Martin Ødegaard: Öde To Joy

[scytheavatar]

I have three reasons as to why we shouldn’t persist with Ødegaard. Firstly, I think he’s immensely talented but he feels a bit like a relic from the past. He’s the perfect 4-2-3-1 no. 10 and I feel if this were 10 years ago he’d be one of the best players in the league but we really need to keep up with the times.

10 years ago Ødegaard would have been a midtable player. That's how far standards have fallen in recent years, that a way less talented version of Özil is now one of the most talented no 10 out there.

 

[samspade]

I don’t really understand why people continue to mention the West Ham game, it was an outlier in so many ways. First of all the team had to be **** enough to go 3-0 down in the first place and ødegaarde was a big part of that, we were overrun in midfield, their pressure smothered our slow passing forward, the attacking players didn’t offer the threat to make West Ham scared to do it. And in the second half, with lots of time Ødegaard was able to find a strong delayed pass multiple times but guess why we had that space, because West Ham had gone 3-0 up and they started to sit off us more, we didn’t earn the time in their half, they gave it to us because they didn’t know how to handle a 3-0 lead. I ask you is it really reasonable to have to go 3-0 down to see a players qualities?

 

[Maybe]

I wouldn't mind having him here if he can be retrained into a role Modric plays for RM, but as a 10, I have doubts over the numbers he can produce. He is quality on the ball and I'd like to see him in a deeper role to start our attacks, something we've been missing since Cazorla.
Özil was criticized for not adding much other than assists, now imagine having a player who would add fewer assists than Özil, it's not gonna work well with the fans and I didn't feel our game improved much with him even though Arteta insisted on him playing.

 

[Riou]

He was very poor tonight.

Buy before everyone really gets at him...he is a very similar profile to Özil in his playstyle, though not as good...so I don't know what's the point in playing him if you are planning to play that defensively, tbh, Martinelli's energy would have been more useful today with the way we played.

He can be quality, as we have seen.

 

[kooldawg]

Ødegaard was terrible today. Hard pass. We should be looking elsewhere.

 

[Breezy ®]

Our fan base is pure jokes. Ødegaard has a couple of good games and he’s hailed the new Bergkamp. Gets injured and loses a bit of form and now he’s the new Ali Dia.

 

[TinFish]

I would still like this guy on loan for another season. A good backup for the dead rubber matches. Still think he can push on a bit more

 

[bonzka]

As ESR learns to have more involvement and impression in games he makes the need for Ødegaard 10 redundant. We need someone a controlling 8 instead of him.

 

[akhil]

He just doesn't turn at all. Any pressure on him and he retreats in the same direction he got the ball from. Huge issue today trying to break, he kept passing back to the defense when we were trying to break. Just can't play on the half turn and face the opposition. Very good ball retention skills but there in't much else at this point.

 

[Iceman10]

Our fan base is pure jokes. Ødegaard has a couple of good games and he’s hailed the new Bergkamp. Gets injured and loses a bit of form and now he’s the new Ali Dia.

What's your opinion on the player. and what do you want us to do with him?

 

[boonthegoon]

Some decent passes but nothing much otherwise. Won't mind if we still take him though.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

he been very poor since coming back from internationals he also look afraid to shot at times . still he should be option in summer but now he not worth more than 30M if real madrid asked for more move on to other targets.

 

[mpower2540]

Very talented but has to play at 10 or he’s just not involved at all. Seems to lack a killer instinct too. Did alright and it’s pretty hard to affect a game when the team is setup so negatively

 

[Symbia]

I honestly think ESR is more suited to EPL than him and judging from recent performances, ESR is better!

 

[GoonerJeeves]

My view remains the same. He should have followed the strategy of Haaland. Instead he went for the biggest club he could find. Now he can't get a game there, so he is loaned out to one club after another. No wonder he wants "stability".

He is a talented player, but he needs to find a new club. I am not convinced we are the right club, neither for him or us. But he needs to move.

 

[Lidl_Reed]

ESR is what Arsenal fans hyped Oh Dear God to be

No place for a pure 10 with no defensive duties in the PL

 

[balthazar]

why does everyone turn to **** when they come to Arsenal? Reverse Midas Touch. -

 

[DUFFMAN]

why does everyone turn to **** when they come to Arsenal? Reverse Midas Touch. -

A Ioan player.

Wasnt up to much of he needs to be loaned at 22 years old.

 

[samspade]

He just doesn't turn at all. Any pressure on him and he retreats in the same direction he got the ball from. Huge issue today trying to break, he kept passing back to the defense when we were trying to break. Just can't play on the half turn and face the opposition. Very good ball retention skills but there in't much else at this point.

Exactly, he plays the way he’s facing which is a dm/water carrier type mentality. He doesn’t have the innate instinct to turn and hurt the opponent or some of the skills I’d argue.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

I prefer we take a pass on him. We must be able to do better than that for an AM.