Kai Havertz

[LAM09 7,043]

42 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

Who would that be? It's like fifth season where there are like 2-3 strikers in game and non of them is super convincing or impressive. I tend to think football is coming to the point, where not only the whole team have to defend to stay at top, but also at least 8 of your men need to be able to find the net. The sole guy only to tap the balls in and needs all the service seems like a waste of resources now. Too bad Kai is not super effective, as the AMF/f9/CF/Winger - ish type of player may be a future.

Osimhen, Toney, or Vlahovic I'd personally stick with Broja (providing he comes back okay) & Fofana should Osimhen turn out to be unattainable.

Times have certainly changed. If the whole team isn't giving at least 90% in most matches, it will cost you.  

[robsblubot 3,595]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

My point was about age not having much relevance with regards to either player & whether they should be selected or not whilst you started mentioning the impact of age in life and the collective; a whole different story.

The club are at a crossroads in that position with Auba, Broja, Lukaku, and now Fofana on the books. If rumours going around are to be believe, we'll be making moves for a worthy CF in the summer.

Whether Havertz can tear it up in a league were he plays in his ACTUAL position or have others doing the dirty work around him is neither here or there. If Bayern comes in the summer with a reasonable offer, get the deal done.

yeah let's strongly disagree on that then, because for me age is extremely important in high-performance sports, which includes football at this level.

Sure I understand transition. On the other hand, clubs like Chelsea are always at the mercy of *some* success. If for whatever reason some of these players don't deliver immediately (very common) that will affect success, may affect management, which in turn would affect any long-term plans the club may have.

My only point is that there is risk in doing what you suggested (esp around age). And regarding Fofana, I sure did not see anything special: bit of impetus and physicality as I wrote earlier and little else. He will play and improve, but just stating about what I see/saw right now... as a short-term solution.
Fofana scored how many goals in Norway? how many would Kai score in that league? This is all very relative.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

He's not a striker. He doesnt even play the role correctly.

 

Why continue to play him out of position?

[robsblubot 3,595]

MotM for me against Dortmund by a long mile. Haven't played like that for a while and I hope it wasn't only the "CL factor." Also hope it helped rebuild his confidence a bit.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Thats the 3 monthly decent performance done, wait and see nothing else decent to the end of the season now.

Why can’t he play like that more often?

I do suppose thats why his future will be under scrutiny in the summer and again, rightfully so. Cant afford to rely on players who only show up once every blue moon when they feel like it.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

On 08/03/2023 at 12:48, OneMoSalah said:

Thats the 3 monthly decent performance done, wait and see nothing else decent to the end of the season now.

Why can’t he play like that more often?

I do suppose thats why his future will be under scrutiny in the summer and again, rightfully so. Cant afford to rely on players who only show up once every blue moon when they feel like it.

I hope he starts the next game, only to see how long he can keep this bit of form going.

I don't care if he even fails to get on the scoresheet. Just maintain a steady 80 or so minutes of good performance, and don't go missing around the halfway mark.

He can praise Potter all he wants, but the best way to repay the faith of the coach is to deliver on the pitch.

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

🤫

 

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Full credit today. He played well.

[Mário César 1,232]

hope he plays like this until the end of the season and its possible that a germany club buy him in the summer 

[TheHulk 2,404]

If he plays like this for the rest of the season, will be worth keeping, if he goes to shit again hope we cut ties in the summer.

[bluesman2610 1,415]

That goal was sublime - from Enzo pass to Kai taking it off the volley with a chip🔥 Let this patch of form carry right through the end of the campaign 

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

On 12/03/2023 at 01:08, TheHulk said:

If he plays like this for the rest of the season, will be worth keeping, if he goes to shit again hope we cut ties in the summer.

You do realise literally this point last year Havertz regained form again? (goal against Newcastle/Real Madrid)

It's the same old same old. We need to all understand pattern recognition. 

[robsblubot 3,595]

He's 23, and consistency is the one thing players usually improve on as they age.

Kai is our best player when he's on form, so I think we should really look elsewhere before looking at Kai. That does not preclude getting some options up front tho.

[Vesper 30,090]

12 hours ago, Tomislava10Barisic said:

I am wondering that Kai Havertz is still in 1st Team Lineup....
Chelsea Transfer Listed Him and the asking price is 70 Million €....
FC Bayern Munich want Kai Havertz they wanted also 1 Year ago Christian Pulisic!!!! 🙂 
I AM SAD CAUSE KAI HAVERTZ & CHRISTIAN PULISIC ARE MY FAVOURITES WITH KANTE, KOVACIC & MUDRYK!!!! 🙂 

Pulisic is shit

I was always at the vanguard of opposition to buying him

I early on called him a marketing gambit

caught a tonne of stick for that

and was totally vindicated when Buck admitted as much, plus, other than that one half a season, Pulisic played like shit and was (and is) ALWAYS injured

made of glass the lad is

sell his arse

Edited March 14, 2023 by Vesper

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