RunTheTrap
Kai Havertz Offense League
I think Saka is the only one that really benefits from this, imo. He can regularly beat a man without the help of a fullback unlike the other two. However, this will obviously have an effect on his G/A compared to whoever is on the left. As someone as mentioned above, historically we have always been a team that prefers attacking on the left. Even at the start of Arteta's reign we heavily favoured the left-hand side. I think with Saka there is at least someone you can give the ball to the right-hand side and know the ball is secure. So we attack more regularly using both sides than before.Lacazette is the link but when ESR and Saka play they don’t play a lot of balls into Lacazette to form triangles. Ødegaard is capable of doing this but he and Lacazette are hardly on the pitch at the same time.
Our right side has suffered for years. The most production from that side came when Özil would play a through ball for Bellerin to run onto and then do a low cross or cut back for either Auba, Lacazette or Özil to tap in the net.
We don’t have that overlap or players doing the interplay on the right. Watching the football this season it doesn’t matter who plays the right (Saka, ESR, Pepe or Ødegaard) they all get double teamed and there is no overlap either. It’s clearly by design but the question must be asked is it worth it?