Don Pacifico Odegaard especially is having one of those games he loves to have.
He probably misses Partey poking those passes to him.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert I think that highlights also the poor game Rice is having. Need more from him but he's been really conservative today.
Coombs that's all I can think of. ESR would rattle them. Bring him in for Kai or even Ode
Don Pacifico yeah, Rice is excellent at most things but he really needs to get slicker and braver on the ball.
1-1 at halftime away in the CL is not the worst position to be in. I thought we were the better team overall, we controlled the game for a good portion of the first half and were looking comfortable until Raya's cockup.
Coombs tbh Rice could do it too
Mirth definitely can carry it but it would be a waste of energy because he wouldn't finish.
Bring ESR, TP5 and Reiss on and the game will be over in 15 minutes tops
Coombs the fact that havertz can't carry a ball like that is dumbfounding.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert he's been great off the ball but on it he's driving me cracked with the Elneny style passing.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert funnily enough, I think he's shown that side already for us. Just not today sadly.
And given the way the rest of the midfield is playing, it might even have been an instruction from Arteta.
Don Pacifico I thought Havertz was decent but that sub makes sense because bringing Vieira on to play winger changes our balance too much. Wouldn't even mind just swapping Vieira, Havertz and Jesus around for the first 10 minutes of this half and seeing if it works.
Qwiss I was thinking the same but with Jesus, Trossard at Havertz. Havertz 9, Jesus wide, Trossard 8
Don Pacifico Havertz makes our midfield imbalanced, he slows down the game, opts for very simple and safe passes, doesn't dribble, doesn't make dangerous runs etc... Some people were claiming he needs one goal and things are going to change, lel.
swider agree. I do think Havertz deserves more time but for this specific game, I wouldn't mind subbing him off. Too many passengers.
Pepe LeFrits could work for Trossard but I'm just not feeling Vieira on the wing, at least Trossards a good winger.
Havertz is soon gonna need a yellow next to his name.
Best passage of attacking play from Havertz this season (low bar)?
Great footwork from Trossard.
Arteta's tinkering has made this team worse. We are far too cautious and slow in our build up.
This slow, ponderous build up is just asking for trouble.
