Martin Ødegaard: El Capitanø Incognito

[Heavy Duty Rom]

My boy needs to come alive tbh. Very quite start to the season.

 

[Blankety Blank]

Not shone the 1st 2 games neither has Saks really but I am liking the fact that we are now capable of winning when these 2 boys aren't at their best .
That's a massive positive change from last season imho.

Always works incredibly hard & still makes others look better even when playing it simple.
Doesn't have to play hollywood balls every week to convince me of his worth.

 

[tcahill]

Didn't quite have the final ball today, still most of our fluid moves still came through him and made plenty of ball recoveries.

 

[Big Poppa]

I think he's the one that makes us tick you know. Not as creative or hands-on as I want him to be but he's the man.

Master class in meaningless overused football platitudes. Alan Smith would be proud

But in all seriousness, it’s quite obvious that the player making us tick offensively is G. Jesus. He’s setting the tempo.

Ødegaard is playing his usual conduit role, and keeping things neat and tidy but considering the positions he gets into and his talent level, I’d definitely want him to mix up his game a bit more and be a bigger threat.

 

[MikelHadADream]

Think he was fine yesterday. The dynamics of the team and very left side heavy at the moment with the role Zinny is playing at the moment, so I think the right is suffering a little bit. Once the team is a bit more comfortable I'm sure Saka and Ødegaard will find more joy.

 

[ArsenalInMyHeart]

He didn't have a good performance but i can see he worked hard, he contributed a lot at defensive

 

[Bloodbather]

His ball retention and ability to progress play are very good, he's acting as a glue guy right now. Has the ability to be more than that though, should be more audacious with his through balls and strikes.

 

[Mudi]

I need to see more of him. Looks to occupy the space of Saka and very limited in creativity. Needs to be able to dictate by dropping deep or running the space. He looks like he is playing with no freedom.

 

[Riou]

 

[OnlyOne]

Master class in meaningless overused football platitudes. Alan Smith would be proud

But in all seriousness, it’s quite obvious that the player making us tick offensively is G. Jesus. He’s setting the tempo.

Ødegaard is playing his usual conduit role, and keeping things neat and tidy but considering the positions he gets into and his talent level, I’d definitely want him to mix up his game a bit more and be a bigger threat.

Disagree.

 

[OnlyOne]

His ball security is brilliant.

 

[Jury]

He reminds me of Özil in his last couple of seasons, only Özil was at the end of his career while Ödegaard is supposed to slowly entering his prime.

Well you and others were bashing one out most weeks to those Özil performances telling people their eyes deceived them so why not continue bashing one out to these?

Funny how all the Özil walking wounded are turning on this kid. Absolutely love it

 

[Jury]

My boy needs to come alive tbh. Very quite start to the season.

That’s all it is. A quiet start to the season, where he might be finding it a bit weird with Jesus taking up positions and influencing the attack. They’re all still adjusting. P2 W2 scored 6. Something is working…

 

[kraphtous]

Well you and others were bashing one out most weeks to those Özil performances telling people their eyes deceived them so why not continue bashing one out to these?

Funny how all the Özil walking wounded are turning on this kid. Absolutely love it

I haven‘t turned on Ødegaard at all, at his worst he is like old man Özil, where you know he links up well the midfield with the attack even if he is not a threat himself, he still contributes. I hope he can become more like young Özil though, especially with G. Jesus in front of him.

 

[Trilly]

His ball security is brilliant.

Why are you doing this? It’s okay to admit he’s playing below par atm

 

[DJ_Markstar]

His ball retention and ability to progress play are very good, he's acting as a glue guy right now. Has the ability to be more than that though, should be more audacious with his through balls and strikes.

He's playing more like an advanced Regista than an out and out playmaker, I wonder if this is deliberate or not but tbh it helps get the ball quickly to the dangerous front 3 so its not an issue at all.

 

[gunner4lyfe]

Think some of you play too much FIFA because how do you see his performance and say it wasnt good? Man rarely made a bad pass and he's being slandered for the same thing alot of you praise Xhaka for.

 

[Haphazard]

Needs to be a little more selfish, he has a good left foot strike on him and can easily score 5-10 goals throughout the season.

 

[Melquiades]

We've obviously seen him be more dynamic than he's been in the first two games but he's still quietly effective and runs absolute miles off the ball.

Nobody delivers a 10/10 performance every night, in any sport. Players have ebbs and flows and hot streaks and cold streaks. Right now Martinelli and GJ are on fire and Saka and Ødegaard have been just 'solid', but over the course of a long season that will flip several times.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

Why are you doing this? It’s okay to admit he’s playing below par atm

Maybe, just maybe, he doesn't agree?

His ball security is brilliant.

at :035 Commentator calls Saka, Xhaka by accident