Sims wrote:i would rather play willian in the hole than a 2020 ozil
and this is a guy whos never rated willian the entire time hes been in the prem
its not good enough anymore to be a liability defensively in the premier league for a top side. no player has this luxury at all, certainly not someone who's fell off like mesut
de bruyne was a chance creating number 10 but is now an all round midfield monster
havertz is able to play as an 8
liverpool have no passengers in their midfield
lo celso & ndombele put in good defensive shifts and have good defensive numbers
james rodriguez plays wide right so it lessens the need for him to do the dirty work, ozil is unable to start out wide for us
grealish starts out wide but is also an absolute grafter
maddison is a hybrid 8/10, similar to mount & grealish
ozil's kind simply doesnt exist anymore. the players like him have evolved their games to be more complete, he's remained stagnant his entire career. hes a pure playmaker, he has no goal threat and has no defensive contribution
if he had goal threat then there would be an argument to testing him out with more protection behind him, but he has 0
We lack creativity.
Ozil is a better option than what we have in the team. I hasten to add, not in all games, but certainly those games where we take the lions share of the possession and need to break down defences.
The players you mention don't play for us.
Ozil has never been a major goal scorer.
I have not heard a rational argument that supports a position of just letting him see out his last 9 months on holiday as opposed to using the player at times where he can be useful.