Martin Ødegaard: El Capitanø Incognito

[GDeep™]

Only thing I can think of is getting a skin fade, summer is here, final push to to the league. The fade could be his last hope.

 

[jones]

Every other player in the squad is salvageable under different management, he's the only one who might be permanently damaged goods. Can't think of a worse fall off of any Arsenal player ever.

 

[TH14shahriar]

This guy's finished, sell him in the summer.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Captain Coward

 

[Riou]

Has he proven Tony Adams right or wrong, in you can't win a title with him as captain then?

Genuinely not sure at this point...as technically we can, even if Martin contributed less than Win the dog to it

 

[Trilly]

I don't really get this. We need to add tech, not get rid of the little we have. People wanted to move on from Zinchenko, Xhaka, Partey etc... Now we struggle to move the ball.

Tech without effectiveness is pointless.

Replacing Ødegaard doesn’t have to mean dropping the technical level.

 

[NieThePiet]

Probably the only player in midfield in our squad who could deal with the pressing situations today. Dropping deep to help the backline if Zubi & Rice can't make the passes for a transition.

 

[ArsenalInMyHeart]

Probably the only player in midfield in our squad who could deal with the pressing situations today. Dropping deep to help the backline if Zubi & Rice can't make the passes for a transition.

Zubi was bought to do this job like Jorginho

 

[Rasmi]

Probably the only player in midfield in our squad who could deal with the pressing situations today. Dropping deep to help the backline if Zubi & Rice can't make the passes for a transition.

No point in telling them. They watched the same midfield against City and they couldn’t get out of their half and they still want the only ball playing midfielder out

 

[Red London]

Probably the only player in midfield in our squad who could deal with the pressing situations today. Dropping deep to help the backline if Zubi & Rice can't make the passes for a transition.

Yeh people saying we don’t need him and Zubi doing the same job but Zubi isn’t do his job properly.

We need to try Rice at the base then someone like MLS or Ødegaard if we want to build up better. This is turgid.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

I don't really get this. We need to add tech, not get rid of the little we have. People wanted to move on from Zinchenko, Xhaka, Partey etc... Now we struggle to move the ball.

It wasn't getting rid of those players that was wrong. It was the new buys and the system that did us in

 

[Batman]

Has he proven Tony Adams right or wrong, in you can't win a title with him as captain then?

Genuinely not sure at this point...as technically we can, even if Martin contributed less than Win the dog to it

Right now it's a wash for Tony because he said Rice should be captain and he failed the first hurdle miserably today.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

The only sliver of hope is that he's played very little football relative to a lot of 23 year olds. He's at like 60% of the minutes Saka has played or something like that but if he was going to turn into a truly elite player, he would show more than he is at present.

That's only a positive in terms of his longevity. The reality is that he's barely had a kick because he's not good enough. Joao Pedro was the one to get if we had to shop at Chelsea.

 

[Batman]

That's only a positive in terms of his longevity. The reality is that he's barely had a kick because he's not good enough. Joao Pedro was the one to get if we had to shop at Chelsea.

Yeah it was a bad signing. I couldn't watch Joao Pedro diving every week for us. There should never be another shilling spent on a Chelsea player.

 

[2Smokeyy]

@GDeep™ thoughts? PA duties lol I’m sure he was taking minutes too.

 

[jones]

@GDeep™ thoughts? PA duties lol I’m sure he was taking minutes too.

Keeping my man on 250kpw because he's got Arteta's Outlook calendar on lock uno.

Not even outraged at this point just numb. These guys pray five times a day to the manager I'd say this whole squad ain't **** but the levels to which Arteta got the club in a chokehold is honestly unprecedented.

 

[Gooner Zig]

Probably the only player in midfield in our squad who could deal with the pressing situations today. Dropping deep to help the backline if Zubi & Rice can't make the passes for a transition.

I want to see us put Rice as the lone 6 with Ødegaard and Eze. Ødegaard can still drop deep to pick up the ball from the CBs with Eze staying higher up.

 

[Gooner Zig]

Keeping my man on 250kpw because he's got Arteta's Outlook calendar on lock uno.

Not even outraged at this point just numb. These guys pray five times a day to the manager I'd say this whole squad ain't **** but the levels to which Arteta got the club in a chokehold is honestly unprecedented.

I mean nowadays you can have an AI agent do **** like this

 

[jones]

I mean nowadays you can have an AI agent do **** like this

You know what I think that's what might have happened here, Ødegaard got replaced by AI at some point. That's why he keeps doing the same things over and over, why he fails at any remotely complicated passes or anything creativity related and why his face looks similar but not identical to old #8.

Also why Dr. Robotnik rates him as highly as he knows he'll do anything he asks for. Like if he called Ødegaard in the middle of the night and told him to come to Colney to clips his toenails he'd do it immediately, ChatGPT and Co Pilot can fix his calendar but aren't able to do that for him but Claudegaard is happy to oblige.

 

[Rasputin]

I want to see us put Rice as the lone 6 with Ødegaard and Eze. Ødegaard can still drop deep to pick up the ball from the CBs with Eze staying higher up.

Yes. Been calling for this all season but haven't seen it.