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    • thatdosbox@mstdn.ca
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      1 year ago

      I wonder if the deal was agreed over the summer, and they just chose to announce it now for some reason. Doesn’t seem like the best timing though.

    • Astrealix@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      Eh, he did overperform last season given all the injuries; willing to give him the benefit of the doubt

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    1 year ago

    Not a tactics guy, but if Kai is ideally a tip of a diamond type of player and football has moved past the need for a diamond midfield and it is inferior to a box midfield, then why is he here?

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      1 year ago

      From what I observe while giving him the benefit of doubt, I feel that he has the qualities and technical ability needed for our number 8 role. And he’s working really hard.

      Sadly, he is super low on confidence which affects his execution, especially in the final third. If I had spent three of my formative years in that dysfunctional excuse for a football club, I’d be low on confidence too.

    • coygsu@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      We might play him at the 9 this upcoming match with a double pivot of Partey and Rice. I believe this is the optimal scenario for Havertz. At the end of the day, he was a poor signing by Arteta and Arsenal. We should have gotten a proper number 8.

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    1 year ago

    Good news!! Scunthorpe United have gotten rid of their twatty owner who was banning fans and all that

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    1 year ago

    Havertz back at 9, Jesus to RW, Trossard/Reiss at LW, Rice/Odegaard/Partey in midfield? I think Elliott from ArsenalVision brought up the fact that Havertz hasn’t really had a better game than the Community Shield. And if his confidence is rising, then ideally he’d start banging the goals in from open play.

    • coygsu@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I agree. He’s better off as a 9 for this upcoming match. The sad thing is we shouldn’t be having this conversation. We should have gotten a proper 8 and a proper 9 in the transfer window. Now, we are reconfiguring the lineup to accommodate a player, instead of the player fitting right in and elevating the team.