Player Review
88 - Bundes POTM
Wow I was so hyped up for Havertz that when his POTM SBC came out I jumped on it immediately. Boy was I disappointed. I played him upfront with Carniball Muller, FFS Jovic, FFS Davis, and Carniball Pulisic in a 4-2-3-1 squad with POTM Goretzka or TIF Delaney as the CDM.
At first I tried to make him an offensive playmaker, but he is just not as agile as Muller and his M/M workrate just punishes him on offense. His worst stat is balance and agility. He's just not quick enough with the ball at his feet to get around anyone in the midfield, and his passing stats are just not good enough to put in threatening through balls into the box. How many times were his balls one step too far for Jovic...too many to forgive. I tried Maetro, Engine, Artist, and Architect schemes on him, but nothing improved.
Then I tried to make him a pure scorer, putting him up front in a 4-2-3-1 (2) as a CAM and taking Muller off the squad completely. I gave him Hawk and tried to score goals with him. Guess how many he scored in 12 Div Rival games? He scored 0 goals, that's a big fat 0. When I put Muller back in, he scored 4 over the next 5.
His 5* weakfoot was okay, but his problem is weak shot power. Nothing is threatening to the keeper. He reminds me a lot of Isco (but even worse because Isco is much more agile and can at least pass well).
- 5* weak foot
- Height
- Cheap + Packs
- Weak shot. Not threatening enough for me as a single CAM, disappears on multi-CAM team
- Poor Stamina, Low Aggression
- M/M Workrates are awful for box to box
- Poor passing even with chem styles