• sabreW4K3
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    4 days ago

    The problem isn’t Havertz. Havertz was putting up world class numbers at the end of last season and decent numbers coming into this season, but then Arteta moved him and his role has changed. He’s playing a lot deeper and keeps dropping into midfield. Those tactics would kill even prime Messi.

    The tactical decision making was criminal, the substitutions were nonsensical. Someone said it on one of the videos, Arteta has been too scared to lose this season and it’s costing us. When Ødegaard was out, he didn’t give Nwaneri a chance and now he expects him to do what in the 20 minutes.

    I’m not Arteta out, but our biggest hindrance this season has been him.

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      2 days ago

      World class numbers? Havertz hasn’t once put up world class numbers in his life.

      He hasn’t once scored above 20 goals a season. That used to be the bare minimum for a top striker to be considered as having a good season

      Did you forget Messi and the false 9? Pretty sure the little guy did perfectly well in that exact role.

      Arteta has always been trash with substitutions. Since the very first season.

      It’s 5 years of the same old and now we are regressing to the mean. I know he’s not going to get fired this year but if he does not buy a striker, winger, and midfielder to replace Martin we will be stuck saying next year again. If he does buy those 3 positions this season or in the summer and we still win nothing, arteta needs to go.

      Can only spend so much and get no results from it. His football is cowardly and he never goes for the kill.

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        2 days ago

        He finished the season with the equivalent of a goal every other game, a record he maintained pretty much until now

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          2 days ago

          He scored 13 goals in 37 appearances. Yes that is almost a goal every other match. But no, that is an awful return for a striker at the top of the league on a team aiming to win the title. You need a 20 goal a season striker to win the league

          13 players finished with more goals than him last season. Including Chris wood.

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            2 days ago

            He started slowly, we know that. No one is arguing that fact