The only reason Eddie is starting over him is he’s been here with the boss everyday since he was appointed. Balogun probably isn’t a huge upgrade over Eddie…different kind of striker for sure but he doesn’t elevate us if I had to guess. Seems like a counter attacking striker more so than the profile we need in the league and CL
What has Balogun done to make people think he is the truth? He has done nothing in the prem to warrant this type of hype/belief.
I think he's doing this because he'd rather not have an inadequate sub for Zinchenko. We don't really have any other left backs that can invert, so I think he'd rather have Partey invert from the right instead. We'll see, but I think the backline is back to normal once Zinny is back. I dunno if Partey is starting. There's a midfield 3, i don't know who he's going to pick, but Partey, Rice, or Havertz is coming out.Arteta and this disjointed back line going to catch up with us. Eddie isn’t it, Havertz isn’t it, Partey at RB isn’t it. Play your strongest side and stop trying to Galaxy brain
We’ve played two pretty terrible teams so far and our GD should be much higher already. People keep expecting Martinelli, Saka, Odegaard to fill on the stat sheet with goals like last year, and that is in no way something to be expected…it’s unprecedented actually
Figure out the team, start Partey where he needs to, put Ben White where he shined, and figure out the LB situation. You can play around with Havertz () bc he is essentially Xhaka with more speed in this team. But this team thinks they’re better than they are so far and we will struggle with these performances
People are just excited at the prospect. We've seen Nketiah and he's not perfect, so people are automatically looking for an upgrade. People were excited about Saliba before he played in the premier league. I don't really care either way, well I'm a little biased cause Balogun plays for the US. I'd just like Jesus knees to stop requiring surgery
It’s gotta be Havertz if that’s the case. Rice is in my mind the left sided 8 long term until Partey leaves. Tailor made for that role with his engine
I'd lean towards him, but I don't be knowing what Arteta is thinking. Declan and Partey might be too repetitve to him, and he might keep Havertz cause of height, counter-pressing, and apparently, his ability to win 1v1 duels. I don't think that skill set from him is worth 65M, or whatever he cost, but they were ok with paying that for a reason
Agree. Something’s gotta give though because we look disjointed going forward with Havertz not really contributing to buildup play. Martinelli linking up with the 8 isn’t happening as much now. He’s a black hole and all the intangibles aren’t worth shoehorning him into the side if we value goals and controlling games
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Agreed. Hopefully, its just down to confidence thing. Last game he looked a little more aggressive going forward, as in I saw him take a shot when I thought he'd just pass it, but he's got to get the link up play with Martinelli. Hopefully Zinny will help that. but I'm looking forward to Ben White, Odegawwd, and Saka linking up again.
