Country: England
Not sure you can call a player as inconsistent as he is, 'one of the best in our history.'
Wasn't his fault we lost today but it was concerning to see how little impact he had against a sh*te Southampton side.
I don't blame the loss on him. I think he played like s**t and should have done better in front of the 3-2 goal as he didn't even try to win back the ball. Look at the passage of play again and you can see him actually backing off hoping that the ball would come out to him.
With his salary and lack of effort he deserves every bit of critique coming his way!
Look I understand what you both mean, I wish Özil ran around, pressed and tackled more but he doesn't always do that. The thing with Özil is if he isn't scoring or assisting he's had a 'bad' game when the reality is he probably has had a decent game.
Look everyone wants more from Özil but to go at him after a 'terrible' 20 minute cameo on his first league game back for 4 weeks after our team is already playing poor just seems silly to me.
Also his wages, I mean, what were we supposed to do? Let both him and Alexis go for free in the same year? Would of been so silly.