Will we qualify for the CL?

[paul_e]

Won't Havertz being missing mean they might have someone who can finish playing up front?

He's scored three more this season than our highest goal scorer.

Yep. He gets an awful lot of the same sort of criticism Ollie gets.  "Not a natural finisher" - "misses too many chances".  Then you look at his numbers when he's played up front, and he does more than okay.

Ollie is better, by some margin, but I do think the criticism he gets is sometimes unwarranted.   It will definitely weaken them.  Unless they happen to have another Nwaneri or Lewis-Skelly who plays up front up their sleeve.

It's not the same for me because Ollie looks like a striker but sometimes struggles with his finishing. Havertz just isn't really a striker, all his best work comes when he acts more like an attacking midfielder.

[Somniloquism]

Won't Havertz being missing mean they might have someone who can finish playing up front?

He's scored three more this season than our highest goal scorer.

He has also played 500 more minutes then Ollie this season across all competitions, and 200 more in the league then him. 7% less shot accuracy as well in the league. And even as an attacking midfielder, he has less assists then Ollie as well.

[Baldy]

Get a 'settled' defence and a bit of continuity and we will qualify for the CL this year.

Otherwise, no.

[Drummond]

Won't Havertz being missing mean they might have someone who can finish playing up front?

He's scored three more this season than our highest goal scorer.

Yep. He gets an awful lot of the same sort of criticism Ollie gets.  "Not a natural finisher" - "misses too many chances".  Then you look at his numbers when he's played up front, and he does more than okay.

Ollie is better, by some margin, but I do think the criticism he gets is sometimes unwarranted.   It will definitely weaken them.  Unless they happen to have another Nwaneri or Lewis-Skelly who plays up front up their sleeve.

Maybe they'll be allowed to sign Arshavin.  It's only a couple of weeks sine the window slammed shut after all.

I always read that as Arse Shavin'

[Dave]

Won't Havertz being missing mean they might have someone who can finish playing up front?

He's scored three more this season than our highest goal scorer.

He has also played 500 more minutes then Ollie this season across all competitions, and 200 more in the league then him. 7% less shot accuracy as well in the league. And even as an attacking midfielder, he has less assists then Ollie as well.

None of that makes Havertz a bad player.

[Demitri_C]

Jackson out until april thats gotta be good news for us and helps us maybe

[ChicagoLion]

We need 3 /4 from Citeh Bournemouth Newcastle Forest Chelsea to blow up and us to start not conceding 2 goals a game.
Unlikely.

[Meanwood Villa]

We need 3 /4 from Citeh Bournemouth Newcastle Forest Chelsea to blow up and us to start not conceding 2 goals a game.
Unlikely.

The only one we'd need to "blow up" would be Forest. The gap to the others isn't large at this stage of the season, particularly as we've still got to play them all.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Hopefully have some CBs back for Chelsea and Liverpool games....

[Rigadon]

If we're in contention come the end of March and the new signings are having the impact I think they will, with both Forest and Newcastle to play at VP, I know who I'd be backing. 

[Demitri_C]

Barkley back in training this week apparently that will help another body back

[Brend'Watkins]

Forest have been reasonably lucky with injuries. If that changes? 

[Demitri_C]

Forest have been reasonably lucky with injuries. If that changes?

I think if gibbs white picks up a injury it could change for them. He is like grealish was for us. They do have some other talents like elanga and wood though so hard to know fir sure unless it happens

[TelfordVilla]

Just swap the first 2 words of this thread title. It's nailed on.

[Smirker]

Not unless we win it.

Still think this. Via the league it's gone.