Alex Scott and Fara Williams laughed off concerns about Football Focus' viewing figures during Saturday's BBC show at lunchtime.
As revealed by Mail Sport this week, the 49-year-old programme has lost more than one third of its early-season viewers in the space of four years.
While Football Focus isn't thought to be under immediate threat of disappearing from Saturday schedules, reversing that decline will be a priority for the corporation's new director of sport once Barbara Slater retires next spring.
Scott took to Twitter to hit out at former presenter Dan Walker as he offered his support for the show shortly before going live on Saturday.
Scott hosted the BBC show with guests Stephen Warnock and Williams as they previewed the weekend's action, with Gary Linekar interviewing Ange Postecoglou while Scott sat down with Odegaard.
It was after her interview with Odegaard that the situation surrounding the viewing figures came up, with Scott discussing his new chant at Arsenal.
'I love Martin Odegaard's new song,' she said. 'I'm not joining in, I'm not going to sing it!'
This propted Williams to joke: 'I reckon if you sing it our views for this show might go up!'
The pair then continued to joke that the views would have increased simply by having Williams, England's all-time appearance maker, on the show.
The joke left the trio laughing before Scott swiftly moved on and directed the conversation towards Arsenal's Odegaard and his impressive performances since joining Mikel Arteta's side.
However, this was not the last joke regarding the viewing figures at Football Focus as Fara couldn't help herself towards the end of the show.
Posing with Scott's EAFC24 hero card, Williams once again sugested a way to increase viewership.
Teasing Scott, she joked: 'I'm just going cuddle it for the rest of the show', while lifting the card up to be positioned next to her on the seat.
'That's fine, it can sit with me on the couch! I feel like I'm at home anyway.
'Might get some views up!'