Olivia Smith
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Oct 28, 2026
SophieHOST
She opted for Russo in 10.
SophieHOST
Olivia Smith went up front, so another big call instead of Black's 10 years.
SophieHOST
And yeah, the idea, I think, was to shore up that left-hand side, which has been such a target for their opposition.
SophieHOST
I think it's something like 44.6%.
Charlie ParksHOST
So I think, yeah, I know they are struggling at the moment.
Charlie ParksHOST
We'll put a pin in the Ford and the Russo and the Smith situation.
Charlie ParksHOST
Because I want to talk about that in more detail.
Charlie ParksHOST
But yeah, I think an interesting one as well, just in terms of a player that started again and has died every game.
7 MINS LATER
Charlie ParksHOST
I'm not arguing that Blackstone should have started this game, but I just thought it was interesting in like, well, she's not started Blackstone, but Russo's still in the 10.
Matt CloughHOST
Yeah, I mean, you're effectively...
Matt CloughHOST
And Olivia Smith's in the 9.
Matt CloughHOST
But it's
Rory EvansHOST
We're actually a little bit short in wide positions at the moment.
Rory EvansHOST
And then with Olivia Smith playing through the middle, who would have been the other obvious person to play in that position? Ford was kind of the next off the chopping block but this was I think the right game for her and there is something to be said as well about her getting put in from the start rather than sort of trying to fight for her position off the bench and I thought she was great I thought she was really really good What did you
Laura Kirk-FrancisHOST
make of Olivia Smith in the middle sort of playing in front of Russo I know we on this podcast of this parish Yeah are not a massive fan I'm putting words in your mouth there but Lucy doesn't like Russo in that position I'm a bit more I'm okay with it to be
Rory EvansHOST
honest I'm I for me I'm kind of I
Laura Kirk-FrancisHOST
don't like her with Blackstenius in front of her no
Rory EvansHOST
I'm accepting of it okay I would prefer it not to happen but I'm kind of accepting that while René Slagos is in charge it's just something we're going to see regularly and we've just got to deal with it and Russo is a good enough player to still be effective there even if it's not what I would choose to see yeah And if we are going to play her there, given Blacksonius' form recently, I don't mind her putting Smith in there because Smith played that role pretty well last season and with Spurs' higher line, the space would have been in behind and Smith's someone who can exploit that.
Rory EvansHOST
We saw that against Man City at the Emirates last season.
Rory EvansHOST
Um...
ReganHOST
And then obviously the forward line as well.
ReganHOST
So Olivia Smith and Caitlin Ford were on.
ReganHOST
Obviously Smith has played, but she was playing more as the number 10 role with Ford out wide instead of Stina Black-Stinias being on the pitch.
ReganHOST
So.
Rosalie AdemorotiGUEST
But then after watching, I watched a bit of the game and I caught up where I could, but I watched mainly the highlights.
Rosalie AdemorotiGUEST
And, you know, I have to say, I I'm 50 50 on Olivia Smith in the night.
Rosalie AdemorotiGUEST
I don't mind it.
Rosalie AdemorotiGUEST
I think she offers something different up front.
Rosalie AdemorotiGUEST
I'd like to see her given the freedom to move across the front line instead of being stuck centrally.
Rosalie AdemorotiGUEST
So if they can make it work, I think that's fine.
Rosalie AdemorotiGUEST
But I think in order to make a player like Olivia Smith shine, everyone around her needs to pull their weight.
Sam BiccarinoHOST
I would quite like to see a sort of...
RickyHOST
Yeah, so getting into the game...
RickyHOST
Our least chance for Stanway and then Olivia Smith couldn't quite capitalize on that rebound.
JustinGUEST
Yeah, for me, the thing that jumped out was how loud I yelled the F word when we didn't score first.
JustinGUEST
It just seemed like out of nowhere, we looked to be doing very well.
16 MINS LATER
OliHOST
You know, new signing, Cersei coming in, who was, I know Abby signing, you were really excited about when we last spoke.
OliHOST
She's also injured too.
OliHOST
So I think Olivia Smith's had a couple of injuries as well at the start of the season.
OliHOST
I think her season's been hampered so far by injuries.
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
And that's exactly where that goal came from.
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
It's exactly where the Olivia Smith goal came from last weekend.
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
And they need to do more of that.
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
And I think that's probably the frustration for Arsenal fans is you'll have these pockets of moments where you're like, oh, that was really good.
26 MINS LATER
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
I mean, I know there's been a bit of a discourse about this online, but it's it.
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
There's a balance of some that...
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
The problem is, I think, when you've got a player like a Buddy Shaw, similar with Olivia Smith, I'd actually put Oceano Earthray in there as well, who get fouled more regularly than other players, and they do.
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
I do think they need a little bit more protection.
Jessy Parker HumphreysGUEST
mean, maybe we should begin with...
Jessy Parker HumphreysGUEST
Slager's starting 11 because I think this lineup comes out and we're all like wow what's going on here we see Caitlin Ford, Taylor Hines making their first WSL start I mean Hines especially this is a player who's been left out of multiple squads this season so that felt like a real sort of shock we saw Olivia Smith starting as the nine ahead of Alessia Russo so it really felt like To me, it felt like spin a wheel again, being like, I've just got to try anything.
Jessy Parker HumphreysGUEST
Obviously, post-result, because I thought Ford and Hines both did well.
Jessy Parker HumphreysGUEST
Post-result, it feels like moment of genius.
Roberto RevillaHOST
We'll come back to that because I think her continued absence raises some questions about the way Renee is approaching team selection.
Roberto RevillaHOST
I also want to look at what Renee said after the game, especially her comments about Taylor Hines, Caitlin Ford and the decision to play Olivia Smith as our number nine.
Roberto RevillaHOST
Spoiler alert, that didn't work very well in my opinion.
Roberto RevillaHOST
But some of her comments help explain what she's trying to achieve, even if we don't necessarily agree with every decision she's making.
5 MINS LATER
Roberto RevillaHOST
She just hits it and sometimes it really is that simple.
Roberto RevillaHOST
We've spent so much time watching Arsenal pass the ball from side to side, trying to work the perfect opportunity.
Roberto RevillaHOST
So it was brilliant to see Georgia carry on from the example set by Olivia Smith last weekend against Birmingham.
Roberto RevillaHOST
And there are two other players involved in that goal who deserve huge credit.
Kathryn BatteGUEST
I think if you start with the attack, as you mentioned, Russo, I still couldn't really get my head around why she was in the 10 and why she wasn't in the 9 on Saturday.
Kathryn BatteGUEST
I don't really think playing Olivia Smith in that 9 worked.
Kathryn BatteGUEST
I think she did her best.
Kathryn BatteGUEST
I think she is quite physical and she can hold that ball up at times, but it's not her natural position.
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