Martin Ødegaard: El Capitanø

[Riou]

You actually make me sound like the police ffs

Db10... "Ok guys if Macho says one more negative thing about Martin, then we will engage with extreme prejudice!"

 

[djpeat]

Can see him replaced by a tall duelist. Timber already proved that if the best you have to offer this team is some sort of super chemistry with Saka, the truth is that Saka's simply carrying your ass.

Fatherhood is a long struggle anyway.

If you cant see him adding more to our system than supporting saka
Maybe finding a passion for something like pickle ball might be more suited for you

 

[Riou]

His pre match programme notes he said how he wants to get his son down the Emirates ASAP

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

He really don't look 100% sharp kinda slow with that one v one chance he had but overall good performance we need him to get goals because our attack is torture they score one from 10 attempts

 

[Entropics]

Give him the paternity leave, that was just tragic

 

[Gooner Zig]

I have very high standards for Ødegaard - his shooting has been off for a while, he should have had two goals yesterday they were easy chances for someone of his quality.

 

[GDeep™]

His pre match programme notes he said how he wants to get his son down the Emirates ASAP

Who cares about this rubbish?

I don’t think Ode is good enough.

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

Thought he was good yesterday bar some finishing.

He's just had his first kid, I'm willing to give him a couple of games not being on top, top form.

 

[Trilly]

He probably squeezes into the WC group of AMs as he currently is but his poor finishing does hold him back from being seen as a player who’s definitely in that group.

At the end of the day he’s not a striker but I think he lags behind some of the best attacking midfielders in recent years when it comes to his finishing. He has the ability so it’s something he need to work on.

 

[Geofranco]

He probably squeezes into the WC group of AMs as he currently is but his poor finishing does hold him back from being seen as a player who’s definitely in that group.

At the end of the day he’s not a striker but I think he lags behind some of the best attacking midfielders in recent years when it comes to his finishing. He has the ability so it’s something he need to work on.

If his finishing was better, plus he actually used his weaker foot more and was a bit more explosive, he'd be the best CM/CAM in the game.

 

[Trilly]

If his finishing was better, plus he actually used his weaker foot more and was a bit more explosive, he'd be the best CM/CAM in the game.

Even just one of those things and he’d be there.

Ødegaard with a burst of acceleration would be a crazy dribbler

 

[DJ_Markstar]

Db10... "Ok guys if Macho says one more negative thing about Martin, then we will engage with extreme prejudice!"

Which Martin? (see below)

Even just one of those things and he’d be there.

Ødegaard with a burst of acceleration would be a crazy dribbler

Are you saying Martin Martinelli would be world class

 

[DJ_Markstar]

I have very high standards for Ødegaard - his shooting has been off for a while, he should have had two goals yesterday they were easy chances for someone of his quality.

Honestly for the one where he mugged off the Monaco player in midfield I don't know why he's looking at the far corner, the lob was by far the easiest finish to execute and a player of his quality should be able to do it especially with that time and space.

He's an odd player, utterly world class in certain aspects and then severely lacking in what you'd think are much simpler aspects.

 

[GDeep™]

We have to start considering his position in the team, he’s simply not offering enough atm.

Especially we end up winning nothing again.

 

[Gooner Zig]

We have to start considering his position in the team, he’s simply not offering enough atm.

Especially we end up winning nothing again.

Lol, you're agenda is so blatant. I have zero time for it - concentrate on the actual bums who don't contribute.

 

[GDeep™]

Lol, you're agenda is so blatant. I have zero time for it - concentrate on the actual bums who don't contribute.

Agenda talk is just a cheap shot. Don’t be so rattled.

Ode isn’t doing enough for me. It’s fine if we win something, but another empty season and he’s in the firing line I think.

 

[ItaBic]

Our actual team without Ode loses half of the strengh. take a look to the numbers of the team with and without Ode on the field. Same Bukayo without Ode in the team look as total different player.

Only problem Arteta will need to solve for future is to find system to play together Ode and Ethan.

 

[outlawz]

You actually make me sound like the police ffs

I was going to say Stasi.

 

[Geofranco]

Our actual team without Ode loses half of the strengh. take a look to the numbers of the team with and without Ode on the field. Same Bukayo without Ode in the team look as total different player.

Only problem Arteta will need to solve for future is to find system to play together Ode and Ethan.

Let's not start the agenda that Saka depends on Ode like the rest. He got injured too plus the system currently actually limits Saka. If Arteta actually played him more centrally when Ødegaard was injured he would have been more dangerous

 

[GoonerJeeves]

Honestly for the one where he mugged off the Monaco player in midfield I don't know why he's looking at the far corner, the lob was by far the easiest finish to execute and a player of his quality should be able to do it especially with that time and space.

He's an odd player, utterly world class in certain aspects and then severely lacking in what you'd think are much simpler aspects.

I think the two biggest deficiencies for me is how one-footed he is, and his lack of hunger for goals. The latter is a mental thing. He can finish, but he lacks the killer instinct for it. That can be fixed.

His reliance on his left foot is what will keep him away from being truly world class.

If you look at a player like Cazorla, who is criminally underrated here, he was a wizard with both feet.