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Player:Saliba
Özil is finished.
running a few metres more will not change that.
He can't shoot. His only asset is his passing and sadly some of them doesn't come off. In his peak, he was undoubtedly the best in his position, but times have changed. We need all round midfielders not an overpaid No 10 who the game has passed by.
Some Arsenal fans are still rooting for him for no other reason than for them to convince themselves that Emery was the only reason Özil was playing ****.
If we want to make our midfield more solid, I think Özil should be dropped and we should get back to a 3 man midfield. I think Long term, that's what Arteta will be playing.
Özil just won't work. I even saw a couple of posters last week saying we should keep him past this summer. 350kpw just to run around and play a couple of great passes a game is a steep price we can't afford to pay especially now that we need all the cash we can get to fund our summer business. Sadly, it will be almost impossible to shift him. He likes it here.
Look at KDB, opponents don't know how to mark him because he's unpredictable. He can shoot and pass with both foot.
Look at Özil, some posters are blaming our CMs for not giving the ball to Özil quick enough. I remember under Wenger, it was giroud that was the problem, he wasn't pacy. Then we got Walcott playing upfront, then it was "oh, he's not a good finisher". Then Auba is here now, "but...but our CMs are holding Özil back"
The few times he got the ball between the lines he played two terrible passes to Marty.
Some of you are blaming xhaka and Torreira, I seem to remember them giving Özil the ball in a few occasions, but he did nothing with it.
The truth is that Özil has a lot of die hards that will always blame other players his underperformance.
He has improved in the last 6 games, but let's face it if this is his "level of improvement" why TF should we keep him around and pay 350kpw.
Thanks Ivan, you really did us a solid. I hope you get what you deserve
running a few metres more will not change that.
He can't shoot. His only asset is his passing and sadly some of them doesn't come off. In his peak, he was undoubtedly the best in his position, but times have changed. We need all round midfielders not an overpaid No 10 who the game has passed by.
Some Arsenal fans are still rooting for him for no other reason than for them to convince themselves that Emery was the only reason Özil was playing ****.
If we want to make our midfield more solid, I think Özil should be dropped and we should get back to a 3 man midfield. I think Long term, that's what Arteta will be playing.
Özil just won't work. I even saw a couple of posters last week saying we should keep him past this summer. 350kpw just to run around and play a couple of great passes a game is a steep price we can't afford to pay especially now that we need all the cash we can get to fund our summer business. Sadly, it will be almost impossible to shift him. He likes it here.
Look at KDB, opponents don't know how to mark him because he's unpredictable. He can shoot and pass with both foot.
Look at Özil, some posters are blaming our CMs for not giving the ball to Özil quick enough. I remember under Wenger, it was giroud that was the problem, he wasn't pacy. Then we got Walcott playing upfront, then it was "oh, he's not a good finisher". Then Auba is here now, "but...but our CMs are holding Özil back"
The few times he got the ball between the lines he played two terrible passes to Marty.
Some of you are blaming xhaka and Torreira, I seem to remember them giving Özil the ball in a few occasions, but he did nothing with it.
The truth is that Özil has a lot of die hards that will always blame other players his underperformance.
He has improved in the last 6 games, but let's face it if this is his "level of improvement" why TF should we keep him around and pay 350kpw.
Thanks Ivan, you really did us a solid. I hope you get what you deserve