All that hard work undone, such a shame
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That wasnāt a real photo lol unless youāre being sarcastic
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Oh no, now he wonāt have any power in his shots :jorginho:
Yeah, I donāt get why Havertz wants to be a hulk anyway lol feel like itās probably worse for his game
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@Electrifying, that fraud Isaan Khan did it again.
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Thinking about the return of Kai and Iām feeling even more positive about our position in the league and how our attack should improve.
The task for Arteta and his coaches is how they implement Havertz in the team now that we have a bonafide number nine (or two - Jesus). I think the original plan of playing Kai as a left-eight CM is a really interesting one now that we have a lot of tape of his general play. It would mean sacrificing one of Rice/Zubimendi/Ć or Eze for one of those other CM roles to allow for this and as much Arteta rates those players, I think the temptation of wedging Kai into the starting line up maybe overwhelming.
My thinking is that Gyƶkeres will be the beneficiary of space. Heās had to fight that front line and get too involved in the throws of the battles - sprinkling Havertz into the fold creates new problems for teams.
Gyƶkeres as the foil for Havertz to exploit the vacant space and those ghosted runs, more distribution into the left spaces for the Gyƶkeres channel - this adds another layer to our attack that might be pivotal going into this second half of the season when teams have settled on how to play against us.
Or Mikel Arteta will simply look at it as a straight rotation swap - a-9-for-a-9 - type of deal. I couldnāt sleep last night thinking about it though
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Weāve seen numerous times that Havertz in midfield doesnāt work. It isnāt something which needs to be revisited.
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Havertz as a left midfielder isnāt interesting at all. He doesnāt have the technic, (short) passing, dribbling or the creative nous in general to succeed there.
If it will happen as you say we will basically play 4-2-4: the midfield will get overrun.
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The only way around this would be to play Havertz just off Gyokeres. Odegaard presses very high, so Havertz would take on that role with the additional bonus of physicality and goal threat. Our play would suffer though as Odegaard is the guy who links the play.
We arenāt dropping Odegaard so this is not happening.
Even less now, Iād assume, as he got a bit heavier and has barely played there since almost two years ago.
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Raya
Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Cala
Saka, Rice, Zubimendi, Trossard
Havertz - Gyokeres
Old school 4-4-2
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Long throws into Havertz and Gyokeres. The media will be spitting feathers of anger.
I actually like it but Odegaard is a guaranteed starter.
ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦RiceāZubi
āSakaāāāāāāJesusā
ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦Havertz
ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦Gyokeres
Low block that fucker
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I disagree, he links well up front and is a great mediator between players when receiving a lofted ball for example. Hold up play is excellent and a great way to facilitate Gyƶkeres.
You can go 4-4-2 but Arteta probably doesnāt go that route.
Arteta will want to squeeze as many of āhis guysā into the team as possible. Havertz is top of the pile and I can see him either being a defacto rotation for Gyƶkeres or positioned as the LM.
Completely forgot about Odegaard lol
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Havertz at LM, Merino at ST - wouldnāt rule it out under Arteta. The stuff of nightmares 
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To be honest if Havertz and Merino are ever on the pitch together there is a good chance they will position like this but switch positions continuously throughout the game.
But how does this make him a good left midfielder? When he links up well UP FRONT.
Iāll be glad of his return taking pressure off of Gyokeres. Can only benefit us in the long run.