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

[Mac76]

I think in general part of Odegaard's problem is he plays pretty much every game and that's ofc down to Arteta in that he's never tried to come up with a plan B for when he needs resting (because only recently has Arteta realised that players need resting) and you could see when Ode was injured, while we came up with a sticking plaster solution and got away with it for a game or two, other managers then worked it out (because that's part of what managers do and why they make a difference) and we really struggled.

[Mac76]

I hope that's not the case, about not wanting to be injured again. Or being hesitant. No player wants to be injured, but they play. If he's playing below his level because he's made the decision to play below his level, he needs to move to a team at his level and free up the space in our team for somebody to come in and play at the required level. Imagine if we'd have stuck with Sterling no matter what, just because he had a big rep? It could have prevented players like MLS or Ethan coming through. Can't carry anyone when you are climbing for the peak.

Well, it's not so much about moving to another team as it's being given time out of the team to think about his game and watch from the sidelines

While we still have the CL to go for, I'm looking beyond that to this summer when hopefully the players get some time off (notwithstanding pre-season tours in Singapore etc) to just chill and come back refreshed

[HCZ_Reborn]

He wasn't though - nowhere near as good as he was against Madrid. In fact every time Timber had the ball out wide I kept thinking, that should be Saka. Whatever changes Arteta made there didn't work at all.

Saka drifted into the middle of his own accord because he was sluggish and wasn’t ever able to beat Nuno Mendes in a foot race. Saka at his best is of course best deployed on the wing, but he’s not at his best…no where near it….and whilst flogging a dead horse might be fun for petty sadists, it’s ultimately a waste of time.

Odegaard needs to be dropped completely because we are flogging a dead horse by playing him

Nwaneri is not as good as Saka on the wing when Saka is on his best form, but I think he’s got more natural acceleration than him at this moment in time.