Gazza M wrote:
my feeling is ESR simply isn't ready to be the main creative fulcrum, and needs another technical foil to bounce off of, and also take the weight off his shoulders. feels like he's playing one touch football with himself at times. having another player with a world class touch and vision is much needed in our side
Saka and ESR are the technical ones IMO. Pepe/Martinelli and the strikers as the danger men. When Odegaard comes in with Saka and ESR we look less dangerous, the balance is off and we don't have anyone for them to play into. He also further exacerbates the general problems with Arteta-ball in terms of slow build up and the horseshoe of misery. Thats why I'd favour more direct AMs like ESR and Maddison over him, they work to counter the problems of Artetas style of play.
Odegaard is a good player, he's certainly not below our standard but this just adds to a summer of not getting the players we need to change things. Odegaard, White, Lokonga and Tavares are all ok signings on their own but together its nowhere near enough to make the improvements we need.
