Power n Glory wrote:Yep. I keep saying I'd like to see him try a more Pirlo like role to see if that revives his career. We're stuck with him and whilst I don't think he's great at assists anymore I still think he could help us build attacks from deep.
There might be something in that but there's a conflict of interests.
Xhaka is currently playing that Pirlo esque role and that is what I said the other day is the issue.
Xhaka's long balls are cutting Ozil out of the game.
Ozil won't be played deep because he's not great at defensive work and Xhaka is at least willing.
Arsenal's typical passage of play is this ..........
Leno rolls the ball out, defence usually ping it back and forth wasting 2-3 minutes, the ball finally gets to Xhaka or Guendouzi.
If it gets to Guendouzi, Ozil has a chance of getting on the ball but that's if no one else gets it, if Xhaka has it then he sprays it wide or up front.
All in all this is why a player like Ramsey or Willock looks better, because they'll come deep and carry the ball forward like Guendouzi does, run at the defence then either attack or lay the ball off to the forwards.