I watched your game but I thought Martinelli was a bigger threat throughout than Saka who was Shiite until making the OG.

Interesting read til I got the Pepe part 😂

Not sure why you thought Partey was slow? He was over run by Palace who out muscled his partner.

Of course the captain can be dropped. Everyone can and will. It’s called rest and rotation. Anyway, he’s still one of our best players, despite a bit of an average game yesterday.

Look, Palace away is one of our hardest games of the season, and the first game is no place to start making assessments on how players or team are going to perform all season. Take the points and be happy about it I say.

We are also still actively looking for players in CM and left wing.

Ode is similar to Ozil. Goes missing too often as talented as he is.

Ode is never going to win possession in midfield. However he will not give it away cheaply. The problem is we are failing to get quality ball to him. Thats the issue Arteta has to solve. Especially in away games.

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 17 minutes ago
Ode is never going to win possession in midfield. However he will not give it away cheaply. The problem is we are failing to get quality ball to him. Thats the issue Arteta has to solve. Especially in away games.
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The idea seems to be to push the entire team high and create patterns by dominating space, like City do. I think we were sort of doing that for 20 minutes or so last night but couldn’t keep control of the game after that. Sometimes you have to credit the other team playing well and putting you off even the best plans. Still a work in progress anyway.

Captain can't be dropped?? 😂😂😂
Auba says hi.

comment by TheSkins (U3865)
posted 2 hours, 45 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 17 minutes ago
Ode is never going to win possession in midfield. However he will not give it away cheaply. The problem is we are failing to get quality ball to him. Thats the issue Arteta has to solve. Especially in away games.
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The idea seems to be to push the entire team high and create patterns by dominating space, like City do. I think we were sort of doing that for 20 minutes or so last night but couldn’t keep control of the game after that. Sometimes you have to credit the other team playing well and putting you off even the best plans. Still a work in progress anyway.
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I agree and the problem is the same one we've had since Wenger signed Xhaka. In my opinion the central midfield player tasked to transition from defence to attack has to be able to sit at times and then flip momentum and push forward at others. And these days still have the dynamism to execute an attacking press. imo Its why De Bruyne so critical to City. We lack that player. A Patrick Vieira type if you like.

ESR might be a better goal threat, but he's not very creative so it really depends on what we're willing to sacrifice.

comment by The Logical One™ - destroying the souls of trolls 😏 (U20872)
posted 30 minutes ago
ESR might be a better goal threat, but he's not very creative so it really depends on what we're willing to sacrifice.
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Have you seen the Amazon Arsenal Documentary?

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
comment by The Logical One™ - destroying the souls of trolls 😏 (U20872)
posted 30 minutes ago
ESR might be a better goal threat, but he's not very creative so it really depends on what we're willing to sacrifice.
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Have you seen the Amazon Arsenal Documentary?
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No haven't seen it yet unfortunately. Is it any good?

comment by The Logical One™ - destroying the souls of trolls 😏 (U20872)
posted 12 hours, 27 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
comment by The Logical One™ - destroying the souls of trolls 😏 (U20872)
posted 30 minutes ago
ESR might be a better goal threat, but he's not very creative so it really depends on what we're willing to sacrifice.
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Have you seen the Amazon Arsenal Documentary?
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No haven't seen it yet unfortunately. Is it any good?
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Its ok. But in Arteta has a depth chart of players by position on a whiteboard. Odegaard and Smith-Rowe are no.10s. By all accounts ESR is one of the most creative players at Arsenal.

Ødegaard did not have a great game but he wasn’t as poor as you are suggesting.

As for Pepe getting more game time…yes, after a sale to another club !

So! Odegaard is the new guy for the eeird closet Spurs fans to hate on for NO reason at all?? Utter bellends.