Before each sport at Emirates Stadium, Martin Odegaard lifts the lid on the temper within the camp through his captain’s notes revealed within the matchday programme.
Ahead of at present’s sport in opposition to Everton, Martin chats about our latest run of matches on the street, kids getting their likelihood, and offers a sign of when he hopes to be again in motion. Here is a snippet:
Rather a lot has occurred since our final sport right here at residence, and since then we’re nonetheless in an excellent place in all of the competitions.
We need to construct the momentum at this stage of the season, and it’s by no means simple to play in opposition to Chelsea, so the win was what mattered on the day. It was positively an enormous win for us, and one other instance of how powerful this league is, and how tight the margins are in each single sport. Finding a strategy to win these video games is totally key, and we did that once more, so we’ll positively take that. We know there are issues we will enhance and work on, however successful is at all times good.
Then we travelled to Brighton for the subsequent sport, and I watched that on TV at residence. It’s by no means the very best to look at from the couch, so I can positively relate to all of the supporters who watch at residence! I’d a lot reasonably be on the market in fact, with a sense you might be extra in management and can affect it.
It was not the very best efficiency from us, and there have been quite a lot of issues we might have completed higher, however everytime you discover a strategy to win away within the Premier League it’s a very good outcome. You see that in each single sport, not only for us, and that was the case that night time as nicely. The win at Brighton felt large for us, particularly with different outcomes going our approach that night time.
I believed Mansfield made it troublesome for us final weekend, however there was a unique context there as nicely. The pitch, the stadium, the environment – the whole lot is totally different. They clearly went into the sport with the whole lot to realize, and quite a lot of starvation and dedication. They had been ready to do something to get the win, so we needed to match that spirit. It’s most likely the sport of the season for them, a correct cup match, so we did nicely to discover a strategy to win once more. It was an awesome objective from Ebs to get that win and to get into the subsequent spherical.
I used to be actually happy for Jaden Dixon to make his debut too, one other younger participant coming by way of to get his likelihood like we’ve seen loads already this season. It reveals what we’re as a membership, and the supervisor trusts younger gamers right here, and that’s at all times good to see. It offers everybody a elevate – all of us within the first workforce squad too – once we see younger gamers come by way of to get sport time, as a result of it means a lot to everybody and it’s at all times a particular second when somebody could make their Arsenal debut.
After a number of away video games just lately, it’s nice to be again residence in entrance of our personal supporters once more this afternoon. I’m determined to get again to enjoying as quickly as I can. It’s been troublesome for me with the knee harm currently, however I’m working as onerous as I can to get again to full health now. The fundamental factor is to be 100% once more, and be certain I can correctly assist the workforce.
It’s clearly one other large sport for us this afternoon in opposition to Everton, and the workforce are actually centered. Everton are a extremely robust workforce, a extremely bodily workforce who’re good in all totally different elements of the sport. It’s at all times an enormous take a look at in opposition to them, so we must be actually on it at present from the primary whistle, go on the market and take pleasure in it, and combat to get the win.
Being again house is one thing we’re all wanting ahead to now, and all enjoying our half to maintain the momentum up. We don’t play one other league sport after this for a number of weeks, so this sport goes to be so necessary going into that interval, ensuring we put ourselves in a powerful place.
Read the remainder of Martin’s notes, in addition to a bunch of different incredible content material, by shopping for the Arsenal v Everton programme both across the stadium or online.
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