Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
How reasonable of you, Peter

I don't think there's much in it, it's amazing how good the player who isn't playing much can be. Arteta will stick with Raya for the forseeable and I doubt it will make much difference.

I'm more puzzled by the play of Odegaard and a few others on Saturday. Shocking.
At this point, it is purely about form. Raya needs to get his head together and we just can't afford to be losing goals. We cannot afford to lose in Sevilla.

We weren't great on Saturday. Not a huge surprise coming so soon after the break with little preparation. Odegaard is one of those players who suffers when he is slightly off. His game is about technique and precision so his contributions drop very quickly if he is rusty or knackered.

He may have been more deity than human but even Dennis used to struggle a little the first game back after one of his many suspensions.