Arsenal strolled to a comfortable victory over Brighton at the AMEX Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Title-chasing Arsenal showed up and beat Brighton 3-0, thanks to goals from Leandro Trossard, Bukayo Saka, and Kai Havertz. That victory solidifies the Gunners’ strategic position in the title fight.
Kai Havertz was the clear and obvious man of the match, not only scoring but also providing an assist as he led the attack. His ball control and superb work rate were two aspects of his overall performance in that game that all the Gooners should have enjoyed, even if they hadn’t rated Havertz in his early days..
Everyone would agree that Kai Havertz’s outstanding performances in recent games demonstrate that he is far more effective in the striking position than in the midfield. After Arteta switched him to play as a striker in the games after the winter break, the German international has significantly contributed to the club’s title aspirations. He has scored five goals in seven league games since mid-February, which is great.
The 24-year-old has scored nine Premier League goals this season, the most he has ever had in a season, with seven games remaining. Interestingly, he has the second-highest number of Premier League goal contributions (14) for Arsenal, behind only Saka (22).
Once ridiculed, Kai Havertz has emerged as one of Arsenal’s most crucial players in the title race. The former Chelsea player will need to maintain his good form; he has only played eight games as a striker, but he has excelled, and that is where he should play.
So could he possibly influence Arsenal’s summer striker transfer plans? Could he stop the Gunners from from needing to sign one?
Darren N
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Yes, arsenal needs a proper goal scorer. Havertz is not a reliable and consistent scorer, we are talking about strikers that can give you twenty five plus goals in a season. We are talking about strikers that can cause panic in oppositions box. And Havertz is not it, so if we want to move forward and be counted among the best, we must get a lethal finisher.
Point of correction, YOU are the one “talking about strikers that can give you twenty five plus goals a season” NOT Mikel and his coaching staff!
I’m not saying we shouldn’t push for a top striker but man City has halaand bt we av more goals , it’s not dat straight forward pal, considering d goal scoring prowess of our other attackers. Let’s see wot arteta decides
Man City has the world best striker, but we still manage to out score them. What are you talking about? I don’t think traditional #9 is the only answer.
This would be ideal if we can get a Oshimen
Get rid of Ramsdale(is Hein good enough to be second GK?), Partey(younger replacement), Tavares, Lokonga, Tierney, Marquinhos, Nelson and Nketiah
Keep Jorgi
Soares, Elneny are leaving to free up wages
Jesus becomes backup striker, or winger at times.
If Oshimen is impossible to get, get Maximilian Beier, Boniface, Zirkzee, Santiago Gimenez – 2 of the 4.
Another LB/Left sided CB to top it will be gr8. But we must start selling backup players and fill up with younger players who can cover/go on loan.
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If Arsenal want to win titles: Get Gyökeres!
Career high 9 goals in PL does not translate to solving the striker question.
First there was the false narrative that a scoring striker would take away from our wingers scoring.
Thankfully that nonsense was buried during a run of dominating performances scoring 4 and 5 goals.
A clinical striker makes us better and adds more goals, not take away goals from anyone.
We need a squad of good options in multiple positions. Havertz is versatile and can play as a striker, a 10, and an 8 if necessary.
We definitely need another midfielder, and possibly 2, plus a striker if we want to go to the next level. If we want to win PL, compete in Champions League, and the FA Cup we need quality additions.
Havertz is playing well, but Jesus and Nketiah haven’t done the job as strikers, so we need to upgrade.
Martinelli/trossard. New striker/havertz. Saka/new right winger
Rice/new 8. Partey/jorgino. Odegard/ESR
Timber/zinchenko gabriel/kiwor saliba/ new center back. White/tomiyasu
Raya/ no2 gk
Then 3 more players to complete 25
Let go cedric elneny
Sell viera jesus nketiah nelson and all onloan players
Havertz’s form makes it less pressing but we need an upgrade on Nketiah, someone who can come in and look like he is not going to give up that spot. Eddie has never been on that level.
From what I’ve heard from Edu, Arsenal transfer plans for this summer were already in place by the end of last summer,which is good planning by the way. It’s in that context that I think a striker will still be signed regardless of Kai’s form at CF. All the rumours from reliable sources like Ornestein still point towards a striker, a midfielder(or two depending on departures),a winger, and a goalkeeper as Ramsdale will likely be sold.
I would love a striker who can score more goals with the attributes of KA
By that that I mean his work ethic.
I was very critical like most here at the start..why him. A he k of a lot of money for a chelski failure but to his credit he put a shift in when it wasn’t going well for him.
You can see that he has integrated well in to the team and there is a bond.
He links well and creates space for others to drift in too and the plus side he is scoring.
The million dollar question during the summer is who we bring in and thankfully I don’t have to answer that one
For now I am loving the way we set up and playing
7 to go ladies and gentlemen
Win them all and we are the champions for the first time in 20 years
Onwards and upwards
We do. Kai is not a scorer. His strength, height, and movements make him a decent option. But his technique is poor, in the first touch, shot, pass, and headers. The all package is perhaps 7.5 out of 10, certainly room to improve by buying a better striker. I don’t mind if we sell Jesus, Eddie, and Nelson and replace them with a RW and ST.
He can’t dribble, and while his movements are good, his lack of technique makes him destroy a lot of good attacks. Even against Brighton, he got the ball in some good areas after a good movement and had the chance to put other players in front of goal, but failed 3-4 times because he misplaced simple passes.
I think Kai’s first touch and technique are decent. A couple of times I’ve seen him bring down lofted passes from Jorginho with relative ease. He had some lovely lay-offs in the box against Brighton which his teammates should have burried. The pass for Trossard shows he has a good pass in him. I think most strikers would enjoy playing alongside him. You should probably look at clips from his Leverkusen days to fully appreciate his technique.
Yes we need a more consistent and prolific scorer
We need a giant killer in the big games against Real Madrid, Liverpool and Man City, that will score those big game goals. Havertz is a good striker but we need a Tall central TargetMan that is both technical and fearless. The centre forward that can hold the ball up, win aerial battles and break through defensive walls as well as score against the big teams. An Ibrahimovic in his prime. Either that type of forward or a highly skilled one like Ronaldo or Messi in their prime or even Mbappe, but this is unlikely, so a fearless technical tall TargetMan that’s clinical, that will have to do nicely. Thank you. Nketiah will unfortunately have to move on to make space.
so which superman on the market today fits that fantasy profile????
not even Haarland can do all that, hence the clumsy, yet accurate, League 2 call
the land of the video game only
the reality that in this team, with this system, with these players, in this form, no ‘new striker’ get’s in to the starting XI…who do you drop for the ‘new stiker’ to play???? Havertz you will say, really, are we better without Havertz…
Does anyone else get a bit p’d off that whenever any other team goes down in the box, and it’s a bit dodgy, it’s just play on. However whenever we do it’s a yellow card and diving, even that penalty on Saturday, we had hours of analysis whether it was / wasn’t and it was as stonewall as you’ll ever get. However, Elliot against Wan Bissaka on Saturday, wan bissaka was an idiot, but he was on his way down before he even touched WB’s outstretched leg, and as WB tried to pull it back, he stuck his leg out further to go over it. It was as clear a dive as you’ll ever see, yet awarded a penalty with VAR, and they have all the angles. It was far more obvious than Havertz’s and he got a yellow card.
We need a prolific target man, who plays well with his back to goal, is good at headers and who can out muscle defenders, Kai is lacking in all of those areas. Jus sayin…
Jus disagreein
football has moved on, static one dimensional target men are for League 2
Pls Arteta we really need gyokeres or isak and we also need some one like matias soule to come in when saka need a rest and again de ligt to compete too and diant ramaj as ramsdale replacement next time i will update u on who will replace zinchenko bcause he too dey shake
My WISH is for someone like prime Alexis Sanchez or Van Persie, who would perform even if the whole team was playing poorly. Someone who can create and score from nothing or finish off half chances regularly. Such a player would justify 330k+ wages. I’m not sure the player exists and is willing to join us.
I’m tempted to wish for a player like prime Henry but that would be more of fantasy, hence the limit to Alexis & Van Persie.
we must sign a proper, out-and-out striker like £75M Ollie Watkins. Every big team that wins trophies usually has a powerful striker who can change the game.. the Haalands, Benzemas and Lewandowskis. I believe Aston Villa can be tempted with a good offer.
Dunno. Up to Arteta and Edu as to how they want to play.
Seems to be working ok without a pure striker type.
insightful…
Yes. I’m overjoyed Havertz is a real solution. But as with every other position, there needs to be competition. Jesus is not considered competition anymore. He’s just lost his place and cannot stay fit and we’ll likely only see him rotated on the wings going forward.
I’m so pleased to see that Havertz is starting to be appreciated.
From being “Another chelsea reject” and a “complete waste of money” we have moved forward.
Now he just needs to out muscle defenders , hold the ball up, win aerial battles, be technically aware, score more goals and, finally, be fearless!!
I wonder what MA saw in him in the first place and how anyone thinks he has any chance at The Arsenal with so much improvement needed?!
He surely IS a chelsea reject.
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