Arteta “They decided to give Declan the armband, he earned it. The status, the role, the way he’s taking ownership in difficult moments. Declan yesterday was shattered, he had no chance to play today, he wasn’t feeling good at all. Today, he played 94 minutes at the level that he’s done!”
by deadmetallucyluce
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All the signs have been there for a while
He’s our next captain
He was shattered and couldn’t play yesterday, but that didn’t stop me playing him for a full 90 minutes today ahead of a league title deciding match on Sunday!
Making rice captain is not going to make the difference you all think it will lmao. It’s just an armband.
Well deserved. Declan has shown all season that he is captain material. With his consistency, quality, and personality, getting him into the armband rotation was only a matter of time.
I love Odegaard to death and the narratives this season surrounding the captaincy have frustrated me at times. I’m sure there will be more calls from fans to permanently shift the captaincy in the summer. I just hope that whatever happens that there isn’t any drama around it for the players. Fortunately, they seem to be more level headed about it than the supporters.
The leadership group is strong and I am proud of them.
Love Arteta and the power he gives his players when it comes to deciding captaincy…
but this system is flawed and unfair. Half of the squad are just english lads. Seems wrong and disrespectful to our senior figure like Big Gabi who’s actually a captain. This players gonna cause division within each other.
Rice, Big Gabi and Ødegaard are my captains.
Declan “shattered”. We’re in serious trouble now.
People are talking about division amongst the players when the division is clearly amongst the fans. If the players see fit that Rice should be the captain while Odegaard is out then so it should be. We’ve seen that it doesn’t matter who wears it because we will win, draw and lose, regardless. Why do we dog on our own players because of an opinion that only benefits ourselves and not the team that actually does the playing on the pitch? We have many leaders in the team. We should be happy about it. Not picking the team apart about it.
Sorry to say, but Tony Adam’s was right. Rice should get the armband next year
Rice should have been made the captain at the beginning of the season. The fans have been saying this for two tears now. Odegaard has been underperforming for 3 seasons.
Does that mean Ø is no longer captain?
Giving Declan the arms band isn’t going to stop him from jumping ship if we fail to clinch a silverware. I love Odegaard, his injury and form has been unfortunate. It is what it is
About damn time if we’re honest. Hope it inspires the boys in The pitch
Funny how you didnt talk about this when he captained us in the Bournemouth loss. Better not imagine what would be said about Odegaard captaincy if he was captain in that game.
I don’t think this means he will be the captain ahead of Odegaard or Saka going forward like some people here seem to be assuming. In the past, Gabriel would wear the armband when those two are missing. That’s what the reporter was asking about.
This isn’t a good thing