King of Highbury XIV wrote:Yes, that Germany team was stacked. It had Schweinni, Mario Gomez, Khedira, Mertesacker, Lahm, Podolski and Neuer in the prime of their careers. It had Hummels, Boateng, Kroos, Reus, Ozil and Mueller all entering their primes. Plus players like Schurrle, Gundogan, and Klose who was still an elite goal scorer at international level as was podolski. By prime, I'm referring to age 26-32 and entering prime 24-25.
Now, moving on to Ozil...
In that time frame, strictly league play no cups of any sort (domestic or foreign) and these are players off the top of my head
Mueller - 193 apps / 71 goals / 75 assists = 146 pts in 193 games = .76
Fabregas - 182 apps / 49 goals / 84 assists = 133 pts in 182 games = .73
Ozil - 184 apps / 37 goals / 86 assists = 123 pts in 184 games = .67
Hazard - 220 apps / 69 goals / 72 assists = 141 pts in 220 games = .64
De Bruyne - 181 apps / 39 goals / 71 assists = 110 pts in 181 games = .61
Eriksen - 176 apps / 42 goals / 61 assists = 103 pts in 176 games = .59
Lampard - 177 apps / 70 goals / 31 assists = 101 pts in 177 games = .57
Hamsik - 212 apps / 57 goals / 57 assists = 114 pts in 212 games = .54
Payet - 211 apps / 48 goals / 65 assists = 113 pts in 211 games = .54
In that time frame, Ozil had 11 more league assists than Mueller and 34 less goals in 9 less apps. Also, I've already posted the amount of times Ozil has been assist king... TWICE!!!! (09/10 Buli, 2011/12 La Liga)
OK I am going to have to take back my talk, Germany won the WC in 2014 not 2010, so I will have to concede they were stacked when they won the cup. HOWEVER, in the previous World Cup where they finished 3rd there were at least 7 players that were between 20 and 24 with 10 or less caps.
2008 - 2014
Ozil - 188 appearances, 13,922 mins / 95 assists. An assist every 0.50 games. 146 mins per assist.
Muller - 165 appearances, 12,429 mins / 61 assists. An assist every 0.36 games. 203 mins per assist.
Fabregas - 170 appearances, 12,722 mins / 75 assists. An assist every 0.44 games. 169 mins per assist.
I could go through every one of the names you listed and more, none of them came close to the number of assists that Ozil did, its why he led assists charts in Germany, Spain and England and no amount of fudging the numbers or moving goalposts to suit your agenda will change anything. You combined goals scored with assists to try to manipulate the stats, we Are clearly talking about assists, nobody ever said Ozil led goal scoring charts. Nobody created more goals in those respective leagues than Ozil.
But you know what, I can give you the benefit of the doubt, lets say your numbers are correct, Muller played over half of his games as a forward NOT a midfielder, in fact he has played over half of his games as a centre forward and as a second striker so he shouldn't even be included, he is definitely not a CAM.
So I can give you Fabregas, who many say was one of the best deep lying playmakers in the world in his prime, only 2nd to Pirlo. Thats no slight on Ozil. It makes Ozil, like I said, one of the best CAMs in the world in his prime.