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Ode confirmed

flobaba

MistaT congrats dada.

JazzG

Martinelli has to take a shot there, the ball probably didn't carry through as much as he wanted but a near post shot is on there.

Then you consider the chance Odegaard put on a plate for Rice, it isn't his fault they didn't put them away. The penalty is just bad luck, it was a good penalty but excellent save.

So harsh to put too much blame on Odegaard and this is coming from someone who is having some serious doubts about him long term!

Rohit

Odegaard needs to play with more freedom. His right sided bias works when Saka is fit but without Saka he needs to use the full width of the pitch. Move horizontally across. He is a much better player when he does that. Wenger would just love him.

Bernard Woolley

Ideally Jesus / Trossard should be in that space (left-side biased) and combining with the winger on the other side. It must be hard to change the pattern suddenly with all the injuries.

FEBravo

Funnily enough although he missed the pen I thought yesterday was the first time we saw him back close to his best. And even then he took a lump at the end of the first half and was limping for the last few minutes and wasn't clear he'd come back on for the 2nd half. He's the least of our worries.

Sicario2

Much better today as everything went through him, he really dictated play in a big game for the first time in a while. Reallly needs to remember how to score a goal though, that miss at the end could have been so costly.

banduan

Elite transition player. He's still in his rut and way off form yet he still dictates everything. Created more than the test of the entire team put together.

lorddulaarsenal

Goes missing when it matters

Claudius

lorddulaarsenal how many chances did he create versus Spurs?

Sicario2

lorddulaarsenal
This. I think our fanbase have massively overrated him. Not a true captain, give the armband to Rice or Gabriel

lorddulaarsenal

Can’t recall?

Claudius

lorddulaarsenal he created 14 chances across the Spurs and United games.
That’s how much the rest of the team combined created in those games.
Thought he was outstanding in both of those games.

Qwiss

Sicario2 why would Rice captain instead of him? Ode shows up and drives the team far more often.

Coombs

He's excellent.

Sicario2

Qwiss
You would hope so when he’s your main attacking midfielder.

Rice has scored more clutch goals and more goals in big games than Ode in the last 12-18 months.

Coombs

Sicario2 dunno what clutch goals have to do with being captain

Sicario2

Dom

Needs Yakety Sax as the bg music.

HomeSteak

Coombs Capitan are usually leaders, leaders step up when things are bad, they do not become worse. See Gabriel or Rice

Qwiss

Coombs make Reiss Nelson captain right now!

Qwiss

HomeSteak Rice doesn't step up in big games as much as Ode. Ode takes way more responsibility than anyone else in midfield. Did you not see how shit our midfield was without him?

Rice is ok, that's about it. He doesn't lift anyone or show any leadership. I keep waiting for him to step up in Ode's and Sakas absence but it's not happening.

We can't even agree here what Rices best position is because he's not excelling anywhere.

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