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Gazza M

Sicario2 rice is an elite player, yet he also had a patchy start to the season which he's now pulling out of. I'm sure ode will do the same

Claudius

Gazza M they’ve been unfit and swapping in and out of lineup. Players and team alike have no rhythm

RocktheCasbah

Sicario2 yeah, I know, anything less than 150% is unacceptable and all that.

Here's the thing though, anyone who returns to football having missed three months with the kind of ankle injury Odegaard suffered is going to take time to get back to form. Never mind all the other things he's had going on. He's a human being, not a terminator.

Sicario2

RocktheCasbah yes, he’s on £250K per week and plays for one of the biggest clubs in the world. He doesn’t have to be Terminator but he is expected to perform especially when he is the glue that sticks everything together. 1 open play goal since April is shocking for a man of his talents. He can do better and there is no excusing his form over the last 2 months.

Coombs

Sicario2 To be honest last month, Declan Rice has looked like our real leader on the pitch and our most important player now.

you're on a month-by-month timeline for determining our real leader, eh?

Sicario2

Coombs Rice has always been the defacto leader for me since he joined.

RocktheCasbah

Claudius Folks forgot about Ben White real quick.

I have and I love the guy to bits!

Who said absence makes the heart grow fonder, eh?

Tam

RocktheCasbah if both are fit and on form I’d still have Ben White. I get that Timber is probably a better individual, but White brings more to the team. More variation in how he can play the role. More in terms of chemistry with those around him. More personality. I still think Timber needs to show he multiplies those around him in the way White does before I see that position as being his.

RocktheCasbah

Sicario2 agree that one goal over the season isn't really good enough from him, but you can't just discount everything that's happene to him and say no excuses - well, obviously you can, but it just seems like you're one step away from Monty Python's Black Knight, "it's just a flesh wound!"

The guy's had his legs chopped off for God's sake! 😁

Claudius

Sicario2 not this Roy Keane stuff again.

Qwiss

Sicario2 Odegaard has been better over January than any of our other mids

Burnwinter

Ødegaard is not a problem. He's the chief victim of our problems, namely that we're short a star striker and Saka is injured.

Fix those two issues and the player who's statistically creating the most threat from passing in the league would have a big bag of assists to show for it.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Tam perfectly put.

lorddulaarsenal

We are so fortunate to have Ethan. Don’t think we’d ever go out and sign anyone to his level

Claudius

lorddulaarsenal they’re asking £60m for Tel. 19 and not much more achieved than Nwaneri. £40m for Garnacho.
Wills be tough to buy this player in this market

Gazza M

lorddulaarsenal just like saka saved us 120-150m, I'm hoping nwaneri saves us the same. and we find a position for him out wide so he and saka can both start

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Claudius him and Myles.

Claudius

Gazza M not even stressed about who will start. Remember that Saka started as left back. And we tried him in different places. Timber, Rive, Havertz have all moved around. Across those 5 front positions, Ethan will find a regular slot. As he develops his right side, he could become the new Trossard. Or he could play 9 like a Gnabry. Or be a musiala style left 8.

Likewise, I could see MLS end up as Partey replacement or even a Merino replacement. They both have talent pouring out the ears .

lorddulaarsenal

Dowman will do the same

Just need the striker or left sided equivalent

Claudius

I can’t stop watching this.

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