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  • Bedeeki@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I’m starting to wonder if people here even watch the games or watch it with a blindfold.

    I’ll admit in midfield this season Havertz has been poor whilst being good when up front but in the first half yesterday he was genuinely our best player.

    Then we lose the game after conceding 3 goals from 0.45 xG and I’m seeing everyone blaming Havertz.

    Sure, he still has a lot to prove but yesterday is not the time to do it. He looked sharper, was getting past players and making decisive passes whilst putting in great recovery tackles. Could have done better in the box but was otherwise impressive.

    If any players should be criticised it should be Ramsdale, Zinny and Eddie who I thought were abysmal.

    • FuzzyBooze@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I agree completely. I watched the first half seeing Havertz’ had som clever runs and movement and did well defensively/in the duels, thinking “if this guy gets just a little bit of confidence to actually put his foot through the ball he’ll be great for us”.

      I go online I see “ghosting defensively, clowning offensively”. It is what it is I guess.

    • OkDescription7373@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I was surprised with the Havertz crictism too consider he did well in the first half and the second half was horrendous from pretty much everybody in the team

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        1 year ago

        Dude had a several dangerous passes and displayed good vision. His teammates let him down

    • KiraAnnaZoe@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Ty for this rare sane post. I am embarrassed for many comments on here and a lot of ppl even sound mentally challenged to be frank. I really think this sport isn’t for many bc of their reactionary comments, their goldfish memory, their biases and agendas.

      It’s fair to criticise him especially the 2nd half, but Eddie, Zinny, Vieira, Ramsdale didnt look rosy yesterday.

    • QuaLiTy131@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I had the same question yesterday. Either people are blinded by their agenda or “watching” games by reading match thread.

      Kai is not playing great so far, but yesterday I saw some nice progress in him. In the first half he was one of our best players.

      I don’t understand why he is the most criticized player after the last game.

    • ahag6818@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      The thing is the par for Havertz is so low that even basic contributions are hailed as exceptional, no he wasn’t the main/direct reason we lost yesterday but he is still big part of the problem of why we are performing poorly.