StLGooner wrote:Power n Glory wrote:theHotHead wrote:Power n Glory wrote:theHotHead wrote:As shit as Ozil has been thus far this season I am at a loss as to how anyone cannot see that Ozil would automatically be better in a team like City that boss possession and have a far stronger midfield than ours. At a loss. You people are crackers.
Again, hypothetical and fantasy football stuff that can’t be proven. What can we prove? How do we get the best out of him at Arsenal because he’s not leaving any time soon.
Hypothetical ? Its common sense FFS.
Would a proven world class attacking midfielder produce better creative numbers playing for the best team in the Premier League than playing for a team a few levels below?
Ooooh ... thats a tough one, we can't prove it, all the data points toward him being shit in a team with better players.
I missed this one.
The question you need to ask yourself is why he isn't playing at a higher standard when Lacazette and Aubameyang are way better than strikers than what he's previously worked with at Arsenal.
Why do you think that is?
Could it be the new coach, new teammates, new formations, playing out of position, his personal life with the national team, not playing on a consistent basis, or maybe just out of form like all players get?
Or is he just all of the sudden shit now, which can happen of course?
But what is your opinion on why he's off form? Do you not think he can get it back? Do you think he's our best option. I really just am confused where you stand on this, cause your argument is weird to me.
Are you just arguing whether he can get into the City team or not? What is your stance on Ozil?
It could be a number of things. I think Ozil is a talented player and could have been up there with the greats in football. When I watch him play, I can tell when he's switched on a ready play or when it's going to be quiet game for him. Not sure if it's a lack of confidence or just a lack of drive and hunger to be recognised as the best. I can't really read what's going on in his head and we'll only find out once he's retired as a player and writes book.
But speaking of retirement, he's also getting old. The injuries are stacking up and you gradually start to lose form once on the wrong end of 30. I can't see him having a sudden resurgence at this point. To be honest, I would have thought this would have been the season to prove all his critics wrong. He had a rough summer with Germany and with the changes here at Arsenal, I was hoping he'd morph into beast mode and keep it consistent but that hasn't happened. I kind of knew that when we appointed Emery that he'd have to convince Emery because he's a coach that wants busy defenders on defence and doesn't usually use a number 10 in the middle of the pitch.
Speaking o the Number 10 role, besides things changing at Arsenal and Ozil getting older, not many teams play with a number 10 these days. If they do, they're having to work their socks off on defence as well as producing numbers on attack. In a lot of cases you see attack mids being deployed out wide and they're banging in goals as well as assisting. I don't think Ozil wants to play that way even though he has the pace, ball control and technique to play in wide areas and he often drifts out wide as well. Formation wise, I'm really not sure what the future holds for him unless he adapts to what's required.
As he's getting older, I'm thinking maybe he could play the CM role in a similar fashion to what we saw from Cazorla but he'll have to work really hard on pressing and his defensive awareness. Depending on who we buy this summer, I wouldn't mind seeing if he could play there. I think we've got the wrong sort of player in Xhaka but that's another story.
That's it really. I think it's on Ozil to find his best form whilst he's out of favour and maybe the manager will have to tinker with the system to try and get the best out of him or revive his career by playing him in a deeper role. A Pirlo type. But I really don't know why he's not performing with the attacking players we currently have. But I know at his age, the club will start looking for an alternative instead of trying to accommodate if we run out of ideas with him. It's not what people want to hear but at 30 that's the reality.