theHotHead wrote:VCC and others, you need to let the "Ozil lack of effort/defending" narrative go. Ozil has NEVER EVER defended anywhere he has been so why do people harp on about it!! Thats not his game, never has been, so criticising it is pointless.
It is also proven than Ozil covers as much distance as anyone else, so he is NOT lazy.
Now, if you want to make the argument that, given he is a creator and he does not create enough, you would get a far weaker argument from me because it is true. Now, I would say there are mitigating circumstances, like dufus managers and managers trying to alienate him but the fact is he has put in far too many sub-standard performances over the past 2 seasons.
Ozil not doing any defending makes our midfielders job harder. This is basic football. We simply can’t afford to carry him. Even Liverpool and city don’t have someone like this. I mean Xhaka got a lot of blame. But midfield didn’t look better without him