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Claudius

lorddulaarsenal personally, I like the idea of both

RocktheCasbah

Do you boys not find it at least a little bit interesting that he's looked way more comfortable out on the right than as one of the 8s (I know, small sample size)? Odegaard is responsible for so much of what makes us... us. I'm excited about, and for, Ethan but he's a way to go before he becomes that fulcrum.

Claudius

RocktheCasbah Odegaard’s job is under appreciated. Sure, he’s definitely having a down season. But this is a very complex role

Gazza M

the odegaard slander this season has been egregious.

Sicario2

Gazza M it’s almost as bad as the way ppl were bigging him up this time last year.

Hes prob somewhere in the middle.

Qwiss

Gazza M that's putting it mildly. I could understand people who don't watch us every week having this kind of limited understanding of Ode but if our own fans don't rate him it'd make you question their understanding of the game altogether.

Claudius

Sicario2 if you put Odegaard on the market tonight, watch the feeding frenzy over the next 2 days. City, PSG, Madrid, Juve and Chelsea would all fight each other to the death for him.

Gazza M

Sicario2 he was excellent for 2 seasons running, and is having a tough season interrupted by injury. outside of man city, there's no attacking mids in the league that are relentlessly consistent year on year. you'd think he'd get the benefit of doubt by now

lorddulaarsenal

Odegaard strikes me as a nearly man.

When it comes to the crunch he doesn’t make telling contributions.

Burnwinter

lorddulaarsenal Odegaard strikes me as a nearly man.

As in "nearly the best two-way creative player in world football"?

Claudius

I remember people used to say the same of Iniesta. And he was better than Odegaard. If he hadn’t won all those titles with Pep, he would’ve been dismissed as a dribbling fool by many

lorddulaarsenal

Don’t think so - he was a big reason for those title wins and provided a high amount of key output

Claudius

lorddulaarsenal he didn’t actually. In those days, there were no advanced metrics. You just goals and assists. If you didn’t watch the games you wouldn’t know what he was contributing. Messi, David Villa, Fabregas, Henry etc were the goals/assists guys. Iniesta kept things ticking.

QuincyAbeyie

Claudius When Øde plays well we win by several goals, and if we win by several goals his contributions aren't telling because we don't need them when we win by several goals. It's the vicious circle of a creative hub of a team.

Pepe LeFrits

Plenty of time for his game to develop but at the moment Ethan looks like a front three player than a middle three player. I'm not sure he's quick enough to nail down a front three spot though so maybe he'll be developed into an 8/10. Reminds me of Wilshere in that regard a bit.

Segway

I think Ethan needs to be as close to goal as possible with his finishing ability. Arteta's idea of turning him into a striker seems good to me.

Sicario2

Qwiss not everything is black and white. Some may rate him but just don’t think he is world class.

Let’s see what he does on Sunday, usually has quiet games v city.

Qwiss

Sicario2 you said Saka wasn't world class too.

Sicario2

Qwiss Saka is a lot more consistent and has proven it a lot more in big games domestically and Europe than Ode (appreciate they play in different positions).

Burnwinter

Saka can play anywhere as he's proven. Nwaneri either needs to learn to play elsewhere, or to play so well in Saka's position that we try something else with Saka. Either of those things happens, we're in great shape with the two of them.

I'd love to see Nwaneri learn left 8. Being strong on his left foot would be no disadvantage there.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Burnwinter I'd love to see Nwaneri learn left 8. Being strong on his left foot would be no disadvantage there.

Being Calafiori's assist machine!

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