Doesn't count, he has a neck tattoo...
Would love to have a Norwegian in the team again, hope he makes it.
Martin Ødegaard | Arsenal player
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Doesn't count, he has a neck tattoo...
Would love to have a Norwegian in the team again, hope he makes it.
Have to hold my hands up and say I was so wrong about this lad. He's immense. Primarily based it off his underwhelming loan spell.
Currently best attacking midfielder in the League. It helps that all Arsenal players are comfortable with the ball at their feet, especially their wings, so has more time to be in attacking positions.
Would be strange to have you lot bumping threads with praise of our players instead of rivals for a change.
. Especially the Haaland thread. It’s currently like a juiced up version of the Coleman and James McCarthy love-in the Irish boys were giving for most of the mid 2010sAnyone compared him to Laudrup M yet?
He’s looking like the kind of player Madrid buy for obscene amounts. heh.
He’s looking like the kind of player Madrid buy for obscene amounts. heh.
Yeah he's a weird one. No hype around him whatsoever in our press which is unusual since every tom, dick and harry that has an ounce of promise gets hyped to death.
But he has been involved with the first team on various occasions this season so obviously ETH sees something in him and hopefully has a plan for him.
What is your email, I owe you a festive message.
Proper footballer.
Why did Ole not bring him in 
It was clear from his Sociedad spell that he is turning into an excellent player
It was clear from his Sociedad spell that he is turning into an excellent playerYer faether would be proud
He's not fast or aggressive enough. All these long shots lucky goals will eventually dry up for Arsenal.
Scored 6 away goals in the league already this season! Quite impressive.
Are we praising rivals? I'm guessing there are some in the Haaland thread? I don't like him at all, but he's unfortunately pretty good
Ødegaard is a much more likeable person than Haaland, so i have no problem saying he's good, and i wish we had signed him.
My memory might be rubbish but I feel like there aren't many young players who burst onto the scene as a 16-18 year old and then have a couple of years where you think the potential is gone and then they show that they truly were top quality. Most seem to fade away or carry that 18 year old momentum. I think that's testament to his mentality really.
Yeah, it's quite an unlikely trajectory, although those who thought that that potential was truly gone were a bit kneejerk — he was clearly still a great young player during his time in Castilla & Eredivisie, albeit not the next greatest thing great.
Still, can't really think of anyone off the top of my head. Someone like Bergkamp comes to mind but even he had that bump later in his career when he was already an established player.
I hope not. That would be blasphemy.
This guy has been steadily improving from the moment he joined the league. Incredible player. If he keeps going like this and Arsenal win the league he might actually have a genuine shout at the POTY. Haaland will probably still get it but if he has a slower second half of the season, Odegaard might end up being the guy.
Mini me, in style.
He gets a lot of praise for what he's able to do with the ball. But his off the ball work is so underrated, he's a pressing machine and really seems to have a good mentality. He's come up a few times this season with clutch passes and goals when we desperately needed them.
It's no surprise he's the captain for Norway at a young age and Arteta made a good decision in giving him the armband.
It's no surprise he's the captain for Norway at a young age and Arteta made a good decision in giving him the armband.
The guy can see the future, I'm sure of it. Every time there's a rebound or lose ball in the opponent's half, he's there. Annoying as shit to play against.
Arsenal hit the jackpot with this transfer. The guy just turned 24 and is already captain too
Arsenal hit the jackpot with this transfer. The guy just turned 24 and is already captain too
And he is built like a tankThe guy can see the future, I'm sure of it. Every time there's a rebound or lose ball in the opponent's half, he's there. Annoying as shit to play against.
Arsenal hit the jackpot with this transfer. The guy just turned 24 and is already captain too
Can't believe we used to debate Ødegaard v Bruno. Where does he even go from here? He's not exactly going to go back to Madrid.
Spesial, special player
It’s ridiculous to think we had a Norwegian manager when Ødegaard and Haaland changed clubs. They LOANED him from Madrid! What was Ole doing?
Couldn't call him Odegaardy so it didn't work out.
He is good at what he does but he shines even more when he is facing people who give acres of space. I honestly think if he is more closely man marked, you can limit him more but easier said than done
He could’ve called him Marty.
Don’t think he did that much, all their threat came from wide.
Zinchenko and Saka were miles better than anyone else on that pitch
Zinchenko and Saka were miles better than anyone else on that pitch
We already had Bruno who at the time was miles ahead. And Team Haaland was smart to join Dortmund before taking the final(?) step.
If he keeps up like this he can pretty much chose where he wants to go, although for the time being he should stay in Arsenal and keep them challenging for titles.
WRONG WAY, DOWN A ONE WAY STREET
Quality. Simple as that.
Ole tried to sign Haaland, you should go back and look at the comments in that thread. Aparantly Haaland is a donkey, white Lukaku, and yeah, not many wanted him then.
The best Norwegian player in tune world
That double touch pass that Xhaka nearly got on the end of was something else.
The heir to De Bruyne.
He has much better hair than de Bruyne