Arsenal vs Paris St Germain - 29.04.2025 - KO 20:00 GMT

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I don't entirely disagree with that. It's always annoying to concede a late equaliser. But it was from an individual mistake, I don't think there's any way you can legislate for that.
I just don't think it's as big a factor as some are supposing. Possible it's not completely irrelevant either.
I just think we lost to a better side. It happens, especially at this level. Even then we had our chances - so did they of course but as you say there are fine margins in football and it could have been a better result on Tuesday, or a worse one. I still think with Partey back in the second leg the tie is not completely dead.

I think the problem people have is I don’t think they take issue with it being said that PSG were the better side on the night, but the better side overall.

Donnarumma is better than Raya but I don’t think there’s that much in it

Dembele is better than whoever we play up front.

I don’t think Doue nor the Georgian lad are better than Saka or Martinelli

I could go on.


The problem is we played into their hands and didn’t show. Partey was a miss but it shouldn’t have been that big a miss.


Odegaard was horrible, Saka was slow, Rice was embarrassing, Merino is so poor that we all arguing that he’s much better off playing up front rather than his natural position.

Timber let himself down.

That wasn’t acceptable by the standards we’ve set for ourselves. A 105 million pound midfielder shouldn’t be shown up in terms of courage and sleeve rolling by an 18 year old Hale end graduate.

Our Captain shouldn’t be so terrified of even trying anything but the most basic of passes


We had to beat them, we didn’t come close and as far as I’m concerned in the last twenty minutes the players looked satisfied with a 1-0 defeat

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I’ve seen someone suggest that for the second leg (yes I still think we are fucked and that it’s over, but doesn’t mean you can’t try for a Hail Mary pass) that Odegaard is dropped (that’s not the revelatory opinion, I think everyone bar Arteta seemingly wants this) but to play Saka in the middle and he can play interchangeably with Nwaneri wide right.

I think we should have tried this when Odegaard was injured last year, let alone now

I absolutely would go for this

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I remember seeing Owen interviewed and he was saying how after his injuries he never quite trusted his knee again, and that always affected how he played after that.
Could be similar with Odegaard, or he's not properly recovered and has been rushed back due to other injuries. Dunno, but he's definitely not the player he was.

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I remember seeing Owen interviewed and he was saying how after his injuries he never quite trusted his knee again, and that always affected how he played after that.
Could be similar with Odegaard, or he's not properly recovered and has been rushed back due to other injuries. Dunno, but he's definitely not the player he was.

The thing is for a few weeks after he came back, playing well I thought…but just around December he faded and he’s never come close to recovering. Which makes me think it’s more psychological than anything.

Needs a couple of sessions with this chap

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I’ve seen someone suggest that for the second leg (yes I still think we are fucked and that it’s over, but doesn’t mean you can’t try for a Hail Mary pass) that Odegaard is dropped (that’s not the revelatory opinion, I think everyone bar Arteta seemingly wants this) but to play Saka in the middle and he can play interchangeably with Nwaneri wide right.

I think we should have tried this when Odegaard was injured last year, let alone now

I absolutely would go for this

Well you'd be wrong because Saka does all his damage when he's wide.