yeah i know what you mean but seems like ozil's neutral body language used against him. he covers a lot of ground in each game but it may not look like just based on his body language or how he moves around the pitch. more graceful than rugged. he puts himself about but he hasn't developed to where he consistently performs in big games. seems to do better when the team are in full flow. never saw him as a player to grab game by scruff of the neck.
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I was actually. In the match thread, I just said that I'd never seen him do anything really considering the hype.
Ozil shouldn't change his game for the low IQ brigade.
He shouldn't have to cover his socks with mud or look breathless down a camera lens to please the press.
He shouldn't have to cover his socks with mud or look breathless down a camera lens to please the press.
He's a tool.
And you didn't reply when I asked how many games you've watched of him.
It's ridiculous the stick he gets on here. It wasn't too long ago that this forum was constantly pointing out the vendetta about De Gea or talking about how overrated Scott Parker was just because he ran around a lot. Yet now they are more than happy to be a part of the same nonsense against Ozil. I think a lot of it comes down to jealousy and Man Utd fans wanting Ozil to be a flop because it justifies their not signing him.
I mean he's basically Berbatov with shit hair, isn't he guys?
I don't keep track of precise numbers of football matches I've seen, sorry. But enough to have the opinion that he isn't yet deserving of the hype he gets.
Ashton is a crap journalist anyway, and a really poor writer on top of it. We're hardly taking his opinion seriously?
On a side note, it really irritates me when supposedly serious football journalists use phrases like "face like a slapped backside" to describe a player. Even if I agreed with Ashton I'd still think he writes like a moron.
On a side note, it really irritates me when supposedly serious football journalists use phrases like "face like a slapped backside" to describe a player. Even if I agreed with Ashton I'd still think he writes like a moron.
You know what Ozil's problem is Eboue?
Never mind 'tactics' or 'talent' - British steel is needed:
Andy Townsend said:
No but he could maybe put in an infuential performance in a big game? That would help.
Minus the hat-trick against bitter rivals.
In fact, minus any goals against any rivals. Bitter, or otherwise.
I still think he's a top player. It's just that I don't think he's helped by having Giroud as the forward he's meant to supply.
Also losing Ramsey is a big blow as I thought he got the best out of Ozil earlier in the season.
Ultimately though, I think the guys that criticized the signing as a "luxury" have been proven right. Arsenal needed a really top class striker in the summer and IMO Ozil top class forwards to play with if he's to be effective.
Also losing Ramsey is a big blow as I thought he got the best out of Ozil earlier in the season.
Ultimately though, I think the guys that criticized the signing as a "luxury" have been proven right. Arsenal needed a really top class striker in the summer and IMO Ozil top class forwards to play with if he's to be effective.
grr that good 'ol passion argument
That's the world of sports journalism right there.
Years of an Orwellian removal of freedom of speech for journalists has caused this. Press conferences are now just processions where managers turn up with their press officers and say absolutely nothing of interest. Players give interviews under strict conditions from their clubs. People gasp in awe when Tim Sherwood actually expresses a legitimate opinion. Sports journalists worth their salt have given up the game when it comes to football.
The result is that only the dregs remain. The scorpions who thrive on the post-apocalyptic journalism dystopia. That's why Neil Ashton writes for the Daily Mail and isn't being feature on Benefits Street.
Years of an Orwellian removal of freedom of speech for journalists has caused this. Press conferences are now just processions where managers turn up with their press officers and say absolutely nothing of interest. Players give interviews under strict conditions from their clubs. People gasp in awe when Tim Sherwood actually expresses a legitimate opinion. Sports journalists worth their salt have given up the game when it comes to football.
The result is that only the dregs remain. The scorpions who thrive on the post-apocalyptic journalism dystopia. That's why Neil Ashton writes for the Daily Mail and isn't being feature on Benefits Street.
Of course he is, but it's funnier to annoy alastair than say that.
I didn't even watch the game but Ozil's was the worst performance I've never seen.
What a waste of Sainsburys school vouchers.
It's all about goals. Football's abaaahht goals, innit?
What the feck.
You know how to fix that in the short term?
Let's create a spider-diagram about it.
Yeah I'm sure King Kenny thought he was buying top class too.
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Alastair said:
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None of the others cost £40m quid did they.
As for Gotze - it was €32m not £32m and he also has 9 goals and 6 assists in 18 starts for Bayern compared to 5 and 10 in 32 for Arsenal. Gotze's also 21
Ozil goes missing in big games. Simple as that. He struggles to impose himself on any game his team isn't controlling. He was the same at Madrid only it was less obvious.
There is one way for him to keep all those evil people pursuing an agenda off his back though.
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Alastair is scouse.
Berbatovs hair is shit. Greasy, receding middle part.
Do you want the password to my account? You do it better than me.
BTW mate, was the first sentence in your previous post meant seriously?
It's the complete refusal to accept other factors though that go with it.
Firstly, it is clear that there have been some big games in which Ozil has not excelled. There's no denying this.
The obligation to control the game really isn't with Ozil. It's not with someone like Giroud either. These are players that rely on the game being controlled further back in order to let them do their thing. The reality is that we've struggled as a team to control big games this season. That's not really Ozil's fault.
Couple that in with the fact that there's been very little pace for him to work with, few runners, and that he's played almost all our games this season, it's inevitable that there will be games he will struggle in - this is most noticeable in big games.
He's not blameless. I wouldn't give him 10/10 for the season. I would give him 7/10 though. The media would give him 1/10. That's the difference here.
Mesut Ozil? More like Mesut NoSkill
He's quite good though.
He's quite good though.
Berba's eyes were dreamy compared to frog face.
Eyes like demon.
Maybe he just needs to play against Everton every week.
He is no use in those games where you sit back and wait for the counter, defensively he just can't contribute enough to these games. He is good if you have the majority in possession and dominate a game but not if you have to grind out a result against a better opposition he should never start those games.
BTW mate, was the first sentence in your previous post meant seriously?
Well, I think the creation of these press officer type roles at big football clubs has really inhibited good journalism in the field(as well as other things, of course). Everything is so monitored now. Obviously, we can all understand why, but I do think it means that the dream job of being a great sports journalist who asks tough questions of players and managers no longer exists. So yes, I was exaggerating a tad, but there's a point in there somewhere.
I find it ridiculous that these officers control the narrative, or even attempt to. It's demeaning to one and all.
"He just needs to look like he gives a damn, run around like a rabid dog, scowl at the officials, dive at the ball like Tevez..."