knows his shit , That it.
Rice is a lighthouse..let's jus hope the team don't fall off a cliff in the remainder of the season 🤞
They can’t stop you mate
Declan Rice passing is improving in the past games .For him to take his game to another level he has to start passing faster and finding Odegaard .
I give credit to the coaching.
Partey was very similar to Rice before he came to Arsenal in a sense that his passing wasn't elite. But now he's one of the best vertical passes in the EPL.
My man
also helpful that he come to the club of his choice, so he doesnt just come because of money. He also have close friend in club such as saka and eddie
He is classic Bobby Moore with a great deal more dynamism.
Rice is a badman. Such a huge, proud signing.
I Noticed early on he’d knock it out for throw ins or corners more readily than usual, and realised that’s normal at a club more under the cosh..but alongside his other insane my good attributes, he grows more and more confident and dominant as time goes on!
We often understand later
Signing of the season, no question about it.
James Maddison fans could never.
Best way I can sum up Rice’s impact is that most Gooners will tell you he was a bargain. At £105 million.
His worst performance level is 7/10. You missed another tackle against Liverpool where he waltzed over and TOOK the ball back with so much casual authority his body language screamed ‘give me that fucking ball back you impudent cretin’. His set-piece deliveries have been a definite surprise.
I feel like Arteta (or any decent manager) is going to publically go to bat and say "he will..." for any huge signing like this, regardless of if they acually have doubts or not. I can't think of a time I've seen a manager say "yeah, he might do well for us, that's why I bought him. Guess we'll all find out together"
Rice is amazing but predictions like making us more physical. improve those around him, be a lighthouse are intangible and/or may not be 100% cause and effect
I need him to Jorginhos and parteys line breaking passes and general progressive passing then he’d be the perfect 6 for us
WELCOME BACK TO THE DIFFERENT FOREHEAD 😂 😂 IM DYING
BEST SIGNING
Let’s not forget that Guardiola wanted him. Couldn’t have been a coincidence..
Great video as always!
On Valentine's Day, Declan Rice definitely deserves a f**kin bouquet of flowers for everything he's done since arriving at the club. Class all day. We not missing a lot of players because of him.
He is our new school tony adams cross Viera. He is a great leader and true gentleman. I call him getting a statue one day. Heres to a long relationship Dec🥰
I call him getting a statue one day if he moves to a big UCL winning club
@@Steve-pk9et you sound like spurs fan🤣
Pep saw the vision when he tried to sign Rice last summer. Thank goodness Arteta got his man
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