ozil defo needs the ball more if he is to make an impact.
he wasnt bad. just pedestrian.
mueller was an absolute cipher. he fallen off so drastically.
by Losmeister » Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:14 pm
by Losmeister » Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:44 pm
by EliteKiller » Sun Jun 17, 2018 11:49 pm
by DiamondGooner » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:04 am
by ag6789 » Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:27 am
by EliteKiller » Mon Jun 18, 2018 3:03 am
DiamondGooner wrote:Pathetic from some of these responses.
You act like Ozil playing for Germany matters to us??
Germany is not Arsenal so why are people being butt hurt about his performance? or is it just an excuse to hate on the guy? are all the German players crap now or only Ozil?
If he plays crap for AFC then have at it, but i don't give a damn how he plays for Germany, not sure why you should either ........... unless your German of course?
by DiamondGooner » Mon Jun 18, 2018 3:33 am
by EliteKiller » Mon Jun 18, 2018 5:18 am
DiamondGooner wrote:Again with the money ......... who cares what AFC decided to pay him? your not getting it, I'm not getting any of it, its not like we can't sell him if needed, better than letting everyone go on a free like we have been recently.
All I care about is if he plays well for us, when the season starts if from August to January he doesn't play well then I'll want him out as well, but the last time I checked it was Sanchez and Ozil keeping AFC from being dog sh*t until the whole Wenger, Sanchez etc scenario completely put us in crisis.
This is a new clean slate, new manager, new players, new team, why don't you try and support our team and our best players until they prove otherwise?
Emery's Arsenal hasn't played one match yet, but your already on one of our best players backs.
by Angelito » Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:25 am
by Losmeister » Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:31 am
by Zedie » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:06 pm
Losmeister wrote:no player whose recieved the abuse ozil has? you cannot be serious. he has never had near the abuse that giroud got. and i am not excusing giroud for his play either. just pointing out a fact.
someone said the german media was on ozil? is that true?
good point about many stars having less than stellar performances in the first game, Angelito.
by Roycck » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:28 pm
by Losmeister » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:29 pm
by Arsene Nose » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:49 pm
Angelito wrote:Not sure why so much criticism of Ozil?
It's not like he was horrific or he plays for some Tom, Dick, Harry side. He plays for the German national team and Ozil wasn't even one of the poorer performers yesterday. Yes, that's how pedantic and woeful the Germans were against Mexico.
Zidane, Iniesta, Pirlo, Xavi, Alonso, Petit, and Ozil have few things in common: they've won World Cups and they've starred in World Cups. If you remove Ozil from the equation, the remaining have also flopped massively in World Cups. France didn't win a single game in 2002 World Cup as defending champions and they had the best squad in the tournament.
A different perspective perhaps?
I don't understand why Ozil has become a thorn in the side of many Arsenal fans. We've won trophies since he's arrived. He's individually broken the Premier League fastest-to-50 assist record. His assist rate is still staggering and was miles ahead of anyone until KdB arrived to play alongside a stellar attack. After Lionel Messi, he's #2 in the all-time assists list (since it started being documented). He's scored some big goals...
Ozil doesn't deserve this constant criticism that Gooners and these so-called pundits throw at him.
In a tournament, where Messi was marked out of the game; Neymar was a bumbling fool; Griezmann looked like he was still pondering on how to seek more attention; Isco was busy trying to figure out how to act all busy whilst doing nothing, or the entire Spanish midfield looked clueless; and France's best players were busy replicating Iwobi and Gibbs - we're actually finding more excuses to shit on Ozil. As if we haven't done that enough already.
How and why is it that we single out Ozil? It's not fair. It has never been. There's been no player in our history, under Wenger, who's been as much maligned, tormented, and criticized as Mesut Ozil - and this is the world's best central attacking midfielder we're talking about. This is the man who helped us end our trophy drought. This is a man that decided to stay at Arsenal. This is a man who helped us through Wenger's abysmal and clueless final 4 seasons at Arsenal. Despite the shit show of a season we had, he was still a top-2 or top-3 performer last season.
Ozil isn't Hazard or Sanchez. He's a Riquelme - in that he's a creative visionary and one of the last authentic #10s left in the game.
Aaaaaaand he's yet to flop in a World Cup. If he does flop in this one, meh. So have Zidane, Iniesta, Xavi, and Pirlo.
by Pudpop » Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:41 pm
Hummels looked like he was playing a tribute match for MustafiLosmeister wrote:anyway, i , for one, am not singling out ozil yesterday. i am hopeful that he'll play well and be energized for AFC.
i dont give a rats ass for the rest of the german team who do not play for AFC.
hummels also was absolutely abused by chicharito.