Martin Ødegaard: El Capitanø

[TakeChillPill]

Also when you're not having a good game, the least you can do is put in the effort...he did that with the amount of running. Can't take that away from him.

 

[Gooner416]

It’s not good enough to say the game doesn’t suit him. He needs to get to grips with these games if he’s going to be a top player.

Especially when you’re the captain of Arsenal!

 

[DJ_Markstar]

KDB has an axe to grind. You can see it. Ode needs to find a bit more testosterone!

If you know KdB's backstory (sounds like you do) then you understand why.

 

[blrgooner]

I do think we could get the ball to him and Jesus a bit quicker. It's not all Ødegaard but as you say one of those games.

I actually thought the issue was that we passed the ball too quickly from the midfield towards Jesus, Ødegaard and Saka.
Nothing came off for Ødegaard in this game and some of his decision making was poor. I am not worried though coz to me it seemed like "one of those games" as you mentioned.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

- Xhaka gets shat on even on a good day
- Ben White kinda gets shat on in that he's made out to be way worse than he actually is
- Tavares got shat on
- Sambi got harsh criticism (this one surprised me) but wouldn't say shat on, more written off.
- Laca got shat on when he was here
- Eddie got it until the end of last season
- Pepe get's shat on (kinda deserved at this point he's pathetic ngl)

Ødegaard, ESR and Tierney get mild disrespect by a vocal few, but could be far worse for them.

Cba to do the rest but loads are more nuanced (Ramsdale), come with baggage (Elneny, AMN), 50/50 (Auba) or don't figure enough for us.

Tbf they all are pretty mediocre players, Lacazette got cut a lot of slack before everyone realised how bad he really was.

 

[Camron]

Tbf they all are pretty mediocre players, Lacazette got cut a lot of slack before everyone realised how bad he really was.

How long until Laca is good again?

 

[BigPoppaPump]

How long until Laca is good again?

Next time we see Lacazette he's gonna have the same body as his brothers we saw on the last day of the season.

 

[Macho]

Tbf they all are pretty mediocre players, Lacazette got cut a lot of slack before everyone realised how bad he really was.

Laca got new player bias for sure, but the same could happen to Jesus you just never know if football. Lacazette was 25 at Arsenal once too.

There's a lot of internationals in there so mediocre isn't the word I'd use, particularly the younger ones. Surprised Camron cosigned that too, the majority of them are Arteta's bois via purchase or extensions.

 

[Blankety Blank]

Big game for him, captain, been man-marked away from home by a very physical and annoying Schlupp, we know he struggles when opposition managers assign one of their players to be his shadow, it has happened before.

What I loved about him was his work rate and the number of times we recovered balls in the middle of the park because of how annoying he is to midfielders when he comes from behind.

Nonetheless, his tendency to play one-touch football in our half compromises a bit too much the guy he is giving the ball to.

He is something special, no need to discuss that, but as for now, he is not comfortable under certain circumstances. Hopefully, he can shake that out of his game, he is still very young.

This sums up Ode for me. People have short memories guy always works his socks off & is our most talented playmaker. Sometimes you will have a meh/poor games
Doing his role in the prem is tough, take out KDB & there are not many better than Ode. Look at the stats quoted for last season & that's 100% fact.
People forget Mesut & even the great DB10 had plenty of games where things didnt go well & they were 2 of the best ever.

 

[Camron]

Next time we see Lacazette he's gonna have the same body as his brothers we saw on the last day of the season.

I missed that. Is it buff like @Riou or doughy like @GDeep™ ?

 

[Trilly]

He presses relentless and works really hard in defence

Let’s sign Mo Farah for tough away games then you genius

 

[DJ_Markstar]

Laca got new player bias for sure, but the same could happen to Jesus you just never know if football. Lacazette was 25 at Arsenal once too.

There's a lot of internationals in there so mediocre isn't the word I'd use, particularly the younger ones. Surprised Camron cosigned that too, the majority of them are Arteta's bois via purchase or extensions.

When Lacazette played his first game for Arsenal he was 26. Sorry I had to

 

[TriniGunner]

Tbf they all are pretty mediocre players, Lacazette got cut a lot of slack before everyone realised how bad he really was.

Lacazette isn't a bad player. What are you talking about?

 

[Macho]

Lacazette isn't a bad player. What are you talking about?

Trust me just don't.

 

[shoot for the top]

He is still a level below prime Özil.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

He was bad on the ball again but for anyone who was saying he was bad all around -

Saw this and immediately thought we are gonna have exactly the same debates about Ødegaard as with Özil

 

[1macca1]

I really love the disguise this guy puts on his ball movement.

 

[GDeep™]

 

[Hunta]

He’s not that guy is he? Forget Cesc and Özil, this guy is levels below the likes of Cazorla and Rosicky.

 

[Entropics]

Xhaka is making him redundant, incredible.