To be fair, if our plan is to keep winning 1-0, Özil won't be of much help.
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Mesut Özil: 2019/20 Performances
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Our chance creation has been going steadily down since Emery started forcing Özil out.
Pepes blue pill
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We should be told what is going on here, if Özil is unfit then tell us, if he is fit he has to play, there are certain games even his fans would agree you can leave him out for but teams like bmouth at home he needs to be there, we created so little today, was no atmosphere in the stadium at any point, could gone to church and been more entertained
Toast
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Is the underlying data for this available? Without that I couldn't possibly say if it's accurate or not, but I can point out that this 'chances created' statistic is markedly at odds with the 'big chances created' data recorded by the PL website.* That data shows that Özil created a total of 3 big chances (two assists) in 25 appearances under Emery.
By comparison, Ramsey recorded 2 big chances (six assists) in 28 appearances and Iwobi had 10 big chances (6 assists) in 35 appearances. I've chosen those two since they played in similar roles as Özil last season. I have not checked the data for each player in the squad. However, the data shows that overall we had 72 big chances and 73 assists (extrapolated from 73 goals) in 2018/19 and 86 big chances 86 assists in total during Emery's tenure.
Ergo, Özil contributed 2 out of 86 big chances (2,36%) and 3 out of 86 assists (3,49%) during Emery's tenure.
None of this disputes the claim in that tweet, but it does show that reality is a little more complicated than that tweet is trying to make out. For example, is it better to lead in 'chances created' or 'big chances created'?
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* Some caveats need to be taken into account. The data recorded pertains only to PL matches. As is so often the case, the website does not define its key terms. However, it is likely that they use the same or a similar definition as Opta do, who define a big chance as "A situation where a player should reasonably be expected to score", which is still annoyingly subjective.
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gunner4lyfe
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Has he been training?
Steps
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Yes. Was just in an Arsenal Media 6-a-side video the other day.
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razörist
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Why did he play him against Watford then?
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razörist
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BUT BUT HE DOESNT WORK HARD ENOUGH.
I believe a club is contractually bound to select a player for a minimum amount of appearances if they're fit-unless they've been told that they can leave. We really should have told Özil to go when last season ended and played hard ball like Inter did with Icardi. If Özil then stayed, that was solely down to him.
roz
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hes a wonderful footballer, just not a very good one
Godwin1
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He hasn't been much help the last two seasons if we're all about being fair. And before that his form has generally been patchy.
Godwin1
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He did stink the place out under Wenger as well.
Divided_Pie
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This is a load of bollocks... he was fastest in PL history to 50 assists and helped end Arsenal’s trophy drought under Wenger.
Plenty of arguments to be made in favor of not playing Özil but the revisionist history is annoying af.
Godwin1
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And he was worthless in Wenger's last season. We've finished outside the top 4 for 3 season with him in the team you realise. His performances rapidly declined midway through Wenger's penultimate season actually.
Jury
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**** Özil. Gone in January, then you bed-wetters will have nothing to wet your beds for.
After that, maybe Emery, maybe not--again, who gives a ****? Onwards and hopefully upwards.
COYG.
After that, maybe Emery, maybe not--again, who gives a ****? Onwards and hopefully upwards.
COYG.
Godwin1
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It's revisionism now to believe Özil was poor before Emery joined.
Jury
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It's hilarious. They're all watching Emery piss 350k a week down the drain and the team under-perform for no good reason, when the obvious and easy solution would be to simply play Özil. Done Raul and Edu must be petrified of him.
Divided_Pie
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You said he “stunk the place out” under Wenger. You then revised that to only mean his last season and part of the season before.
The whole team was ****e in Wenger’s final season, but even so, calling Özil “worthless” is OTT.
Jury
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Easy to say. We could just as easily lose with him. Last time he played, we did.
FWIW, I'd like him to be able to convince the staff that he's worthy of inclusion, but he can't. It's frustrating for everyone, not just his fans. We're down on a good option.
Iceman10
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How anyone can think an assist here and there for YouTube clips is more than good enough to play for a top 4 PL team is beyond me. As some others have already said in this thread, why not just bring an aged Ronaldinho to Arsenal?
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