banduan wrote:

there seems to be some sort of countering of a socmed backlash on this signing. But I haven't actually seen much backlash and am just wondering where all this is coming from.

Arsenal-Twitter has been hating on this potential for a long time. Under every rumours of Ødegaard there's a ton of "If we sign this guy instead of Maddison Im done with the club" etc.

Woohoo well done Arsenal on moving in very quickly once it was clear Ancelotti wasn't going to really give him a go over the established stars.

Good stuff, most expected he was out of reach at the start of the summer.

Now let's hope Edu/Arteta pull a RB and ST out of the bag. The cunts have 12 days to do it.

Very happy with this signing. Love his ability to open up defences with through balls. He also already knows the club, his teammates and the league. Just a shame we have a manager who is incapable of coaching any kind of attacking style into our team.

Feels much better having him outright rather than on loan

Gazza M wrote:

we endlessly crapped on edu and arteta for their moves on this window, but it seems clear they wanted MO ever since the loan deal and were willing to play to play the long game, and have ended up getting him for a decent fee. it's probably the 1st thing they've done this window that I can give them credit for

Not everyone crapped on them! I still expect them to carry out more business and the signings of White and Lokonga are top notch whilst Tavares filled a need!

Yup, Dules, we have added a lot of quality to the squad, for sure.

Hope and expect to see more performances like this from our new Norweigan. Especially intrigued by the prospect of him playing with Smith Rowe and Partey in an attack-minded midfield.

Respect to the first guy who broke the Odegaard news in July when all the other journos was big on Maddison.

His Arsenal compilations doing the rounds are great Ricky. It wasn't just one game, he had great moments in a number of matches. That after coming into a demanding League mid season having barely played for his parent club, and only at 22. He has the potential to be great in my opinion. There's a maturity and intelligence about his play which in today's physical athletic game is under appreciated. We have missed the collective cerebral aspect for a while. Him Saka and ESR take it up a level.

Good signing for a decent price in this climate. Hopefully he can live up to his potential with us.

I'm not sure what the plan is though(if there even is one, with Arteta it's not a given). How can we fit him, ESR, Saka and Pepe into the line-up? Loaded(player-wise) in attacking-mid/winger position while having gaping holes(useful players) in midfield and striking departments? I guess we could try and play him deeper, he works pretty hard, although it's concerning he's so lightweight and weak.

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Feels much better having him outright rather than on loan

absolutely!

Clrnc wrote:

Respect to the first guy who broke the Odegaard news in July when all the other journos was big on Maddison.

To be fair Romano has always maintained he's our first choice target too even when it seemed like it wasn't going to happen. 

Good signing, good price, he's going to be great for us. Now let's bring in a few more signings

est wrote:

How can we fit him, ESR, Saka and Pepe into the line-up? 

we don't, we leave one on the bench which is perfectly fine. All but one are 22 yrs or less.

Maybe we get to try the overly optimistic 4-3-3 with Øde, ESR and Partey in the middle and Pepe and Saka on the wings some time.

-ESR-Ode-Saka-

The above should be the play, that would need a killer at 9 though.

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Maybe we get to try the overly optimistic 4-3-3 with Øde, ESR and Partey in the middle and Pepe and Saka on the wings some time.

Basically the Villarreal 2nd leg line up.

Should have had more assists. Some really good stuff there. Lots to work with.

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

goon wrote:

Basically the Villarreal 2nd leg line up.

Yeah, ironically we created so little that game.

It was as bad as anything. On the other hand, I don't remember conceding many chances either though, probably less than the first leg, so it may also suggest that fears about it being too open are also overblown.

goon wrote:

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Yeah, ironically we created so little that game.

It was as bad as anything. On the other hand, I don't remember conceding many chances either though, probably less than the first leg, so it may also suggest that fears about it being too open are also overblown.

We were as static as in any game under Arteta that night. Probably by instruction due to there being so few defenders in it on paper because otherwise a team with that much attacking talent should definitely be able to put good football together, definitely more than the two shots on goal we had all night.

Good signing. That's three out of five so far, let's see if these guys can get the business done before deadline day.

For stats lover

Need another CM if i'm honest and an attacking player

if we do then it's a decent window

FUck ramsdale

Definitely need a center forward. A right back too. Not sure a CM is incoming after the new Xhaka deal.

Out of the rest, RB is now by far the most important. We don't have a single decent option there.

We have some average options there - AMN and Bellerin. You can largely get away with having an unspectacular but average RB if other positions are in order. We can't get away with having a lack of spark or quality among your forwards. Bar Saka, I don't think any of them could be relied on. Midfield still includes Xhaka too, which seems worse to me than Leno in goal or Bellerin at RB.

We need a CM, a RB and a goal scorer. Basically exactly what we needed at the end of May.

Qwiss! wrote:

We need a CM, a RB and a goal scorer. Basically exactly what we needed at the end of May.

Pretty much eh. We spent over 100M and we're still missing a few key pieces

I reckon we will bring in at least one more, but we need to accelerate the clearout.

Really wish we'd gotten Vlahovic. His traits seem perfect for the PL.

Happy about this. Odegaard is class.

Great piece of business, I was excited about Maddison but this is spending with greater efficiency.

Or if we play 3 at the back AMN could return to wingback. But with the return of MO, don't think that will happen

Arteta was quite vocal about his preferred formation being the 4-3-3. I will be amazed if he hasn't been working towards it. I would assume a manager will be inclined to build towards his favourable system.

Burnwinter wrote:

Great piece of business, I was excited about Maddison but this is spending with greater efficiency.

Fans are saying we could have gotten Maddison and Onana for the money of Ode and Ramsdale. Fair enough but if we don't lump such a waste of money GK signing then on its own 40m euros for Odegaard is superb business

That's a bad comparison because Onana reportedly wants crazy money - he's not 'free' unless you don't understand transfers. The total cost to sign Onana and Maddison would have dwarfed the cost of signing Ramsdale and Ødegaard.

I'm curious to know just how much Onana has been trying to nab for himself to still be sitting there untouched in late August... Goes without saying that I wish we'd signed the Cameroonian though. He looks tailor-made for what we want to do. Ramsdale better be more decent than he looks.