The Weird Way Arsenal Have To Play Without Martin Odegaard

[@akech24]

people dont understand that theyre gonna be forced to evolve tactically after losing odegaard. still finding footing but they look solid

[@ShawnGitahi]

Vs Atlanta🤣🤣🤣inter thrashed them 4-0

[@oakleygolden-pursey6636]

​@@ShawnGitahi?? Atalanta is a very good side, no team that wins the Europa League the previous season is a bad team.

[@firstlane7695]

​@@ShawnGitahiAnd Atalanta Thrashed Liverpool. Liverpool drew city twice . Football doesn't work that way

[@outlawruffryder]

​@@firstlane7695thats Not the Same Atalanta... Since then a lot of Key Players were sold

[@outlawruffryder]

No tactics FC... And ive Seen odegaard getting bullied in the midfield doing absolutely bothing in big games

[@grantdixon230]

Seeing how good Calafiori is at interceptions , driving forward with the ball, finding space and passing. I wonder if he could be utilised to compensate in some way for Odegarrd's absence.

[@zainarif1654]

Powering through a press or running from defense into midfield is much more different than receiving the ball in between the lines and in n half spaces and turning and driving with the ball.

[@HappyBob701]

That's in a farmers league dumb dumb

[@ezigwe]

​. Outcome the same, progression of ball through the middle

[@aokaparagit]

Zincheko will play the Odegaard role when he his back.

[@grantdixon230]

@@zainarif1654 Why not actually read my comment before knocking it down? I said, "I wonder........compensate in some way". My rationale being that in our last two games without the skipper, we have had little, if any control,, and had to resort to lobbing long balls. On top of which Partey has been awful, too slow in moving the ball, lost his trademark passing accuracy. Been a liability. Calafiori has some experience of playing defensive midfield, and is known for driving the full length of the field. He would offer a lot more than Partey has been doing, and provide a presence that none of the rest of the squad offers. The only player with qualities similar to Odergarrd is Nwanieri. But Mikel is clearly reluctant to play him more than a few minutes so far. Calafiori has the ability to give us some forward thrust, which is sorely lacking in the absence of Odegarrd.

[@jsbach6529]

I always tell people I'm better than I look

[@Aarya-v5n]

Was going to write this exact thing looking at the title. Arsenal are a fantastic team, Arteta is a very good coach but so many other clubs like PSG, Inter, Leverkusen etc. exist and it would make for a much more exciting content to be understanding their setups. This feels and sounds less like a tactical video, and more of a justification of anything Arsenal do is great. Just my opinion.

[@kunimitsune177]

@Aarya-v5n Your opinion is shit.

[@ultramage1]

@@Aarya-v5n Essentially yeah, more like a justification of the packing the bus tactics, no need to be ashamed of what it is , everything is "tactics" these days

[@omother6950]

But tbf making arsenal content for a tactical analysis channel makes sense, city arsenal etc these Spanish manager led clubs are very tactically disciplined much more so than the European clubs that more rely on individual brilliance

[@ultramage1]

@@omother6950 true, but i think a lot of it is also a bit of a premier league bias, there are so many tactically astute managers in Europe all playing differently. inter held City to a tie and did what Arsenal did but in their league, they play differently, Leverkusen, Bayern, and even French league teams like Monaco all play slightly differently tactically but don't get covered as much.

[@simeonlow]

Poetry requested: Arsenal wear red City wear blue No Martin Odegaard Means we’re in the poo. Good video, fair assessment and I agree we were one decent finish away from a big win against a side that battered LFC and Leverkusen. It’s what we did at City last year, if Trossard had seen the ball to Martinelli with about 10 mins left he’d have had the chance to win it for us. I don’t hold out much hope of a win at the Etihad but I just don’t want the game swung on some nonsense onfield officiating or ridiculous VAR call. Love how fans of other teams hate when you talk about how good our manager is.😂

[@stephenkrus]

You guys are not shit but... Subpar is the word. With Havertz as make shift no. 8-ish... you'll guys will survive. I don't know about thriving though. Well next transfers... you guys need a rotation midfielder on the right side. 🤔

[@harrydavies6184]

Arteta really is a tactical G. The spurs game showed this but pundits on sky and talksport dont see it or just wont admit it coz of there spurs connections. Hoping he pulls it out on Sunday!

[@betteremotional]

​@@stephenkrus given that they scored the most in the league in their over 100 years history, seems someone might need to reopen a dictionary

[@harveyphilip6175]

Sensational video man! Scored another fantastic goal from set piece against city but just couldn't get the win. But the way they defend set pieces are also commendable and Raya plays a huge role.

[@letlotlotreasurerakumakoe6019]

I learn a lot of " how to look/watch at the game. Thank you Adam.

[@novianovioTV]

Indeed

[@cdchai]

I honestly think Zinchenko would be in Odegaard's role if he wasn't injured. With Vierra gone, it's either him or Gabriel that would have subbed for Odegaard in a game. We wouldn't have to worry about Zinchenko's defensive shortcomings in that right-8 position as much and he could still play a killer ball.

[@TheKingSkillsBW67]

Absolutely agree with you! You sure understand the profiles Arteta depends on and their uniqueness to our system. He’s the best option for us in that role.

[@pgikiru]

I believe this too. Zinchenko's injury was so untimely.

[@Growlizing]

While Zinchenko is a great passer, and could likely fill that role at progressing the ball by passing, I dont see him leading and organizing the press the Odegaard does. But I guess Havertz and Jesus fill that purpose almost as well too

[@anthonymuhoho5037]

This is somewhat true, but we need more midfield technicians, I thought we should've gone for Fabian ruiz. I'm all for large athletic aggressive players but we also need midfield technicians like Ruiz and an odegaard alternative, maybe arteta doesn't want to stunt nwaneri's development but he needs to start playing.

[@cdchai]

@@anthonymuhoho5037 So who in the current squad do you see as Odegaard's sub assuming everyone is healthy?

[@VRed224]

Great analysis, Clery. Well done. Odegaard is irreplaceable in Arsenal's current system. The only viable solution seems to be altering the formation and style of play, which Arteta has been handling quite well. However, such adjustments could come at a cost. That's why I was surprised to see Vieira go out on loan and Smith Rowe sold, as they were our closest alternatives to Odegaard. Our remaining, albeit risky, options include: - Playing Nathan Nwaneri in Odegaard’s role. - Deploying Jorginho, Partey, and Rice together in midfield. - Shifting to a 4-4-2 diamond formation, with Partey or Jorginho as 4, Rice and Jesus in the middle and Kai as the midfielder at the front. The remaining two will be two of Trossard, Saka and Martinelli. Kai is very good at gaining aerial duels. We need him at the middle upfront now than ever.

[@Growlizing]

Odegaard is the player arsenal needs to get those 90+ point seasons. He gives the team so much control in posession while also always progressing the play forward. Arsenal without odegaard is a fine definsive machinery, but it will be prone to creating too few chances to secure those 90+ point seasons

[@andyalvarez1915]

I'd argue that even with Odegaard in the team, a strong striker would do Arsenal a world of good. Having someone in the mold of Isak/Gyokeres/Osimhen up top and a midfield of Rice, Odegaard, Havertz would significantly improve them.

[@Fabio.Himan.Nugraha]

Havertz is shit on midfield. better be up front, winning long ball. but he certainly need to up his finishing in the box.

[@TheKingSkillsBW67]

Arsenal don’t need a striker! But it’s understandable why people ask for one. Thats because they understand OTHER teams more than they do Arsenal. Arterta prioritizes scoring with his wingers (the wingers are our goalscorers) and they have so far been able to deliver. City don’t have a better 1st team than Arsenal. It’s their deep quality bench that they won the league with. Their rotation means they never drop performances because of a deep bench. While Arsenal drop performances markedly when our key players start to get tired towards the end. That’s where and when City pass. Has nothing to do with goals! Why does City have the same Goal Difference (62) with Arteta’s Arsenal last season. Where did we score the goals from and who then can claim City score better than us? 🤷🏽‍♂️ If we tried to have the same deep quality bench like City, we’d break FFP and PSR. So we’ll add these players gradually until we have the right bench.

[@bizarresportynerd6136]

We don’t need a world class striker specifically, we just need another world class forward/attacking player. A game changer.

[@jamesyunana7059]

Can they drop In the midfield like Havertz

[@jamesyunana7059]

Isak plays too close to a winger, skilled but not enough to play back behind the post Oshimen: Too much of an actual 9, good for press, but can't play well in d midfield if need be. Something Halaand has had to improve since coming to Man city. Gyokeres: don't know much

[@heritagetutorials3262]

you are one of the finest analyst have seen , keep it up man !!!

[@saurabhahlawat425]

I think Calafiori is that un-pressable 2nd guy who can play in pockets (after Odegaard). He did more for our buildup in 20 minutes than Timber did in 70. Nothing against Timber , I love his versatility but his best position is RB (allows him to properly overlap) and White should be rested because he's looked mediocre in the last 2 games after the international break. Hopefully we see a Timber-Saliba-Gabriel-Calafiori partnership sometime soon.

[@hayet5854]

Was hoping for that against Atalanta. He definitely not doing that against city thi

[@joehouston2833]

California did f all..

[@saurabhahlawat425]

@@joehouston2833 Calafiori was better than Timber and we are a margins team. Any marginal improvement is important.

[@joehouston2833]

@@saurabhahlawat425 What did he do????

[@saurabhahlawat425]

@@joehouston2833 I mentioned above. Build up play. Taking a few risks. That enabled us to step out. Timber was not doing any of that. All he did was take the safe back pass. He was very lethargic , can't blame him too much after the NLD shift.

[@kigenkzadock8643]

I like the fact you talked about why Arsenal didnt go for a striker

[@APoxOnNordStream]

Even though I rejoice in the fact that Arsenal have learned how to defend properly again under Arteta, I think the really remarkable thing about the Atalanta game was how it made Saed Kolasinac look like a good player, when I think about how poor he was in his latter days at Arsenal. Good as Odegaard is, the manager really should be able to find a way to get the team on the ball even when he's not in the team. I'm sure he will.. well yeah he will, maybe after the City game.

[@TheKh65]

What did Saed do in the match?

[@josephkambourakis]

@@TheKh65 his team kept a clean sheet, that's all you can ask of a defender

[@TheKh65]

@@josephkambourakis exactly, so I don't get why he is getting a special shout out

[@APoxOnNordStream]

@@TheKh65 get on the ball?

[@TheKh65]

@@APoxOnNordStream and do what? How many passes into the final 3rd did he contribute? Also, just because he was bad at Arsenal doesn't make him a bad player

[@aussie_t576]

All I’ll say is that if we are still in and around the title come November, it’s going to be a massive boost mentally when he’s back.

[@karlyoung6289]

Thanks, Adam, for another great explanation of why Odegaard is so vital to the style of football Arsenal play.

[@Thats_quite_cool]

I was at this game, while it was an interesting game and were incredibly defensively solid it is clear that ø is our most important player

[@novianovioTV]

I like the way you just used the letter ø It’s like he’s known by a symbol, like the Saint

[@paulkaye6092]

Thank you, Adam. Always such a pleasure to watch your analysis.

[@hrlum9862]

Since odegaard is out, i feel calafiori's ability to turn and drive with the ball would be very profitable. There was a moment against Atalanta where he was able to beat 2 defenders in the left half space using good body movement

[@VRed224]

@@hrlum9862 He did a superb job against Man City at Etihad and in other games too. But when we need to play a low block during a period in a match, no one will drive anything during that period 😂

[@novianovioTV]

Nah, he just looks like a defender on a mad run

[@toxik420]

Would playing Zinchenko as replacement for Odegaard work ? He is very good on the ball going forward and would help in organizing the press too

[@jbogle531]

Never understood why this tactic isn't practiced. Most of them have skills and ability to play in other positions, but managers keep them in regular obvious roles. I think Zin would be excellent as a midfielder, but maybe it's down to the individual's preference.

[@HappyBob701]

Smith-Rowe was the player to do it but you clowns sold him

[@Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

@@HappyBob701 We love Smith Rowe, but logically it was the right decision. He has too much competition at Arsenal and he was constantly injured. Fulham takes a lot of that off his shoulders and will allow him to shine.

[@toxik420]

@@HappyBob701 yeah and alexis sanchez would have been great on our left wing, why did we have to sell him ??? 🙄🙄🙄 I live in the present buddy

[@papashiraz7456]

hes injured also

[@Arazorblade]

Odegard has been so injury resistant and has played almost all the games at Arsenal since his arrival . We have taken His availability and his ever presence as granted. His performance never dropped like Saka in second half last year even though he played same number of games. Never stops running, leads our press, makes threading passes, is the engine of the team who leads at pitch by example. Now that he is injured , our offence has fallen through the cliff . Our defence is keeping us alive and set pieces and corners are our only hope in big games.

[@motherbear5997]

The irony he got injured playing for the national team

[@anthonymuhoho5037]

I never took Ø for granted, for the past year I've been posting that arteta should bring a player that does something similar to what Ø does. Even barring an injury, he'd be invaluable for squad rotation to keep ode fresh. I also really wanted us to get Fabian Ruiz in place of merino. I'm all for large athletic players like declan but we also need a wealth of midfield technicians so that one vital player's injury doesn't completely change our gameplay.

[@ismshai4719]

Brilliant analysis as usual. Thanks mate. Keep em coming.

[@WillGunn15]

It’s fun to watch defensive greatness as well.

[@harrydavies6184]

The way that Odegaars takes the ball in front of defenders, then with one touch hes broken the lines, is so underrated. I remember when people moaned when we signed him but within 1 season he showed why hes so integral to us. Hopefully we struggle through til hes back, nicking wins and then when hes back we ramp up and destroy teams!

[@Eversogladucame]

Arteta needs to give Nwaneri a run of starts. Just such a tough schedule of games to do it in. I get the sense that Arteta is worried about destroying the kid's confidence if the games don't go our way

[@omother6950]

He’s an inexperienced kid man don’t buy into these Twitter trolls, nwaneri can’t be thrown into the deep end against city at the etihad, or spurs away. There’s many more factors than just playing football, has he dealt with pressure? The atmosphere? All these things can play into your mind in a match. Too much for a 17 year old. Mikel didn’t start him because he knows, trust me nothing will destroy the confidence of a kid faster than when he has a bad game

[@iyibu01]

Nwnari should play even for 20 minutes. This is the opportunity to push him through. Age is no issue if indeed he is a good player as they all say, arteta included

[@14wilshere]

The singing we needed during the summer and didn;t make was a backup to odegaard.

[@010101110100]

Who could it be

[@syedasadhaider4677]

no one is that good. I can literally only think of musiala who plays like that. U think we get musiala?

[@Peeeg]

i find it very heartening that we are playing this way. it will serve us well in the future that we have been forced to evolve a viable plan B. I think we are injury proof now in a way that we were not a year and two years ago

[@youngja13]

this video was top notch. Nice job!!

[@Oliver_Evans9]

**Manifesting a 442 Gravenberch video**

[@groo_soob]

Always interesting content from the internet's best John Richardson impersonator

[@gtramsay]

Becoming so dependent on Odegaard's brilliance is a major weakness for Arsenal; not managing to cultivate, or keep, anyone who could be at least a short-term deputy for him has been an even greater one. Letting Smith Rowe and Viera go this summer was a disaster. I think Saka has the skills and game intelligence to maybe grow into a more Odegaard-like role - but, oh wait, they let Reiss Nelson go as well, so they have no cover on the right-wing either. Arsenal had a perilously thin squad last year, and it's even weaker now.

[@USER06584B]

were barca dependent on messi? is city dependent on haaland?

[@sheikhahmadtijangaye289]

😂😂 Barca had busqeut, xavi & inesta.. for man city Haaland is a tap in merchant use a better example.. with likes of rodri, kdb.. city without rodri drops same with kdb

[@gtramsay]

@@sheikhahmadtijangaye289 Very true.

[@omother6950]

@@sheikhahmadtijangaye289barca we’re very dependant on Messi. The whole system was built around him, trust me. He was a freak of nature that was rarely injured

[@wasimprasad]

Double pivot of rice and jorginho. Martinelli on right wing, saka at advanced 10 and trossard on the left. Sakas balls into feet are quite good, doesnt ever lose the ball, perfect for 10 and also gets him more shots from central areas. Martinelli moving to right means gvardiol is kept in check.

[@aokaparagit]

What is most unfortunate is Zincheko's injured too. If he can get back on time, he'll play the Odegaard role. People keep on forgetting Zinny

[@hmules130]

Tell me if I’m an idiot. We should start Calafiori at LB, Timber should replace Partey (who’s looked lost) in the midfield, Rice and califiori both driving with from the left hand side of the pitch against Rico Lewis with Martinelli in behind could be absolutely devastating.

[@user-ue9po2jh9f]

This might be the play

[@thearsenalmisfit2414]

Odegaard is one of those few players that has an impact both offencively and defensively. He is our most creative player with his passing .he can cut our opponents apart at any time. Defencively, he is the leader of our high press. You can see that we we are defending further back than when Odegaard is in the lineup. This will and is bring more pressure on our defenders and our CDM Partey, who right now is a shadow of his former self. This next 8 weeks or more is going to be the acid test for Arteta. It is up to him to change our tactics to something that the payers we have can use to win games. For me, right now, the biggest concern is the CDM position. Partey and Jorginho are just too old to give us what we need. That was our biggest need for the summer window , not a striker. We have nothing if these 2 fail. We lost the midfield battle to many times this season already. I really fear what will happen against City on Sunday. Yes, they might have list KDB, but they have Foden to fill in . Who do we have to replace Odegaard, no one. Our summer window was a bust as we got rid of more p l ayers than we brought in again, leaving us with a too small of a squad again.

[@RickySchreuder]

Anyone who feels the need to crit or crap on a team manager or player should do so after Clery has analyzed them. Good job man u made me a fan 4 life ps COYG

[@whatevername8551]

Clery-esque. I love it

[@tanky__boi3]

Arsenal fan here, I’m nervous for the match against city, but if we play the same way we did in the NLD I think we’ll be fine.

[@Awolowooo]

Arsenal need to evolve without Odegaard, if we cannot do without him and win games, we are not ready to be a complete XI, city without KDB do suffer sometimes but they still win regardless. we cannot afford to be a one man team and besides odegaard isn't messi esque tbh.

[@omother6950]

Ur correct. But arsenal still are very solid and haven’t lost without odegaard. Also take into account we are having a very hard string of games Atalanta are literally European champions, spurs away was very tough too, and now we go to city. Probably the hardest string of games we will have all season already in September

[@aswinasok8572]

Odegaard Merino and Zinchenko all injured at the same time who are midfield options

[@Combatwombat-sn7ng]

They have to give Nwaneri more of an opportunity in these few months without Odegaard. Obviously it isn't realistic to expect him to be consistently starting, but if they can give him minutes and help him develop now then they could have a closer backup for Odegaard than any of the other players in the squad

[@apk4515]

One thing worth noticing is that the majority of Rice and Havertz’ passes in the back 5:12 are going toward Gabriel and Timber. Only one or two balls toward Saliba and the right side where we are noticeably more potent. Also no progressive passes to the left wing from Rice or Havertz like you see on the right to Saka. Definitely forces by Atalanta.

[@LoveHitch78]

We should of kept ESR for when Odegaard is out...

[@ezigwe]

Another brilliant analysis 😊

[@barriewhipp4030]

Playing Ø and Saka to death, even in dead rubbers means that no backup is ready to step in. ESR was the natural backup (and backup it was) , but couldn't get half an hour even when many goals up. Zinchenko is the next in line atm

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

We need to play the ball more direct from defense to the front three now.

[@jimmyjoejoeshabadoo6654]

I think Calafiori should get a shot at defensive mid for City, replacing Thomas Partey. Partey previously had the ability to move the ball up field combined with some neat technical skills to get away from his marker but those days look far gone for him. Calafiori looks to have a similar skillset and could offer us a more reliable option.

[@samthrupp1729]

trossard has looked incisive but i think there is a lack of confidence in the team to play forward passes through the middle as you suggested. The forward pass opportunity is missed, the ball gets recycled back to raya, the press(ure) has to be beaten again either through high risk out-the-back play or the low percentage long ball. I'm sure arteta is reminding them to "be brave" because that's what is required to pay high intensity incisive progressive passing as we saw from arsenal last season

[@vansulli]

We had Emile smith rowe. HAD 😢

[@juancarlosgallegos3902]

I suspect Arteta wanted us to play like this again to practice for Man City.

[@oviegrantdigbori9659]

Anything bad performances happen to Arsenal I am blaming Arteta and Edu for their ignorance not to add up properly to our Squad

[@Fearlessphil100]

Knew we should've gone all in for Gyokeres! While I respect there's still confidence in the squad, if a clinical chance taker had started that game instead of Martinelli (as much as I like him), we'd have won that game 2:0. I can only hope they learn enough from that to go hard and make it happen in the January window.

[@kingkenzokwansa]

Arteta didn't lie when he said 'we have to go to a level when in our bad day we're good enough to win' Rewatch his first interview before the pre-season

[@syedasadhaider4677]

our worst has to be better than their best

[@kingkenzokwansa]

@@syedasadhaider4677 exactly!!! Thanks for wording it so well and better

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

He lied though Jaffa when in 2019 he told you he was gonna win the CL in 2 years 😅 Once a cone layer always a cone layer

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

​@@kingkenzokwansaWording embarrassing failure is your speciality Jafda 😅

[@denniswaweru9340]

I think Arsenal are suffering the most from that left hand side being so weak going forward. Trossard is a game changer but he hasnt been as consistent while starting games maybe coz of his stamina while Martinelli is just a shell of himself. We need consistent chance creators from both flanks because all we have now for that is Odegaard and Saka and the former is gone for a while. One thing that made us unpredictable in 22/23 was that both flanks were just as good as each other. If that left side was firing I dont think there would be much talk about Odegaard being missed

[@micheleduritto]

They played good tactically and especially defensively (as an italian i was actually surprised as i was wathcing the game, it is the first time in a long time i see a big team outside of Italy defend that good in unison ) but they did deserve to lose that game, even if not by a huge margin.

[@DzT910]

i know he’s not as great of a passer as odegaard, but i’d be interested to see jesus in that role. allowing havertz his free striker role and jesus breaking lines by taking players on instead of passing

[@jovsta]

We are progressing year on year in games vs City/Liverpool.... we will eventually win these encounters.

[@ikeo58_Eve]

I would move Saka in to the role, great close control and vision, put Sterling out wide for Man City. Something "Wild" but seen worse with him at Left back for England a few months back

[@DuckSwagington]

I'll happily watch Arteta replicate the most disgusting, shithouse, Euros Southgate Terrorball known to mankind if it meant a 0-0 draw. We're fucked without Odegaard.

[@fortpyjamas]

Man I wish we'd gone in for Frenkie De Jong while the situation at Barcelona was still chaotic. It's starting to stabilize now and I doubt he'll want to leave just to play second fiddle. Though I have no idea of how he'd do in a high press, he definitely has that ability to take the ball in tight spaces and turn and move it forward.

[@Never_Wr0ng]

FDJ playing second fiddle to ?? Ødegaard ?? 😂 He's twice the player Ødegaard is.

[@TheKh65]

​@Never_Wr0ng FDJ is a phenomenal player but what has he done in the last 2 seasons?

[@Never_Wr0ng]

@@TheKh65 Don't put the blame of a poor environment on the player. Kai Havertz was the worst signing last season...... Great Managers judge players by their ability not performance.

[@cottonwhyy]

@@Never_Wr0ng you cannot be still slandering havertz after the last 10 months he's had mate

[@Never_Wr0ng]

@@cottonwhyy That was my point. Havertz is a great player. He was crap at Chelsea because Chelsea were crap.

[@saidurrahman977]

A major criticism of Arteta is how he doesn't rest players. Saka and Odegaard are being run into the ground. Its not a good argument to say they can't buy a player to sit on the bench. That bench player would be used more if Arteta rotated more.

[@Kobble8]

Trossard is going to that Odegaard role but on the left. The only problem is, they don’t have the same combinations on that left side of White Odegaard and Saka.

[@jimlampshady]

I tend to agree. Perhaps the more specific question is - can Arteta make the adjustments to still win games without Odegaard before we drop too many points to stay in the title race?

[@mlinder13655]

The fact we sold ESR hurts that much more, we sold the one substitute for Martin, and you could almost smell this happening when we did…..

[@stephenkrus]

You should call this uploads "Tactical Coffee w/ that FourFourTwo Dude" 😏😅✨👍

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

Nah, he should call it "More Excuses For 4 Years Of Embarrassing Failure" 😅

[@TubbysWorld4413]

I love the fact that people are mad we are not losing inspite of not having Odegard and the lack of a striker.

[@dobiqwolf]

is Calafiori supposed to be able to do the Odegard part?

[@nassernathan]

His a defender

[@K53-x3l]

I believe this injury will benefit Arsenal more than people think....? I believe that Arsenal will play 4-2-3-1 formation with rice and party in the double privet and Martinelli in the 10 position and sterling on the left or vise-viser

[@wrd777]

I would use Saka in Odegard's role, Sterling replacing him wide. Trossard for Jesus. Timber for Partey.

[@moranDVS]

oh odegaard it's awfully hard, to face this day alone. Your chirpy face We can't replace. Your blonde hair we miss today. As an arsenal fan I see no plan, I'm really quite bereft Merino's shoulder's another boulder that thwarts our half space left. Life is nice with Declan Rice and Kai is superfly But we contemplate our number 8, Our Captain and main guy.

[@ashbooth1817]

Awesome video Adam!

[@iyibu01]

Nwnari should play even for 20 minutes. This is the opportunity to push him through. Age is no issue if indeed he is a good player as they all say, arteta included

[@adsbegon8405]

I feel like saka could play in that odegaard role with martinelli playing in rw

[@jjel3316]

I think the main problem is more rather squad depth than anything, this injury situation we’ve just came out of kind of shows , if we had invested in the window as heavily as maybe the fan base would have liked a lot of these issues don’t arise due to people coming in and being able to fill in the gaps in personnel play styles instead of trying to convince ourselves relying on a 17 year old Ethan is the answer

[@maniac9902]

It isn't possible to heavily invest without selling more players, who do we keep selling for more squad depth, with prices these days its 2 out for 1 in...

[@jamesrutterford576]

In some fairness your not wrong but our squad depth has gotten better every year, our standards are just rising at a faster rate cos we’re comparing ourselves to city and madrid now. The fact that we can go away to spurs and Atalanta and not concede a goal with all these injuries suggests a level of depth we haven’t seen at arsenal in over a decade. Would’ve been nice to sign another attacker or two of course.

[@zaidansari-fi8yx]

I think the allure of getting top quality players to sign is guarantees from the club that the player will play a significant chunk of the season. Unless you're chelsea, where players sign to sit on the bench for 12 year contracts you really can't do that unfortunately.

[@jjel3316]

@@zaidansari-fi8yx that’s fair but I’m not even talking about a xavi simmons or a gavi or anything as such as they rightfully so won’t want to play second choice but I think a more profound solution then just merino in the midfield should’ve been pursued? Players like inters conaloglu , gyokeres players happy playing at that level

[@allenlopez9731]

Cliche: Odegaard is the conductor of the Arsenal orchestra. And a real maestro!

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

Which is why the bottlers have won nothing since the Real Madrid reject Missing "Won Nothing" Ghostagaard joined your small club 😅

[@bigmangaming6307]

Idk how long the channel has been doing this but the background music looping is unbearable, I love the vid but I end up turning the volume to where I almost cant here the host

[@martinavila7401]

Atalanta makes everyone look sloppy as the man to man system is not very common nowadays and makes football more about phisicality than about skills.

[@kaizerlock8287]

Now lets hear hear those people saying "Arsenal need striker" change to "Arsenal needs midfielder"

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

Tbh honest the bottlers need a proper manager, not a clown who spends £700m and wins nothing for 4 years running 😅

[@naomibosibori3138]

Sloppy passing was tbe issue.The touches were awful😅 Nullified the Atlanta press though but the attack needs to click

[@azeeznurudeenademola2224]

Ateata needs to trust nwaneri with this role

[@ryannthegeek_1]

I hope he will recover soon

[@christiansimbarashe]

so far, we still trust arteta. So sad about martinelli's massive regression over the past year

[@francisc9851]

Because we don’t have odegaard doesn’t mean we’re not going to play our football anymore. Get someone who can receive the ball in tight spaces and create chances in that CAM role e.g. trossard/ Nwaneri. Going long at this point just shows how scared we are

[@Tokonyepuk]

you clearly doesnt watch the game, Leo is superb in the wing, in the mid, he was subpar

[@kunimitsune177]

We literally DO NOT PLAY WITH A CAM JFC what do you people actually watch every week?

[@francisc9851]

@@kunimitsune177 so what does odegaard do on the pitch with saka and havertz??? Is that what CMs do or what CAMs do

[@88klac]

Arsenal have 1 position which is absolutely essential to their style of play. So you might think that they would have a backup if the player in that position got serioiusly injured. So what do they do? Get rid of the two players, Smith-Rowe and Veiria, who could have deputised for Odegaard. They have deputies for the goalkeeper, full backs, cenrebacks, defensive midfield, centre forward, wingers, but not an attacking creative number 8. Not too clever of Arteta.

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

The style of play that's won you nothing for 4 years running 😅

[@colinskahilu]

Martinelli has really lost his spark. Can't belive he didn't score that 😢

[@palico004]

Rice and Timber and Martinelli are all right footed so they all want to take it inside. You need a left footer there for balance in the attack. Combine that with a midfield saturated with defensive minded midfielders that aren't comfortable holding the ball and just want to release it. Not a fun watch

[@haventakazoo3602]

Babe wake up four-four-two video just dropped

[@DuaneWest-o1y]

You must love your husband....

[@bennymotalem340]

Great. Now Pep will see this.

[@holdtightadele8017]

I’d be fairly confident about beating Man City, but that confidence is dented due to not having Ødegaard.

[@PythagorasinBoots]

It doesn’t hurt to tell the truth…

[@niksutliff]

The level of arsenal glaze is crazy.... Why can't people just say "yeah arsenal were pretty bad without odegaard" no it's always oh they weren't that bad. Yes they were. They were a missed penalty and a Missed follow up from losing, deservedly.

[@minecesar0879]

​@@niksutliffyou can be bad but still be better than how you looked

[@heinzii7834]

@@niksutliff They were also a few good finishes away from winning the game, you sound stupid as fuck pretending the negatives are the only thing that matters. This is a video about tactics not what if's though. In the words of Rafael Nadal- if if if doesn't exist. The tactics do sit-down little man.

[@FourFourTwo]

Yeah I’ve slept on it and I hate that title

[@d.mac-6193]

Where is Merino? He seems like the perfect replacement.

[@samthrupp1729]

broken collarbone

[@testing-je7yz]

Awful decision to play Havertz who isn't known for stamina or flare in the middle of the park. Partey would have been a better option and probably Timber at CDM.

[@mysterionslyther5762]

If odegaard is so important for arsenal chances for any sort of cup that means there is clearly lack of depth in squad. Hopefully merino would help in this

[@jjel3316]

Exactly why we should’ve invested when we had the chance , but hindsight is 2020 I guess

[@joka4eva101]

​@jjel3316 if you could tell me what creative player was available for respectable money, im keen to hear.

[@jacobalexander4167]

​@@joka4eva101not just that ,but also be willing to sit on the bench, these guys only talk because talk is cheap, we had ESR and Vieira but they couldn't displace ødegaard and see how tgat panned out, their confidence almost died but fans still want us to sign anyone to come sit on our bench

[@joka4eva101]

@jacobalexander4167 people think football is like Fifa career mode 🤣

[@jacobalexander4167]

@@joka4eva101 like seriously, sometimes you hear some fans talk and you wonder if they watch football to begin with

[@jameshart3869]

I wonder if Arsenal do struggle who might rise up to challenge City. Maybe the 115 charges is the title challenger

[@Metaldamo]

Start Stearling in place of Martinelli and we have chance for the win against city

[@Sturdyeureka]

Odegard we need you x3000

[@ThyUncle-d3q]

Arsenal had an issue with technical quality, execution and mentality

[@kara86ster]

I'm thinking Arteta should turn into being Mourinho for the time being... 😅

[@vietbaonguyen2672]

They score lots of goals against teams in the PL, but when it come to the CL, their attack clearly lack someone who want to score goals and is capable of doing it at a world class level, just look at the Bayern match last season or this Atalanta match . It doesn't need to be a striker, a winger is fine too. If Arsenal truly think this is enough, i have to question their ambition. They know they aren't good enough, but still decided against investing more in this team. How long are they gonna wait, how much patience do they think fans have for the club lack of success. I feel they are too rick averse in everything that they do, not only transfers but also tactics. Arteta seem to prefer defensive stability over the team's attack. For example, in the Atalanta match, Martinelli is always asked to track back, so he couldn't counter effectively and when he did have a chance, he was too tired to make the most of it. It was the reason Arsenal didn't win the league, it was the reason Arsenal lose against Bayern and it will be the reason why they won't win anything this season, maybe beyond that too.

[@cjbless7]

Why doesn't he give Ethan nwaneri a chance in that Odegaard position(already Odegaard is mentoring him)

[@rorzag]

Gonna be interesting! Arsenal is a very versitale team.

[@anonymousfx_traders]

This is why they should've kept Smith Rowe