theHotHead wrote:What a ting!! Its like you don't understand how a CAM plays, Ozil specifically. He doesn't tackle, tackling stats are pointless. Where does he play? Usually ahead of the midfield but behind the forwards. So I expect the bulk of his passing to be from the halfway line to the edge of the offensive box. The stat shows 66% of his passes were in the opposition half, thats fair enough.
So 14 passes in 62 minutes in the opponents half, not one of which was into the penalty area - that's your idea of 'fair enough' ... FFS
As a CAM he should be creating chances, he created 2. Headers? Ozil doesn't header, so I don't care he didn't win any headers. Zero shots, that can improve, zero dribbles, who cares as long as he is doing his job.
Go look up any footballing description for a CAM ... here let me give you the standard description -
CAMs are the central attacking midfielders. This is the position where most of the world's greatest players have played. It's the one position where technique always triumphs over strength. Maybe this could well be the most difficult role on the pitch these players can evade tight markers with great deft touches, finding space to either play a ball into dangerous areas for a forward to score, to shoot from the edge of the box themselves or dribble past opponents in congested areas & beat the keeper or make an assist. In short these players can create goals and score goals.
These players can absolutely dominate a game single handedly.
The description for a CAM details five key skill areas ... I highlighted the three that Ozil didn't achieve in the Mestalla ... that last line leaves me asking just when did Ozil last dominate a game single handedly ... perhaps once? twice? in the last two seasons ...
Nobody is denying that Ozil was a fantastic player, the problem you seem to be in total denial over is that he's just not doing in now ...
I'm not hiding my view, to me Ozil is synonymous with everything that went wrong over the last five years, a once great talent given a ridiculously easy ride by a failing manager, who turned into an overpaid liability who only puts in the effort only when he wants to ...