Zëdië wrote:Arsenal~Fanatic wrote:Pudpop wrote:Arsenal~Fanatic wrote:People need to watch the game closely to see how much Ozil was involved in the build up today imho. I am not saying he had a blinder today but he was involved in quiet a few of our good moments. People never forget his price tag when rating his performance it seems. If you go back and watch that game again you will notice the small little things he did which went unnoticed.
A lot of the time he just runs through the middle with the ball and opens up the play. People forget that for the whole of last season we struggled to do that and just passed it sideways for half an hour.
Bingo.
He takes at-least 2-3 players with him opening up pockets for others to occupy. He runs at defenders and always looks to pass it forwards instead of a safe back-pass.
+4
While I was far from impressed with him today, generally, he has the ability to create openings for others with passes most wouldnt see or think to execute.
Because so many of them are forward, the risk of it f***ing up is greater although today, simple passes and ball control was off.
ozil is quality, but he needs to focus a bit more.
It's also his first season, let's cut him some slack. Anyone remember Henry's first season? Probably not since it was fairly forgetable!