06 May 2025 14:14:34
Interesting to read possibilities for Ode's recent drop off.
1. Playing through the pain barrier following his injury.
2. Missing the White/ Saka/ Ode combo which worked so well last season.
3. Lack of sleep with a new baby.
All plausible and of course could be all three at the same time.
My main concern is that he seems to have lost a lot of weight. That puts up red flags for me as a possible problem.
06 May 2025 15:23:54
Some players recover better and faster from long term injury than others is my guess Sally.
For some players the psychological effects take longer to over come than the physical effects of an injury. Without Saka and White I thought it was not having either of his regular partners that might be the problem but he doesn't seem to have improved at all even with Saka.
To be honest if it really is that needs both Saka and White to be a good player for us then we'd be better off letting him go because he clearly isn't good enough in his own right.
06 May 2025 20:10:50
There are suggestions he is still playing with an injury, G62.
I think we should relieve him of the weight of captaincy, let him focus a bit more on his own football.
06 May 2025 20:51:29
Deckers being the obvious choice do you think SW.
06 May 2025 21:18:11
Hi SW mate, I always thought he was a strage choice as captain as he seems quite quiet for a captain, but having said that I'm not really sure what a captains roll is in the modern game.
I know back in the day the players persuaded Tony Adams to go and see George about him increasing their win bonus which apparently was quite low compared to other clubs. Tony came back with good news and bad news his teammates, George had flatly refused to increase the win bonus for the team but as a compromise did agree to increase Tony's basic wages putting Tony in no mood to argue ????.