Craig Burley and Mark Ogden rip into Arsenal’s signing of Kai Havertz as the German fails to impress against Manchester United.
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He is like we are 1 man down with kai
Arteta is very stubborn
Did that guy just compared Ozil to mugged havertz? Ozil at his worst is better than Leverkusen havertz by a million miles
I hope this guy didn’t say “you don’t know what you get out of him” about Ozil… you get assists, mountains of assists
Champions league he just might UK
Arsenal start with 9 1/2 player s with kai and rice.
Havertz is better than Craig in his playing days 😂😂
Spot on Craig! Finally someone has the guts to call out our self-anointed 'master tactician' Arteta. A 65 million millstone best treated as a sunk cost.
Kai Hàrvetz is an Hockey player,that guy is s***t
ESPN FC is losing any shred of credibility left because of this guy
Getting boring now…. Watch Havertz scored the winning goals against Spurs and City.
why is havertz getting slated he hasnt been as been as people are making out tbh his first two games he played well his 3rd game wasnt the greatest for him the game against utd he might not have done much but did any of the players really do much tbh apart from the defence and declan rice
Facts
once partey is fit, kai will go back to bench
Does this guy really know football? It is a crime to compare kai to Ozil.
Valid points from Craig Burley. Havertz is a dubious signing. Look…Arteta is a good coach but he's human and has made bad signings before…and Havertz is looking like another one.
Craig only watched highlights. Havertz with ball was a turnip but idea he was not contributing is just take of a lazy boozed up Jock. Havertz needs to start even playing like that as Viera and ESR would be more like playing with 10 in defense. Definitely not sure Havert the best we could have got for 65 million and not sure he can actually adapt and play the way way we need him with the ball. But he might well be our Grealish in terms of taking time and contributing to team what Manager want.
Grealish didn't get dropped for ages. He was pants for a lot more than 4 games before sat down.
Arsenal missed 2 sitters which is confidence problem but we were actually much better than Man U overall.
Fabio and Trossard do not have a defensive profile
Havertz has the highest percentage of success in duels
It is not very complicated😂
I will wait for the day that Craig backtracks his opinion. Gonna happen soon. lame reasons will follow then.
Only a fool who do not know football would think that Havertz did nothing and was a burden to the team. Arteta is doing the right thing to take Arsenal win using this winning formula.
Emile Smith-Rowe was brilliant for England U21's, when he got a run in the team he scored goals and was selected by Gareth Southgate. Can't understand why he is now overlooked his work rate and defensive ability is much better than Vieira. Baffled by his exclusion over the last two years.
they shoulda really fired this lady after they laughed at Harry Kane for the way he spoke
Arteta never gave Özil or Pepe the chances he’s giving to Havertz, Trossard had played so well last season and was the stand out player in preseason only to be sticked on the bench for a guy that’s doing obsoletely nothing
I agree with most comments on here and also agree 100% with what Burley has said. City are so good that there is no room for weakness from other sides if they want to even challenge. Right now Havertz is clearly a weakness. What i will say is that in football its amazing what a goal can do for a player sometimes. He just needs to get off the mark and we could suddenly start seeing that player that looked a baller in Germany.
Thank you Craig for bringing it up so straight on Kai Havertz! It beats my mind how he starts ahead of Viera / Trossard and ESR. Really does.
Just get rid of Harvertz now. Thank you sooooo much Burley and Craig. It looks like Arteta is playing the game with Harvertz in his dream.
it either craig takes anti-aging drug or make-up doesn't suit him
Havertz will proof all these doubters wrong and justify Arteta's confidence in him. How many remember how Zhaka was maligned till Arteta turned his fortune around. Everybody wished he never left.
Its only four matches
Arsenal bought Havertz whose confidence was very low last season and he has this on his shoulders
Give him time to forget chelsea time and bring his confidence back.
its an insult to compare havertz to ozil. ozil had talent
65M and 300k pound a week contract and arteta telling us to give him time? For that price, you would expect a player that can immediately make an impact not be the worse player on the team!
Just play Esr or Viera
havertz is elite off the ball, but on the ball hes been so poor, his final pass, dribbling, shooting, link up play. Worlds apart from viera, EMS, trossard etc
Havertz will get Arteta sacked and I will be happy. We need an elite manager, Arteta is an underdog and behaves like one
Atlst someone is honest its true we are 10 players kai just walking around
His name is Kai HAVOC!😂😂😂
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A lot of Bull, hot air… From a pundit that loves the sound of his voice.
What is the difference btwn Kai and so many other players? How many goals did Jack Grealish score in 2021? Darwin Nunez in 2022? Giroud in World Cup?
There is a reason WHY Edu & Arteta bought. Allow them time – to find right position, right combination and rhythm. Then eat your words.
Not even seen Havertz play with Zinchenko and Jesus yet, this is nearly as bad as AFTV !
Brutal honesty 😢
A lot of people underestimate 'out of possession ability' but without it team will be unbalanced and rice and backline has to bare all the loads of the opposition attacks which isn't sustainable within 90 minutes game let alone a season, you want to put viera against onana in next game(everton), you guys are not serious or lacking football knowledge 😂😂
Arteta has been through this with Granit Xhaka before,
Havertz didn't get a goal but his work rate is incredible. You guys stop exegerating
Viera does not have the energy to see through games. He is a finisher than a starter
I am an Arsenal fan and Craig is 100% spot on. Havertz is a huge liability especially because of the fact that Arteta forces him into the starting eleven regardless of his contribution and performances
Rice cost Arsenal 165 million thanks to Kai Havertz. The peripheral damage to the team also cannot be understated since all the players now know they only need to play a little bit better than Havertz to stay in the team.