Nonsense. Sesko is easily better footballer than havertz who can’t do a single thing on his own. The nonsense only few strikers are better than havertz has to stop. He is being carried by his teammates and is a poor striker. In fact he’s not a striker. I would take easily take Stansted ahead of him and he plays in the 3rd division
You always think every player is better than our current ones. Did you watch Sesko in the Euros? Same weaknesses as Havertz. Doesn't look clinical at all. Watch the two golden chances he had against Portugal to put his country through only to shoot weakly at the GK with the whole goal to aim at. His goals stats aren't elite in general anyway.
I wanted him last summer when we were linked to him. At that stage he was perfect for us. But for next season we need the finished article as we really have to win either the PL or CL. Sesko is still too raw for me. So much to like about him but some parts of his game you can see he hasn't developed yet. The pressure to lead for Arsenal when we really need to win a major trophy can crush promising but still raw striker. I'm not completely against him but too many question marks for me to take that risk.
How does the data work though? If he scores a few disgusting long shots (which he seems capable of doing), doesn’t it skew the statistics a little bit in terms of his finishing in the penalty and 6 yard area (ultimately the type of chances he will be getting here as there won’t be any space).
This is his overall stats.
I share your opinion completely.
Havertz is ok as backup striker, not ok as the main man in title winning team.
Exactly this. Fed up with people who throws stats up. The guy offers zero threat because he can’t dribble past anyone or even run with the ball. That performance vs Newcastle is the worst performance I seen of an arsenal player on the ball. It was embarrassing
The whole point of upgrading on Havertz is to score more goals not to 'keep defenders busy'. We have Martinelli for that. In fact he does exactly all the things you mentioned except score enough. When Havertz was giving the likes of Konate a torrid time I remember people saying he is a nightmare to play against but we need finishers. If all you ask for is a threat upfront then I'm afraid that isn't enough to win a title.
It’s easier to score goals for Arsenal than leipzig. Right now their goal scoring is similar while Sesko is clearly on the up and is about to explode. This whole argument is identical to Isak and how some people couldn’t see how good he was and about to explode. You buy players on talent and attributes
It’s not like there are many better and more affordable options out there. Šeško is young enough with the potential to become elite and he’s within our price range this should be an easy decision. We aren’t going to get a ready made 20 league goals a season striker because they are too rare and expensive so we will have to take our chances and make calculated gambles on potential.
There is always a risk involved with young players with a lot of potential. Some fulfil it, most don't. So it depends how patient we can be. Like I said before Sesko would have been perfect last summer. Would get time to quietly develop but next season any striker we bring in will have huge responsibility. If we don't win anything this season then it becomes even more vital we win something next season. Hence why I don't think we as a fan base will have the patient for anyone who isn't ready to hit the ground running. You certainly won't and will be asking to sell him after he doesn't score in 3 or 4 games.
So I haven’t asked for havertz to be sold, but I will ask for Sesko to be sold after 4 games if he doesn’t score 3 goals?
