The Wizard of Özil

[Ach]

Coincidence we have had our worst scoring run in decades with Arteta trying to act all Billy big bollocks with ozil?

[CrimsonGunner11]

Letting Ozil go needed to be done. Good luck to him

[Salibatelli]

Coincidence we have had our worst scoring run in decades with Arteta trying to act all Billy big bollocks with ozil?

No coincidence at all, the guy is an awful manager and an awful manager.

The amount of players he seems to have an issue with is ridiculous.

[Power n Glory]

Coincidence we have had our worst scoring run in decades with Arteta trying to act all Billy big bollocks with ozil?

He has to change the midfield core. If our CM's continue to stand on the toes of our CB's and just sit deep, taking ages to pass it forward and going backwards and sideways, the attack will continue to starve when facing low block teams.

[CrimsonGunner11]

Coincidence we have had our worst scoring run in decades with Arteta trying to act all Billy big bollocks with ozil?

No coincidence at all, the guy is an awful manager and an awful manager.

The amount of players he seems to have an issue with is ridiculous.

absolute power corrupts absolutely. The guy went from captain to assistant coach to head coach to manager and as his position went up, his likeability went down with a good number of people.

Yep. It cannot be a coincidence

[VCC]

Well in Ozil's words he is fit to play, so expect with the supposed class he apparently has, he should burn up the Turkish league.
Good luck to him, he now has no excuses and Arsenal dont either.

[theHotHead]

Coincidence we have had our worst scoring run in decades with Arteta trying to act all Billy big bollocks with ozil?

He has to change the midfield core. If our CM's continue to stand on the toes of our CB's and just sit deep, taking ages to pass it forward and going backwards and sideways, the attack will continue to starve when facing low block teams.

And yet our most attacking midfieler, the one that makes the most progressive passes in the squad with no equal or anyone that came close to him was alienated by the same manager responsible for changing the midfield core. When you pick midfielders that are most comfortable sitting deep, sitting deep is what you are going to get. But people want to blame the players for doing what they feel compelled to do naturally.

This is why I have criticised Arteta, he has decided to implement a system not suited to the players he has been picking. Awful management.

[starmandb]

From Cazorla, Sanchez and Ozil to Xhaka, Ceballos and el Neny. And people are happy he’s leaving. Oh well.

Argh
The old rose tinted glasses will not help us
Xhaka
Ceballos and xhaka have never played together
Not even in the 4-0 win at West Brom where elneny was on the bench
Ceballos
Xhaka and aubameyang were good
Smith Rowe and lacazette very good
15/16
We lost 2-1 at West Brom and cazorla( who missed a penalty, Özil and Sanchez were all average)

[Power n Glory]

Coincidence we have had our worst scoring run in decades with Arteta trying to act all Billy big bollocks with ozil?

He has to change the midfield core. If our CM's continue to stand on the toes of our CB's and just sit deep, taking ages to pass it forward and going backwards and sideways, the attack will continue to starve when facing low block teams.

And yet our most attacking midfieler, the one that makes the most progressive passes in the squad with no equal or anyone that came close to him was alienated by the same manager responsible for changing the midfield core. When you pick midfielders that are most comfortable sitting deep, sitting deep is what you are going to get. But people want to blame the players for doing what they feel compelled to do naturally.

This is why I have criticised Arteta, he has decided to implement a system not suited to the players he has been picking. Awful management.

Biggest change Arteta has made comes back to moving from a counter attacking and more defensive approach to trying to attack more and hold more of possession. It's all gone wrong from there. There hasn't been a massive change in the squad and the core midfielders suit a more counter attacking approach.

[Angelito]

Lmao. He loves Ozil so much.

Ozil, Cesc, Cazorla, Rosicky... Perfect players for Wengerball.

Ozil played for two world class managers. One was a pragmatist, the other an idealist. Speaks spades about Oz that he shined under both of them.

[alexafc12]

Sad way for him to go. Must be remembered for the good times

[Losmeister]

adios

[Ach]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/55698424

[Callum]

Delighted that this saga is over.

[Nuggets]

Can the mods close this thread now otherwise it will go on forever.